Angus Beef Burgers, McDonalds
Angus beef hits Macca’s
There use to be a time when I didn’t feel too guilty eating Macca’s. Life was so much simpler as a kid, when Macca’s was a treat every few weeks. I use to get really excited when we we went for breakfast or for a meal after Thursday night shopping. There was a time when all the burgers came in styrofoam boxes too, ah those were the days. These days, Macca’s is more of something which I grab if I’m in a rush or if I’m after a snack after a big night out.
In recent years, Macca’s has come out with a few new burgers. Some have triumphed (McChicken) whilst others have not. This month, Macca’s introduce a new range using Angus Beef and I am luckily enough to try it before it hits the stores (though they have now started appearing on menus).
The Grand Angus
Grand Angus burger ($6.45)
All burgers have 100% Aussie angus beef. In between we have classic Macca’s cheese, spanish onion, baby salad, tomato, mustard, pickles and mayo. All this is served on soft sourdough bun, in a square like form.
My first impressions of the burger was good, it still had the element of classic ‘macca’s to it. The beef tasted less dry, but still retained the Macca’s beef taste because of the cheese. Whether this is a good thing or not, is up to individual taste buds but it was a winner for me. I did find the spanish onion a tad overwhelming, but onion breath cannot be avoided when having a good burger.
I’m quite surprised by the size of it too. For $6.45 you get a pretty good sized burger, I might even get away with having one burger instead of the usual two.
The Mighty Angus
Mighty Angus burger
The Mighty Angus burger is deemed a ‘blokier’ burger by Daniel Gould, Executive Chef of McDonald’s test kitchen. Out of the two, it is my favourite by far. Gone are the vegetables and in comes the bacon. This burger is filled with angus beef, two slices of Macca’s cheese, onion relish (caramalised onions) and spanish onions.
A few bites in and I am quite happy, it tastes like a real burger. It’s up there with the qtr pounders and the Whopper’s of the world, but whether it can stick around for as long remains to be seen.
For research purposes of course, it’s a tough life for some.
There you have it, another new range of burgers from McDonald’s. Is it just another burger which will come and go or will it embrace the burger loving public ? The prices are creeping up each year, but if the burgers are good then people will be happy to pay for it. Would I buy the new burgers ? I’d definately go for the Mighty Angus, but it’s a hard task to move me away from the classic qtr pounder.
Available in stores now at your local McDonald’s
For more info visit http://mcdonalds.com.au/#/angus-beef
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I like that they’re trying new things. It looks interesting enough if I’m desperate enough to need to stop by a maccas to buy one of these.
It’s something to consider.
Actually, something to consider would be to go the way of the quarter pounder and have a double angus beef burger!
i like how they did the table clothes and roses. hehe. perhaps they should do this in the real stores?
.-= Simon Food Favourites´s last blog ..Pinocchio’s Restaurant: Italian Seafood & Steakhouse, Randwick (14 August 2009) =-.
It’s not McDonald’s fault, but since the hell of drunken night with quarter pounder, I have been unable to eat burgers from Macca’s.. but these angus burgers sound pretty good, I’m intrigued enough to try!
.-= Yas´s last blog ..Add some Asia to it – trying to eat sensibly. =-.
I had the might Angus last night… the LARGE chunks of raw spanish red onion were too much! and im a huge lover of onion on everything.. May have been the first time ever I’ve had to remove onion from something
The caramelised onions were plentiful though and were delish.. even so id be happier with a whopper or fillet-o-fish
@Simon : double angus would be nice, I’m a closet fan of the double qtr pounder too.
@SFF : It would be a nice touch indeed, themed Maccas!
@Yas : lol a few too many sakes ?
@abercrombie : fillet o fish is one of my favs. Next time try order a big mac but instead of beef ask for 2 pieces of fish.
It looks good but gotta agree with the other comments, the amount of sliced raw red onions seems like a bit too much. I think they also did a good job on the packaging. They used the word “grand” and it looks more elegant than their other ordinary burger packaging. I wouldn’t mind eating one right now
(it’s 2.30am over here, in California)
You’ve sampled the Angus Beef burger as is but did you sample it with french fries inside the burger? now THATS the maccas experience
I am confused. I bought a Mighty Angus tonight – there was no bacon, no onion.
I am sure I had one of these a month or so ago and it had both bacon and onion…. Seems like I may have been ripped off! I also note that the picture doesn’t seem to show any bacon (the “disected” image)
Do either of these burgers come with bacon?
Hi Damien. You might have been unlucky, it definitely has bacon in it! I remember tasting it as well as well as the Maccas guy talking about it.