In 2006, the popular fast food chain McDonald's added an East-meets-West product on its menu. They christened it “McRice Burger” and soon hit the stores in Taiwan and Singapore before being launched in the Philippines. ^[0]

McRice Burger was based on the idea of creating a rice meal that Asians would enjoy anywhere without the use of utensils.

Rice patties, which served as hamburger buns, were made from fragrant white rice.

They were toasted to perfection and topped with black and white sesame seeds for that extra aroma.

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McRice Burger came in two variants: Beef Supreme and Chicken Supreme.

Some consumers welcomed the idea; Filipinos, after all, won’t survive a day without eating rice.

Sadly, they were outnumbered by those who thought it was a lame alternative to a regular rice meal, pushing the burger to the ever growing list of discontinued McDonald’s products in the Philippines.

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