Lidcombe McDonald's - Create Your Taste

McDonald's Create Your Taste has started for quite some time now so a couple of my friends and I decided to see what it's all about and whether it really is as fancy as it's described to be. 

How it starts :) (And yes I have snapchat :P)

I'll skip the details about the touch screen ordering as I'm pretty sure quite a few blogs have talked about it by now. But I'll just mention that you could get double veggies without being charged extra! (Yes I do love my veggies). My creation consisted of a baker's bun, beef patty, Swiss cheese, grilled mushrooms ($0.60), 2x lettuce, tomato, beetroot, caramelised onions, finished off with tomato chilli jam. My burger (which I shall dub the McGourmetnita) totaled $9.55 which I wouldn't call cheap but it's not expensive either - decently priced shall I say. The baseline price for a burger is $8.95 and depending on how many items from Step 3 (Turn Up the Taste) you add, the cost increases. 

After you create your burger, you get to choose whether to pay by card at the touch screen or by cash at the registers. Then you simply wait at your table and the burger will be delivered to you on a cute little wooden board. 

My friends ordered a meal which came with chips in a mini metal basket and a drink which sadly came in the usual paper cup.

I forgoed the chips - Maccas chips can't compare to KFC chips (bet that will start a few discussions)

I was actually impressed by the presentation of the burger... that was until I picked it up to see all the oil my bun was sitting on. To be fair it may have been a mix of oil and water from the mushrooms. 

Presenting the McGourmetnita

In terms of taste it was quite good. I like how the top half of my bun was nice and crispy and that the meat patty covered the entire diameter of the bun. Mushrooms were definitely a good choice despite the extra cost - it just went so well with the caramelised onions and tomato chilli jam. 

Not bad for Maccas standards, but would I go there again? Probably not. There are better burger places out there.