I love McDonald's in Taiwan. I really do. They have a vastly superior menu, with items such as rice bun burgers, burgers with extra layers (up to 4 on the Big Mac), and even green tea (and red bean!) McFlurries. On top of that, their lunch hours give discounts so that full meals cost as little as 79 NT ($2.25 for the double cheeseburger). God... damn. No wonder there's so many overweight kids in Taiwan nowadays. Anyway, they've been pimping their new spicy chicken leg sandwich pretty hard lately (full combo meal for 99 NT!), and shit... it's delicious as sin.
The patty is freshly fried (I would know... I burned my lip on one), has a crispy layer of spicy breading, and uses actual chicken meat. The skeptic in me wonders how McD's is turning a profit here if they're charging less for a meal than for a sandwich back in NYC. Maybe they're using steroid filled chickens on the brim of death? Maybe. Don't really care though, these sandwiches are fantastic... but that's not the point of this post.
Having just been to a bakery, I sat with my combo meal staring out the window. I realized I had a bag of freshly baked pineapple buns. Lacking a knife, my only option was to delicately pry open the still warm bun apart. I worked gingerly, trying not to break off the sugar top crust. I have oafish hands, so that didn't work out as planned. With the bun opened successfully (debatable), I began the transplant. I scraped the mayo lettuce mix over using a sacrificial french fry, then slammed the patty inside. Then you get what you see. Mmm, to be honest, it wasn't as jaw-dropping incredible as I thought it would be. You can't really taste the sweetness of the crust, since the spicy chicken is legit spicy, and it's kind of wasted in sandwich form. I guess the one thing it did improve upon was texture, since the bread is supremely elastic, pulling off in strands of buttery goodness (compared to the plain white sesame bun of course).
Point of all this? I don't really know. Don't waste pineapple buns making stupid sandwiches... and I love McDonald's in Taiwan I guess?
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Where fried chicken meets pineapple bun
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this looks delicious...bring some back to philly
wowowoowwza. i hope they have these in hong kong
I think they have the spicy chicken leg sandwich... I think. So I'm sure you could make one yourself, but why restrict yourself to pineapple buns. GO BIG! USE EGG TARTS!
The point of all this is that it's motherfucking awesome. Seriously, that first picture should go up on a wall somewhere. It's a shame the harmony of pineapple bun + spicy meat isn't so great... but whatever, who cares! It's better than biscuits, I'm sure.
@Danny I dunno... I love me some biscuits from Popeye's too.
Now I'm wondering how a burger would taste on that bun. ...I SHOULD MAKE ONE..OR SOMETHING...
I AGREE! You should make one, or like 5... to share with everyone else at SE. Don't use McDonald's though, I'm pretty sure it'll end up as poorly as this one.
LOL. i thought this was an official mcd's new product and i totally missed it.
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