CBO Cheesy Bacon & Oreo Tart & Wedge Fries - Madrid Spain - January 2012

My order

The CBO - Cheesy Bacon Edition

Consumed on 18 January 2026

Location - Madrid, Spain

Price - CBO CB Combo -€6.35 = $8.30USD.  Oreo Tart - €1.95 = $2.55USD

Rating - CBO CB - 4/5.  Oreo Tart - 2/5

Cookies 'N Cream Pie & Chipotle Snack Wrap & Coffee Cake - Amherstburg, Canada - January 2012

Inside the pie

The snack wrap, sadly no unique packaging.

Consumed on - 3 January 2026
Location - Amherstburg, Ontario Canada (see full review for photo)
Price - Wrap $1.89CAD (~$1.85USD), Pie $0.69CAD, Coffee Cake w/ Large coffee $1.76CAD.  All prices do not include 13% VAT.
Rating - Wrap 4/5.  Pie 2/5. Coffee Cake 0/5

Click below for more photos and the review

Spaghetti, Bubur Ayam and Chicken Rice - Jakarta, Indonesia - December 2010

(Click on the photos to zoom)

Consumed on - 21 December 2025

Location - Jakarta Indonesia (Exact branch unknown)

Price - Spaghetti/Bubur Ayam - 5500IDR = ~0.60USD, Chicken Rice Combo - 16,500IDR = ~$1.80USD

Rating - Spaghetti 2/5, Bubur Ayam 4/5, Chicken Rice 3/5

Mango Chicken Panini & Mango Hazelnut Cheesecake - McCafe - Hong Kong - November 2011

Hello again, from the sunny Maldives!  I visited Hong Kong last week before heading to Sri Lanka, so this is my McD's recap for the week.  Also sorry for being a day late, as I was in transit to get here all day yesterday.

Unfortunately I came to Hong Kong at a time where their promotional item was the McRib, and since I have tried the McRib before in Long Beach CA.  I didn't want to have that again, so I thought it was a perfect time to get one the McCafe Sandwiches which I hadn't ever bothered to try before.  I have always avoided the McCafe menu from HK as they were always more expensive than the standard menu, and usually when I am there, they have limited edition items for me to sample .  

Of all the sandwiches and wraps on offer, the most interesting and unique sounding one was the New 'Mango & Chicken Panini' (which, strangely, isn't on the McCafe website).  It was rather small, and had a strong mango flavour.  It almost tasted more like mango jelly on flat bread, rather than a chicken Panini, I guess the mango puree is cheaper than the chicken strips, so they put more mango than chicken.   The sandwich on its own was 26.50$, but you could add it to any drink for only 15$, so I ordered a ‘long black’ coffee for 15$ and added the sandwich to get the coffee for pretty cheap.

Thinking my mate Hugh would try half of the sandwich, I also went with the new cheesecake offering, as it was something I haven’t tried before.  Keeping with the mango theme, I tried the Mango & Hazelnut cheese cake, and also did the combo thing. I got a HK style milk-tea for 15$ and added the cheese cake for an additional 12$ (original price was 23.50$) so the milk-tea was nearly free.  Living in Korea, where the cakes look great, but are mostly air and tasteless, this cheesecake was  rich, dense, and heavy, just like a cheesecake should be.  The mango wasn’t overpowering like in the sandwich, and the nuts were evenly distributed throughout the piece.  The chocolate crust was a nice touch too, it was thick and also quite rich. 

I can’t say anything positive about the milk-tea at all.  I love HK milk-tea, but this was the worst I’ve ever had.  Usually, they give you a sugar packet on the side, to sweeten it to your liking (I don’t add any), but I watched them make it, and they added three pumps of liquid sugar without asking, which pretty much ruined it for me. I had the coffee to drink and Hugh had a coke with his McRib, so I wasn't going to bother asking them to remake it.  Two obligatory tiny sips, and straight into the trash it went.

