"QUANTUM SHOT" #597 Link - Article by Chris Mitchell of Travel Happy, and A. Abrams
McDonald's Around The World: Marvels Never Cease, Especially in Asia
If you think McDonald's sells the same burgers and fries everywhere in the world, think again – here in Asia they’ve had to make some concessions to local tastes and come up with some peculiar fast-food variations on Asian favourites.
It all started with the Samurai Pork Burger. I saw this advertised outside a McDonald's in Bangkok back in 2004 and was somewhat perplexed. Why is it a Japanese name when I’m in Thailand? And what do Samurai have to do with pork? Actually, why is it called Samurai at all? Sadly, I never actually found out any of the answers, but it made me start paying closer attention to McDonald's every time I went to another country in Asia.
(Samurai Pork Burger, Bangkok, Thailand (left) and Thai Spicy Fish McDippers (right) - photos via)
Perhaps more traditional for Thailand, the Thai Spicy Fish McDippers (image above right) are a piscine breadcrumb and chili overload. Incidentally, don’t actually expect to eat your fast food in Thailand fast – you will inevitably be handed your burger but have to wait five minutes for your fries, which will be dutifully brought to you – by which time, of course, you’ve eaten your burger…
In Singapore, the national obsession with rice extends to having rice cakes in your burger.
(Rice Burgers, Singapore)
I expected lots of interesting stuff in a Japanese McDonald's – McTentacles perhaps – but the menu was disappointingly ordinary.
Although there were these – Seaweed Flavoured Fries. Also, see below-right: the tasty tentacle snack from Japan. Yum.
In Hong Kong, I nearly got arrested for taking this photo of the Green Tea and Red Bean Ice Cream Sundae. Didn’t realise they guarded their secret bean recipe quite so zealously.
(Green Tea And Red Bean Sundae, Hong Kong)
In Indonesia, as the world’s largest Muslim country, chicken is far more popular than beefburgers (and, of course, the Samurai Pork Burger would be completely taboo). Hence you get combo sets of chicken, rice and Coke:
Chicken, Rice and Coke, Jakarta, Indonesia
Perhaps my biggest WTF moment (Weird and Troubling Food, naturally) in a McDonald's was in the Philippines, when I spotted the clotted mess that is McSpaghetti. (McDo indeed). My Filipino friends explained to me that it was incredibly popular and basically consisted of spaghetti soaked in sugar. Ewwww.
Let me repeat this: Spaghetti - Soaked In - Sugar!.
McSpaghetti, Philippines
I also seem to remember that when I first went to Australia in 2003, there was a Billabong Burger that had tinned beetroot between two patties. Sadly (or perhaps thankfully), I don’t have any photographic evidence, though it tasted as grim as it sounds. There was also a similar one called McOz with only one patty (plus the tinned beetroot that is ubiquitous in Australia – fresh beetroot isn’t nearly as popular).
Spam, Spam, Spam, Eggs, Bacon, and Spam
David Gardner shares his experience: "Did you know you can get Spam, eggs, and rice for a McDonald’s Breakfast in Honolulu? Yup. Right there on Kalakaua St facing Waikiki. Totally cool!"
See this classic Monty Python sketch to truly appreciate the irony.
My most memorable experience of McDonald's in Asia, however, is stumbling onto a MaccyDs in Chongqing, China. I’d just completed an excruciating trip up the Three Gorges on an overloaded passenger boat that played earsplitting soap operas the entire journey, and I was in need of comfort food. Chongqing is a vast city with a mind-boggling 31,000,000 inhabitants – and that’s just the official figure. Arriving there just as dusk began to fall was somewhat intimidating to say the least. Things were not helped when I arrived at the front of the McDonald's queue dishevelled and hungry, and found, much to my horror, that the universally understood phrase of “Big Mac” was not understood here.
Managers were summoned despite (or perhaps because of) my increasingly strident pointing at the overhead menu, until a Chinese teenager behind me stepped up and got me exactly what I wanted in 20 seconds flat. He spoke a little English, and I could tell he wanted to practice so I invited my culinary rescuer to join me and we had a great, if slow conversation about his life in Chongqing. “Chongqing is great”, he said. “But I want to go to America”. “Why?” I asked. He broke into a beam of a smile and said “Because I want to meet Christina Aguilera!”
That conversation rescued what had otherwise been a grim day, and makes me smile every time I recall it. And it wouldn't have happened if I hadn’t gone to McDonald's.
