Big America: Las Vegas Burger & Maple Custard Pie - Tokyo, Japan - February 2012

Consumed on - 6 February 2012
Location - Tokyo Haneda Airport (I'll take a photo next week)
Price - Burger & Drink - 490Y with coupon.  Pie - 120Y
Rating - Burger 3/5. Pie 4/5

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

1955 Burger & Veggie Burger TS - Munich, Germany - January 2012

The Promo Box of my 1955 Burger

My Veggie TS burger

Consumed on 20 Jan 2026
Location - Tal 8, Munich, Germany
Price - 1955 Combo, with free chicken nuggets - €7.50 (with coupon) = $9.87USD (Includes 19% VAT)
Veggie Burger TS - €1.49 = $1.96 (Includes 19% VAT)
Rating - 1955 Burger 5/5.  Veggie Burger 4/5

KBQ Burger (Korean Barbecue Burger) - Tokyo, Japan - November 2011

Consumed on - 21 November 2025

Location - Iwamotocho Station, Tokyo, Japan

Price - 770JPY - $9.95USD (The most expensive McDonald's combo I've ever had)

Rating - 2/5

Spinach Beef Snack Wrap & 5-Berry Juice - Beijing China - January 2012

The Wrap, wrapped.

I was surprised that it was served hot.

Unsettling green colour, but tasty

Like most food in China, unappealing look, but good taste.

Consumed on - 16 January 2026

Location - Beijing Chaoyang Station

Price - Wrap & Drink - Y14.50 ($2.30USD).  Berry Drink x2 - Y9.50 ($1.50USD). 

Used coupons - Available Here

Rating - Wrap 5/5.  Berry Drink - 4/5

More photos and review available by clicking the link below

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

Crème Brûlée McFlurry & Various Muffins - Windsor Canada - December 2011

Crème Brûlée McFlurry

Cranberry Orange Muffin

Double Chocolate with Oreo Crumble Muffin & Large Coffee

Carrot Muffin

Consumed on - 24 December 2025 & 21 December 2025
Price - Crème Brûlée McFlurry - $1.69CAD (~1.65USD) + 13% VAT.
Muffin (with small coffee) - $1.39CAD + 13%VAT
Location - McDonald's Howard Ave (Across Devonshire Mall) & McDonald's Walker Road (Across Costco)
Rating - McFlurry - 1/5  Muffins - 4/5

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Rice Shrimp Burger & Corn Soup - Taipei, Taiwan - February 2007

This is my photo, not taken from Wikipedia, I uploaded it a few years ago.

Consumed on - 21/02/2026
Price - ~$129TWD (Combo) + $10TWD (Soup add-on) = $4.60USD
Location - Taipei, Taiwan (Branch Unknown)
Rating - Burger 5/5.  Soup 3/5

Coffee Oreo McFlurry & Double Lime Sundae - Singapore - November 2011

From Streetdirectory.com - McDonald's Hougang Mall

Consumed on - 20 November 2025
Location - McDonald's Hougang Mall
Price - McFlurry - $2.20SGD = $1.70USD.  Sundae - $2.20SGD = $1.70USD
Rating - McFlurry - 4/5.   Sundae - 5/5

Tuna Muffin - Tokyo Japan - November 2011

Before leaving for this trip to Tokyo, I saved a digital coupon for 100Y off the new Tuna McMuffin (simply called the 'Tuna Muffin' in Japan) but a few days before I arrived I noticed that it had been removed from their website. Though my coupon said it was valid for 3 days after I arrived, I wondered if it had been removed pre-maturely, a Tuna McMuffin never sounded very appetising, and with the recently sky rocketing Tuna prices, I assumed I wouldn't be able to try it.  After walking for the last 4 hours, I searched out the McDonald's near Shinjuku Stn (photo of the storefront).  I had been to this branch a few times as it is near my friend Eriks old flat and I knew I would be able to get free WiFi from the neighbouring Seibu Department Store (free working WiFi is near impossible to find in Japan).  When I arrived I didn't see any promotional material for the Tuna Muffin and when Japanese McDonald's has a limited item, they usually have big signage promoting it.  But even with the lack of signage, I still showed the coupon from my phone and the server had no problems getting it ordered for me.  

