{"id":46572,"date":"2021-05-17T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=46572"},"modified":"2022-03-08T20:03:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T06:03:54","slug":"sonic-twisted-texan-cheeseburger-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2021\/05\/17\/sonic-twisted-texan-cheeseburger-review\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Sonic Twisted Texan Cheeseburger"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sonic<\/p>\n

I am always on board when an American fast food chain in a non-US location unveils its version of regional American fare.<\/p>\n

Take, for instance, McDonald’s \u201cBig America Burgers<\/a>\u201d in Japan. The most recent iteration of this popular offering gave Japanese consumers the Texas 2, the Idaho, the Miami, and the Manhattan burgers. Some of these have very reasonable \u2014 and dare I say interesting \u2014 inclusions. A hash brown on the Idaho burger, for example, is a particularly fetching choice. And then sometimes, something seems to get lost in translation. While I applaud the pastrami topping on the Manhattan, I\u2019m a little perplexed by the mozzarella and \u201csour cream sauce.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ditto, McDonald\u2019s \u201cGreat Taste of America\u201d burgers, which have popped up multiple times in the UK, the most recent being 2019<\/a>. While I am impressed that the \u201cAlabama Chicken\u201d has a white BBQ sauce, the \u201cNew York Stack\u201d is all over the road by serving it on a sesame and poppy seed bagel (nice!), but topping it with \u201cbacon, cheese, creamy coleslaw, ketchup, mustard, lettuce, and pickles.\u201d Because nothing says \u201cNew York\u201d like mixing up your coleslaw with ketchup, mustard, and cheese, right?<\/p>\n

\"Sonic<\/p>\n

Sonic\u2019s \u201cTwisted Texan\u201d Burger (or footlong, quarter-pound hot dog, if you\u2019d rather) doesn\u2019t really come close to some of those weird combinations, to be sure, but it also isn\u2019t very inspired. It is a regular quarter-pound beef patty on a regular bun, topped with its regular chili, a cheese slice, and \u201ccrispy onion strings.\u201d Do these things work well together? Sure, I suppose so.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m on record as being a fan of Sonic\u2019s patties, and I usually have good luck with its buns, too. Its chili \u2014 which is almost like a Coney-style chili-sauce, if you\u2019ve never had it \u2014 is great on its dogs and tots, and it\u2019s fine here. The single slice of cheese got lost in the mix, which ultimately made it inessential; a second slice might\u2019ve added more oomph.<\/p>\n

\"Sonic<\/p>\n

Now that brings us to the onion strings.<\/p>\n

While the first bite or two of the burger noticeably benefited from them, the \u201ccrispy\u201d exterior of the strings quickly turned to mush, making the veggie indistinguishable in consistency and taste from the chili. I\u2019m not sure how you combat this unless you use whole onion rings. (Which, you know, could\u2019ve been done; I\u2019m not sure that onion strings are any more or less \u201cTexan\u201d than onion rings.)<\/p>\n

In the end, this is just an okay burger, but I\u2019m not sure what screams \u201cTEXAS!\u201d about it, other than the red chili. Which, I mean, is sort of Texas-y? But it\u2019s also something that you can get a really good bowl of just about anywhere. How could have Sonic made this more of a Texas thing? Oh, I don\u2019t know\u2026 by putting it on Texas toast, perhaps? Or maybe adding brisket. Or a tiny little, sandwich-sized cowboy hat. Anything more than just \u201cchili and onion strings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Purchased Price:<\/strong> $3.99
\nSize:<\/strong> N\/A
\nRating:<\/strong> 6 out of 10
\nNutrition Facts:<\/strong> 1030 calories, 68 grams of fat, 17 gram of saturated fat, 1 gram of trans fat, 110 milligrams of cholesterol, 1940 milligrams of sodium, 68 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of fiber, 11 grams of sugar, and 33 grams of protein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am always on board when an American fast food chain in a non-US location unveils its version of regional American fare. Take, for instance, McDonald’s \u201cBig America Burgers\u201d in Japan. The most recent iteration of this popular offering gave Japanese consumers the Texas 2, the Idaho, the Miami, and the Manhattan burgers. 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