Remember when Burger King’s slogan was, “Have it your way”?
I do. Actually, I’ll never forget because it’s tattooed on my mind. And that mind tattoo is burned in a dark part of my head where evil thoughts roam, revenge run free, and horrible pop song lyrics hibernate until they decide to pop into my consciousness at odd times. Anger is what prevents the slogan from moving into the pop culture ether in another part of my head.
The slogan has been there for many years because I could not get a Whopper made my way. All I wanted was some French fries on my Whopper, but the cashier said I couldn’t do that. And the manager who was listening to our conversation also said I couldn’t do that. Blurting out their slogan over and over again using various tones probably didn’t help. Although, now that I think about it, I was kind of being a prick by testing the system.
Epiphany!
Catharsis!
Anger released!
Ohhhh. “Have it your way” moving to the pop culture ether in another area of my mind, where it’ll float with other useless information that will come in handy during trivia or while doing icebreaker worksheets.
While it may not be a Whopper topped with French fries, the Burger King French Fry Burger comes pretty close. It’s topped with a fire-grilled beef patty, lettuce, mayonnaise, ketchup, and, of course, French fries. Because the French Fry Burger is a value menu item, don’t expect a pile of fries. Actually, don’t expect any particular number of fries because it seems to vary. I ordered two of them and both came with three fries. Our friends over at Grub Grade had one with four fries and Man Reviews Food received one with six fries.
(Note: Let us know in the comments how many fries were in your Burger King French Fry Burger.)
The sandwich has that signature Burger King beef flavor that comes with every Whopper…and every burp after eating a Whopper. With both burgers I purchased, the mayo to ketchup ratio significantly leaned more towards the former. I was hoping there would be more ketchup, since, you know, ketchup and fries go together like suits and ties; clouds and skies; and poop and flies.
If you order through the drive-thru or get your food to go, there’s a 100 percent chance the fries in the sandwich will be soggy by the time you wrap your mouth around it. But when you do get around to eating it, the fries will provide a noticeable fluffy starchiness that no sesame seed bun could provide. However, what isn’t noticeable is a potato flavor, which seems to get lost between the gloops of mayonnaise and ketchup. Perhaps six fries might’ve helped with that.
Overall, I think the French Fry Burger is tasty, but its nonexistent French fry flavor makes it tastes too similar to a Whopper. To me, the only appeal of Burger King’s French Fry Burger is the fact it’s only a dollar (or $1.19 here on this rock in the middle of the Pacific Ocean). Its cheap price probably makes it taste better than the fries do.
(Nutrition Facts – 360 calories, 170 calories from fat, 19 grams of fat, 5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 35 milligrams of cholesterol, 490 milligrams of sodium, 37 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of fiber, 7 grams of sugar, and 13 grams of protein.)
Item: Burger King French Fry Burger
Purchased Price: $1.19*
Size: N/A
Purchased at: Burger King
Rating: 6 out of 10
Pros: Only a dollar at most Burger King locations. A tasty, cheap sandwich. Something to buy when I don’t feel like eating a McDonald’s McDouble. Letting go of anger.
Cons: The three fries in each of my burgers didn’t provide a noticeable potato flavor. Inconsistent number of fries among fast food bloggers. If you order it to go, there’s a good chance the fries will be soggy. Tastes too much like a Whopper. Muttering “Have it your way” in my sleep. Whopper burps.
*because I live on a rock in the middle of the Pacific Ocean we sometimes pay more for things.
When Burger King introduced the French Fry Burger, it was announced that it would be topped with four French fries. In fact, when I purchased two of the burgers, one of them had four and one had three.
I got one and only had 3 fries. Seems BK yet again does not follow their own definition nor one handed down through the generations. I refer to their “double” cheeseburger. I put the double in quotes because to cut costs BK only puts on piece of cheese on it’s double cheese. I find that they still call it a double cheese insulting and misleading. But my cries of foul fall on deaf ears at my local BK and end up paying the extra $.40 for the second slice of cheese. So it doesn’t surprise me at all that there were only 3 fries on my BK French Fry Burger.
Just buy some fries and put it on any Sandwich you get at Burger King…
Can people please refrain from calling a BURGER a “sandwich”! It is a Hamburger or burger PERIOD!
So what you’re saying is, we shouldn’t call a hamburger a sandwich because it’s not a sandwich.
Also, Burger King calls their Whopper a “Whopper sandwich” on their website.
http://www.bk.com/en/us/menu-nutrition/lunch-and-dinner-menu-202/fire-grilled-burgers-and-sandwiches-220/whopper-sandwich-m1/index.html
Hey Marvo – love your writings! Yeah I realize the fast food guys are starting to call burgers sandwiches lately, most true burger lovers prefer the word “burger”.
Please cite credible sources or references to studies done on official burger lover terminology.
When I went through the drive thru- the BK guy told me its technically supposed to have four fries on it. He said “if it doesn’t have four fries on it, bring it back”. Of course we got home to find 3 fries on top. You think we went back for that extra fry? No.
Wow you could just get a side of fries and apply them yourself.
I’m questioning Burger Kings creativity.
fries could be the next big burger condiment and that means they would let anyone add fries into all their burgers.
i used to do this all the time, add fries to my cheeseburgers to give it extra crunch and grease.
it adds alot more to eat, makes the burger feel bigger and more last longer.
It’s an excellent way to spice up the burger, but burger king should add some cheese to their Fry Burger..
If they did, It’s a perfect combination of cheese, meat, potatoes.
My burger had 3 fries. Three very small fries. It would be awesome if they put the Satisfries on them. It would be awesome if they put a bunch of the small fries on the burger, and over powering the burger. Heck, I even think it would be awesome if they left the beef patty out all together and just had a bunch of soggy fries in mayo and ketchup. but I didn’t like the 3 fries on the burger, whats even the point of 3 fries? I couldnt taste them.