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Wendy’s is one of those fast food chains that isn’t really known for anything, except maybe for being the only fast food restaurant with a salad bar. But after this month, I think the word “Wendy’s” will always signify the concept, “BACONATOR”. Now what in the world could a Baconator be?

This, my friends, is a Baconator – a Wendy’s burger containing two square-shaped 4 oz beef patties, two slices of cheese, six strips of bacon, ketchup, and mayonnaise. Everyone on my Plurk timeline has been talking about the Baconator and today, my friends and I finally got around to ordering some for dinner. What the people on my Plurk timeline failed to mention, however, is that an actual Wendy’s Baconator doesn’t look as classy nor as appetizing as the press release photos. Chomping down on a Baconator has been one of the most…interesting culinary experiences of my life.

Photo by Helga
An hour after calling the nearest Wendy’s, we finally got our Baconators wrapped in foil and placed inside a styrofoam box. There was so much grease from all that beef and bacon that the burger started to sag and look soggy from all that liquid fat. Not only that; the grease actually seeped through the foil and got on my fingers even before I was done unwrapping the burger. Notice how there isn’t a single lettuce leaf nor tomato slice on the list of ingredients. The Baconator is a whole slew of serious cardiovascular problems waiting to happen.

The first few bites of the Baconator were heavenly but then again, I didn’t eat anything for lunch. Anything will taste heavenly to someone with an empty stomach. After 1/4th of the burger had been obliterated, I could feel kidney stones beginning to form from all that salt; my pores too were already starting to clog up from all that grease.

To offset the saltiness of the deadly beef-bacon combination, my friend suggested adding a whole lot of ketchup in between patties. While the ketchup did help me forget that this burger is probably 50% sodium (the other 50% being saturated fat), the greasy feeling didn’t subside. By the time I was done with my burger, I felt about as sexy as an obese trailer park queen.

Perhaps I should have asked how much a Baconator costs before I ordered one, because I damn near had a heart attack when my friend said I owed him 220 pesos for the burger. I don’t entirely regret paying for it (with my money) because I was incredibly curious about what eating a Baconator would be like. Now I’m just hoping I won’t have to pay for it with my health or my (already distended) belly.

You can’t say for sure if you like something or not until you try it out for yourself, but having tried the Baconator, all I can say is that it wasn’t worth it. Sure, it made for a very filling meal, but I also felt like such a pig afterwards. And P220! That doesn’t even cover fries and a Coke. With that much money, you could get a meal made out of real food – you know, the kind that won’t make you feel like a tub of lard or require a stay at the hospital after finishing it.