Burger King’s Whopper used to be a great burger. It has shrunk in size and the ingredients are stale. They suck anymore. Stopped eating there years ago. Even my grand kids don’t like it and that’s saying something.
I miss Whataburger... :/
“Burger King’s Whopper used to be a great burger. It has shrunk in size and ...”
Very true. My sentiments exactly. Used to love the Whopper in college.
In the Middle East it is still the Whopper of your memories. About the size of an outstreched hand with quality, fresh ingredients and real milkshakes. A few years ago this is what I had in Amman, Jordan. Cost around $9 for the Whopper w/ Cheese meal.
Have to go to one of those boutique places to get this now. For about $30.
So, you’re not crazy.
You can still get a great Whopper, but it won’t be from a BK run by one of the big franchisees. Those are always dystopian hellholes with food you’re scared to eat. You have to find a family owned BK. The difference is night and day. A family owned BK will have picture perfect Whoppers made with fresh ingredients.
I’m lucky to have discovered just such a BK in my part of town. The neat landscaping and clean parking lot caught my eye one day so I stopped in and got a Whopper, which turned out to be fantastic.
A short time later someone on FR said something about family owned BK’s bucking the trend of general awfulness within the BK organization. Reading this got me curious about the unusually good BK I had stumbled upon. So the next time I was in there I checked their business license hanging on the wall and, sure enough, it said something like Smith Family Burger King. Apparently it’s a locally owned individual franchise with owners who care.
Moral of the story is that if you want a Whopper that’s like the ones you remember, you might seek out a family owned BK franchise.