While this isn’t the first that one of the famous fast food restaurants innovated local flavors (e.g. Kiasu, Rendang beef and salted Egg burgers). In conjunction with Singapore Food Festival 2017 and upcoming National Day, McDonald has decided to recreate one of Singapore’s most iconic dishes which is nasi lemak.
Commonly eaten for any meal, Nasi Lemak is a fragrant rice dish cooked in coconut milk and accompanied with a range of side dishes such as egg, cucumber, anchovies and most importantly sambal chili.
Their promotion includes Nasi Lemak Burger, Bandung McFizz, Criss Cut Fries, Coconut Pie and Chendol McFlurry, which we are going to review all of them here!
So let's start off with Nasi Lemak Burger, their box is a picture of the banana leaf which normally acts as a tray for Nasi Lemak, let's open up the box!
The burger consists of fried chicken coconut marinated meat patty, fried egg, two cucumber slices, bits of caramelized onions with sweet and spicy sambal sauce in between the semolina buns, but something is missing out from Nasi Lemak - Ikan Bilis, peanuts, and rice! It is just not nasi lemak without them.
Our favorite parts of the burger were the chicken and fried egg, they taste just like the ones you would get from any hawker stalls that sells Nasi Lemak. However what we could not taste is the sambal chili and the egg as the cucumbers and chicken had overpowered them. But the first few bite of the burger will make you think of Nasi Lemak! Must try! but a precaution to share with a person as it might get a bit too full cause of the oiliness of the chicken.
Next is criss cut fries, it is not a stranger to Mcdonald fans, Despite being thicker and larger than normal fries, the Crisscuts had a crispier texture which is sure to please those who preferred non-soggy waffley chips.
This was supposed to taste like Bandung that rose syrup added with Sprite. And it was really spot on, Bandung with Sprite, and it's quite refreshing and new to me! The only con is this is a small cup! Not enough to share around.
Moving on to Chendol McFlurry, this dessert contains cendol green jelly bits with brownish Gula Melaka sauce with the returning vanilla soft serve! To me it was not cendol-y taste to be named cendol mcflurry, all I tasted is Gula Melaka sweetness, but it was a decent dessert.
Last is coconut pie, my first thought that it might be filled with nata de coco jelly inside the pie like how their apple pie is.
The coconut cream with bits of nata de coco was warm and smooth, you could even bite on coconut meat slice even! So overall, Mcdonald did something right with this promotion. We will look forward to more fancy creations in the future!
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