After a successful opening stint in Canada, McDonald’s latest burger is making its way to the UK and other parts of the world.
The Big Arch, launching in the UK on June 18th, comes with its own signature sauce: a blend of ketchup, mustard and pickle juice.
Two 100% British and Irish beef patties, cheddar cheese, crispy onions, a handful of lettuce, and gherkins round out the rest of this ‘future icon’, and it certainly looks like a satisfying burger.
Tasty as it looks and as successful as it’s been in Canada, the incoming burger seems to be no match for the rampant cynicism of Facebook’s amateur but time-rich commentariat.
“That's a big Mac without the middle bun,” said one user to start the pile-on on a recent FOODbible post.
“That's how the Big Mac looked before it became the Lil Mac,” said another with their rose-tinted goggles superglued to their face.
“You mean it's the size of how the Big Mac actually used to be,” said another whose turn of phrase could comfortably make the switch to Reddit.
“It’s not massive is it?” asked another. “No McDonald’s burger is ‘massive’.”
A Canadian commenter added: “Ya that's ‘The Big Arch’. It's been here for over a year. It's basically a ‘bigger’ Mac with a not-as-good secret sauce. You're better off just ordering a double Big Mac.”
Others raised a fair point: “See, if it’s not the McChicken Legend coming back for good, we’re just not interested.” Amen, brother.
“Order a McDouble with Mac sauce... basically the same,” suggested another.
One more for luck: “Two McDonald's patties is not even close to massive!”
Now, for balance, let’s clear some things up.
Compared to a Big Mac, the Big Arch is genuinely huge. A Big Mac weighs in at around 7.7oz (220g), while the Big Arch weighs a whopping – no, not that kind of Whopper – 14oz (397g). In other words, it’s almost double the size of the Big Mac.
And of course, there’s a different flavour profile here with the Big Arch sauce being a different blend to the iconic Big Mac sauce.
McDonald’s doesn’t often shake up its lineup with a burger that it reckons will become a ‘future icon’ – spare a thought for the departed Chicken Legend which will one day become the Chicken Myth – so it’s fair to assume Ronald and the boys are very confident about it doing well outside of Canada.
FOODBible has approached McDonald’s for comment.
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Rachael Davis