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because McDonald's certainly is Right McDonald's we know that they're a place that it's not like
they're constantly releasing new items or anything do you know that they don't switch things up at
all but this time they are so I guess I'm just going along with it because you really know that
I am I am the epitome of the go with the flow type of attitude McDonald's is switching everything up
though they have a new burger Edition and this one looks pretty promising I'll say that I took
a look at this and obviously I mean you know how it is when it comes down to many of the items
that I try out here in these reviews some items look really promising they look like they have
a lot of potential they look like they could be quite good and then what actually happens they're
horrible and other times you get these items that look like they really should be disgusting
and sometimes they actually just are but other times the looks can be deceiving and they wind
up being quite good so when it comes down to a lot of these items from any place really you
can't judge a book by its cover but nonetheless I will say because I guess I am judging a book
by its cover anyway that this item does look promising McDonald's is adding a new burger to
their Quarter Pounder lineup this specifically is available for a limited time and it is called the
Smoky BLT quarter pounder with cheese with cheese if you get it without cheese you know what happens
they make you wear a bow tie
which may or may not be a bad thing depending on your satorial preferences but nonetheless
you've been warned now you know the repercussions I'll just say this it's
advisable that you get this with cheese because McDonald's they don't play around
on it is a quarter pound beef patty American cheese bacon tomato lettuce and a smoky sauce
so that's where the Smoky in the name comes from the sauce is supposed to have some Smoky notes and
again bacon lettuce tomato some cheese with that quarter pound of beef price for the sandwich it
is a pricier sandwich I will say that so just get ready eight dollars just for the sandwich
by itself so not a meal not including a drink or fries or any of that if you just want the
sandwich by itself the price is eight dollars so just take that into account but they'll say
well it's a quarter pounder so you're going to be getting a good amount of meat and it is a limited
time specialty sandwich so you know they'll say that as justification to say that's why
we're charging what we're charging for this it's up to you whether you buy that or not
plus and this I think makes it all worth it look at that they've got a special box
and it says quarter pounder with cheese when I look at this it reminds me of Jupiter
you know it's it's like you're looking at one of the gas planets and these are
just a different layers and the different bands of clouds and gases in its atmosphere
that's the impression that I get let's open it up and let's take a look there's the bun
and I shall pull the sandwich out now let's get a closer look
let's see
to give credit where credit is due
it's actually a a pretty photogenic Burger I'll say I think it looks good I'll give them credit
a lot of the time when you see items right you see this a lot online the expectations
right what's portrayed in the ad versus what you get in reality it's like night and day
but this on the other hand actually uh looks pretty appealing you could see the quarter pound
Patty right there you can see the Tomato looks fresh colorful vibrant the lettuce the cheese
those bacon strips kind of lurking there on the other side and then see the white stuff at the
bottom right that's that's the sauce that's the Smoky sauce right there we shall debun it
not too much to see there's the top bun just some lettuce the shredded variety
and then you can see it actually I don't know how well you could see it now you
can oh we have how many tomatoes are there my goodness we have a mountain of tomatoes
looks like we have ourselves Three Tomatoes I thought there would just be one but three
that is insane that is absolute insanity good amounts of bacon strips too and I
just say this you know I am a little bit impressed by the presentation
of the burger because these days I'm just so used to getting items that look like someone
sat on it and just someone slapped some stuff together so to actually get an item now this
could taste absolutely horrible and if it does I'll just be straight up about it and
I shall say it looks good but it tastes bad but it is nice favorite change to get an item
that actually resembles what it looks like in the ad it's it's surprisingly refreshing
because seldom do you see that these days so to give credit where credit is due McDonald's
you did good with the presentation and it looks like a good burger now the important part does
it taste good let's find out the McDonald's Smoky BLT quarter pounder with cheese going in
so you know the phrase
probably heard it before you learn something new every day right
now one could agree or disagree with that but it is a pretty common saying right
the other day I was doing a little organizational work you know just a little cleaning here and
there getting some stuff organized and I found this bottle right here and uh I was looking at it
I was trying to figure out what what what the heck is this you know I thought I don't know I thought
I thought that you're supposed to drink this maybe I thought like it's a shot or something
