What food items (including drinks) do they have in your local US franchise fast food joints?
(Inspired by a trip to McDonald's in Wanchai, where a Quarter Pounder combo cost $13.58 in 1983 local money.)
We got quarter pounders, only we don't call 'em that. See we got The metric system and shit. So we call it a royale with cheese.
A big mac's a big Mac, only we call it "le" big Mac.
And you know what we put on our fries? Mayonaise. I seen us do it man. We fucking drown 'em in that shit.
English, do you speak it?
FYI, I'm helping a friend. She's writing a story that includes a meeting at a McDonalds on the Moon and she wanted to make it as "international" as possible. Two adults, two kids. The adults are chatting and the kids are ordering things off the menu, just the things they've never had or heard of before. They eat all kinds of strange foods, with predictable results. (http://rationalia.com/z/stretcher.gif)
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@gawdzilla sama
Okay, serious then.
Belgium is not quite like America in fast-food terms.
We don't have KFC, Wendy's, taco bell, burger king, long john, whitecastle, arby's, ... Heck, we don't even have dunkin' donuts, which is a goddamn shame.
The 'American' ones we have are McDonalds, Pizza Hut and Domino's. I've never been to America, so I can't compare, but I imagine we've got basically the same stuff here as there. With the exception that one can order a beer in all three and that I've yet to see the 'supersize' option offered. Also, I believe junk food is more expensive here than in the US. A normal hamburger in the McDo is, for example, if I remember correctly (I don't go that often), a euro and five cents. A friend of mine told me a normal burger in the US in McDo was a buck.
Other than the American ones we have 'Quick', which is like the Belgian, Southern-Netherland & Northern-France equivalent of McDo, I believe. It's fairly the same kind of burgers.
Oh, and I wasn't kidding about mayonaise. It's fairly popular here, more popular than ketchup.
We eat more junk-food in the style of pita, pizza from Pizza Hut or smaller pizza-deliveries, shoarma, "chinese food", döner kabab, 'kapsalon' (a mix of shoarma meat, vegetables, cheese, fries and sauce all piled into a single tin-foil holder). Sushi is also getting popular, which I can kind of see as junk-food as when we consume it, it's not in healthy dosages by a long shot, and we've got services that bring it to your house. Also, for lunch, we often eat a "smos", which is a baguette, often with cheese and/or ham, and carrots, tomatoes, lettuce and cucumber and mayonaisse, which is far from healthy despite the vegetables
But most of all, in Belgium, frituren (translated: "fritures" or "friteries") are the most popular source of junk-food. It's where you can eat some damn good fries, depending on the quality of the place you find, and more snacks than you can count; all of which are deepfried. The fries are traditionally fried twice, to get 'em nice and crispy.
Fuck... I want fries now.
You mean like a McBrat or a McShrimp sandwich?
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How about a McCurry Pan?
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Enjoy the Thai McDonald's Menu: http://www.mcthai.co.th/
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McDonald's Corn Pie: http://www.mcthai.co.th/dessertdetail.php?menuid=50
Corn pie. The end result of hundreds of years of scientific advancement right there.
Quote from: Mr.Obvious on April 04, 2016, 01:51:26 PMOh, and I wasn't kidding about mayonaise. It's fairly popular here, more popular than ketchup.
Disgusting!
*puts honey mustard on everything*
I remember the mcdonalds in Manilla had friend chicken and spaghetti. I think fried chicken is a world loved food, why not on the moon as well.
Lovely! Thanks, beings. If she gets this story done I'll post a link to a copy in this thread.
I have eaten at a McDonalds in Kyoto back in the day. Had the same Big Mac, but the sauce is different, to appeal to a different pallet. The secret sauce was different than in the US ... better tasting too. Generally I find that the US McDonalds uses more sugar, the Japanese want to put soy sauce in everything.
Quote from: Baruch on April 04, 2016, 07:08:48 PM
I have eaten at a McDonalds in Kyoto back in the day. Had the same Big Mac, but the sauce is different, to appeal to a different pallet. The secret sauce was different than in the US ... better tasting too. Generally I find that the US McDonalds uses more sugar, the Japanese want to put soy sauce in everything.
Ummm, yakisoba...
QuoteSushi is also getting popular, which I can kind of see as junk-food as when we consume it, it's not in healthy dosages by a long shot, and we've got services that bring it to your house.
I would like to subscribe to this service, please. I'll take the lifetime membership.
I'm not sure if everything is the same. (No bacon, I am sure I asked) People eat Burger King more than McD though here.
I don't know why, but generally the American fast food here is better than the original in the US. Somebody told me that it is about the meat.
And Turks have a way of turning the general menu closer to the local cuisine. For example, apparently some American pizzerias also sell 'pide'. We already have a lot of local fast food, may be because of that. People do not like too many choices here. The local cuisine is so huge, people do not choose foreign ones and they are a few. Save Italians I guess. Culturally familiar.
I wish there were more foriegn restaurants with affordable prizes. :/
pide:
https://www.google.com.tr/search?q=turkish+pide&biw=1920&bih=993&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwi3zua1j4vMAhWDd5oKHe-VD74QsAQIIA
I've seen something called a "black burger" that the McDonalds in Japan offer. The bun and cheese are black because they're made with squid ink. Apparently, squid ink is considered a delicacy there, and it's supposed to taste very good.
Quote from: Blackleaf on April 19, 2016, 04:10:31 PM
I've seen something called a "black burger" that the McDonalds in Japan offer. The bun and cheese are black because they're made with squid ink. Apparently, squid ink is considered a delicacy there, and it's supposed to taste very good.
That would be kid bait for certain. Thanks.
Oh god limited offer burgers could be The worst.
Maybe you guys had this one too; The simpson burger?
It was in a bagel, with meat colored yellow. It was disgusting as hell.
Quote from: Mr.Obvious on April 21, 2016, 08:06:39 AM
Oh god limited offer burgers could be The worst.
Maybe you guys had this one too; The simpson burger?
It was in a bagel, with meat colored yellow. It was disgusting as hell.
How many did you eat?
1
Never again