If you follow me on my instagram (@Evilbean), you would have noticed that I am a Burgerbean. Yes, I send all kinds of burgers into my stomach because they are just so addictive to eat. Even before this invite from McDonald's, I had already tried their Spicy Brazilian Beef Picante burger. The sauce and the cheese was just fabulous! 

In any case, McDonald's, LET ME BE YOUR AMBASSADOR ALREADY! Almost 30% of my blog posts are related to you. Don't you think it's time to change your iconic Ronald McDonald to a Evilbean? *winks.  

See, I even designed this McDonaldBean for you:



Anyways, before I get to the food, I have to show you all something super cool. You all know that McDonald's french fries box is always in that same design of red and yellow right? Well, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, they changed their iconic fry box designs to celebrate FIFA World Cup 2014. The designs are so neat looking I wouldn't mind if they printed shirts with these designs. Don't believe? 

Look at all these 12 original street artworks selected from the works of over 500 artists around the world:














SO PRETTY RIGHT? And, these images are not watermarked so feel free to kope them for your projects or anything. Okay here comes the super cool part. These specially designed fry boxes are magical. YES. MAGICAL. You can only unlock the secrets to these magical fry boxes by downloading the McDonald's GOL! Mobile App. 



The app magically transforms these specially designed World Cup fry boxes into a Augmented Reality football pitch, and trust me, it's very fascinating if you are a "suaku" like me. The magical app recognises other built-in objects in the background as obstacles and thus, you are challenged to kick the ball into the goal with all these real life obstacles blocking you. As you play, your score will be anonymously submitted to your pre-selected country's total score. Right now, Japan is leading in the first place while USA is at the second place. Check out the instructions at the back of your fry boxes for more information on how to witness this magic!

And here comes the things my alter ego #auntiebean LOVES:

Instead of paying $105 for world cup screenings, why not just go down to your nearest McDonald's and watch them for FREE? YES FREE, save $100+ dollars on the subscription fees and enjoy the free aircon and the atmosphere of watching it with other people. The list of the 24-hour restaurants screening the world cup matches can be found at http://fifaworldcup.mcdonalds.com.sg/events.php. 

This is another awesome promotion: WIN $1000 IN WEEKLY DRAWS as long as you order McDonald's online or via the McDelivery app, with at least $20 spent in a single receipt using a Citibank Visa Card! GOOD LUCK OKAY! Jio the Evilbean out for food hunting if you win!

And then there is this series of weekend carnivals that are being held at McDonald's. I had the chance to experience it myself and it was so interesting! I shall let the pictures do the talking.



Station 1: Spin & Dribble



Station 2 and 3: Juggle the Ball, Penalty Shoot Out! 






If you have an auntie alter ego like Evilbean, then you must be wondering: "WHAT KIND OF FREEEBIES?"

Well, if you're lucky, Coca-cola soccer balls!




And free treats for you!



Not only that, there is also drum and Brazilian dance performances during the carnival, immersing all of us in the festive world cup mood!






From what I know, this weekend (28 June) will be the LAST of the World Cup carnival! It will be held at McDonald's Jurong Central Park, from 10am - 2pm. I might head down there again for the awesome freebies and performances as well, it will be a shame to miss it!

After having all the fun, it's finally time for us to enjoy the World Cup Burgers. As I have already tried the Spicy Brazilian Beef Picante burger, I went for the Sweet Chilli Lime Crispy Chicken Burger this time round.







This burger consists of a piece of tender, golden-crisped chicken topped with sizzling sweet and spicy chilli lime sauce, crisp mixed vegetables and a soft chilli chive bun. I really love the sauce, it's a very fail-proof combination with chili and lime. They go well together 99% of the time. Just imagine those BBQ chicken wings you order in hawker centers, in which they serve you that small dish of chili with calamansi.. I am drooling while typing this wts. 

Although the chicken patty was fried, it was still pretty tender and juicy! The buns has an extra layer of taste to it due to the addition of the chilli chive. Pretty good I must say.

Taste Rating (out of 5 Evilbeans):   (4)

With the scorching summer weather in Singapore recently, this McDonald's Fiesta Lime McFizz is really really refreshing. 




