I have to admit that I eat from fast food places. The one I eat at and from the most is Burger King. It isn’t because they make it my way or that they are better than anyone else, it is because they are the closest to my house.
Within the last month, Burger King has changed it’s menu. The side salads went up in price, and down in ingredients. The chicken fries have disappeared and onion rings have wiggled in. And the cold drinks have been refreshed just in time for the unseasonable hot weather in March.
I tried a Mocha Frappe from my local Burger King along with a new Chef’s Choice bacon cheddar burger. I should have gone back as soon as I had my first sip. The burger was thicker than their usual whopper meat, but the Frappe…
The only thing I could taste for the first few sips was alcohol. It changed to chocolate flavored alcohol, but it was not much better. The ice cubes were not ground up well and there were huge chunks that were blocking the straw until I just took the dome cap off. The whipped topping they used was warm and stiff. No, not as if it had warmed up, it was warm throughout and was keeping it’s sugary shape as I watched it. When I took a taste of the stuff, I was done. It was sugar plastic.
I like my local BK, and so I went back and talked to one of the managers. He wandered around in back, looking at ingredients lists and could not find alcohol on any of the packages. The BK website was no damn help as it does not even list the Frappes, just the Seattles Best cold coffee drinks.
I will still go back to BK because I am lazy. I just will not be ordering the Frapes any time soon.
Chef Rena