Some Other Fast-Food Masterpieces From Around the World
Some are not McDonald's, technically, but very hard to omit when making an article like this. Here is -
Let us know about other interesting McDonald's offerings you found around the world.
When Looking for McDonald's, Beware of Imitations!
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If you’re wondering why I even frequent McDonald's when I’m travelling in the continent of tremendous cuisine, the reasons are threefold:
1) Sometimes you’re so tired or cultureshocked or plain lazy you just want something completely familiar to eat in an air-conditioned, relatively clean environment, however bad it may be for you;
2) McDonald's is actually a great place to peoplewatch because, funnily enough, all the locals go there, and;
3) It irks travel purists no end, so that’s always a winner. (There is a great explanation of why eating at McDonald's while traveling is not to be sneered at by Rolf Potts, with an equally interesting addendum by Pico Iyer, both of which save me having to rewrite it here).
McDonald's Creativity Zoo: Unlimited Imagination from Used Packaging
We wrote about "Bent Objects" sculptures from McDonalds materials before.
Avi you forgot: -McKielbasa (polish of course!): http://www.flickr.com/photos/laws/558307499/in/set-72157600376166732/ -McLobster (served on the Canadian east coast) -McWieś (polish, "McVillage"): nothing exotic except for the name. lots of local produce basically.
"I also seem to remember that when I first went to Australia in 2003, there was a Billabong Burger that had beetroot between two patties. Sadly (or perhaps thankfully), I don’t have any photographic evidence, though it tasted as grim as it sounds. There was also a similar one called McOz with only one patty (plus beetroot)."
There's also the Kiwiburger, which the McOz was based on, which has an iconic song and ad to go with it, well in New Zealand anyway.
The McDonalds branches in Albuquerque, New Mexico (and elsewhere in the state) serve up the local delicacy on their double cheeseburgers: green chile! They'll add it to pretty much all of their other sammiches on request too. In fact, if you DON'T want it on your doublecheeser, you have to order it plain. :)
The McDonalds in Istambul by the train station sells McKabobs. Hilarious because the real kabob vendors are everywhere and I am sure a million times better.
I went to McDonalds in Paris because we'd been there nine days, my friends were passed out and I was hungry... plus, I needed a bit of home.
My friends were very disappointed in me that I'd gone to such a place. However, over the next few days, every one of them managed to find their way over. As much as I love to embrace the foreign experience, sometimes I need a little bit of home.
Also the Dutch Mcdonalds has got the McKroket >> http://mcdonalds.nl/wps/wcm/connect/mcd/mcdonalds/Home/Producten/Producten/Burgers+en+Nuggets/McKroket
It's a thick ragout thing with a crispy layer around it, and they serve it with mustard. And all dutch people love it. I didnt really like the taste... :S
In Malaysia, there's something called Prosperity Burger. Basically a beef burger with thick black pepper sauce & onions. They are served only around Chinese New Year and are fantastically popular...
I am from the Philippines and McSpaghetti is not soaked with sugar. I don;t know what your Filipino friends meant with that, but McSpaghetti taste just like any other spaghettis, no issue with that.
The Japanese tentacle snack is sold at Muji. Never seen it at MacDs anywhere, but you can buy it at all Muji stores -- Japan, England, Singapore, wherever.
Here is why travel journalism is interesting as it is. I had put my ass into one of the Mcdonalds temples exactly three times, and that many too many, but as long as there are people daring enough to enter the charming instutions, the rest of us can thus feel better, knowing we're not missing out on anything, except for the extremely bad taste in food...
I'm from the Philippines, and yep the McSpaghetti is on the sweet side. However, this is how Pinoys like their spaghetti - sweet. In groceries you can buy either Italian style spaghetti sauce or Pinoy style which is both sweet and sour. Filipino spaghetti also has cut up hotdogs and ham. Do you know also that the McDonald's hamburger is hardly sold here? Instead we have a sweeter version called a "Burger McDo" which has thousand island dressing. Weird yeah, but tasty and cheap.
You should thank you can find english menus when you go to other countries. Making fun of other cultures makes you look like a fool. Wake up and go to learn a new language bcos learning other languages is learning other cultures, and you are definitively in need of that.
All American fast food is generally soaked in some sort of sodium flavoring solution and/or high fructose corn syrup. Even if it were true, I'm surprised that you're surprised about McSpaghetti being soaked in sugar.
