Beginning from today, the new Hokkaido Salmon Burger will be swimming into McDonald’s® Singapore stores islandwide.

Featuring a Hokkaido salmon patty in a crispy panko breaded coating, prepared with salmon sourced from Hokkaido, the burger is then topped with shredded white cabbage with roasted sesame mayonnaise all sandwiched between a toasted black and white sesame seed bun.

There are two different variants – the Hokkaido Salmon Burger, as well as the Hokkaido Double Salmon Burger, the latter containing two patties, for those who have larger appetites.

I braved the queues at my nearest McDonald’s® Singapore outlet and I bought the new Hokkaido Double Salmon Burger to have for my lunch today.

So here are my thoughts and comments on this new McDonald’s® Singapore offering – and whether I think it is worth eating.

I thought the burger had been delicious and personally, I would say that I had rather enjoyed it. The salmon patty tasted moist and succulent and felt like an improvement over McDonald’s® Singapore’s other fish related offering, the the Filet O Fish burger.

As well, I could taste a hint of salmon flavour in the patty but at the same time, there had been no fishy salmon taste at all, in the patty, which had been rather surprising.

Instead, there had been a very subtle herbal flavour, possibly from the herbs and spices that had been used in the mixture during the bread crumbing process.

The usage of the roasted sesame mayonnaise and the sesame seed bun also added an extra dimension of flavours to the burger, as I could detect a bit of a sesame flavour, which I had thought, balanced out the salmon flavour quite well.

And I thought that the white cabbage and onions, had also helped to bring about an extra crunch to the burger as well.

If you are a fish person who usually goes for the Filet O Fish when you eat at McDonald’s® Singapore, then I think that you will probably like the new Hokkaido Salmon Burger offering. It seems like an ‘atas’ version of the Filet O Fish.

The new Hokkaido Salmon Burger costs S$7.70 when purchased together with an Extra Value Meal, comprising of the burger, Fries (M) and Coke (S).

The Hokkaido Double  Salmon Burger Extra Value Meal, on the other hand, will set you back by S$9.70.

Hokkaido Prefectural Government Team enjoy the burger.

And in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the naming of Hokkaido too, McDonald’s® Singapore has also partnered with the Hokkaido Prefectural Government, in order to give away a pair of tickets to Hokkaido, Japan.

In order to win, all you need to do, is to comment on the Shaker Fries Dance contest post on the McDonald’s® Singapore Facebook page with your Shaker Fries Dance Video. The video with the highest number of Facebook Likes will win the competition.

Said Yuichi Miyazaki, Managing Director, Hokkaido Government Representative Office in Singapore, “With this year marking the 150th anniversary of Hokkaido, we are thrilled to be collaborating with McDonald’s to offer Singaporeans a chance to win a trip to the beautiful city of Hokkaido!” 

He added, “We have also tried McDonald’s® brand new Hokkaido Salmon Burger – with real salmon from Hokkaido.”

Besides the Hokkaido Salmon Burger, McDonald’s® Singapore is also bringing back the Seaweed Shaker Fries which is available a-la-carte from S$3.40, or as part of an upsized Extra Value Meal, when you upgrade your Extra Value Meal for an extra S$0.60.

I had tried the Seaweed Shaker Fries when it was previously available at McDonald’s® Singapore and I remembered that this had been a bit salty. 

I am not sure if McDonald’s® has reduced the salt content from this item, but besides the amount of salt that had been used, I still recall that these fries are yummy, and extremely addictive at the same time – once you begin eating them, you really won’t be able to stop munching.

The Hokkaido Single and Double Salmon Burger and the Seaweed Shaker Fries are available after breakfast hours at all restaurants and via McDelivery® from today onwards, while stocks last.

And for those who have a sweet tooth, McDonald’s® Singapore has introduced a range of Matcha desserts, exclusively available at all dessert kiosks islandwide. 

These Matcha offerings come in Cones, Hot Fudge Sundae and McFlurry with Mini OREO®, so you can indeed be spoilt for choice. So this means whether you are just feeling slightly peckish or are ravenous, there will be something for you.

Hokkaido Prefectural Government Team.

I still remember that Godiva Singapore had introduced a limited edition Matcha chocolate soft serve range some time ago, which was really delicious, so I admit that I am rather interested to see how the new McDonald’s Matcha soft serve ice creams match up to those.

These new Matcha Desserts at McDonald’s® Singapore start from S$1.10 onwards.