Three-quarter Pounder
After reading this article about McDonald’s gluttony, Doz and I decided to go through Maccas and perform a little independent verification. It’s been a while since they’ve offered the Triple Cheeseburger, so we decided to improvise and order a Triple Quarter Pounder (couldn’t quite bring ourselves to go for a full pound) – three 110gm patties and slices of cheese. We pulled up at the drive-thru window:
“Hi, could we get two medium value meals with quarter pounders – but could we have three beef patties and three cheese slices?”
The person at the register a tiny Indonesian girl, who was busy punching in the order paused and looked up.
“So you um… want quarter pounders, but with uh… three patties of beef?”
“And three slices of cheese.”
This brief look of repulsion crossed over her face and then she was trying her hardest not to smile. She looked down at her screen and started taking deep breaths. She pressed a few buttons.
“That will be uhhh… $9.55 for each meal,” she finally said, mouth crinkled at the edges.
“Yeah yeah, we’re hungry.”
We got to the second window and another girl stuck her head out. “Hey are you the guys that ordered the modified quarter pounder meals?”
“Yeah.”
“It’ll be three minutes. Please wait in the waiting zone.”
About five minutes later, another person emerged with our meal. Despite the fact that there was no one else waiting for anything outside the drive-thru queue, he asked, “What are you waiting for?”
“Uh, quarter pounder meals? … With three patties?”
Snigger. “Heh. Yep, here you go.”
The weight of the bag was heavy, and the burgers were dense.
12:29pm (GMT +10.00) tomorrow 
But how was the wrapping job, man? How was the wrapping?
You just needed to balance it out man, a rerquest for 3 extra patties & cheese slices might not sound so bad if you ask for extra lettuce and tomato too.
Besides, a standard Macca’s quarterpounder is always greatly improved upon by the addition of some token salad.
………………….how did it taste, and most importantly, how did you feel after eating it? As bad as it looks?
~Wade
I ate a pounder once on a dare, and boy there was enough grease in it to lubricate an engine. Obviously I didn’t feel too good for a little while afterwards (I could feel the grease making its way through my arteries – yum).
You missed a golden opportunity there. Should have ordered it with a diet Coke.
Soon: They couldn’t fit the paper ring around the burger, so it was just the paper wrapping.
Amb: Maybe a triple decker Big Mac with replacement quarter-pounder sized patties instead? And a slice of beetroot for good measure? (Though I hate beetroot.) And a diet coke, of course.
Wade/HP: It tasted meaty. And oily. Felt quite bloated afterwards. Our plan was to go out later in the night and grab some late night Krispy Kremes near the airport, but by 1.00am, the burgers were still being digested in our stomachs so we scrapped that plan.