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McDonald's is one of those establishments in my opinion anyway that's really in touch with
what's going on in the world I think that they are one of those establishments that I think you
realistically could call them a trendsetter
they are very in tune with whatever is being talked about on social media
they are on the ball when it comes down to what is all the rage in pop culture today
a lot of people lately have been talking about UFOs and aliens and extraterrestrials and whatnot
and McDonald's they went ahead and they did it not that this has anything to do with what I
just said but they went ahead and did it anyway they released the cheesy jalapeno bacon quarter
pounder with cheese and I'm gonna Focus the camera just like that the name might sound a little bit
redundant but McDonald's they said it could be redundant we're just going to call it that anyway
the cheesy jalapeno bacon quarter pounder with cheese that is the latest deluxe burger
that McDonald's is premiering on their menu you can get it as a meal deal or
you can just get the burger itself it's available as either a single
or a double depending on how ravenous your appetite may be and here is what comes on it
it has beef of course they're famous they say always fresh beef Quarter Pounder thereof
American cheese bacon strips jalapeno and a cheddar cheese sauce so what they try to say
is we have the premium beef here this is going to be like a deluxe sort of burger it's going to
have that crispy bacon on it and then it's going to have some spice in the form of the jalapeno
peppers and it's going to be extra cheesy it's going to have the American Cheese Slices which
if you've had a Quarter Pounder from McDonald's before then you're definitely well aware of those
it also though has this cheddar cheese sauce on it so I guess if a lot of people want something
that's extra cheesy with a little bit of spice as well then they say this is the burger for you
it's available at the price of eight dollars just for the burger itself so it's certainly not the
cheapest item in the world but again they try to say well it's a premium item limited time it
has a flavor profile that is supposedly unique to this item you're going to be getting a good amount
of food as well so they say see that makes the price of eight dollars you're justifiable
I think that's a bit steep but uh you know you see that a lot these days
I got the burger by itself comes in this box right here you might say right there's the golden arches
you might say well why does it have two stripes on the box right you see that two stripes
because Burger is two syllables Burger that's why
and it has flavors to love as it says let's open this up see what
we have oh wow I could smell the jalapeno right away sometimes you get that with these sorts of
items you could really just smell it there it is getting a close-up view right away
let's see
it actually uh pretty much resembles the advertisement I'll give credit where credit is due
here it's a pretty photogenic looking item see the American Cheese Slices right there jalapeno the uh
the beef there's the bacon as well
and there you could see on the top bun more of the jalapenos as well as the cheddar cheese sauce
on the top
let's see on the bottom
looks like there's more cheese there so with that said I just want to do a real straightforward
review today you know what's on it I know what's on it we all know what's on it supposed to again
be spicy and cheesy and uh with that being all that there is to it let's just see if it's any
good or not so the cheesy jalapeno bacon quarter pounder with cheese from McDonald's going in
all right I just wanted to do a very straightforward review today hence why
I uh kind of skipped through most of that I just didn't want to really sit here for five minutes
just staring at the camera so I had a bunch of bites you can see right there in the cross section
um it's a complete sandwich definitely is and you could just kind of see
some of the cheese there the uh the meats the bacon Etc
I am happy to say that I am very pleased with the quality of this item not only of course of
the the quality of the ingredients themselves but how everything came together and I think this is a
good burger when I saw the advertisement for this I essentially figured that it could go one of two
ways because you see this a lot with fast food and I also know having tried enough of this stuff
there are certain establishments that generally speaking of course there are always exceptions but
generally they will either do a good job or it is going to be absolutely god-awful and it's usually
one or the other and when I saw this my my chief concern was that I was worried that the cheese
was going to be of a low quality and that it was just going to be to excess so you would just have
this perhaps otherwise good burger that would just be smothered in absolute garbage and would
take a good concept and an otherwise good item and absolutely ruin it especially what what concerned
me at first was the cheddar cheese sauce I thought that's really going to be a crucial Factor here
and if it winds up being just again this low quality uh garbage paste that really couldn't
even be considered food yeah it's not going to be good it's going to be really gross actually but if
it's even just acceptable quality that's probably going to be all right and again when this is fast
food we're talking about it should go either way as we've seen time and again I am again though
pleased to say this item turned out quite nicely all the components here are of good quality the
quarter pounder is tender so by that I mean the beef of course it's tender it's juicy flavorful
nice little saltiness to it as well but no you know nothing to excess and it's just very
flavorful it's a good quality Burger I've always been a fan of the quarter pounder Burgers from a
McDonald's and if anything I feel as though their quality has actually been improving
somewhat over the last few years and it's just a good quality Burger so I am impressed with that
the bacon as well a good amount of it crispy but it's you know they got the texture just right
adds a little bit of a crispy crunch but it's not to the point where it'll break your teeth
and it's not chewy or soggy or any of that it got the bacon just right as well good quality there
then we get into the cheese and the jalapeno the American cheese is very
standard it's exactly what you would figure you would expect from McDonald's of course
where yeah it's not the highest quality in the world but it's whatever it's you
know it's the exact same thing that they put on their burger and it complements the beef nicely
again yeah it's not necessarily Gourmet but it does the job that's good enough
and then the two new ingredients the jalapeno and the cheddar cheese sauce and here's the good news
those two ingredients complement each other quite nicely in the very first bite than I took I had a
jalapeno right away along with the cheddar cheese sauce that the jalapeno was kind of covered in
those two complemented each other again very nicely and they paired very nicely likewise
with all of the other ingredients the jalapeno the spice is not overwhelming and I think that's to
be expected it's not the it's not the spiciest sandwich by any means nothing even close to it
more or less it is a flavorful spice it's not going to be something where
you're going to have tears in your eyes and your face is going to get beat red and you're
going to be going crazy and you're going to be convulsing from the extreme spice not at all
instead there's going to be spice it's going to be noticeable but it's
going to be tolerable it's going to be bearable and it's going to be flavorful
the cheddar cheese sauce is also flavorful and it complements that jalapeno as I said very
nicely they're just two flavors that work well together it adds to the overall experience and
because the cheddar cheese sauce is a bit thicker it's well distributed there's a good amount of it
you get it in every single bite of this burger in addition to the American cheese also on it
so I'd say it's a flavorful cheeseburger with some flavorful spice good ingredients and everything
just works nicely it's a little pricey eight dollars but yeah I'm happy with it again yeah
it's just some cheese and some jalapenos on this I know it's not the most remarkable combination
in the world but I like it I think they did a good job quality is there I would recommend it
so McDonald's did a good job aside from the price tastes good and I think you'll like
it too especially again if you like that cheese and a little bit of spice then check it out get
it while the getting is good therefore out of ten I'm going to be giving the cheesy jalapeno
bacon quarter pounder with cheese from McDonald's and 8.4 out of 10. I'm happy with it and that's
all that I have thank you for watching until next time I'm your host the report of the week