WonderWino
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Perhaps they're coastal elites who think its supposed to be like taco bell from demolition man
McDonalds - I'm Lovin' It
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I rarely saw that bagel, and that was before COVID. It had a sauce (Hollandaise?) that wasn’t used on any other sandwich.
Alas, even at the restaurant that had it, it’s probably gone now along with the salads and my beloved Fruit and Yogurt Parfait.
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I think McDonald's just made their worst commercial ever. It's a Black Panther 2 Happy Meal commercial where they tell kids Wakanda is real.
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After two and a half years, mcds finally turned the wifi back on. Just in time for global economic depression to put even more homeless and sad sacks to loiter in their restaurants.
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To my knowledge, that one is more regional. In college I had a yearly conference a few states away and they always had the steak bagels, but not in the southeast, where I'm from.
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I only go once in a blue moon when I'm really in the mood for a McFlurry. If Wendy's started adding M&Ms to their Frostys (Frosties?) I would never step foot in a McDonald's again.
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The McRib this year wasn't as good as ~2019's. Maybe it's the location.
Bismyth
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Honestly the McRib is kinda shit this year. Not sure whether things are worse or just a changing palate. I'm over it. End of an era.
WonderWino
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So I have to ask, did anyone else like the arch deluxe back in the day? Personally I thought it was ok, just way too expensive - came out to like $6 in 1996, but the ingredients weren't bad, and i've always thought they should have kept the peppered round piece of bacon around as an option for a cheaper burger. I mean its the perfect size and shape for a proper bacon cheeseburger. Its one of those little convenience things that would have been good to keep around
and they really should bring back the option to order fries fried in tallow like the old days. It was one of the main reasons people used to go to mcdonalds, cause they had really good fries. Sure its not healthy, but its mcdonalds, it isn't expected to be. You don't go to a fast food burger place for health food just like you don't go to a vegan restaurant expecting to order a steak. Some things are just too important to your brand to cheap out on. Like root beer or onion rings at A&W or the ice cream at dairy queen. Look what happened to KFC when they started cutting back on the quality of ingredients for their chicken in the 90s. It went from some of the best fried chicken you could get to utter shit and overtaken by better competitors. That should have been a lesson taken to heart by every restaurant. Macdonalds has started to go the same way, first with the fries in the 90s, then the weird obsession with healthy items, then fucking with the happy meal and shifting their target audience from kids to their parents, even though they had tried that in the 80s and it backfired on them. They did it slower and less directly but its really starting to become noticeable. Consider what going to mcdonalds was like in 1992 vs 2022. Totally different atmosphere, food and experience. The only reason it took so long to become seriously noticeable is because they had to make alot of changes to their brand to get to this point, whereas a place like KFC just had to fuck with their signature product for things to start to go downhill fast
and they really should bring back the option to order fries fried in tallow like the old days. It was one of the main reasons people used to go to mcdonalds, cause they had really good fries. Sure its not healthy, but its mcdonalds, it isn't expected to be. You don't go to a fast food burger place for health food just like you don't go to a vegan restaurant expecting to order a steak. Some things are just too important to your brand to cheap out on. Like root beer or onion rings at A&W or the ice cream at dairy queen. Look what happened to KFC when they started cutting back on the quality of ingredients for their chicken in the 90s. It went from some of the best fried chicken you could get to utter shit and overtaken by better competitors. That should have been a lesson taken to heart by every restaurant. Macdonalds has started to go the same way, first with the fries in the 90s, then the weird obsession with healthy items, then fucking with the happy meal and shifting their target audience from kids to their parents, even though they had tried that in the 80s and it backfired on them. They did it slower and less directly but its really starting to become noticeable. Consider what going to mcdonalds was like in 1992 vs 2022. Totally different atmosphere, food and experience. The only reason it took so long to become seriously noticeable is because they had to make alot of changes to their brand to get to this point, whereas a place like KFC just had to fuck with their signature product for things to start to go downhill fast
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Had a McRib this weekend. My sandwich was also smothered in sauce, thrown in the box, and that too thrown hard into the bag, so there was sauce all over the entire fucking disassembled thing and the box. Tasted nothing but sauce.
I'm mildly looking forward to the holiday pie's return. It's garbage but it's better than the apple pie when it's hot. It even has rainbow sprinkles!
I'm mildly looking forward to the holiday pie's return. It's garbage but it's better than the apple pie when it's hot. It even has rainbow sprinkles!
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I liked the Arch Deluxe. Wasn’t the best fast food burger out there, but it was pretty good for McDonald’s standards. Only had it a couple of times but I wouldn’t mind seeing it make a limited comeback.
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Most of the changes have been well-documented (Chicken McNuggets switched to all-white meat in the early 2000s, then got reformulated in the late 2000s/early 2010s for the artificial flavors, apple pies went baked in the early 1990s then got screwed with a few years later).
The real problem is that the restaurants lack personality now and the menu is really limited. In addition to the slashed post-COVID menu in the old days there was either a "burger of the month" or a special regional product, and I've seen even stranger one-off menu items over the years, though sadly I can't recall much.
I got a McRib today because I heard the cutoff is the 20th.
It was okay.
It was okay.
Wakandan Tiktok videos have debunked this. All you will get for your no salt order is a zoomer eyeroll.
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I'm channeling my inner ReviewBruh and trying their bacon, egg and cheese bagel sandwich complete with hash brown and coffee.
One better, I'm comparing it 1:1 with another sandwich hash brown combo from Wawa.
One better, I'm comparing it 1:1 with another sandwich hash brown combo from Wawa.
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I haven't tried McD breakfast stuff in over ten years
I like the filling but their bagels suck shit and can go right the fuck to hell alongside Chik Fil A's bagels
much better on a biscuit both joints whatever is in the middle
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From my experience, the bagel was perfectly cooked. Not too hard, not too soft. Their hash browns are the perfect kind of flaky and crunchy. They really added a lot of cheese to it.
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from my experience it's a mix of the bagel is too tough and the toppings don't work with bagel
some serious business lox is basically fish jerky so it works with even a tougher thing
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The McRib of 2022 is a pale comparison to the glorious McRib of the past. Nothing gold can stay.
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When I worked at McDonald's I can't tell you how much shit was dropped on the floor and still served.
McRibs? They cook them all up at once and they sit in the heat cabinet all day. Only way you will get a fresh one is if you come at like 11:15 right when they get done cooking.
Asking for 'no salt' will get you fresh fries? Ha ha, corporate figured that shit out years ago. They just take the old fries and stick 'em in the fryer for 20 seconds to cook off the salt. Mmm, they're warm so they must be fresh! Same thing if you ask for fresh nuggets/chicken patty/fish fillet.
McRibs? They cook them all up at once and they sit in the heat cabinet all day. Only way you will get a fresh one is if you come at like 11:15 right when they get done cooking.
Asking for 'no salt' will get you fresh fries? Ha ha, corporate figured that shit out years ago. They just take the old fries and stick 'em in the fryer for 20 seconds to cook off the salt. Mmm, they're warm so they must be fresh! Same thing if you ask for fresh nuggets/chicken patty/fish fillet.