McDonald's Unveil Angry Birds Burgers

McDonald’s have joined the heat of the Angry Birds movie, releasing a whole Angry Birds food series in China, which runs until the end of May, and includes such eyesores as the Naughty Green Burger, Super Red Burger, Strawberry Pie, “Bomb” Bubble drinks, and various fried chicken options, presumably made from angry caged hens.

Naughty Green Pork Burger meal set

We ordered the Naughty Green Pork Burger and bubble drink meal set for RMB 28. The burger takes its rancid hue from the green pigs in the game and luckily didn't taste anything like it looked. It comes stacked with an egg, patty, lettuce and some mysterious green sauce. It actually wasn’t too bad, the pork patty flavored with ginger so as to appeal to "Asian tastes", but it was just too hard to look at, because it was just ... so green. Secretly I wish this one had come out during St. Patrick’s Day, to complement the city's green drinks.

It was all just too green

The bubble drink reminded me of the ever-popular Taiwanese pearl milk tea (zhenzhu naicha), if you had gone and mixed it with Fanta.

Matcha cone

We also tried their new matcha ice cream (RMB 5), which was excellent, and even better than the green tea cones at Wuyutai.

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Meanwhile, the Burger Festival is scheduled on May 28 (Saturday). Make sure you block your calendars early to be able to get in on the burger action!