In retrospect instead of the coffee with the sandwich I probably should have tried one of the promotional coffees on offer, Ginger Bread Latte, or a Mint Mocha, but knowing my hatred of sugary coffee drinks I'm sure their fate would have been the same as the milk-tea.

Consumed on - 11 November 2025

Price - 60.50HKD = 7.70USD (Total for the Panini, Cheesecake, Milk-tea and Long Black Coffee)

Location - McDonald's CityGate Outlets, Tung Chung, Hong Kong

Rating - Panini 3/5, Cheesecake 5/5, Milk-tea 1/5, Coffee (its coffee)

Chicken McMini Thai Chilli and Pesto - Lasalle, Canada - May 2010

My hometown of Windsor, Ontario Canada (and the surrounding Essex Country) is often a McDonald's test market for Canada (and sometimes for all of North America).  In the past, we were the first (and I believe only) McDonald's market in North America to deliver.  We were the first also McDonald's market to have Pizza (which never made it out of Canada), and the first to start the McCafe changes in North America.  The McMini is also another Windsor-first.  But at the time I sampled, they had gone nationwide.  Back in 2010, McDonald's Canada offered two options, grilled or crispy chicken, for each of their two flavours, Thai Chilli, and Pesto.  Each consisted of 1/2 a chicken sandwich on a mini-baguette with the topping, and garlic mayo, regardless of your combination, it was only $1.99CAD each.  Cheap on the wallet, and cheap on the waist, as each sandwich only had ~230kcal. I guess they were intended for the dieting market.  The Thai Chilli was more sweet than spicy, actually, it wasn't spicy at all, and the pesto was a bit watery, but still decent.  In retrospect, I probably should have tried the Thai Chilli on the crispy chicken.  I guess in order to keep costs down, they do not include any veggies on the sandwich, and I think even a simple pieces of lettuce would have made it even better.  I just checked www.mcdonalds.ca and they are still on the menu, but it seems you no longer have the grilled chicken option, only the crispy chicken.  Also, Pesto has been discontinued and replaced by 'Zesty Mango', which doesn't sound over appealing, but I will give it a go on my next trip home.

Consumed on - 28 May 2025
Price - $1.99CAD = ~$2.00USD
Location - Ojibway Parkway McDonald's - Lasalle Ontario, Canada
Rating - 4/5

Kapraw Chicken Rice - Udon Thani, Thailand - July 2011

I have had McDonald's only in Bangkok before, and I had never noticed this on the menu, nor had my Bangkok-based Thai friends ever mentioned it before.  So when I saw these rice dishes on the menu, I had the urge to order all three, and at the price, I nearly did, but as I had lunch just an hour prior I chose the Kapraw Chicken Rice.  I cannot read Thai, so I picked this one randomly because this had egg, and the others didn't.  None of the signs in this McDonald's had English (being in North Thailand, near the Laos border, one shouldn't expect it anyway), but the receipt was in English, so that's how I found out what its called. Hopefully on my next trip to Thailand they will still have that fish one, as it looks pretty good too.  When I ordered it, I had to go sit down and wait for about 5-10 minutes as they did not have any rice prepared, being 4pm, and not really anyone else in the restaurant, I was surprised.  Though, when I did get served, it was definitely worth the wait.  It didn't taste like McDonald's at all!  First off, because it was cooked to order, it was piping hot, the egg was soft, and the chicken was very flavourful and slightly spicy. Upon further research, Kapraw sauce is a Thai-basil based sauce, and I brought a few packages of it from Tesco's to bring back to Korea.  Also, I couldn't believe the size of the portion, for only 39THB, just over a dollar, it beats any of the dollar menu items in the rest of the world.

