Location: 30 Courtneypark Drive East, Mississauga
Website: https://www.mcdonalds.com/ca/en-ca.html

I don’t think it’s possible to have too much cheese on a fast food cheeseburger.  Generally speaking, I want the beef to be the star of a hamburger, even a cheeseburger, but a fast food burger with fast-food-quality beef patties?  Sure, pile on the cheese.  The more the better.

And McDonald’s definitely piles on the cheese with this one.  Here’s how they describe it: “Two juicy 100% Canadian beef patties with a delicious cheesy sauce,  two processed cheese slices, grilled onions, crispy onions and pickles on a warm toasted sesame seed split bun.”

I think the fact that they’re using smaller patties rather than the Quarter Pounder patties that you might expect really helps to tip the cheese-to-beef balance in favour of the cheese.  The cheese isn’t kidding around here, that’s for sure.

I liked it.  The cheese sauce tastes exactly how you want it to taste: extremely processed, but in a satisfying way.  The grilled onions are a nice touch, and make the burger feel a bit more deluxe than your typical McDonald’s fare.  And the crispy onions, as always, are tasty and add some nice texture.

I will say that I wish there were more pickles in the burger, or some sauce other than the cheese.  The pickles do a great job of rounding things out by cutting through the richness of the cheese, but they’re not in every mouthful; the pickle-free bites feel like they’re missing something.