I guess the problem with the lack of promotional material was that no one else knew about the Tuna Muffin, so when I received it, the tuna inside was very, very cold.  I guess it was straight out of the refrigerator, so the muffin and cheese were hot as it was just the standard McMuffin setup, but with the tuna being so cold, the contrast made it slightly off-putting. Also, as is common in many Asian sandwiches, it was not 100% tuna, but tuna and a whole lot of mayonnaise.  I don't generally like tuna and mayo together, but this mixture wasn't that bad, just needed a little black pepper to make it taste pretty good.  I also questioned the addition of cheese on it, personally I think the egg would have worked better with the tuna, and made it a little more filling breakfast sandwich, as it currently was served, it only had ~290kcal, so with a black coffee, it wasn't nearly filling enough meal.

Consumed on - 21 November 2025

Price - 390JPY (With Coupon) - ~$5.00USD

Location - McDonald's Shinjuku Stn - East

Rating - 3/5

McHotDog Chili - Tokyo Japan - November 2011

Dining Area

McDonald's Japan has a great website, and my last few trips to Japan I have actually visited their website prior, in order to check which limited edition item I can try.  They also have printable coupons that change every few weeks which can help minimise the damage to the wallet. A few days before my arrival they announced the Chilli McHotdog combo for just 250Y, as a part of their 1971 throwback promotion.   A McHotdog is an item I tried on an earlier trip to Japan, and is a regular breakfast menu item (full review will come one day).  This chilli version is a one-month limited edition promo.  The 'combi' did not include a hash brown, but that was perfect for me at the time, as I had a 5am arrival at Haneda airport after a red-eye from Singapore, so I wasn't very hungry and didn't need the oil so early in the morning.  A standard McHotdog combo with a hash brown was still being offered, but I don't know why you would order it, as it was still 390Y, and a hash brown on its own is only 100Y so you'd save money by ordering them separately.

The Chilli in the promotional photos online, and on the posters inside the restaurant looked pretty good. The last time I had Chilli on an item in Japanese McDonald's (look for that review soon) it was very good, and rather hearty, so I worried how heavy chilli would work for breakfast.  But, not surprisingly, the chilli on the McHotdog wasn't the same, and there wasn't very much of it at all.  Instead of the ketchup, mustard and relish on the standard dog, all three have been replaced by the chilli & onion mixture.  It was flavourful, but personally, I think it needed about 3X more to be sufficient. The lack of chilli allowed me to taste the garlic spiced bun (which is same as the regular McHotdog) and let me notice the texture of the hotdog itself.  I've only had a few in Asia over the last 6 years, but usually the skin on a hotdog here is much tougher and chewier than a western dog.  This hotdog tasted exactly like a western one, albeit with a lightly denser filling, not sure if this is a Japanese thing, or just McDonald's Japan attempting to be westernised. I didn't see anyone else ordering the chilli hot dog, and as it was the last 4 days of this promotional item, I guess the Japanese didn't really enjoy it.

A small note about this branch. Normally the full size McD's in Japan have a full smoking section (or floor), but this on was next to a busy train station (Shinagawa Stn) and only had about 30 seats. Many Japanese McD's near stations have their ordering wall's outside the dining area acting as it's store-front, so people can get their food and make their way to the trains quickly without even entering the restaurant. I commenter asked me to take a photo of the store front, and I will from now on, but now, you can see it on through Google Street View - here.  In this case, the dining area was slightly around the corner from where you ordered.  Strangely, it was entirely smoking from 5am-10:30am (breakfast hours), when it was lunch, it turned to non-smoking.  All 25-30 people sitting there were chain smoking, and as soon as I walked inside my eyes really felt the smoke.  I saw a few others walk in with their tray notice all the smoke, then walk quickly out and get it for takeaway.