This is the Samba Spicy Drumlets! There was actually a complain on McDonald's Facebook page that this Samba Spicy Drumlets is TOO SPICY. Some of the bloggers felt that the spice level of this is similar to the Fiery Mala burger that McDonald's had launched a few weeks back. If you died at Level 4, then be warned. THIS.IS.SPICY. 

For this world cup season, you can literally just spend the whole day in McDonald's as there are so many things happening! You can play with your fry boxes with the Gol! app, immerse yourself in the carnival games and performances, and watch World Cup matches for FREE in the FREE air-con! Why spend money on entertainment, when you can be entertained the whole day in McDonald's.... FOR FREE, AND GET FREEBIES?

On a side note, I SAW RONALD MCDONALD FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LONG LIFE. OH MY GODDD he's so handsome! 


I couldn't resist and shamelessly asked for a photo with this statue-that-came-alive!



AHHHHHHHHHHHHH, my McDonald's life is complete! Thank you so much for the invite again GolinHarris and McDonald's!

You might have seen this post on my Instagram (@Evilbean). Be warned that this is an extremely dangerous food review. You might be tempted to try this after reading this review, but, DON'T. I don't want to lose a reader of my blog. THE SPICINESS OF THIS RAMEN FROM SAMYANG IS NOT A JOKE...

IT. IS. FUCKING. SPICY. (Yes, the f-word came out so it is REALLY SPICY)

You have been warned.

Anyways, I saw this packet of ramen from Korea in i-Econ minimart, and the packaging really attracted me, especially the "EXTREMELY SPICY" wording. Evilbean really likes his things hot (*winks), so despite the $6.90 pricetag (!!!), Evilbean won over #auntiebean and bought home the packet of noodles, as well as a bottle of sugarless green tea from Heaven & Earth just in case something happens. And something really happened. 

This is how I feel after eating that spicy ramen OMG. I AM STILL BURNING SOMEONE SAVE ME PLEASE. #youonlyburnonce #yobo

A photo posted by Joey Ching How (@evilbean) on Jun 19, 2014 at 6:12am PDT

Gaest reminded me of something funny that is totally unrelated to food. I think it was in my secondary school days (HI XINMIN SECONDARY) when one of the discipline teachers were checking on the student's attire. One of the student was wearing ankle socks, which is totally unacceptable during those times. So, the discipline teacher walked up to the student and asked him: "What kind of socks is this?"

Student: "Guess"
"What?"
"Guess!"
"I ask you one last time, what is this socks that you are wearing?" 
"Really guess la!"
"I asked you what socks is this and you asked me to guess? Are you trying to be funny?"
It was not until a few moments later that the discipline teacher realise that the student was telling him the truth.. he was wearing the ankle socks by Guess.


Looking at the similar sounding name and the way the cafe name GÆST is actually worded, it can be quite frustrating and disastrous for some of us... especially for those with impatient girlfriends.

Impatient Girlfriend: "Go where eat ar?"
"You wanna Gaest?"
"Guess what? Hungry now la, quickly! Just anything."
"Gaest?"
"OI, STOP ASKING ME TO GUESS HOR. I AM FREAKING HUNGRY."
"I mean.. I'm asking you you are okay with Gaest or not!"
"Let's break"

It was really hot in the cafe when we were there on the Saturday as there was no air-con, probably due to the central air-conditioning system in Tanjong Pagar. Being the kuku that I am, I wore a thick hoodie pullover when I went there and I was literally sweating buckets while eating. The music that was played did not help with the sweltering heat either - it was playing some really weird spacey, ambiance tracks that sounded like a bunch of aliens making out.

Except for the omelette with cheese, almost everything that I had was mediocre. Based on the food that I had, Gaest gets the Evilbean rating of..


Cafe Rating (out of 5 Evilbeans):
  (2.5)

Evilbean's last words/recommendation:
- I "Gaest" it will be quite some time until I come back to this cafe again with mediocre food and weird alien music on a Saturday.
- MUST-ORDER: Omelette with Cheese