Posted by Adam Kuban, February 9, 2008 at 10:00 AM
Back story: McDonald's Japan recently released a four-patty Big Mac, which is surprising—I mean, you'd think McDonald's U.S.A. would have come up with this first. Anyway, bloggers in the Land of the Rising Sun then went out and took pictures of the thing, including Takeshi Fukuda, who imagined its eventual evolution there.
I know! I'm surprised this happened in Japan, of all places. When I visited and tried McD's there, the portions seemed smaller to fit in with local customs. Who knows. It would be a shame if everyone started eating crap in the same crazy amounts as we do in the U.S.
Lauren: You forgot the double helping of special sauce, lettuce, cheese. And pickles, onions. On (large) a sesame seed bun, of course.
MichaelN: Seriously. We don't have Double Macs in the States! The world can call our fat asses out on Hardee's Monster Thickburgers, supersized meals, and deep-fried bacon cheeseburgers, but this is ONE thing you can't pin on the ugly Americans! ;) (Except maybe for the fact that McD's is a U.S.-based company.)
OK. We do have the Double Quarter Pounder, which, you could argue, is roughly equivalent to a Double Mac. But I'm going to pretend that argument doesn't exist.
When I worked at McDonald's for several years (mid-1990s) we most definitely served a Double Big Mac for a time, it was qute popular for a while. But was quickly eclipsed by the Double Quarter Pounder.
The pre-cooked meat for a Double Big Mac was only 6.4 ounces, instead of the 8 ounces for a Double Quarter Pounder.
We also briefly served the Mega Mac, made with Quarter Pounder meat instead of the smaller meat, that lasted about a month or so, one fo the "Burger of the Month" crazes that included the McJordan, McRib, and various other combinations of meat, bacon, and cheese with nifty names.
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Back story: McDonald's Japan recently released a four-patty Big Mac, which is surprising—I mean, you'd think McDonald's U.S.A. would have come up with this first. Anyway, bloggers in the Land of the Rising Sun then went out and took pictures of the thing, including Takeshi Fukuda, who imagined its eventual evolution there.
14 Comments:
I think this is all part of McDonald's evil plan to make Japanese people as fat as Americans so we don't feel as bad.
AllenW at 10:51AM on 02/09/08
Four (four) all (all) beef (beef) patties!
Lauren Krueger at 11:14AM on 02/09/08
I know! I'm surprised this happened in Japan, of all places. When I visited and tried McD's there, the portions seemed smaller to fit in with local customs. Who knows. It would be a shame if everyone started eating crap in the same crazy amounts as we do in the U.S.
Lauren: You forgot the double helping of special sauce, lettuce, cheese. And pickles, onions. On (large) a sesame seed bun, of course.
Adam Kuban at 11:53AM on 02/09/08
Hold on a second. There are chopsticks in the background of all those pictures. Awesome.
mh330 at 12:06PM on 02/09/08
Adam: I didn't forget them, I got hungry and went to get something to eat before I was done.
Lauren Krueger at 12:20PM on 02/09/08
Umm... that's a Double Big Mac. We've had those in Canada for ages (at least ten years, if not longer). You really don't have them in the states?
MichaelN at 3:56PM on 02/09/08
MichaelN: Seriously. We don't have Double Macs in the States! The world can call our fat asses out on Hardee's Monster Thickburgers, supersized meals, and deep-fried bacon cheeseburgers, but this is ONE thing you can't pin on the ugly Americans! ;) (Except maybe for the fact that McD's is a U.S.-based company.)
Adam Kuban at 4:03PM on 02/09/08
OK. We do have the Double Quarter Pounder, which, you could argue, is roughly equivalent to a Double Mac. But I'm going to pretend that argument doesn't exist.
Adam Kuban at 4:06PM on 02/09/08
These are goooood. We had them here in the UK for a limited time, sold as 'Mega Macs'. Just don't supersize your fries and shake as well.
spicey at 6:01AM on 02/11/08
When I worked at McDonald's for several years (mid-1990s) we most definitely served a Double Big Mac for a time, it was qute popular for a while. But was quickly eclipsed by the Double Quarter Pounder.
The pre-cooked meat for a Double Big Mac was only 6.4 ounces, instead of the 8 ounces for a Double Quarter Pounder.
We also briefly served the Mega Mac, made with Quarter Pounder meat instead of the smaller meat, that lasted about a month or so, one fo the "Burger of the Month" crazes that included the McJordan, McRib, and various other combinations of meat, bacon, and cheese with nifty names.
OTC617 at 9:41AM on 02/11/08
OMG! The MCJORDAN! I forgot about that. Someone needs to start a McMuseum for all the wacky stuff they come up with.
Adam Kuban at 11:06AM on 02/11/08
Actually this was test marketed in the mid-west under the name "Super Mac" For some reason they never followed through with it?
burger guy at 2:31PM on 02/12/08
The Best Burger of the month that I loved was The Chedder Melt!! Loved the cheese sauce and the rye like bun.
burger guy at 2:34PM on 02/12/08
Hey, I remember the Double Big Mac as well. I'll see if I can look through my pre-digital photos for a pic.
kaszeta at 7:52AM on 02/24/08