McDonalds - Cheeseburger

Place: McDonalds

Type: Franchise

Atmosphere: Hipster Wannabe

Burger: Cheeseburger

#of Patties: 1

Special Sauce: None

Toppings: None

Type of Cheese: Cheddar

THE PLACE

We all know McDonalds. So much that I almost feel silly writing this part. Big yellow arches. Garish color scheme. Scary ass clown. It's a part of everyone's childhood and, for some of us, a part of our adulthood. But McDonalds is going through a bit of an identity crises. It seems to want to be some sort of hipster coffee shop instead of a burger place, which is what it is. My local McDonalds actually went so far as to lose in store seating to this  aesthetic. Can you imagine a restaurant actually giving up seats just to appeal to a group of people who won't eat there anyway? Seriously McDonalds, what the hell is wrong with you?

THE BURGER

And here it is, the humble McDonalds cheeseburger. Possibly the most eaten cheeseburger in the world. (Well not this specific one, but you get the idea.) Not very pretty, is it? I mean it's very basic. Meat, cheese, bun, toppings. You will not be arguing philosophy with this burger. And yet there is something about it, something that keeps bringing you back. Probably because it is so simple, most likely because it is so damn easy to get.

When I took my first bite I was taken back to the days when I was a kid and there was only one McDonalds in town and a happy meal cheeseburger was a rare thing. Then I actually concentrated on the taste and ... It ... It wasn't very good.

Sure it tastes like a burger, and you could taste to cheese but there was something in there, maybe it was the taste of a frozen patty but it wasn't too nice. The bun was weak and my fingers went through the top. Honestly put it all together and I can only call it above bland. Certainly not the worse cheeseburger I've ever had but far, far from the best.

I've been using the idea of the McDonalds cheeseburger as my base line when rating cheeseburgers, working on the theory that it was at least a 2.5, but it isn't, not by a long shot. The McDonalds cheeseburger rates nothing more than a 1.0.

And yet I will still eat it, because I have a McDonalds around the corner from me and I am, at my heart, lazy.