A tale of two burgers: One real, One fantasy. After yesterdays Uncle Sam from Byron delighting all taste buds. The second revivalist is the McDonalds 1955 Burger, I ordered without bacon, as I’m not sure bacon is a classic burger ingredient, and to ensure a freshly cooked burger to evenly compete with Byron. At £3.59 its less than half the price of the Byron Uncle Sam, but about 1/4 the value. As you can see what you get is a sorry sight, and somewhat unlike the promotional photo.
To be fair it didn’t taste as bad as it looks, but was very dry and over cooked, the burger is larger than a normal quarter-pounder, but much thinner, so it retains no moisture. It reminds me of the inedible big tasty, but much improved, as the ‘smokey sauce’, similar to big mac sauce, and cooked onions at least added some flavour. The previous ‘M’ Burger was a much greater success. This one felt that it wasn’t very well prepared, there was next to no lettuce in it, and a tiny amount of onion. Consistency and portion control is something that mcdonald’s is normally good at.
I would avoid and stick with the big mac or quarter if you are swinging by a mcdonalds.
