McDonald's here has a line of burgers on special that change every week called the 'Great Tastes of America'.
It started with the Miami Melt, defined by an authentic chilli-chive bun (huh?) and extra cheese sauce to go with the 'cheese made from Monterrey Jack.' Next was the New York Supreme with its fancy upscale sesame split bun and no funny business like onions or sauces. The California Classic uses up the leftover New York buns but adds more 'cheese made from Monterrey Jack', onions, and a 'SunBlush' tomato sauce (they better mean ketchup). Finally, the Arizona Grande (available now), trumps them all with that same chilli-chive bun, black pepper mayo, and 'cheese with peppers'. Oh, and every American loves bacon so you know they put it on all of them.
With all these sangwiches (not a typo if you listen to Dane Cook), you can upgrade to a side of classic American tempura-style onion rings with sweet chili sauce (?) and a Toffee Oreo McFlurry.
These sandwiches don't really sound all that bad, but it makes you try to think back to the last time you were some place and they offered something like a European style this or Australian steakhouse that and you thought it was legit. Makes you understand how people can get horrible misconceptions about a place.
Regardless of all that, kudos to McDonalds marketing because after staring at the subliminal messages hidden in the poster I have never wanted a Micky D's Arizona Grande so bad in my life. Maybe my lovely wife will read this post and make a pit stop on the way home.
Oh, and if you can see that price, I am going to break a rule for you. We try not convert pounds to dollars in our head because its painful to comprehend. That Arizona Grande is four pound eighty (4.80) if you get the medium meal. Conversion right now is about 2 to 1. So, in US dollars, that burger 'value' meal would be $9.60. The large meal would be $10.20. Ouch!
Wednesday, June 25
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I don't know what it is about crackDonald's, but I do love it. Those little cheeseburgers are both delicious and disgusting at the same time.
It's a wonder of marketing that I can crave one of them little bastards and then wonder why I ate it when I am finished.
Despite the fact that Crack Donald’s has tried to dress up their image with fancy sandwiches, the cheapest ones taste the best. I got one of the fancy crispy chicken sandwiches the other days and honestly had to force myself to eat it. Who would have guessed that they serve anything on a whole wheat bun!! I hate whole wheat and the fact that they toasted it made it worse; I thought I would be safe at the arches. It is McDonald’s; it is supposed to be bad for you. I want a greasy batter covered chunk of processed chicken product served on an aorta clogging white bread bun with extra mayo and shredded iceberg lettuce that has absolutely no flavor. I want it so hot that scalding grease trapped in the batter burns my tongue and face so that I can’t taste anything for the rest of the day. This is why you eat the fries first!! You wash it down with a 64 ounce “medium” Coke because I hate the taste of Diet anything.
I guess that I’ll have to stick to the $.99 McChicken.
I don’t think that is marketing that draws us back, it is chemistry. It is the same thing that makes us “crave KFC for a fortnight” after we eat it.
I got so worked up about chicken sandwich I forgot to mention that the advent of the Brazilian and Argentinean all you can eat meat extravaganza has given me a very good impression of the place. Think they have Fogo de Chao in Rio?
http://talk.uk-yankee.com/index.php?topic=44327.0
My new favorite forum: lots of people struggling with the same crap we are... even odd McDonald's marketing!
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