Grilled Chicken Foldover 2004 - 2009

Today was a stressful and frustrating day for AstroBanana on the work front. It must have been particularly so for Astro Girl because she actually suggested going to McDonald's for dinner. Wah~! Nothing extraordinary, you say? Well, in the past 25+ months that AstroBanana have been together, Eric Banana has never heard Astro Girl agree so readily to settling for a McDonald's dinner. Not today. Today she just wanted something "sinful".

And nothing is more sinful than what McDonald's has to offer. It used to have some semblance of a "healthier choice"in the form of the Grilled Chicken Foldover but somehow Eric Banana could not find it on the menu just now. A quick check with the website confirmed that it has been taken off the menu. Silently but surely. Hmmm, so much for a so-called "milestone". It's true! The McDonald's Singapore website lists the introduction of the Grilled Chicken Foldover in Dec 2004 as a milestone. But apparently the Grilled Chicken Foldover saying bye bye wasn't milestone-worthy enough.

Anyway, Eric Banana has always wondered why it's called the "foldover" instead of the "bendover" since they essentially mean the same thing. He would have loved to hear people say, "And I would like to have the Grilled Chicken Bend-Over, please~" to the McDonald's cashiers and see the latter try to maintain a straight face. It does sound kinda wrong though. Oh well, at least McDonald's has decided to stop pretending that it offers healthier alternatives. After all, Singaporeans don't go to McDonald's for healthier alternatives - they just want their fattening burgers that scream S-I-N-F-U-L out loud. Actually, most people don't even go there for the burgers - think french fries and ice-cream instead.