This is an interesting post but it has a kind of irritating "everything unfamiliar is weird" subtext too it.
What I loved about McDonalds in Japan is that they're the only ones I've ever been to where the food you see in the pictures matches the food you get at the table. Plus it's cute when the counter girls say "Thank You" after every item you order.
While in Cairo, Eqypt a few years back we had a Pizza Hut stop and had to try the sliced hot dog pizza! different but not bad. I know this wasn't a McDees story but... the McDonalds was either not bad or i was longing for home so much that I didn't notice the strange. :-)
Much to my disappointment, you cannot get the Mc Oz here in Australia anymore :( Try throwing a slice of beetroot in your quarter pounder and I promise you'll love it!
You should add KLG (as in KFC) to the copycat restaurant section. There are many branches around Taiwan. Here's a Flickr pic. http://www.flickr.com/photos/hey-gem/668512507/
Here in Spain, "tapas" and "pinchos" are a really tasty and healthy alternative.
Going now for some of theses, with delicious red wine or beer.
Yum !
yeah there are a lot of mcdonalds in spain. were not talking about tapas and cadaver-looking pig hindlegs hanging in bars while your having your tapas, yikes.
In Israel McD's sells the McShwarma: kabob meat in a pita with yogurt sauce. Of course it's a poor choice compared to the yummy shwarma sold from the hundreds of street vendors.
The "guacamole" thing is not from Chile, the cost is totally irrational, here it could cost like $1200, also cents didn't exist here. Maybe is from Mexico.
In Costa Rica, they can serve pico de gallo with your burger (rice and beans). Also the have the Tica burger, which is a hamburger seasoned with Costa Rican spices.
Mc D's in the Philippines doesn't have Mc Breakfast (from what I saw) 9am and everyone is having hamburgers and fries and Mc Spaghetti. I love the avocado at Chilean Mc D's on their hamburgers.
The commenter about the "Guacamole" in Chile was right, that picture does not seem to be from there - although they DO have it there on burgers it's referred to as "Palto"
oh "pita and lay bread" sound good! McD made a splash with the Chicken Tatsuta revival in japan. that successfully ended up with running out of chickens.
"In Costa Rica, they can serve pico de gallo with your burger (rice and beans). Also the have the Tica burger, which is a hamburger seasoned with Costa Rican spices."
I think you mean gallo pinto. Pico de gallo is a chunky "salsa" with tomatoes and onions, maybe bell peppers. Gallo pinto is only served for breakfast though. Otherwise the McD menu is pretty much the same as in the U.S. Where did you see a Tica burger? Could be BK, they have some weird stuff here!
back in 1999 I saw Bratwurst on the menu at a McDonald's in Germany.
In 2005 I went to a McDonald's in Ireland only because I needed to use the bathroom, we ordered some sodas cause it was 'customers only' and the small was like 8 oz! I was shocked because I'm used to a small being 22 oz.
The reason i will go to a McD's while traveling - i know they will have a clean restaurant, and usually a clean bathroom. Of course - the former is more important than the latter!
i did a blog about how McDonalds made me McAwesome - love your feedback on it. http://brandscaping.ca/2009/11/how-mcdonalds-made-me-mcawesome/
They different menus all over the world. Things you will get in China may be not available in other countries. But by far they serve the best around the world.
In Morocco they offer the McArabia. Don't remember exactly, but I think it was beef or chicken & falalfel. I was disappointed by the lack of Pigeon McNuggets.
I'm from the Philippines and most Filipinos (especially children) love their Spaghetti sweet. It's a matter of business strategy. Sometimes you should adjust to the taste of the of people you want to sell your products..Else your products wont be sold. FYI - it's not as sweet as what you are thinking. But sweeter than the American style of cooking spaghetti.
I don't know if I missed it or not (because there are a lot of comments on here) but in Spain, they sell beer as well as soda. In my homeland, Brazil, we have Cheddar McMelt, which is basically a beef burger with cheddar cheese, grilled onions and soy sauce. There's always the tasty and make-you-wanna-drool, McNífico Bacon; a burger with bacon but the bacon looks almost like Canadian bacon. Speaking of Canada, McLobster Roll...but let me stop because I am getting really hungry and I am thinking about taking a trip back home just for a McNífico lol.
Hope this gave you (and others) some kind of insight.
