New Macungie Diner

10:54 - 11:34 am

Setting the Scene

The New Macungie Diner is housed in an older looking brick building with a red shale roof and a weird-to-navigate parking lot. The interior feel could best be described as “camping cabin” with wooden walls and thin carpeted floors. We were asked if we wanted a table or a booth. After answering with “booth”, we were promptly seated at a half table-half booth combo seat. The wait staff was slow, slower than most of the diners that we have eaten at thus far, but they were kind.

Bethany

The water was not chlorinated, but the coffee was absolutely terrible. I think it tasted like garbage, Ben says it tasted like cigarette butts. Three sweeteners and three creamers (I usually do two of each) make it semi-drinkable, but not much past half the cup. 

I got a western wrap, which had ham, onions, peppers, egg, and cheese. I love how the wrap was cooked. The eggs were not overcooked, the cheese was nice and melty, and the peppers and onions had a nice crunch to them. The ham just kind of existed, but honestly I feel like that’s just what ham does in life. They also pressed it on the grill, giving the outside a nice texture. Overall, delicious wrap (like competing with Hamilton for my favorite wrap). It ends there. The potatoes were trash. They tasted less like a potato than any potato I have had before, if that’s possible. They were dry and flavorless and had a weird aftertaste (in my opinion). Even the ketchup was weird, almost tasting too ketchup-y. Wrap was awesome, everything else was garbage.

Benjamin

The orange juice was good and strong like a lumberjack. Definitely not a complaint™. However, the glass came with some weird thing floating at the bottom which we only noticed once I was a third through the glass. It gave me a little bit of the heebie-jeebies, but I asked for a new glass and luckily was clean as a whistle.

The hash browns were not great - dry and under-seasoned. The ketchup felt weirdly extra-concentrated. It was probably just a different brand, but I wouldn’t shut up about it and I think I convinced Bethany too.

The muffin was as un-notable as it gets. The eggs were cooked fine. The hollandaise was extremely bland. Like notably bland. If I'm going to clog up my arteries with butter, it should at least taste like something. There was a bunch of paprika which I think was them trying to compensate for the lack of flavor. 

I was feeling extra famished so I also ordered a side of corned beef hash. It was really oily and again not very good.

Rating

Western wrap is only redeeming quality