Burger King Breakfast Shots: Not Half-Bad
In an era of downsizing rather than super-sizing, Burger King has spun much of its menu into miniature form—Burger Shots, Cini-Minis, and now the limited-time “Breakfast Shots.” These tiny egg sandwiches come in packs of two ($1.49) or six ($4.39), topped with your choice of bacon, ham, or sausage, and slathered in a smoky cheese sauce.
Truth be told, I wasn’t expecting much of these slider-sized morsels. Dividing one breakfast sandwich into many can be a sly way of cutting back the eggy, cheesy surface area, passing off hunks of bread with minimal goodies as bite-sized sandwiches. But if anything, BK’s Breakfast Shots had the opposite problem—too little bread to contain everything else going on.
Bite-sized sandwiches should be bite-able. These were not. The egg patty stretched across the two-pack, and wouldn’t tear when I tried to gently pull the halves apart. I ended up awkwardly biting through the egg, nearly gutting the sandwich in the process. (Yes, I could have asked for a knife. But fast food shouldn’t require cutlery.)
Once I did manage a viable bite, though, these mini-sandwiches weren’t half-bad. The sausage was best of the three, the meat juicy and satisfying; the gooey cheese sauce was tangy and flavorful. Sure, the egg patty was tasteless, and the bacon somewhat limp, but that’s par for the fast-food breakfast course.
Ten minutes later, unsurprisingly, these hot, juicy breakfast bites devolved into a cold, coagulated mess. I wouldn’t recommend running them back to the office. But on the run, $1.49 and 270 calories can get you a reasonably satisfying breakfast.
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2 Comments:
Those look remarkably unpleasant.
shoneyjoe at 12:01PM on 04/03/09
They look like any other fast food. I guess you could consider all fast food to look and/or be remarkably unpleasant. If so, then this post should mean nothing to you. It wouldn't even be worth reading then.
wunami at 9:49AM on 04/05/09