I'm from the Philippines, and we definitely like our spaghetti sweeter than what others would prefer. But the spaghetti in McDonald's aren't that sweet. The spaghetti in Jollibee is definitely sweeter, but I would say neither are soaked in sugar.
just because it's different doesnt mean it's weird. america is not the only country in the world so don't base your standards from your country. give it a few more years and usa will no longer be the superpower you think it is. wake up.
The Billabong Burger was awesome. They stopped doing it here in Australia which is really sad, but most burger places all have beetroot on their burgers. It tastes really good.
You forgot this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_organ
It is in Zadar, Croatia. Sea, more specific waves hitting the coast, pier pass through designed cavities in stone, and go to built in pipes. Wonderful music..
while this is not a functional organ, it's a visually impressive, cavernous warehouse-sized room filled with fantastic "organs" cobbled together from parts salvaged from many actual organs. crossing the many bridges and walkways in this red velvet monstrosity makes for a surreal experience.
Great idea for a post and love some of these images! You should check out one that's in the United Artists Theatre in Detroit (I was reading about the place recently and am sure that's where this organ was?). Anyway, it's a grand old theatre but totally abandoned and decaying, and there's an amazing pipe organ still in there (if I'm thinking of the wrong place, apologies). Great post!
Sophia Loren linkpic? I'm not convinced about the "Western" connection. West End London, perhaps. It's an outfit from her / Peter Sellars film "The Millionairess". Try YT for a most enoyable clip from the film.
There are images from one fairly obscure movie that so need adding to your list. Do a Google image search for "Les Petroleuses" from 1971 starring Brigitte Bardot and Claudia Cardinale to see what I mean. The movie's English title (for its English-language dubbed version) is "The legend of Frenchie King". The titles are also listed on IMDB of course.
I should add that if you have a chance to see the "Les Petroleuses" movie, you can see if you agree with me that it appears to have inspired the 2006 Salma Hayek and Penelope Cruz movie Bandidas in certain ways...
Those pictures of NY in the 70/80's almost deserve to be accompanied by danish photographer Jacob Holdt's pictures of "Brutal New York 1965/95", here as seen on skyscrapercity.com:
The animal in the fourth picture is a Solenodon (I believe that's how they call them in english) and is an endemic animal from the country I come from, Dominican Republic, but also found in our neighbor country, Haiti. Is endangered, btw.
The quintessential 'trip' movie "Koyaanisqatsi" features very similar images, images that truly mainstream shocked '70s America. The film as a whole is an entirely unique experience and I recommend it highly (plus the music is by Phillip Glass, which cannot fail to be magnificent).
Great bit of gecko footage there! And I never quite understood why (other than for sheer amusement) the Gecko in the insurance ad has an east London accent??? That second pic, is pretty mad! Considering something I was reading in The Daily Dust about how health and safety in the UK posting guidelines on how to safely eat a biscuit, I can't imagine that country allowing this sort of thing any time soon! Awesome pics once again!
I am so thankful that this gallery does differentiate between concept & finished product, Just because someone cam make a picture of something doesnt mean it can actually be made.I am so sick of tech blogs telling us the flying car or whatever is just round the corner. You will never purchase any of these "products" at any price because the manufacturing processes in order to produce these phones DOES NOT EXIST! I am now two cents poorer.
This is the web-site for a pub quite near to where I live. http://www.catandcustardpot.co.uk/ No satisfactory explanation for the name has ever been found
Another one that has "reputed" origins is "The Case Is Altered". The most common origin given is "La casa alta" brough back from the peninsula campaign during the Napoleonic wars.
In the '80s, traditional pubs were bought up by the fistful by large breweries who wanted places to sell their beer exclusively. Many, many original and quite exquisite turned-wood fittings, stained-glass windows and other irreplaceable pieces of history were tossed out to make way for cocktail bars and large-screen TVs.
Ironically, in the past decade well-heeled young revellers have been craving the feel of yore. Now these breweries are spending a fortune making ersatz versions of what they ripped out to begin with.
My parents used to have a cottage in Earl Sterndale where the Quiet Woman is! It's a tiny village in a steep gorge in probably the most bleak part of the Peak District National Park - and the pub is about as bleak and quiet as its name! In fact every time I've been there it's been closed... although apparently it does open daily - bizarre place!
Great names! The Kings Head is always a popular one too, and the "Wicked Woman" looks pretty attractive from where I'm standing!
