Burger Survey 2025!

[Outdated]

But jeers from me given a consistent taste that frankly I don't care for. Where so many Europeans have referred them as being "plasticky". I tend to agree. Good fries and milkshakes...but not their hamburgers.

Here we refer to that bright orange cheese they use as plastic cheese. I almost never go to McDonalds. It's pretty bad.

Interesting twist in different brands. Reaction videos I've watched suggest that Burger King doesn't have a great reputation in the US, but in Australia they're far better than McDonalds. Here of course they're called Hungry Jacks because when they first tried to start up in Australia we already had a franchise called Burger King.

What's New

 

[Judge]

I always would rather go to Taco Bell if I want to throw my diet into the gutter.

I hear ya. I actually regulate my trips for fast food. Mostly tacos....seldom burgers though I love them.

Might order fries maybe twice a year....can't recall the last time I had onion rings...and milkshakes simply got to be too expensive years ago.

Getting older I just cant eat this kind of stuff all the time.

 

[Judge]

Here we refer to that bright orange cheese they use as plastic cheese. I almost never go to McDonalds. It's pretty bad.

Interesting twist in different brands. Reaction videos I've watched suggest that Burger King doesn't have a great reputation in the US, but in Australia they're far better than McDonalds. Here of course they're called Hungry Jacks because when they first tried to start up in Australia we already had a franchise called Burger King.

What's New

Financially speaking Burger King is hanging on and that's about all. From what I hear about the industry, few of them are doing well, despite In and Out Burger getting the most positive reviews.

Another lingering recession and some of those big name fast food franchises may be gone or significantly reduced. Same goes for some of those prominent "family restaurant" chains.

Though if KFC does go under I suspect the federal government will intervene.

 

[Outdated]

Financially speaking Burger King is hanging on and that's about all. From what I hear about the industry, few of them are doing well, despite In and Out Burger getting the most positive reviews.

Here they did what a lot of other franchises simply fail to do - they adjusted their menu to suit Aussie tastes. That basically means they use real cheese instead of that bright orange plastic stuff and they don't put pickles on everything.

Taco Bell has tried to start up in Australia several times now and they've completely failed, just the same as Starbuck's Coffee. Partly because they're way overpriced for what they offer but mostly because their overpriced products taste like crap compared to what we're used to.

 

[Judge]

Here they did what a lot of other franchises simply fail to do - they adjusted their menu to suit Aussie tastes. That basically means they use real cheese instead of that bright orange plastic stuff and they don't put pickles on everything.

Taco Bell has tried to start up in Australia several times now and they've completely failed, just the same as Starbuck's Coffee. Partly because they're way overpriced for what they offer but mostly because their overpriced products taste like crap compared to what we're used to.

I've always dreaded fake cheese on anything. Ugh.....I want only the real deal. But yeah, a burger without real cheese ain't a burger!

 

[Metalhead]

I've always dreaded fake cheese on anything. Ugh.....I want only the real deal. But yeah, a burger without real cheese ain't a burger!

You’re being cheesy now.

 

[Judge]

Taco Bell has tried to start up in Australia several times now and they've completely failed, just the same as Starbuck's Coffee.

They probably have board members who think that because they speak English and have their own dollar in Australia, they'll love their product. Talk about a facepalm moment...

 

[Metalhead]

I also had a friend from Australia laugh when he saw an American commercial referring to Foster’s as “Australian for Beer”.

 

[Judge]

Truth is, I get most of my "fix" for ground beef by cooking ground beef, straining the grease like hell, and using it in casseroles with rice or pasta and adding veggies to it. Using only a quarter pound patty for the whole thing. Another consideration of regulating my "red meat" intake to avoid gout.

Another thing I do is to make a single tostada without meat as a meal. Refried beans, fiesta cheese, lettuce, white onion and tomatoes with lots of hot sauce on a prefried corn tortilla. I try to eat a few meals each week that are all veggie.

 

[Outdated]

They probably have board members who think that because they speak English and have their own dollar in Australia, they'll love their product. Talk about a facepalm moment...

