Today I crumbled under hipster food hype pressure. I went to try out the latest craze to hit Auckland's salty streets. Yes, I went to McDonalds. McDonalds you say? Yes, the ol' golden arches have released a new way to order your food with an exciting and slightly more sophisticated presentation, highly favoured by those addicted to photographing their food. We are all guilty of it, it's ok.
Balmoral McDonalds is the first restaurant in New Zealand to receive the trial run of 'Create Your Taste' with four more testaurants* nation wide yet to be named.
Upon arrival we are greeted by large white touch screen menus, this is where the fun begins; choose your bun, extra meats, cheeses, followed with sauces and salad options, plus a couple of extras ie. guacamole, mushrooms, fried egg, crunchy tortilla chips... as per regular Maccas tradition you can choose your combo size, I opted for medium, and drink of choice.
After using paywave to complete and pay for your order you then receive a table number as such, you clip your table number to the board on your table of choice and wait for your gourmet takeaway to be served to you, waiter and all.
The wait was relatively normal, around ten minutes, which in McDonalds, felt like a lifetime. But boy oh boy was it worth it, I have to say that it was one the most delicious burgers I have had in a long time. I will 100% be going back to try out new variations and I most certainly will be dragging Frankie down with me.
I included a picture of my order to show how it works and some of the options you can choose from.
Well played McDonalds.
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*testaurant(s)
noun
A word Steph made up to combine the two words "test" and "restaurant"
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