I don't know about the first vehicle but the O'keefe truck belonged to The O'keefe Brewery which was purchased by the Carling Brewery becoming the Carling O'keefe brewery which was then purchased by the Molsons Group. At no time did it ever belong to Labatts.
The swastika is a Hindu symbol, facing either way. The Nazi's stole only the right-pointing one. (This is why it's amusing once in a while to see a stupid neo-nazi with the hindu symbol for evolution of the universe, the left-facing one.)
Michael Moschen gave a ted talk years ago and discussed his philosophy and approach towards juggling. Worth watching for anyone who enjoyed the triangle piece. He's amazing!
Re Art Deco, I heartily recommend The Netherlands Plaza, at 3rd and Race St in downtown Cincinatti, OH. Furnishings purchased at the original Art Deco exposition in Paris, 192x. The 1st floor bar is probably the most surreal place to get drunk east of the mississippi.
There's a reason why all of Vegas is photographed at night. The build "quality" of these structures is mediocre. Walk around during the day and look. Vegas is a visual dump by day.
The chocolate fountain smells fantastic in person. I have tried many times to photograph the ceiling in the Venetian and the pictures always come out too dark. Loved the vintage nighttime shots though, well done!
There's a reason why all of Vegas is photographed at night. The build "quality" of these structures is mediocre. Walk around during the day and look. Vegas is a visual dump by day.
Your first black and white photo from 1952 is the Flamingo. You can see Bugsy Siegel's suite to the far left of the circle. I stayed there when I was a kid, in 1955, and that is just what is was like, surrounded by desert. You can see the Flamingo today in the next photo - it is right behind the Eiffel Tower.
Another time we stayed at an old hotel downtown called the Sal Sagev (Las Vegas spelled backwards). It is still there, but called the Golden Gate Hotel, to match the name of the attached casino.
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Avi you forgot:
-McKielbasa (polish of course!): http://www.flickr.com/photos/laws/558307499/in/set-72157600376166732/
-McLobster (served on the Canadian east coast)
-McWieś (polish, "McVillage"): nothing exotic except for the name. lots of local produce basically.
Love your blog!
"I also seem to remember that when I first went to Australia in 2003, there was a Billabong Burger that had beetroot between two patties. Sadly (or perhaps thankfully), I don’t have any photographic evidence, though it tasted as grim as it sounds. There was also a similar one called McOz with only one patty (plus beetroot)."
There's also the Kiwiburger, which the McOz was based on, which has an iconic song and ad to go with it, well in New Zealand anyway.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwiburger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5CX_NCf8Ow
I'm Australian, and it's quite common for people to eat beetroot on hamburgers. Whack a fried egg on there too and it's delish!
I really think you need to give beetroot on a burger a go, it is fantastic. Not so sure about the sugar soaked spaghetti though.
In Paris you can buy McMacarons. You can buy far better ones _everywhere_ else but that doesnt stop the McCafe from selling their own evil copy.
I love this blog. Always fun stuff.
Of course I'm just buttering you up to ask a question. How is it ironic that spam is available in Hawaiian McDonalds restaurants?
Funny? Yes, but ironic?
you should have posted more items from McDonald's in India.
they have items like "McMaharaja" which I find really funny!
The McDonalds branches in Albuquerque, New Mexico (and elsewhere in the state) serve up the local delicacy on their double cheeseburgers: green chile! They'll add it to pretty much all of their other sammiches on request too. In fact, if you DON'T want it on your doublecheeser, you have to order it plain. :)
In Finland McDonalds sells McRuis (McRye), basically normal hamburger but with rye bread.
In Poland they had fried broccoli available as well as "salad cream" . . . which turned out to be regular ol' mayonnaise.
in scotland last year, mc'd's was selling a cheesburger with salsa. it was called the little mexican.
I've been told that in Quebec, they have McPoutine, which is fries, with fresh cheese curds, smothered in gravy... Stent me now!
Wonderful Bulgogi burger at McDonald's in Seoul, S. Korea. A little on the sweet side but yummy.
The McDonalds in Istambul by the train station sells McKabobs. Hilarious because the real kabob vendors are everywhere and I am sure a million times better.
Mmmmmm I love the McLobster!
I went to McDonalds in Paris because we'd been there nine days, my friends were passed out and I was hungry... plus, I needed a bit of home.
My friends were very disappointed in me that I'd gone to such a place. However, over the next few days, every one of them managed to find their way over. As much as I love to embrace the foreign experience, sometimes I need a little bit of home.
