# New McDonalds meal - The BTS **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [May 27, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mcdonalds-meal-the-bts/942993 "2021-05-27T00:24:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mcdonalds-meal-the-bts/942993/1 "2021-05-27T00:24:42Z")
The [new McDonalds meal](https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/bts-meal.html) debuted today. 10 piece McNuggets, medium fries and a medium drink. Big whoop. But they also debuted two new dipping sauces! Both “inspired” by McDonalds South Korean menu. Say what??!? Sauce #1 is Sweet Chili sauce. Asian, but rather ordinary. Sauce #2 is Cajun. Yep, who knew Acadia was in Korea? That aside, this sauce is worth it. Seems to be a kicked-up, cajuned-up take on their already excellent Honey Mustard sauce. Thicker and with a nice little kick, much more than I would expect from McDs. Anybody else tried it yet? ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mcdonalds-meal-the-bts/942993/2 "2021-05-27T00:26:05Z")
They had Sweet Chili as a dipping sauce **years** ago and then discontinued it. It was my favorite one! I didn’t know it was back! ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mcdonalds-meal-the-bts/942993/3 "2021-05-27T11:50:08Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Sauce #2 is Cajun. Yep, who knew Acadia was in Korea? 🙄 Who knew some Koreans liked eating food that isn’t Korean in origin? Well, other than a _burger_ chain. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mcdonalds-meal-the-bts/942993/4 "2021-05-27T11:58:02Z")
I’ll try their Cajun but I won’t even bother with their Asian, as I know it will be overly vinegary crap. I’m a hot mustard fan myself. So glad it never got discontinued at my local McDonald’s. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mcdonalds-meal-the-bts/942993/5 "2021-05-27T11:59:06Z")
It took some googling to figure out that BTS is a Korean boy band and not an abbreviation for something like Bacon, Tomato and Sausage. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mcdonalds-meal-the-bts/942993/6 "2021-05-27T12:37:36Z")
Better Than Sex? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mcdonalds-meal-the-bts/942993/7 "2021-05-27T14:33:20Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Who knew some Koreans liked eating food that isn’t Korean in origin? I’d say it is because an American restaurant is copying excuse me is inspired by a Korean version of an American sauce that was imported from a culture expelled from France who borrowed from the Spanish and West African cuisines. If McD really wanted Cajun sauce, they don’t have to go to Korea. The promotion reeks of hopping on the Kpop bandwagon. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mcdonalds-meal-the-bts/942993/8 "2021-05-27T14:39:44Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > If McD really wanted Cajun sauce, they don’t have to go to Korea. I think you’re confused - they’re not saying the Cajun sauce is representative of Korean cuisine. They’re saying it’s representative of _what Koreans like at McD_. If they really liked beetroot on their burgers, it would just mean Australian-style burgers were popular in Korea, not that they were making a “Korean version” of an Australian burger. > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > The promotion reeks of hopping on the Kpop bandwagon. The bandwagon is a money train. BTS are huge. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mcdonalds-meal-the-bts/942993/9 "2021-05-27T20:22:10Z")
My son just came running to me wanting me to get this for him when it becomes available. Evidently the name link to K-pop is all it took for this chicken nugget meal that he would pass it by every time before to be his favorite meal that he has to get. I guess we are all a bit guilt of that at times, so I gave him a pass on it. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mcdonalds-meal-the-bts/942993/10 "2021-05-27T20:57:13Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > The promotion reeks of hopping on the Kpop bandwagon. Well yeah, that’s the point. Did you think the CEO of McDonalds was just a big KPop fan? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mcdonalds-meal-the-bts/942993/11 "2021-05-27T20:58:29Z")
But does it _smell_ like BTS? If not, they have some catching up to do. > **[Girls’ feet-flavor fried chicken now on sale in Tokyo, promises smell,...](https://soranews24.com/2018/01/11/girls-feet-flavor-fried-chicken-now-on-sale-in-tokyo-promises-smell-stickiness-of-real-thing/)** > > Idol singer group’s strange follow-up to sweat-flavor karaage is now here! ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mcdonalds-meal-the-bts/942993/12 "2021-05-27T21:05:19Z")
I tried the Cajun today. Was not impressed. It wasn’t bad, it just tasted like a less good version of their hot mustard. And the sauce tastes nothing remotely related to “Cajun”. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mcdonalds-meal-the-bts/942993/13 "2021-05-28T00:54:43Z")
If you get it king sized will they call it the BTK meal? Please say yes. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mcdonalds-meal-the-bts/942993/14 "2021-06-10T12:13:27Z")
Some McDonalds restaurants in Indonesia were so swamped with orders for the BTS meal that they had to shut down temporarily. > **[McDonald's BTS meals: Indonesia branches forced to shut due to high orders](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57426198)** > > Dozens of branches in Indonesia close their doors after being overwhelmed with orders. The article shows crowds of delivery drivers lined up inside and outside. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mcdonalds-meal-the-bts/942993/15 "2021-06-10T12:33:01Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > The promotion reeks of hopping on the Kpop bandwagon. Don’t think for a second that McDonald’s wouldn’t have launched a Backstreet Boys Meal in 1998 if that kind of cross-promotion had existed at the time. Or an Osmonds Meal in 1970, for that matter. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mcdonalds-meal-the-bts/942993/16 "2021-06-10T14:26:26Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > If you get it king sized will they call it the BTK meal? Please say yes. It binds, tortures and kills your intestines? > [@Smapti](#): > > Or an Osmonds Meal in 1970, for that matter. That would have permanently turned me to Burger King. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mcdonalds-meal-the-bts/942993/17 "2021-06-11T12:52:15Z")
I’m just happy that their orange drink is back.