Fast food review: McDonald's Big Arch burger

I haven't posted food reviews on this blog before that I can recall, but here is one of a food I just recently ate. The Big Arch burger is a new item on the McDonald's menu that is presumably a limited-time item, so I wanted to try it at least once while it was available.

Firstly, some backstory. I had seen this on the menu in the past few weeks but hadn't chosen to try it until today. Last week, my sister had inadvertently spread misinformation about the McDonald's CEO's opinion of the burger. She said that he had posted a video where he said the burger wasn't that good. This didn't seem logical to me, so I told her to find the actual video, in which it turns out that he actually said that the burger was good. 

Apparently a ton of people online roasted his video because he was kind of awkward in it, even though he did say the burger was good. They also apparently didn't like that he only depicted himself eating one bite of the burger in the video, instead of showing him eating the entire thing in like a timelapse. I don't know what they wanted. Something like the performance artwork video of Andy Warhol eating a hamburger??? Sometimes I think about what it might be like if I made mukbang videos, but I digress... 

Anyways, he actually did like the burger, and I thought his video was perfectly serviceable. I also liked the burger and was satisfied with how it tasted. It was larger than I expected and quite filling. There are two (quarter pound) meat patties on it which are substantial and meaty. It has white cheddar cheese, a special Big Arch sauce, and crispy fried onions. As well as the typical lettuce and pickles. It also has slivered onions. The bun has sesame and poppy seeds and seems like the bread might be a little denser than a Big Mac bun. 

Something in the burger tasted a little peppery, like black pepper. I'm not sure if that was from the sauce or the meat seasoning or what. The sauce is not as sweet as Big Mac sauce. The cheese is nice and gooey and there's a good amount of it. Mine was made well and seemed like there was a good amount and proportion of the various toppings. 

Overall, I would probably eat this burger again, although not every single time I go to McDonald's, as it is fairly indulgent and sometimes I might not be hungry enough to eat something that substantial. It is also more expensive than a Big Mac.