Where the hell did you get that -- spaghetti soaked in sugar?!? That's bull. That info is wrong dude. Mcspaghetti never tasted like sugar.
It is amazing that you guys keep coming up with these great posts, it is hard to do so on a consostent basis.
There is always something new to learn
Also the Dutch Mcdonalds has got the McKroket >> http://mcdonalds.nl/wps/wcm/connect/mcd/mcdonalds/Home/Producten/Producten/Burgers+en+Nuggets/McKroket
It's a thick ragout thing with a crispy layer around it, and they serve it with mustard.
And all dutch people love it.
I didnt really like the taste... :S
In the McDonald's restaurant in Aqaba, Jordan, you can get hold of McArabia chicken burger in a pita bread.
In Malaysia, there's something called Prosperity Burger. Basically a beef burger with thick black pepper sauce & onions. They are served only around Chinese New Year and are fantastically popular...
I am from the Philippines and McSpaghetti is not soaked with sugar. I don;t know what your Filipino friends meant with that, but McSpaghetti taste just like any other spaghettis, no issue with that.
The Japanese tentacle snack is sold at Muji. Never seen it at MacDs anywhere, but you can buy it at all Muji stores -- Japan, England, Singapore, wherever.
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Here is why travel journalism is interesting as it is. I had put my ass into one of the Mcdonalds temples exactly three times, and that many too many, but as long as there are people daring enough to enter the charming instutions, the rest of us can thus feel better, knowing we're not missing out on anything, except for the extremely bad taste in food...
I'm from the Philippines, and yep the McSpaghetti is on the sweet side. However, this is how Pinoys like their spaghetti - sweet. In groceries you can buy either Italian style spaghetti sauce or Pinoy style which is both sweet and sour. Filipino spaghetti also has cut up hotdogs and ham.
Do you know also that the McDonald's hamburger is hardly sold here? Instead we have a sweeter version called a "Burger McDo" which has thousand island dressing. Weird yeah, but tasty and cheap.
You should thank you can find english menus when you go to other countries. Making fun of other cultures makes you look like a fool. Wake up and go to learn a new language bcos learning other languages is learning other cultures, and you are definitively in need of that.
mc kroket
All American fast food is generally soaked in some sort of sodium flavoring solution and/or high fructose corn syrup. Even if it were true, I'm surprised that you're surprised about McSpaghetti being soaked in sugar.
This is an interesting post but it has a kind of irritating "everything unfamiliar is weird" subtext too it.
What I loved about McDonalds in Japan is that they're the only ones I've ever been to where the food you see in the pictures matches the food you get at the table.
Plus it's cute when the counter girls say "Thank You" after every item you order.
While in Cairo, Eqypt a few years back we had a Pizza Hut stop and had to try the sliced hot dog pizza! different but not bad. I know this wasn't a McDees story but... the McDonalds was either not bad or i was longing for home so much that I didn't notice the strange. :-)
Singapore had a Kiasu Burger and also Kampung (Village) Burge, which is basically a mc chicken with tangy sauce with an added pineapple slice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YduaMBZefc0
Much to my disappointment, you cannot get the Mc Oz here in Australia anymore :( Try throwing a slice of beetroot in your quarter pounder and I promise you'll love it!
You should add KLG (as in KFC) to the copycat restaurant section. There are many branches around Taiwan. Here's a Flickr pic. http://www.flickr.com/photos/hey-gem/668512507/
Sorry for all of your poor Mc fast-crappy-food.
Here in Spain, "tapas" and "pinchos" are a really tasty and healthy alternative.
Going now for some of theses, with delicious red wine or beer.
Yum !
Taro Pie in Guam! My friend spent a few summers there and told me about this.
http://mcchronicles.blogspot.com/2006/10/mcdonalds-sweet-taro-pie.html
Sorry for all of your poor Mc fast-crappy-food.
Here in Spain, "tapas" and "pinchos" are a really tasty and healthy alternative.
Going now for some of theses, with delicious red wine or beer.
Yum !
yeah there are a lot of mcdonalds in spain. were not talking about tapas and cadaver-looking pig hindlegs hanging in bars while your having your tapas, yikes.
Yum !
In Israel McD's sells the McShwarma: kabob meat in a pita with yogurt sauce. Of course it's a poor choice compared to the yummy shwarma sold from the hundreds of street vendors.
