McDonalds Grand & Mighty Angus Burgers

I'm not big on McDonalds, would much prefer a home made burger any day of the week, but sometimes you just can't be stuffed. After a big AFL grand final day it was one such day where preparing dinner was the last thing we wanted to do, now our takeaways would normally consist of Noodle Box, Chinese, Thai Slovakia, Fish & Chips or Pizza.

Tonight however we decided to grab a smallish dinner from McDonalds, and I decided to try the much publicised Grand Angus Burger - McDonalds new gourmet burger. Now we all know McDonalds patties are pretty much the closest thing to cardboard one can consume, and the salad that comes with it would barely pass as salad if you served it up at home.

The first noticeable difference with the Grand Angus Burger was that there was a little bit of juiciness about the pattie, a good addition to the consumption of the burger but no doubt it is the increased fat content that would be within the Angus mince.

After all Angus meat is all about the fat marbling running through it (nothing like Wagyu or Kobe Beef but still some marbling). Now this is normally a good thing in your primal cuts, your Rump Steaks, Scotch Fillets, Rib Eyes etc. But in mince?!

Sure the burger or more to the point the pattie has a more prominent beef flavour which can only be a good thing, the main difference and good thing about these burgers is the soft sourdough buns and in my particular burger it seemed was fresh lettuce.

McDonalds is pushing these new burgers pretty hard, adding all the fancy stuff - Certified Australian Angus Beef, to back their new 'gourmet' burger. For me it was a welcomed flavour compared to the usual Big Mac but still far from a satisfying and healthy option. With so many REAL gourmet burger shops out there (Grilled & Urban Burger to name a few) one wonders if these over-priced McDonalds gourmet burgers will last.

To anyone still wondering if they should give it a go you may as well, you will definetly like it over the normal crappy Big Mac, but you'd be better off taking the time to make a nice burger at home. After all who can really trust this goofy looking guy below?


Ronald McDonald with a Angus Cow at the launch of the Grand & Mighty Angus Burgers.