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We try the new Asian Juicy burgers from McDonald’s Japan

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By Oona McGee, SoraNews24

Last week, McDonald’s raised eyebrows with the announcement that they would be adding a new series of burgers to the menu called Asian Juicy.

Inspired by a play on words on “Ajia no Junshin” (Asian Innocence), a ’90s hit single by J-pop group Puffy, the new range brings the flavors of China, Japan, and Thailand together for a limited time, and we were able to get our hands on them when they were released on Feb 1.

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After taking them back to the office for a taste test, we found that one of these burgers was not like the others — it bucked all the conventions we’ve come to expect from McDonald’s in Japan, but in a very good way.

First up, let’s take a look at the two other burgers, which sadly left us wanting, perhaps because the photos on the menu built them up to look so mouthwatering.

The Yurinchi Chicken (440 yen) is the Japanese entry in the series, although it’s originally inspired by Chinese “oil-drenched chicken.”

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The burger contained all the main components we’ve come to expect from Yurinchi Chicken — crispy fried chicken and a sweet-and-sour scallion sauce. Sadly, though, these ingredients didn’t jump out at us as presenting anything we haven’t already tried at McDonald’s before, with everything melding together to create a good but relatively ordinary chicken burger.

Next up, we have the Sweet Chilli Shrimp (450 yen), which we were most looking forward to, as it contained Thai sweet chilli sauce. We were hoping that the crunchy, creamy shrimp cutlet would be drenched in this sauce, but sadly it wasn’t as plentiful, or flavorful, as we’d hoped.

▼ Still, an above-average burger.

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While these two burgers didn’t live up to our expectations, the third burger, the Tantan Double Beef (490 yen) saved the day.

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This burger-shaped nod to Tantan Ramen, a spicy noodle dish based on a Chinese recipe, was a total maverick, combining beef with cheese, egg, and a spicy Tantan Mayonnaise.

This spicy mayonnaise was outstanding, transporting us to China with its delicious flavour. We don’t think there’s ever been a spicier burger at McDonald’s, and the heat is so strong it comes with a warning on the packaging that reads: “”Please be careful if you don’t like spicy food.”

▼ A good amount of spicy sauce makes this an excellent Asian Juicy burger.

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If you’re a fan of spice, we highly recommend trying this burger, as the sauce isn’t just spicy but flavorful too. The other burgers aren’t bad either, but for us, the Tantan Double Beef is the one worth spending your money on, and we might just do that again before the end of March, when the burgers will disappear from the menu.

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Gonna have a word with that Tantan Burger very soon.

Just dove into the arches and demolished one, as promised. Not bad, sauce is quite tantenmenny but needs a spoonful more. Egg has no place on there, because as usual the Clown makes them like hockey pucks. Needs a few slivers of green onion. a bit of fried garlic and a great deal more kick. 7/10.

5 ( +5 / -0 )

Don't eat this rubbish !

3 ( +7 / -4 )

They sure look very different from the advertisement. Thanks for your taste tests.

3 ( +3 / -0 )

Gonna have a word with that Tantan Burger very soon.

Blessed are the burgermakers

3 ( +4 / -1 )

I swear the burgers get smaller and smaller in size...

3 ( +3 / -0 )

But this may be the first time that a McD offering actually looks appaling to me. Hard pass.

'Appaling'

Can't work out if you mean 'appealing' or 'appalling'. Cunning diplomacy VOR.

1 ( +1 / -0 )

awful choice full of chemicals.yuck

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Eastman

I have watched that a few years ago and another documentary I think from U.K. I’d say it’s ok to eat that stuff if you limit it to once a week and have maybe just a burger with a coffee.

-3 ( +1 / -4 )

McSomething cant be called a food.

google for Oversize me,watch than think twice if its worth to get sick.

-6 ( +2 / -8 )

My next endeavor is a taco meatloaf,cook with taco seasoning,onion peppers and add some rice and corn, thinking about this will make anyone slobber

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