Consumed on - 20 July 2025
Price - 39THB = ~$1.25USD
Location - McDonald's UD Plaza, Udon Thani, Thailand  (Google maps has an outdated image of UT, so the McDonald's nor the shopping complex it is near, exists yet)
Rating - 5/5

Twisty Pasta Breakfast - Hong Kong - Various Dates

Back in 2005, I made my first trip to Hong Kong.  I remember sitting in the Shun Tak Centre (Sheung Wan) waiting for a ferry to Macau with my classmate Roger. I wasn't hungry, I was tired and jet-lagged, but the Twisty Pasta Breakfast caught my eye.  I think this was the first time I had McDonald's outside Canada and the U.S, and though I didn't take a photo of the meal (I started photographing my McDonald's meals in 2006), I remember wondering how many different meals McDonald's had around the world.  I didn't become serious in hunting for McD's items for another year or two, but I will always remember this as the start.

As you can see from the official photos, the Twisty Pasta is not a limited edition meal, its a regular menu item, and its available at all HK and Macau McDonald's but only for breakfast. In HK you can get a Sausage&Egg McMuffin 24-hours a day, but you can only get this during breakfast hours.  Therefore, I have had the Twisty Pasta many times since that first taste in 2005, trying the sausage&egg, grilled chicken, and more recently, being able to add 2 HKD (25 US cents) and have cheese on top. The photo is from my trip to HK with Mini (my girlfriend) in 2010, and its the only photo I have that has both variants.

HK people love their soup noodles, and McDonald's does it rather well.  The noodles are always cooked well, and the broth, isn't overly salty at all.  The sausage & egg are the same you would have on a McMuffin, and the grilled chicken is 'GCB' patty. Strangely, the chicken comes pre-sliced, and the sausage does not. Trying to cut the floating sausage into bite sized pieces with only a plastic spoon, is harder than you would think. Also, you add cheese to the ONLY to the sausage version, but not the chicken, I asked, and they won't add it to the chicken. For the price, its a very filling meal (soup, hashbrown and medium coffee), and because its soup, you might even get a little vegetable in you. It's a much better value than a McMuffin set, which costs about the same and is much less filling.

Consumed on - 21 August 2025
Price - Sausage&Egg Combo - 24HKD (~$3 USD).  Grilled Chicken Combo - (~$3.25USD)
Location - McDonald's Times Square, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Rating - 4.5/5

Shanghai Spice Chicken Deluxe - Seoul Korea - September 2011

This is the 2nd Limited-Edition 'Deluxe' variations McDonald's Korea has had in 2011. It is the standard McDonald's Korea 'Shanghai Spice Chicken', but the 'Deluxe-ing' is to add bacon, a special mayo. and a slightly bigger bun.  The Deluxe edition costs 1,000-1,500W (depending on lunch or dinner) more than the standard.

Consumed on - 18 September 2025 (Written on 26 October 2025)
Price - 5,900KRW (~$5.50USD) - The promotion 4500W is only for lunch.
Location - McDonald's COEX
Rating - 4/5.  The standard Shanghai Spice already being a favourite of mine, I really enjoyed this Deluxe edition.  I don't think bacon and a bigger bun are worth the 1,500W premium during lunch time, but the 1,000W premium during dinner prices make it worth a try.

Ayam Goreng McD & Milo Supreme McFlurry - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - September 2011

A regular menu item at Malaysian McDonald's, the Ayam Goreng McD is 2 pieces of fried chicken. You have the option to have the Spicy (which I picked), and a Regular version.  I was in the busy lunch-time rush at this McD's and it seemed that 4/5 people were choosing this over the other options.  Like other Asian countries Malaysian McD's had special lunch-time pricing.  The Milo Supreme McFlurry was a Limited edition McFlurry having crushed milo powered mixed throughout, and then topped with large Milo balls.  Like other South-East Asian countries, you can self-serve chilli sauce for dipping.