Consumed on - 21 November 2025
Price - 250JPY = ~3.25USD
Location - McDonald's Shinagawa Station
Rating - 3/5

McPepper - Hong Kong - November 2009

This review is for 'mr&mrs' from FlyerTalk.  He/she originally asked if I had tried the Chicken McPepper in Singapore, but seeing as I make it to Hong Kong far more often,  I have only been able to try the McPepper in Hong Kong, and it uses a beef patty.  The McPepper is a promotional item that McDonald's HK brings back about once every two years.  I originally sampled it in November of 2009, but I do not know when it was first introduced.  They brought it back in October 2011, and it this time, they had the 'Mega McPepper' (which you can see in the photo above).  The burger itself its pretty simple, a double hamburger, but smothered in a black pepper gravy and topped with cooked onions.  But they had so much sauce on it, that I was able to scrape some off to dip my fries in it and still have enough on the burger to enjoy the taste (and it was a great topping for the fries!)  Personally, I didn't find it 'spicy' at all (but then again, people think my taste buds are damaged, as nothing is ever 'spicy'), but the black pepper taste was wonderful, I enjoyed it, and if they had it is a main menu item, I would easily order it over anything else. I wish I made it back to HKG in time to try the 'Mega' edition, but I feel that might be a sauce/sodium overload.  As is everything in Hong Kong McD's, it was a great value just 23$ for the combo.

Consumed on - 07 November 2025
Price - $23.50HKD = ~$3.00
Location - Salisbury Road/Star Ferry McDonald's, Kowloon, Hong Kong (Just out of view on the right)
Rating - 5/5

Fish Sticks - Cairo, Egypt - June 2008

In the summer of 2008 I visited McDonald's twice during my two week trip around Egypt.  At the time, this was the only promotional item on the menu.  Regrettably, I have lost the photo of the receipt, so I cannot remember how much I paid for it, and I cannot find any information online regarding the promotion (other than what I posted on Wikipedia about it).   What I do remember is the taste, though it was the only item I ordered ordered during this visit, I remember I had to wait at a table with a number for it to be brought out as they didn't have any prepared at the time.  The breading was thicker than the fillet-o-fish sandwich breading, and the fish inside resembled proper fish, rather than the unidentifiable paste that is often inside a fillet-o-fish. Being essentially cooked to order, they were very hot, and therefore were quite nice, but I could tell if they were to sit, and end up being served lukewarm, they wouldn't be nearly as nice.  Not being a fan of tartar sauce, I didn't enjoy the dip, which wasn't 100% tartar, but mixed with something else (not sure if this was an Egyptian thing, or just a poor McDonald's attempt at tartar).

Google searches have told me that fish sticks are a common Happy Meal item in the U.K., but photos show them to be slightly different than these.  If anyone can help me find McD's promo photos from Egypt at the time, or can remember the price of this dish, please send me an email, or post a comment here.

Consumed on - 24 June 2025
Price - Unknown
Location - McDonald's 'City Stars Shopping Centre'
Rating - 4/5

Pumpkin Triangle Pie - Seoul, Korea - October 2011

Just in time for autumn, McDonald's Korea is promoting the limited-edition Pumpkin Pie, using a big banner on all its Korean store fronts.  McDonald's Korea often uses Triangle Pies for the promotional pies, but this is the first time they have had a Pumpkin filled one. It was small, and rather bland.  The Pumpkin filling was nothing like the promotional photos.  For the size, at 1200W, it was rather pricey.

Consumed on - 11 October 2025 (Written on 26 October 2025)
Price - 1200KRW (~$1.10USD)
Location - McDonald's COEX
Rating - 2/5

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.