• If you have passed by the Golden Arches recently, you may have noticed the new wasabi range of Filet-O-Fish and shaker fries. The fast food giant promises it would give you a “karai sensation”. So far, these wasabi items appear to be available only at McDonald’s Singapore.
But wait a minute, wasabi on a battered fish patty? Wouldn’t that taste kind of… weird? Well, curiosity got the better of me! For $4.10 I got a Wasabi Filet-O-Fish, complete with a lime green sticker on the box that screams “wasabi”.
Wasabi Filet-O-FishS$4.50
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The burger retains the same fish fillet, veggies and cheese, with the newly-added wasabi in the form of wasabi-flavoured mayonnaise. Okay, so that may not be the most beautiful burger in the world. But we’re not paying for food presentation here, are we?
The pastel green sauce looks and tastes pretty similar to the wasabi mayo prawns that have swam their way into many posh restaurants here in the past couple of years. What is surprising is that the wasabi is nostril-searing hot! I had expected to get just a slight hint of it, but this one brought tears to my eyes! Oishii!
So, if you love wasabi like I do, do give this one a try. If it’s like the other McDonald’s specialty burgers like the black pepper burger, rice burgers, or the Kampong burger that I miss so much, this one would only be available for a limited time period.
I have yet to try the Wasabi Shaker Fries. For those of you that have, let us all know if it’s any good!
Oct 9, 2008
80
The big M bundled some wasabi powder to go along with my fries the last time I got a value meal. It wasn’t searing hot, but the taste of wasabi is definitely there.
Oct 9, 2008
1
yupp.. i agree. tried the wasabi shaker fries. it’s wasn’t spicy or anything. would have to say i was quite disappointed by it as i expected it to a full on assault. and the powder isn’t salty like their previous efforts.
Oct 9, 2008
1
skip the fries. the wasabi taste is almost non-existent and powder is very sweet. not worth it.
Oct 9, 2008
2
ive read about different views on e Wasabi Burger by different blogs , maybe i shall try it when i have the time to .
thanks for e nice review there ! :D
Oct 9, 2008
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pkchukiss, Jeff & absolutjoiz: Thanks for sharing! Looks like I’m gonna give the shaker fries a pass. I never really liked the “shaker” concept anyway. Besides, I’m one of those people that must have my fries with chilli sauce.
wweijiee: Glad to be of help! I have heard rather extreme reactions to this burger. It’s one of those you-either-love-it-or-hate-it kind of thing :) Like durian!
Oct 9, 2008
182
Thanks for this review, I have seen this burger on sale, and was hesitant to try it, because the thought of a wasabi fish-O-Filet makes me a little skeptical if it would be nice in the first place.
Oct 15, 2008
1
the wasabi fries taste like msg. yuck.
Oct 17, 2008
14
i missed e garlic chilli sauce alot.
wonder will it be back.. n ya, wasabi fries is jus msg.
Oct 20, 2008
3472
Huh! You mean they discontinued the garlic chilli sauce? I never noticed that. So are they using the regular chilli sauce with the white packaging (and a bright red chilli on it)?
Oct 30, 2008
3
i think the garlic chilli sauce will be available in packets if you request
Jul 16, 2011
1
can i have the fish plaase