Fast Food Review: McDonald’s McRib

Details: More information can be found at https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/product/mcrib.html

Score: 5.8/10

The McRib has come around again so I figured I’d give it a review.

I must confess, I don’t get the McRib. I don’t get why people like it. It’s certainly not the worst thing I’ve ever eaten, but I can’t say that it’s good either. And yet, a lot of people love it. I don’t get it.

The patty is essentially pieces of pork meet shaped into something that sort of resembles the shape or ribs. It’s then drenched in a heavy, tangy barbecue sauce with pickles and onions on top.

The patty is gross. It’s over processed pork meat and it tastes like it. The barbecue sauce is too heavy, like eating a bad of melted Jolly Ranchers. I love onions, but there were way too many raw onions here. It was just a lousy sandwich that costs too much (over $5 for me).

Overall, this was trash. I don’t get why people like it. It doesn’t taste good.

Restaurant Review: Spanky’s Food Factory

Details: Located at 2458 Jericho Turnpike, Garden City Park, NY 11040. Official site is http://spankysfoodfactory.com/

I came here for lunch one day. I ordered a cheese burger with fries and a coke, which all came out to a little over twelve dollars. Everything was good and I was surprised to see a double cheeseburger was the default size.

Everyone who works here was pretty nice.

Overall, an okay place to get fatty foods like buffalo wings, burgers and milkshakes. They got a bunch of other stuff too like cheese steaks and various stuff over fries. It was a bit pricey though. For these prices, I expect a Shake Shack quality burger, and this wasn’t quite that good. I probably wouldn’t come back and would instead opt for Cherry Valley if I wanted some food that was fatty and sinks to the bottom of your stomach.

Score: 7/10

Vegan Food Review: The Impossible Burger

Details: Had the Impossible Burger at the Bareburger at 366 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036. Official site is https://www.impossiblefoods.com/burger/

There’s been a lot of hype for the Impossible Burger. Is it worth the hype? Sort of.

Restaurant Review: Red 58

Details: Located at 158 W 58th St, New York, NY 10019. Official site is http://red58ny.com/

What a bad restaurant. Red 58 is the kind of restaurant that feels like it was opened by two frat brother with rich parents. One day, these two frat brother were sitting around and thought to themselves,” what if we open a bar/restaurant?” And then they did. But they didn’t know how to cook, so they hired a mutual friend who dropped out of culinary school and hired one of their Russian ex-girlfriends to be the waitress/bartender. Ask mommy and daddy for a little interior decorating investment and voilà, you have Red 58.

Restaurant Review: Steak ‘n Shake

Details: Located at 1695 Broadway, New York, NY 10019. The official site is https://www.steaknshake.com/

As far as I know, this is the only Steak ‘n Shake in New York City. A friend from the midwest was extolling the virtues of this place so I decided to give it a try.