MY Take on The Breakfast Sandwich

It’s true. I am lazy. And that overpowering lazyness is fueled by cheap, premade breakfast sandwiches that I just can’t be bothered going through the rigamarole (real word, check it) of making one myself, no matter how cheap it ends up being in the long run. It’s just simply too awesome to roll out of bed, go downstairs, walk 40 yards, give a person some pocket change, and be handed a smoldering, delicious hodgepodge of molten cheese, succulent sausage, and fresh (maybe) egg, served up on a toasted tea biscuit. Adjective overkill for the win!

Anyways, I won’t bore you with the technical details. We’ve probably all eaten an Egg McMuffin at one point in time or another, so you know what I’m talking about. Also… well… I’m lazy and Nik’s already said it all.

I’ve always been sort of a fence-sitter when it comes to the Egg McMuffin. I don’t really agree with a lot of McDonalds methods, and if I want a fast food hamburger, I avoid the place like the plague, but there are many times that a quick, cheap, accessible breakfast has gotten me through some rougher-than-usual mornings. Because of this, I’m a little biased, since the Egg McMuffin served it’s sole purpose, and sated my hunger. So, when it comes to actually picking up the new Tim Horton’s Breakfast Sandwich (doesn’t really have that same, iconic ring to it that Egg McMuffin has, does it?), with the intention of analyzing and critiquing it, it was a little difficult. I mean, it’s just a sandwich, right?

Wrong.

Okay, I’m being dramatic. It is just a sandwich. Nothing extraordinary, but nothing terribly mundane either. I’d have to say, compared to the Egg McMuffin, I preferred the THBS. I picked one up, with a medium coffee, and a new maple pecan danish (also new on the menu. I was feeling enterprising today) for just over $5. First off, let me say that Nik’s photo didn’t really do it much justice. In his photo, it seems a little distorted and it makes the tea biscuit look flat and wimpy. Speaking of the tea biscuit, I’m a big fan, it was different, and as far as I’m concerned, it handed the traditional english muffin it’s ass on a platter, and I really didn’t find it as greasy/burnt as Nik says. As for the egg, Nik’s right, it was really pre-fabbed and generic, in both texture and taste. I’d take the McDonalds poached egg approach over Tim’s scrambled-then-molded version.

Now, unlike Nik, I had the sausage version of the sandwich. I feel like the quality of the sausage exceeded that of McDonalds (no big surprise, McDonalds is pretty much renowned for their sub-par meat products). However, if I recall correctly, I feel like you get more sausage on an Egg McMuffin. Still, I’d take quality over quantity here. The cheese was better than your average sandwich-bound processed cheeses. It was still processed, but still had more going for it than the Egg McMuffin equivalent. So hot and molten-y. Good stuff.

Ultimately, I’m finding it hard to choose, so like so many other decisions I’ve had to make, I’m going to sit on the fence for this one. This is actually conveniently more literal than you’d think, as there’s a fence (along with a small parking lot or two) between the nearest McDonalds and the neighbouring Tim Hortons. If I absolutely had to choose, I’d have to go with Tim Hortons, because it’s about 20 yards closer than the McDonalds. England Lazyness prevails.

Sidenote: If you can think of a better name for the THBS, by all means, leave a comment, I’m interested in seeing what people come up with. I’m going with Breakfast Biscuit for the time being.