"...Asian car, Asian salad, Asian girl"
Experience with McDonald's Asian Salad
So Shawn decided to be an asshole and ordered it. :P
We sat in the parking lot with his car occupying like six spots. After we took the salad out of the ridiculously large bag it was in, we discovered that there was only one fork. He had specifically asked for two, but the dumbass at the drivethru either did not hear, was stupid, or just wanted to piss us off. So we improvised. Him with the knife and me with the fork that seemed too sacred to be eaten with. We took off the cover of the salad and he ate a snowpea and made a remark about how it tasted funny. Then he continued to eat a mandarin orange and made a weird expression. So then I grabbed one with my fingers and it tasted gingery, a little sour, but overall, quite refreshing.
We put the almond pieces in and poured in the sesame ginger dressing. When all the dressing was on the salad, he made a comment about how he hoped I didn't mind all the dressing being used. Hmm...that would later come up again. Anyway, I'd say we *PWNED* the concept of teamwork when we were able to successfully mix the salad without dropping or splattering anything (hmm that reminds me. I broke a glass at work today). Well, whether it was in a good or bad way, I'd say we were pretty much in disbelief after the first taste.
To me, the flavor was something that I never even imagined could be in a salad. Seriously. I'm pretty sure I will never think the same of other salads ever again, and I won't ever want to eat them.
Here is a breakdown of each ingredient:
-chicken: "could be cut through like butter". I'm glad it didn't taste like rubber, but damn, it was a little TOO soft. It tasted fine though.
-lettuce: I'd say it ruled.
-edamame: they taste like shit, but it's an Asian thing so I suppose it was fitting that they be included.
-snow peas: meh
-red peppers: mmmmm
-carrots: these extremely thin pieces tasted like ginger. They were delicious.
-mandarin oranges: Shawn claims that they tasted way better when the dressing was not put on. But I think they taste good either way.
-almonds: adds some crunchiness.
While eating more and more of this salad, a strange taste began to develop in our mouth/throat. It was like...spicy. But not. It was so weird. Then Shawn claimed that he couldn't eat anymore, so it resulted in me eating basically everything except for the edamames. Then I decided to be adventurous and try drinking the dressing. It was pretty good but it burned a bit.
I came online and did a little research, and found out that the salad comes with an orange glaze. That's what the "gingery, sour, refreshing" taste was. That, in combination with a whole packet of Newman's dressing, was sort of overkill.
Overall, I still give this salad five out of five "Asian" stickers.