Burger brings on a McFeast reminiscing Now that’s the way I like it

Peter Farago
TAKE away food is going back to its halcyon days.
Fast-food giant McDonald’s has restored one of its best hamburgers to its menu – the McFeast.
Unfairly junked from the menu about a decade away to make way for the “Australian” McOz (complete with warm, plastic beetroot) McFeast recently returned to McDonald’s.
It’s a great burger.
Arguably McDonald’s finest and the closest thing to Hungry Jacks’ Whopper.
It features fresh tomato, crisp lettuce, a slice of cheese, zesty tomato sauce and, in latter days, mayonnaise on a quarter-pounder patty in a sesame seed bun – delish.
A poor unfortunate counter operator copped a spray at North Geelong when McFeast disappeared from the menu about a decade ago.
The words “Which genius decided to take the best burger off the menu?” return to mind.
Yes, it was unfair for the girl behind the counter.
But for the corporate giant trying to fake a fish and chip shop burger it was fair comment.
Better to talk to the manager next time.
But just one thing will make the McFeast an even better experience.
Get rid of that stupid cardboard packaging.
Yes, it’s better for the environment than the old polystyrene boxes used in the 1980s but the burgers are in a mess when you open the lid (imagine trying to eat a Big Mac when all the cheese has melted to the outside of the burger – very messy).
The card rings and paper wrappers were a far better deal.
But savouring the first McFeast in about a decade brought on some reminiscing about takeaway food icons that fall into the where-are-they-now category.
Perhaps Mel and Kochie can help.
Someone in the office called out ‘What about corn on the cob at KFC?’
Good point. When did it disappear from the menu?
Surely as one of the only vegetable other than potato on the menu, it should have got a guernsey when the Colonel decided to turn his back on his deep-fried roots and become abbreviated.
Potato and gravy, coleslaw and those buns stayed.
KFC is what it is.
Kentucky Fried Chicken.
It’s not healthy and never will be.
But that’s not the point.
It’s the 11 secret herbs and spices coating the skin and fried that make it good.
And while we’re all thinking about our cholesterol, there were a couple of late votes for McDonalds’ best burger.
Does anyone remember the Beefmeister?
Three layers of beef and cheese. Talk about indigestion.