{"id":49976,"date":"2022-02-04T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=49976"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:36:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:36:45","slug":"mcdonalds-menu-hacks-surf-plus-turf-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2022\/02\/04\/mcdonalds-menu-hacks-surf-plus-turf-review\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: McDonald&#8217;s Menu Hacks Surf + Turf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mcdhacksutu1.jpeg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"McDonald s Menu Hacks Surf + Turf Whole\" title=\"mcdhacksutu1.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After combining a McDonald&#8217;s Double Cheeseburger with a Filet-O-Fish to create the Surf + Turf Menu Hack, the biggest question I have isn&#8217;t about how the Franken-wich tastes. Instead, it&#8217;s what the McHeck do I do with the extra top bun? <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m left with some extra bread-age because I wanted to make it look like what&#8217;s in the promotional photo, so I put aside the Filet-O-Fish&#8217;s top bun and placed the tartar sauce-topped fish filet and the fish sandwich&#8217;s bottom bun between the Double Cheeseburger&#8217;s two halves. I imagine I could&#8217;ve just slapped the extra bun on top of everything and had the Atkins and Keto gods shake their carb-deprived heads in disapproval. Instead, the extra bun is a pain in my filet as it sits in my fridge. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mcdhacksutu2.jpeg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"McDonald s Menu Hacks Surf + Turf Wrappers\" title=\"mcdhacksutu2.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Creating the menu hack was also a pain. Have you ever tried to pry apart the two beef patties in a Double Cheeseburger that are pasted together with a Pasteurized Process American Cheese slice? It&#8217;s as frustrating as trying to get bubblegum off a shoe&#8217;s sole. The cheese prevented me from pulling the patties away from each other cleanly with my fingers. I eventually got them separated, but a patty was harmed in the making of this hack.<\/p>\n<p>All right, enough about sandwich construction. Let&#8217;s move on to sandwich conMUNCHion.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mcdhacksutu3.jpeg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"McDonald s Menu Hacks Surf + Turf Split\" title=\"mcdhacksutu3.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I thought the addition of tartar sauce to a cheeseburger would be odd, but it&#8217;s not bad. And after thinking about it, it&#8217;s like mayo and pickles, which are on other burgers. So maybe it&#8217;s not weird. But, it has me thinking about adding tartar sauce to a burger in the future. Oh, perhaps I&#8217;m weird.<\/p>\n<p>I could taste the beef with a few bites as I ate the sandwich, but the fish&#8217;s flavor stood out the most between the surf and turf. The tartar sauce comes through with every bite and gives everything a pleasant tanginess. The Surf + Turf is also quite cheesy, thanks to the three Pasteurized Process American Cheese slices. They stand out flavor-wise as much as the tartar sauce. And, as I experienced with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2022\/01\/31\/mcdonalds-menu-hacks-crunchy-double-review\/\">Crunchy Double<\/a>, the ketchup and mustard get lost among all the other ingredients.<\/p>\n<p>I occasionally crave a Filet-O-Fish, and I often crave a McDonald&#8217;s Cheeseburger. While I like eating these sandwiches individually, when they&#8217;re together, I get less delight out of them. I kept thinking that I&#8217;d like it more if the fish wasn&#8217;t there, but that wouldn&#8217;t be in keeping with the menu hack.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m glad I finally got around to trying McDonald&#8217;s Surf + Turf. I&#8217;ve known about the hack for a while but never had the motivation to make it before since it&#8217;s something I could make at any time. But, after trying it, I&#8217;m not motivated to construct and eat it again.<\/p>\n<p>Although, making it again will give me another extra bun to pair with the one sitting in my fridge.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/mcdhacksutu4.jpeg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"McDonald s Menu Hacks Surf + Turf Extra Bun\" title=\"mcdhacksutu4.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Update: We also reviewed other Menu Hacks &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2022\/01\/31\/mcdonalds-menu-hacks-crunchy-double-review\/\">the Crunchy Double<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2022\/02\/04\/mcdonalds-menu-hacks-land-air-sea-review\/\">Land, Air &#038; Sea<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Purchased Price:<\/strong> $7.28<br \/>\n<strong>Size:<\/strong> N\/A<br \/>\n<strong>Rating:<\/strong> 6 out of 10<br \/>\n<strong>Nutrition Facts:<\/strong> 830 calories, 42 grams of fat, 15 grams of saturated fat, 125 milligrams of cholesterol, 1700 milligrams of sodium, 73 grams of carbohydrates, 3 grams of fiber, 12 grams of sugar, and 41 grams of protein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After combining a McDonald&#8217;s Double Cheeseburger with a Filet-O-Fish to create the Surf + Turf Menu Hack, the biggest question I have isn&#8217;t about how the Franken-wich tastes. Instead, it&#8217;s what the McHeck do I do with the extra top bun? I&#8217;m left with some extra bread-age because I wanted to make it look like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1477,1481],"class_list":["post-49976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-fast-food","tag-mcdonalds"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49995,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2022\/02\/04\/mcdonalds-menu-hacks-land-air-sea-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":49976,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: McDonald\u2019s Menu Hacks Land, Air &#038; Sea","author":"Holly","date":"February 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Hacking menus at fast food restaurants isn't a new concept. 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