After a year-long absence, the Samurai Burger has made a comeback to all McDonald’s stores across Singapore.

Consisting of a choice between a quarter pound beef patty and a grilled chicken patty and coated with savoury sweet teriyaki sauce, the burger is crowned with crisp lettuce and creamy mayonnaise, packed between two soft golden toasted sesame buns.

I braved the lunch time queues at my nearby McDonald’s Singapore outlet and bought the Samurai Burger, together with the Creamy Herb Chicken Pie and the Dinosaur McFlurry to try.

Samurai Burger

Between the two Samurai Burger options at McDonald’s, I picked the beef version. What is my verdict of these items? Is the Samurai Burger still just as good as previously?

Taking the Samurai Burger out of the box, I could tell that the size of the beef patty was huge and there was a generous amount of teriyaki sauce that had been slathered on the burger. 

In fact, when I had picked up the burger, the teriyaki sauce had drizzled out all over my hands too.

But contrary to the photos of the burger in the advertisement, I had just one small piece of lettuce inside my burger – that had been completely soaked and drenched in the teriyaki sauce. 

In terms of the flavour, the taste of the teriyaki sauce was definitely strong. The moment I bit into the burger, I could immediately detect the sweetness coming from the sauce and this was the predominant flavour throughout the burger as I had continued munching on it.

The beef though, had been quite moist and tender and this also had a slight peppery note – which I thought went relatively well with the teriyaki sauce, providing a contrast of flavours. It was a pity about the sweetness, though.

If you opt to get this burger as an a-la-carte order, it will set you back by S$6.10.

Roasted Sesame and Seaweed Shaker Fries

But I bought the burger as a meal and this came with the Roasted Sesame & Seaweed Shaker Fries (L) as well as an iced green tea (M). I paid S$8.80 for this meal.

The fries, as the name suggests, come with a seasoning consisting of roasted sesame and crushed seaweed and this item too, is making a return back to McDonald’s stores across Singapore.

I felt the the predominant flavour here was the seaweed, with a hint of sesame at the same time. It was a nice combination in my opinion and quite addictive too – I found it hard to stop eating these fries.

However I must add that if you are not a fan of salty fries, you may find these fries to be a tad salty for your liking, though.

Creamy Herb Chicken Pie

For the Creamy Herb Chicken Pie, this is the first-ever savoury pie to be introduced at McDonald’s and is described as a burst of creaminess that packs the all goodness of chicken, carrots, potatoes, peas and mushrooms, enclosed within a crispy and flaky pie pocket.

When I first bit into this pie, the first thing that struck me, had been the creamy note. There is definitely a generous amount of cream sauce that was used in the pie. However that said, the chicken, was a bit on the dry side.

As well, the flavours coming from the assortment of vegetables in the pie seemed to have all merged together and as a result, I was not really able to detect the medley of vegetables inside at all.

The only flavour that I could pick up from the pie, had been a slight hint of chicken together with a lot of cream sauce, which had somewhat reminded me of carbonara sauce.

If you like cream sauce, then I would recommend that you try out this pie.

The outer pastry shell could also have been crunchier though. While this had been dry enough to balance out the moisture from the cream sauce filling, I felt that it was lacking the crunch and fragrance that a good pie pastry should have. It was hard, but not really crispy.

This pie is priced at S$1.80 as an a-la-carte order.

Dinosaur McFlurry

To end the meal on a sweet note, I also got the Dinosaur McFlurry which is available from S$3. This dessert consists of the all-familiar McDonald’s vanilla soft serve ice cream with heaps of Milo powder and sprinkled with crunchy rice pops on top.

I love Milo, so I thought that this dessert was yummy. The rice pops gave the McFlurry a nice crunchy note and the Milo powder was heavenly too. Overall this reminded me of tiramisu without the espresso and rum.

When to get the items

All of these new items are available after breakfast hours in stores island-wide and via McDelivery from today onwards, or while stocks last.