Here I am, chasing prosperity with the Lunar Year of the Rat fast approaching. For those keeping tabs, today is the 1st day of the Chinese lunar month (or chor yat - cantonese, chuey it - hokkien). This is also the last month of the Lunar Year of the Pig and in exactly one month’s time, we will usher in the year of the Rat, to chase the Pig out the door.
And this year, I resolved to do something I’ve never done before this - eat a McDonald’s Prosperity Burger! Would you believe I’ve never eaten a Prosperity Burger in all this many many years McDonald’s has been running their annual run up to Chinese New Year?
So, today I bit the bullet (I’ve sworn off McDonald’s) and succumbed to advertising and curiousity. RM9.88++ poorer, what I find myself chowing down on is a beef patty smothered in black pepper sauce in a long sesame bun (not unlike the Ramly burger special sans egg), curly fries (not unlike that found in A&W) and a cup of ice cold jasmine green tea.
I could live with the burger (it wasn’t too awful surprisingly) and I have a soft spot for fries, especially curly fries. What I could not stand is the artificial sweetness and fragrance of the jasmine green tea. I don’t drink Chinese tea at the best of times, and when I do, I don’t take jasmine tea because of that cloying fragrance. So I wish they’d stick to the orange juice they served in previous years.
So, now that I have had my taste of prosperity, bring on the Year of the Rat! dong dong chiang!!
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10 comments ↓
My goodness! LOL You mean you’ve never had one before??? For years, it was tradition for Roy and I to grab one, taste be damned. We just felt it wasn’t CNY till we had one.
I’ll probably go out and grab myself one these days and pretend I’m not on a diet. :)))
You have so got to be kidding…never tasted one before?
My mum likes the black pepper sauce so much, it’s all she’ll order from McDs for the limited time it’s on the menu! (I like it too…especially the curly fries)
But yeah, a big ‘BOO’ for the jasmine tea..they had a OJ-Sprite mix in previous years, which tastes heaps better.
When McD stuck with orange juice throughout the years, consumers complain that they are “not innovative, no changes, year in year out also orange juice.”
But when they throw in something different once in a while, consumers “want back that orange juice.”
LOL.
I moseyed down to the McD’s near my work area yesterday but didn’t eat there because it was too packed and the chicken version of the burger wasn’t out yet…
i love the prosperity burger! highlight of a my new year! but yeah i agree, the green tea is lousy! bring back the orange mcfizz!! but damn RM 10 per meal is too hurting on my student’s budget T____T and i’ve been told i have to cut out all fast food because of my unhealthy diet. *sigh*
I actually prefer the Samurai burger but that has not been offered for a long time liao. The Prosperity Burger has too much black pepper for my liking.
I’ll probably try it just for the green tea though….maybe not.
Cheesey: *hangs head in shame* No I’ve never had it till now - hang the diet!
Beetrice: I must be the only person never to have tried it? LOL… Wish I’d opted for orange.
Pelf: Heh… but since I’ve never tried it I guess I’m justified in complaining?
Rinnah: Chicken is coming out on the 13th I think.
Entwined: Ah yes RM10+ is definitely too expensive for what you get!
GT: I never tried the Samurai burger too! *hides in embarrassment*
LOL! You’ve never tried the Samurai burger too??? Okok… You’ve always had a much healthier diet than I did, so I can forgive you that.
If the Samurai burger comes back, promise me and GT that you will go have a bite.
Cheesey: Never tried…
Next time it comes around, you belanja me lah 
Deal. One Samurai burger value meal + extras on me.