Is Mcdonalds Mushroom Swiss Real Beef

Two households, both alike in dignity, in sunny Singapore, where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mushroomy, where hastily assembled burgers make civil hands unclean…

Welcome to the last Snackdown of the last month of the last year of the second decade of the twenty-first century. And today, we'll be dissecting two mushroom burgers from Burger King and McDonald's. Well, only metaphorically, because my stomach will be doing the actual dissecting. With, uh, acid and, erm, digestive enzymes.

Unfortunately, that's the extent of the Snacktivist's knowledge of digestive biology. But what I knowledge I lack in bodily functions (stop snickering, you), I am up full up to here with knowledge of things that can kill you.

Not about heavy ordinance or dangerous animals. I'm talking about snacks and fast food.

But you already knew that. I am a god amongst men. A colossus, even.

So, anyway. The two mushroom burgers. It's not difficult to see who the pretender is here. Burger King has had the Mushroom Swiss in its menu for as long as I can remember, and it doesn't look like it's going away anytime soon. It's as permanent as death and taxes, as eternal as Kim Il-Sung being president of Best Korea.

As for McDonald's Angus Mushroom Supreme, it's here to wrest the crown (this is a regal pun) from the Mushroom Swiss above. And don't discount pretenders, because they certainly can be hungrier than the incumbent, which makes them try harder.

Speaking of hungry…

But before I begin, I leave you with this quality meme.

Burger King Mushroom Swiss

They say you never forget your first time. Falling in love, falling out of love, being betrayed by your closest friends, running out of toilet paper after taking a dump and forgetting to bring in a fresh roll of toilet paper… you get the idea.

I remember the first time I tried a Burger King Mushroom Swiss burger, and it was about as much of a revelation as discovering the 'fetherlite' I used to clean my rifle with (stop snickering, you) in the army was actually 'flannelette'.

You see, the Mushroom Swiss debuted around the time when the Singapore fast food scene was dire. There was no Omakase Burger , no Shake Shack , no Five Guys, no fancypants limited-time specials from McDonald's (save for Prosperity and Samurai burgers) and certainly no bougie burgers served on porcelain plates and eaten with metal cutlery.

Sure, you could eat your burger at those places with your hands, but are you an animal? Are you a godless heathen?

Well, are you?

No, of course you're not.

But you see when the Mushroom Swiss was new, Singapore was a sterile, uncultured and barbarian land. Where salmon sashimi from Sakae Sushi was considered exotic and Seoul Garden was the pinnacle of haute cuisine.

Anyway, I remember the Mushroom Swiss to be absolutely heavenly. Cheese that wasn't a lurid, neon yellow and instead a delicate calico? With sauteed mushrooms covering the two flame-grilled patties and with not a shred of limp, apologetic lettuce in sight?

Glory be, hail to the king.

Full of chewy, gooey goodness. Absolutely brilliant and for years, I thought the Mushroom Swiss was the de facto ruler of the non-basic burger.

But now armed with the age of wisdom and with the cynicism that could sink a thousand optimistic ships, the Mushroom Swiss has lost some of its lustre. Whether it's down to my increasingly sophisticated tastebuds or whether it's down to the King's falling standards (the Mala Burger and Laksa Burger come to mind. How those turds made it to the public is something I'll never understand) is open to debate.

What isn't open to debate is how the Mushroom Swiss today tastes like a soggy, cheese-soaked napkin. From the limp bun, to the cloying stickiness of the cheese, to the mushy mushrooms to the what-in-the-seven-hells-is-that-even-beef patty, a bite of the Mushroom Swiss burger feels like chewing on a wad of cardboard.

And that's when it's eaten warm. The soul shudders to think what it tastes like when it's cold.

A soggy, cheese-soaked napkin that happens to be cold is my best guess.

10-word review: The King has long since shuffled off this mortal realm.
Best paired with: Faded glory.

McDonald's Angus Mushroom Supreme

The Big M has had a string of hits this year—the Nasi Lemak burger, the glorious return (and going away) of McGriddles and the ha cheong gai drumlets during the Lunar New Year festivities. And of course, the beguiling simplicity of the McSpicy Deluxe .

Of course, there was the tasteless, amorphous amalgamated fried mass of shrimp that looks like the blob from I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream that made up the Ebi burger and the chemical sludge of the Strawberry Cream Pie, but nobody can sustain a good run forever.

So, the Angus Mushroom Supreme, then. Does it live up to its name? Does it inspire the same sort of fervour that the Supreme Bogo does?

Let's see, the ingredients for success certainly are there. It's got the deeply underrated Angus beef patty, which on its own is almost a surefire guarantee of success when you put it in any burger. It's basically Guile's Theme for junk food.

Then you have caramelised onions, which is also another topping that doesn't work poorly anywhere. Trust me, it works with everything. Finally, you have the herb aioli, sauteed mushrooms and cheese.

The only thing missing is bacon, but apart from that you have the ingredients for what is a solid—if bordering on unimaginative—burger.

However, the resulting, um, result is the Angus Mushroom Supreme is the complete opposite of the Mushroom Swiss, in that it's dry. It's not fatally dry or all that bad, but what the Angus Mushroom Supreme smacks of is laziness.

It's just not trying hard enough to be good, a limp-wristed shot at the throne. And this makes me mad, because the Classic Angus Cheese and Original Angus Cheeseburger are absolute pillars of the mass-market burger world.

Because the Angus Mushroom Supreme is the red-headed stepchild of McDonald's Signature range.

Could it have done with more aioli? Sure.

Could the mushrooms have just been that little bit more moist? Sure.

Could I be just a bit less full of myself and rambly? Sure.

But we don't always get what we want, do we?

Life is unfair. Boo-hoo. Deal with it.

10-word review: O McDonald's magic touch with new items, wherefore art thou?

Best paired with: A good, solid slug of ketchup.

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Source: https://www.esquiresg.com/the-snackdown-review-burger-king-mushroom-swiss-vs-mcdonalds-angus-mushroom-supreme/

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