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)
