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Junk Food Review: The Travis Scott Combo from McDonald's

From the McDonald's website, the Travis Scott combo is as follows:
Quarter Pounder®* with Cheese, plus lettuce and bacon. Medium Fries with BBQ Sauce for dipping. Ice-cold Sprite. Get all of Cactus Jack’s favorites for just $6.*

$6 isn't bad in 2020 bucks at McDonald's.  I was intrigued, when I pulled up to the drive-through lane, and saw that price!  A normal QPC meal rings out at about $8, so if thriftiness is your thing, you can pick off the bacon and lettuce from the Travis Scott burger!

Now, I have no idea who Travis Scott is.  I'm aware that he's some kind of pop culture personality, probably from The Internet, and in my headcanon, he's a videogame streamer.  Second guess would be a Soundcloud mumble-rapper, but I honestly have no idea.  Point is, I'm old and out of touch.

First bite of the burger brought about a severe crunch - McDonald's fried the crap out of the bacon, to the point where it felt like a crunchy tortilla shell.  The lettuce was a little soggy and stringy, which was kinda weird.  As I continued through the burger, the flavors began mixing a little better, but with the BBQ sauce cup, it definitely felt like something I would've eaten when I was 12 or 13...you know that age, when you're developing your teenage appetite, your metabolism is through the fucking roof, and you simply begin eating weird foods for the heck of it.  Some junior high friends would always get a container of school lunch french fries, and eat them with black pepper (instead of salt) and BBQ sauce (instead of ketchup); that's the distinct memory that came flooding back to me.

The fries were great!  Fresh and hot, right outta the frier, and unsalted just the way I like 'em!  Seriously, there's enough residual salt in that fry dispenser thing; I don't require any added salt.  They messed up my drink order though, I ordered a Coke and was handed a Dr. Pepper.

Anyway, would I order the Travis Scott Meal again?  Unfortunately, that's gonna be a no.  The crunch of the bacon and the sogginess of the lettuce just didn't do it for me on this burger.  I prefer the normal QPC combo.

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