Place: Burger King
Lunch: Yumbo (no lettuce), Four Cheese Whopper (no lettuce, no tomato), Coke
Have you seen the BK ad for the Yumbo? They have a made up BK with a very seventies vibe, employees in seventies uniforms, and customers in seventies hairdos, freaking out random customers who show up and aren't in on the joke. All of it attempts to point back to the time of the legendary Yumbo sandwich, with its lettuce and Black Forest ham.
Except...was "Black Forest ham" even a thing in the seventies? Was the Yumbo even a thing? Because I have no recollection of it whatsoever.
Some friendly internet research indicates it did indeed exist. But the original was simply ham and cheese (two slices) on a hamburger bun. Nothing about "Black Forest" ham and no vegetables. It was essentially a Hardee's Hot Ham and Cheese. This version is NOT a Hardee's Hot Ham and Cheese. It's an okay ham sandwich on the hoagie roll used for the chicken sandwich. It also has mayo. It could use pickle. It's on the 2 for $5 mix-and-match menu, but if you just buy one, it's $3.89. You have been warned.
The other new thing BK is throwing at us is the "Four Cheese Whopper". The "four cheeses" are a slice of American, cheddar sauce, and a "creamy three cheese blend". Which either really makes it a three cheese Whopper or a five cheese Whopper by my count. I don't know, I flunked algebra. Twice. The "three cheese blend" is some shredded yellow cheeses. Maybe one of those cheeses is cheddar, therefore they only count cheddar once, making four different types of cheese total. In any case, it tastes really cheesy.
As a standalone sandwich, the Four Cheese Whopper is $4.79. So between the Yumbo, Whopper, a medium soda, and tax, I managed to spend $11.52 on mediocre fast food assembled from pre-cooked warmed over ingredients.
Not a winning combination by anyone's standards.