where you add it to your coffee and you know give yourself a little kick or a little bit
of flavor or or something to that extent but I read about this and they called this uh as you
could see right here they call it kalagna and apparently you slather it on yourself
in limited amounts and it's supposed to emanate a a pleasant scent
so it's interesting stuff this new phenomena the world of scents and kalagna they they call it
now I know that that was really we're traveling through space and time right now let's ground
ourselves back into reality let's let's land back here in the reviewing the reviewing
locale and let's get back to the review I like the burger it's good and uh I enjoyed it I enjoyed it
thoroughly good presentation and I would say that the flavor matches the presentation so that's the
review right there if you just if you want to bail out right now and I don't blame you uh there you
have it that's all that you need to know it's good so that's if you just want to get the heck
out of here now you know into the more in-depth analysis as I mentioned it has a good presentation
and you know there are a few ingredients it's not overwhelming all the ingredients are pretty
basic right you have the meat you have the bacon the lettuce the Tomato the cheese and the sauce
everything on this burger is easily you could easily discern that it's fresh
that's important because it really shows like if you get some sort of if you get the lettuce or
the tomatoes and they're just kind of you know it's a little it's not crisp it's not firm it's
a little chewy Etc you know you could tell and that really detracts from the eating experience
but I'll say this all right number one let's get in let's go ingredient by ingredient because what
I should mention right off the bat everything Blends together nicely it all comes together
right so that's important so I want to establish that first so I don't have to say that over and
over every ingredient complements each other so that's good there's nothing that clashes there's
nothing that seems uh this is very jarring Etc now ingredient by ingredient the beef is
good quality you could see I think in the cross section of it and even just when I was holding
up the burger itself you could see the thickness of that beef patty definitely a good amount and
of course it's a quarter pounder so there is going to be a decent amount of beef but that
always is nice to see it's juicy it's flavorful and they do have a little bit of like a salt and
pepper seasoning on it which is what they have on all of their uh their beef patties not just the
Quarter Pounders but it certainly adds that extra little bit of flavor there and I always enjoy that
so quality of the meat is good it's flavorful good amount of it as well so a thumbs up to that
the American cheese not too much to really say about it again a little salty but it
complements everything nothing really to mention there bacon bacon is enjoyable
I like that they got the texture of it just right where it's not it's not hard as a rock or anything
nor is it chewy it has the right amount of firmness that right amount of of just crisp
crispiness to it a nice fattiness as well like I said Blends in nicely and they put a good amount
of it on the burger you could pretty much taste it in every bite medicine tomato I already pretty
much covered they add some nice moisture to the sandwich they're crisp flavorful and fresh most
importantly so that's good and then what really ties it all together is the Smoky sauce now
the interesting thing about this is that yeah the best way to describe the sauce is that it's smoky
and it also has this little this little kind of Tangy sharpness to it as well but it's not
overwhelming it's not overpowering it's not like it steals the show and you bite into it
and that's all that you could taste not like that at all but again it gives a little bit of
moisture but again that Smoky Tangy sharpness that it has to offer is just the note that kind
of it takes what's already a decent a burger and then gives it its own unique characteristic
and it's not overwhelming not overbearing but it just ties everything together and that little bit
of a note that that sharp note that it has I think that's just enough that it offsets what
might otherwise be a slightly overwhelming salty fattiness that the rest of the sandwich has so
it offsets those notes it balances everything out and I will say that this is a pretty good burger
McDonald's they can be hit or miss sometimes uh they certainly have those good items they
certainly have those bad items for instance I tried out the McRib and the last McDonald's review
that I did and I hated it it was not enjoyable at all they've redeemed themselves with this burger
it's a bit pricey though I'll say that eight dollars that's more than I think
most of us would prefer to pay for it but it's simply the nature of the situation I do
find it overpriced but that's just how it is at least I will say it's a good burger tastes good
good quality really haven't any complaints about it at all so taking that into account
this rate this rating might seem a little high but just bear in mind I really haven't any complaints
about it and I think it is a good item so out of 10 I am going to be giving the Smoky BLT quarter
pounder with cheese from McDonald's a 9 out of 10. good quality good item all around slightly
overpriced but I found it enjoyable and I get it again on one final note if you want to support
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