Consumed on - 12 September 2025 (Written on 26 October 2025)
Price - McFlurry 4RM (~$1.25), Ayam Goreng McD set 8.5RM (~$2.70USD) [Lunch Hour pricing]
Location - Berjaya Times Square

Rating -
Milo Supreme McFlurry - 4/5.  It was cheap and tasty.  It was a very hot day walking around Kuala Lumpur, so an ice cream was just what I needed.
Ayam Goreng McD - 2/5.  It was cheap, but that's pretty much all it was.  I'm usually a fan of anything 'spicy', but this was not spicy at all.  There was a tonne of batter, and hardly any chicken underneath.  I was disappointed, and threw most of it away.

Chicken McMuffin - Narita, Japan - August 2011

After sleeping on the floor of an Internet cafe in Narita Japan in order to get my 8am flight from NRT (NRT-KMQ on IBEX) I hit the McDonald's across the street for breakfast.  The limited time menu item this time was a 'Chicken Muffin'.  A standard McMuffin bun, but with a piece of fried chicken instead of sausage or egg.  I found they put a bit too much mayo for my taste (and far too much for being a breakfast sandwich), but the chicken was lightly breaded and had a big piece of white meat underneath.  Also, Japanese set menu coffee was TINY. Unfortunately, I don't have a photo of it, but it probably only held 150mL.  When the promotional period for this finished, McDonald's Malaysia has begun to sell the same thing, but at 1/2 the price.

Consumed On - 30 August 2025 (Written on 26 October 2025)
Price - 440JPY (~$5.70USD)
Location - McDonald's Narita Station, Narita Japan
Rating - 3/5

Chicken Tatsuta Sandwich - Tokyo, Japan - August 2011

The Chicken Tatsuta was apparently a popular McDonald's Japan menu item back in the 90's, and they have been bringing it back for one-month limited time promotions.  Unlike the linked CNN article, mine actually looked quite appetising, and very close to the promotional photos.  According to Wikipedia, Tatsuta is a special way of deep frying.  The bun was the softest, and freshest bun I have ever had at a McDonald's, but unfortunately, the chicken was a bit of a let-down, as it had a breakfast sausage texture and was rather chewy.  At 640 Yen, it was a very expensive lunch.

Consumed on - 29 August 2025 (Written on 26 October 2025)
Price - 640JPY = ~8.40USD
Location - McDonald's Akihabara JR Station - Tokyo Japan
Rating - 3/5

Taro & Oreo McFlurry w/ Others - Macau, Macau - August 2011

McDonald's Macau is a little strange, they always have the exact same menu and promotional items as neighbouring HK, and the prices are always the same (as the MOP is pegged to the HKD), so even though I visited Macau 4-5 times before I had never been to a Macanese McD's.  I was transferring through Macau in order to catch a MFM-PVG flight, so I spent my day looking around the Casinos (all my previous visits to Macau were either quick airport/ferry/border transits, or I did the tourist things without visiting the Casino's.  Upon entering the Venetian Casino they gave me a coupon book for the restaurants, and one was a 5MOP off, discount and a free sundae coupon.  I had also noticed the promotional item at the time being a Kung-Fu Panda 2 tie-in, that you could get 4 special types of dipping sauce with your nuggets, Honey Mustard, Cheese, Sesame, and Garlic Chilli, but I was so busy in HKG this time, I didn't have time to visit a McD's.  I also bought the promo Taro&Oreo McFlurry, even though I had a coupon for a free sundae because it was another limited time promo.

After ordering and paying for a 6 piece nugget meal, they informed me they were out of all the special dipping sauces.  I told them I didn't want the meal any more then, but she managed to find me one Honey Mustard, but none of the others...  You can see what I should have had here. The honey mustard was terrible, I really would have preferred to try the others.

Consumed on - 20 August 2025 (Written on 26 October 2025)
Price - 6 Piece nugget combo - 22.50MOP = ~$2.90USD.  Taro&Oreo McFlurry - 10MOP (with meal purchase) = ~$1.30USD.  Sundae - Free
Location - McDonald's in The Venetian Macau
Rating = Honey Mustard Sauce 1/5.  Taro&Oreo McFlurry - 3/5