That seems to be a common attitude when these franchises come to Australia. They seem to think we're some sort of third world country so desperate for a little bit of American culture that we'll pay twice the price for junk food.

I also had a friend from Australia laugh when he saw an American commercial referring to Foster’s as “Australian for Beer”.

Fosters was an Australian brand but it was rubbish beer that most people didn't like and it was failing as a business. A South African company bought the name back in the early 80s but what they sell is not an Australian beer, it's manufactured in England.

I haven't seen Fosters sold in Australia since I was a kid.

 

[Jonn]

McDonalds get cheers for the consistency of their burgers.

But jeers from me given a consistent taste that frankly I don't care for. Where so many Europeans have referred them as being "plasticky". I tend to agree. Good fries and milkshakes...but not their hamburgers.

A lot of the taste is in the sauces.
I bought a quarter-pounder patty last week mainly for my K9 kids, because I forgot to bring treats when we went for a long drive.
It was rather disappointing, but I do enjoy the entire burger from Maccers.

It is the bread that is the problem for me.
Carbs spike the blood sugar, and the gluten has histamine, which I have an intolerance for.

I do eat burgers from time to time, but sparingly.

 

[Metalhead]

McDonalds get cheers for the consistency of their burgers.

But jeers from me given a consistent taste that frankly I don't care for. Where so many Europeans have referred them as being "plasticky". I tend to agree. Good fries and milkshakes...but not their hamburgers.

I kinda want to link to the YouTube video of the cheeseburger dialogue from Pulp Fiction. But I can’t do that here due to language.

 

[Judge]

I kinda want to link to the YouTube video of the cheeseburger dialogue from Pulp Fiction. But I can’t do that here due to language.

A Royale with cheese... yeah, Jules makes it hard to control the dialogue.

Worse when he steals someone's "tasty burger".

 

[Jonn]

I also had a friend from Australia laugh when he saw an American commercial referring to Foster’s as “Australian for Beer”.

The Americans had a good laugh with our beer commercial.
Part of it stated:
"I can feel a four X (XXXX) commin' on."
We had the same commercial here, but over there XXXX refers to a condom, apparently.

 

[Jonn]

I kinda want to link to the YouTube video of the cheeseburger dialogue from Pulp Fiction. But I can’t do that here due to language.

I'm sure the mods wouldn't mind.

 

[Shillelagh]

The burger I end up eating the most often is a Jack in the Box Double Jack.

 

[Metalhead]

The burgers I end up eating the most are the ones I make on my grill. Beef is too expensive these days, though.

 

[Mary Terry]

I've always dreaded fake cheese on anything. Ugh.....I want only the real deal. But yeah, a burger without real cheese ain't a burger!

I never order cheese on fast food burgers because I know how horrible it is. But I love sharp cheddar or jalapeno jack cheese melted on homemade burgers.

 

[Mary Terry]

Here they did what a lot of other franchises simply fail to do - they adjusted their menu to suit Aussie tastes. That basically means they use real cheese instead of that bright orange plastic stuff and they don't put pickles on everything.

Taco Bell has tried to start up in Australia several times now and they've completely failed, just the same as Starbuck's Coffee. Partly because they're way overpriced for what they offer but mostly because their overpriced products taste like crap compared to what we're used to.

Taco Bell is pathetic. No self-respecting lover of Mexican food would touch that stuff with a ten-foot pole! Personally, I can't stand Starbucks' burnt coffee flavor. Ugh.

 

[Outdated]

Taco Bell is pathetic. No self-respecting lover of Mexican food would touch that stuff with a ten-foot pole! Personally, I can't stand Starbucks' burnt coffee flavor. Ugh.

I've never tried Taco Bell. I've only ever seen one once, in Melbourne many years ago. We have a few of our own Mexican franchises and competition's fierce. One of them is branching out in to the US now but I'm not sure what states so far. Guzman Y Gomez, or GYG to us.

https://www.guzmanygomez.com.au/

I never tried Starbucks either though I did see a few of them around for a while, they just didn't smell right so I never went in.