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well it's finally here let's just get right into things it is finally here
and i'm excited to try this out so arby's made history harvey's history that is they for the
first time ever have added a burger to the menu this is the first they've never done this before
but arby's at least until july now has burgers on the menu and it's not any sort of burger
it's an arby's burger so here's what's on it you can get a few different things this is the
main burger that they've got a lot of people are wondering you know how does it taste is it
any good honestly this is something that i'm really excited for because i myself i always
like a good burger and uh i'm excited because our bees lately they've had some pretty good items
uh pretty decent quality so i'm i'm keeping my fingers crossed anyway
that this is gonna be something so we will see but you know if it's good it's good
if it's bad it's bad but i'm excited for it so far i've heard different things about it
those guys those are their stomachs grumbling just craving that burger
some people have told me it's terrible some people have said it's excellent
so we will see but here's what uh the main one is that's what we're reviewing today
it's not called the main one this is just the one that they're really promoting the deluxe waigu
steakhouse burger i should mention that for one patty it's 715 calories so you're getting a full
meal pretty much with this so here's what's on it you've got a waiku steakhouse burger patty pickles
burger sauce onion american cheese lettuce and tomato available at the price six dollars 49 cents
but it sounds like a pretty complete burger like a deluxe type of burger from the arby's complete
with burger sauce some people ask the question you know where do uh well where do burgers come from
right and that's part of the answer right there if you just think about it let's take a look at this
wow look at the size of this patty
my goodness i mean look at it this thing is like this is gargantuan at least in terms of the ratio
seldom do i see a burger where the beef patty is actually the biggest thing these days they
just you know they rip you off so much this is a rarity doesn't mean it's going to be good but
i like what i see it's a messy sandwich truth be told but the bun we've got the cheese and
i'll just take a real quick thumbnail like this
and uh the burger sauce
it's it's drenched in burger sauce
and there's those pickles we were talking about and the tomatoes so everything that's
supposed to be there is which is good which is what we want to see and uh
you know what's on it i know what's on it we all know what's on it so let's see what it tastes like
the uh deluxe waiku steakhouse burger from arby's it's going in
i've got a red umbrella above me and i think that's making my face look a little red but
that's that's fine you know make something up say i'm so excited for the burger or something
one more bite
not bad all things considered not bad
i don't have a problem with it at all good quality
fresh only criticism that i'll have we'll get into that in a minute first and foremost i think
we want to know does it taste good and the answer to that is yes so that's the good news right there
um yeah the waigu steakhouse burger does taste good it's enjoyable and um i'm happy with it
so most importantly in terms of the quality it tastes good and i think you'd enjoy it
i like the portion size i like that you have a lot of a lot of meat there
because these days they're so used to these tiny like these these microscopically thin
um beef patties that it looks like someone sat on the thing so to actually have something that's
uh of more substance is great and again it's flavorful it's juicy
i'd say it's cooked to like maybe medium or so if i had to guess but definitely yeah like it's
like a steakhouse burger something you would get at a steakhouse um as opposed to like
a mcdonald's or something so quality wise it's definitely there and again juicy flavorful meat
so obviously that's the most important component and it tastes good the toppings accompany it well
the american cheese is quite good it actually pairs very nicely with the beef um the pickles
the lettuce and the tomato are fine um the pickles are actually nice and crisp and the onion as well
flavorful so a-okay so far my only complaint because everything else on
this burger is totally fine uh the burger sauce all right the burger sauce is okay
it doesn't really detract from it at all in terms of actual um flavor it's not the most
flavorful thing in the world it's kind of just like this very mild um kind of big mac
sauce ripoff type of thing it's just you know there's not really much to it it's just like a
it's very very light is what i'm trying to say and um yeah it's like a it's like a big mac sauce uh
rip off type of thing for the most part you know it's got a waiver of its own too but it's
very watery runny and just very light i just don't like how the burger is drenched in this
you don't need that much and honestly does it really contribute anything to it i don't think so
honestly probably be better off if it just comes without the sauce maybe get some on the side
or something um even just get some ketchup for goodness sake you could even just put the head on
it um i enjoyed the burger this might be something that i'd get again i think personally if i were to
get it i would omit the uh the burger sauce i just don't think the burger sauce really contributes
all that much in the way of flavor i think it's a totally fine burger without the sauce so it's
not like you know it's sitting there and that's gonna be the difference between life or death
right no it doesn't really matter whether the burger sauce is on it or not
um in terms of detracting from the flavor so it also just is really runny like i said there's so
much of it and it makes it rather messy now some people won't mind that you know you might actually
just to kind of like mark your territory you know maybe you want to sit there in your car and
just eat it over your lap and let the burger sauce drip on you and then don't even clean it
up you know then you just get up and go about your business and that way you could show everyone you
know your your friends your family your co-workers whatever assert your dominance and show them
i ate the waigu burger from arby's and you didn't right you could i guess if you want
to do that i it's a weird thing to do but it's i guess it's there for you who am i to tell you
what to do but honestly it's just messy and um like i said it doesn't really contribute much so
all in all tastes good but yeah the burger sauce is just a little bit much but uh yeah i'd
get it again i just get it without the burger sauce and that's just my personal preference
6.49 but it's a unique item and they did a good job with it too which i'm very happy to see
these days you've had one piece of trash after the next shoveled your way and finally you get a new
item that everyone's excited for and actually didn't blow it this time which is great to see
so very good all right therefore out of ten mostly good that one ingredient is just iffy
it doesn't really ruin it it's just i think it's unnecessary so all things considered i
still find it enjoyable it tastes good that's what matters eight out of ten is the rating
for uh for this burger and that's all that i have for you in today's review i'm your host
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