Grilled Cheese - LaSalle Canada - July 2011

Simple Sandwich Day Post #1

Consumed on 01 July 2025
Location - Lasalle Ontario Canada
Price - $1.29CAD - $1.29USD + 13%VAT
Rating - 0/5

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

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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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Ham and Egg McPuff - Beijing, China - September 2009

Sorry about the delay between posts.  I have been travelling constantly for the last week (and sampling as many new items as I can along the way)  I will also be pretty busy over the next 2 weeks, as I am back in Canada visiting family.

Consumed on - 14 September 2025
Price - 8CNY = $1.25USD
Location - Unknown Branch
Rating - 1/5

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 - 21/02/2025
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

Green Tea McFlurry - Seoul, Korea - January 2009

From Naver Street View, since Google Street View was banned in Korea

Consumed on - 13 January 2026
Location - McDonald's Jongak Station, Seoul Korea
Price - 1,600KRW = $1.40USD
Rating - 4/5


I tried the Green Tea McFlurry during my third visit to Korea, in January 2009. It was a regular menu item before being discontinued in 2010, around the same time they discontinued another local favourite, the Shrimp Burger.

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

McCriollo Breakfast - Bogota Colombia - March 2011

Prior to my trip to Colombia, I checked McDonald's Colombia homepage in order to see if they had any special items, but nothing looked all that interesting.  My original 6 day trip to Bogota was cut down only to 2 days, so I had to make sure I stopped in shortly after my arrival.  I asked my friend to drive me to the nearest McDonald's after a nice home cooked meal, and apparently the nearest one from his flat was about a 20 minute drive.  He told me McDonald's has really struggled in Colombia, and they have been closing rapidly.  I looked over their menu, and sadly there weren't any limited time promotional items, and my Colombian friend asked the employees directly if there was anything special. They said I would have to come back for breakfast, as their only 'Colombian' item was the McCriollo breakfast set.

The following morning I was dropped off downtown by my friends mother on her way to work.  I wasn't hungry right away, so I wandered around in order to build up my appetite. When I did become hungry, it was rather difficult to find a McDonald's.  I found some free WiFi, so I used Google Maps to find the only branch in the city centre. When I found it, I found a branch similar to some Japanese outlets, with the ordering done from the store front that was nearly on the pavement, and you took your order upstairs to the dining room. At the time I was the only person ordering, and it took still a few minutes to receive my order.  I walked upstairs to the dining room, and it was large, stylish and clean, but there was only 2-3 other diners, in a dining room that could have fit maybe 75 people.  Even during these early hours, there was someone constantly cleaning the floor and the tables as people came and left. I sat in a booth next to the window which had a nice view of the square, and the museum across the street.  The coffee, was hands down, the best McDonald's coffee I have ever had.  I guess being Colombia...it better be.  I guess it was worth waiting the extra few minutes for my order, as it seemed everything had just been made to order. The scrambled eggs were surprising as they had sweetcorn mixed into it, and were slightly runnier than scrambled eggs you would get in Canada but still very good. The arepa's (corn flat bread), were slightly harder and chewier than I have had before.  Not sure if this was because it was to Colombian tastes, or if a just poor McDonald's attempt. The sausage, was meatier than the sausage you get in Canada and the U.S. but it wasn't anything special, though, even though it was piping hot, it wasn't dripping in grease, which is a nice change.

Consumed on - 2 March 2025
Location - Avenida Carrera 7, Av. Jiménez, Bogotá, Colombia
Price - 10500COP = ~$5.40USD
Rating - 4/5

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