麦当劳川香酱“回国”遇冷：味道很一般?

McDonald’s originally released its Sichuan dipping sauce as part of a tie-in promotion during the release of Disney’s “Mulan” back in 1998, but it quietly disappeared from the menu shortly afterward. Then, around April 2017, interest in the sauce piqued after a character on Cartoon Network’s “Rick and Morty” cartoon series professed his love for the discontinued sauce, and cited it as the impetus for all his time-traveling actions.

麦当劳最初推出这款川香酱的时间要追溯到1998年，当时为了配合迪斯尼动画电影《花木兰》的上映，麦当劳将这款蘸酱作为搭售的产品进行促销，但是很快它就从菜单中悄然消失了。后来，在2017年4月左右，因为卡通频道《瑞克和莫蒂》动画系列中的主人公坦言自己热爱这款停产的蘸酱，并表示它是自己所有时间穿梭行为的动力，人们对这款蘸酱的兴趣又被点燃了。

McDonald’s later announced that the cult-favorite dipping sauce would be available for one day only-Oct. 7, 2017-at participating locations. However, McDonald’s neglected to mention that each location would only have a very limited number of sauce packets.

随后麦当劳宣布，这款深受大众喜爱的蘸酱将会在参与活动的店铺中，于2017年10月7日进行一日限时销售。然而，麦当劳并未提及的是，每个店铺只会供应非常有限的酱包。

Rick and Morty fans swarmed to those locations, only to find that each restaurant had only 20 to 40 sauce packets and 10 special-edition posters. The diehard fans, some of whom had shown up at the locations as early as 4 a.m., were furious at McDonald’s. In some cases, the patrons became rowdy after learning of the shortage, and police were called to the restaurants to disperse crowds.

动画剧《瑞克和莫蒂》的大批粉丝们蜂拥在这些店铺门外，却发现每家麦当劳只供应了20-40包的酱料以及10张特别版海报。包括一些凌晨四点就来店外排队的死忠粉们在内，人群对麦当劳的做法表示了强烈不满。在得知蘸酱已售罄时，一些顾客开始吵闹起来，警方后来赶到餐厅才驱散了人群。

Business Insider taste testers described the Sichuan sauce as a mix of classic suburban, American-Chinese restaurants’ sweet-and-sour chicken with some soy sauce and a hint of sesame. All in all, it was fine-but nothing special.

Business Insider的试吃员认为，川香酱尝起来像典型城郊美国华人餐厅里糖醋鸡加了酱油和一点芝麻的味道。总的来说，味道还可以，但并不令人惊艳。

McDonald’s China began a promotion for this condiment, but the country—the literal birthplace of Sichuan cuisine—is reportedly quite disappointed with the sauce’s quality

麦当劳中国也开始推广这款酱料，但是据称中国-实实在在的川菜发源地-对这款蘸酱的品质十分失望。

One Weibo user said: “It doesn’t have any special taste….is the American version better?” Another allegedly cautioned not to “put your expectations too high, otherwise you’ll be disappointed. It’s just OK.”

一名微博用户表示：“这蘸酱没什么特别的……是美国那边卖的更好吃吗？”还有人警告说不要“期待过高，否则会失望的。它尝起来真的很一般。”

Part of the problem is that Szechuan sauce doesn’t resemble the cuisine of the region it is named for. Sichuan (the accepted spelling of the province) is known for extremely spicy food -- and this sauce isn’t.

一部分原因在于川香酱的味道与它名字里的四川菜的味道并不类似。四川省（公认的拼写方式为Sichuan）以其极辣的食物而闻名，但这款酱并不辣。

Rick and Morty’s fanbase is considerably smaller in China than it is in the United States, which may provide one explanation into how utterly confounded people are that this sauce has caused mass rioting in the States.

《瑞克和莫蒂》在中国的粉丝基础相对于美国来说较小，这大概也可以解释为什么这款酱在美国引起大规模骚乱的事情让中国人非常困惑。

A spokesperson for McDonald’s China confirmed that the sauce’s ingredient makeup is the same in China as it is in the United States.

麦当劳中国的一名发言人确认，中国与美国的川香酱的原料构成是一样的。

Anyway, McDonald’s China’s Szechuan Sauce promotion ends on April 17.

不管怎样，麦当劳在中国进行的川香酱促销活动将于四月十七日结束。