I don’t remember @mcdsg having a Christmas special in years past, but the Angus Mushroom Supreme Special ($10.50) sounded too good to pass up. I mean, it literally has Su🅱️reme in the name.⠀
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Hold your horses folks, it may be bougie, but it’s McDonalds bougie. The standard Angus beef patty that’s deployed on the Angus burger line is also here, but it’s smeared with a smattering of herb aioli, a multiplicity of mushrooms crammed in between the buns, a little dollop of caramelised onions and a couple of leaves of lettuce. Gotta get your daily dose of fibre in somehow, no? ⠀
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The soft rolls utilised as burger buns here were rather decent for maccas, and as expected, the Angus beef patty was dry & overdone. That deficit was made measurably worse due to the distressing lack of delicious & lubricious herb aioli. Seriously, it’s not that hard to be a tad more heavy handed with the sauces, people. In the (often memed) words of Joe Biden, c’mon man!⠀
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Well, at least the button mushrooms and caramelised onions managed to scrape salvation at the last second for this burger. They were both excellently sautéed, and their earthy, sweet & unctuous qualities really ameliorated the mediocre patty of what is supposed to be Angus beef. I'm not gonna lie folks, if the Mushroom Su🅱️reme came with a more charitable dollop of herb aioli and a less overcooked beef patty, I'd gladly chow down on it again.⠀
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Well, on a happier note, Mickey D's brought their potato wedges back! These are surprisingly sumptuous, but the real OGs will know that KFC did it first way back when.