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McDonald’s releases Portuguese chicken burger, but Malaysians are saying it tastes like rendang instead

McDonald’s releases Portuguese chicken burger, but Malaysians are saying it tastes like rendang instead

In case you missed the news, Mc Donald’s Malaysia just released a brand-new Portuguese Chicken Burger.

The announcement was made on their Facebook page last week with a fun little ad starring the pirate from SpongeBob SquarePants.

Their promotional materials say that the burger is made with a crispy chicken patty slathered in special Portuguese sauce (similar to piri-piri sauce) together with mixed vegetables between two chili-flaked buns.

Picture Credit: McDonald’s Malaysia

Looks good enough right? Well…. The internet has thoughts.

Picture Credit: McDonald’s/Facebook
Picture Credit: McDonald’s/Facebook
Picture Credit: McDonald’s/Facebook

As you can tell from the comments above, many Malaysians feel like it tasted a lot more like rendang or curry instead of anything Portuguese-like.

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Slightly curious and mostly feeling FOMO, we decided to try it for ourselves.

First off, it comes wrapped in a box featuring a suspiciously
familiar
looking chicken.

You can definitely smell the burger. Then when you eat it, it’s a… confusing experience.

We couldn’t really detect any piri-piri flavour and comments from the team included “Indian burger”, “santan”, “curry burger” and finally…. “green curry.”

Size-wise, it’s quite similar the Grilled Chicken Burger so it’s filling lah.

Our verdict, 5/10.

Not a su-piri -piri burger, but an okay one.

Picture Credit: Goal.com

Have you tried the Portuguese Chicken Burger? What do you
think?

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