Hay algunas cosas que dan asco, como ese hamburguesa de arroz. Un saludo!
The "guacamole" thing is not from Chile, the cost is totally irrational, here it could cost like $1200, also cents didn't exist here. Maybe is from Mexico.
In Costa Rica, they can serve pico de gallo with your burger (rice and beans). Also the have the Tica burger, which is a hamburger seasoned with Costa Rican spices.
And in Portugal they sell a true expresso coffee for 0.50 euros.
i remember the McRib! mcLobster.....
oh! in india Mcdonalds "meat" is made of bread ;)
Really Good stuffs, I wish the sell some of those here in the US
In austrailia they even have beetroots on the hamburgers ;-)
Mc D's in the Philippines doesn't have Mc Breakfast (from what I saw) 9am and everyone is having hamburgers and fries and Mc Spaghetti. I love the avocado at Chilean Mc D's on their hamburgers.
The commenter about the "Guacamole" in Chile was right, that picture does not seem to be from there - although they DO have it there on burgers it's referred to as "Palto"
oh "pita and lay bread" sound good! McD made a splash with the Chicken Tatsuta revival in japan. that successfully ended up with running out of chickens.
"In Costa Rica, they can serve pico de gallo with your burger (rice and beans). Also the have the Tica burger, which is a hamburger seasoned with Costa Rican spices."
I think you mean gallo pinto. Pico de gallo is a chunky "salsa" with tomatoes and onions, maybe bell peppers. Gallo pinto is only served for breakfast though. Otherwise the McD menu is pretty much the same as in the U.S. Where did you see a Tica burger? Could be BK, they have some weird stuff here!
back in 1999 I saw Bratwurst on the menu at a McDonald's in Germany.
In 2005 I went to a McDonald's in Ireland only because I needed to use the bathroom, we ordered some sodas cause it was 'customers only' and the small was like 8 oz! I was shocked because I'm used to a small being 22 oz.
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The reason i will go to a McD's while traveling - i know they will have a clean restaurant, and usually a clean bathroom.
Of course - the former is more important than the latter!
i did a blog about how McDonalds made me McAwesome - love your feedback on it.
http://brandscaping.ca/2009/11/how-mcdonalds-made-me-mcawesome/
- Jason
Chongqing (city) has roughly 5m inhabitants, Chongqing (state) has 31m. The biggest cities in China are Shangai (20m) and Beijing (18m).
Crikey! I had no idea McDonald's had so many speciality foods in different countries. Does that mean they do Spitting Cobra McMuffins in China?
They different menus all over the world. Things you will get in China may be not available in other countries. But by far they serve the best around the world.
In Morocco they offer the McArabia. Don't remember exactly, but I think it was beef or chicken & falalfel.
I was disappointed by the lack of Pigeon McNuggets.
McSpaghetti is not sweet. Jollibee spaghetti, now that's sweet eeew
I'm from the Philippines and most Filipinos (especially children) love their Spaghetti sweet. It's a matter of business strategy. Sometimes you should adjust to the taste of the of people you want to sell your products..Else your products wont be sold. FYI - it's not as sweet as what you are thinking. But sweeter than the American style of cooking spaghetti.
I don't know if I missed it or not (because there are a lot of comments on here) but in Spain, they sell beer as well as soda. In my homeland, Brazil, we have Cheddar McMelt, which is basically a beef burger with cheddar cheese, grilled onions and soy sauce. There's always the tasty and make-you-wanna-drool, McNífico Bacon; a burger with bacon but the bacon looks almost like Canadian bacon. Speaking of Canada, McLobster Roll...but let me stop because I am getting really hungry and I am thinking about taking a trip back home just for a McNífico lol.
Hope this gave you (and others) some kind of insight.
I'm from the Philippines, and we definitely like our spaghetti sweeter than what others would prefer. But the spaghetti in McDonald's aren't that sweet. The spaghetti in Jollibee is definitely sweeter, but I would say neither are soaked in sugar.
and tuna pie is awesome!
just because it's different doesnt mean it's weird. america is not the only country in the world so don't base your standards from your country. give it a few more years and usa will no longer be the superpower you think it is. wake up.
Here is one, that i've found in Hangzhou, China in december 2008:
http://kapitalism.us/mcd_hangzhou.jpg
I don't know what it is, cause i didn't dare to give it a try. Please translate it.
McDonald's in Malaysia sells 'bubur ayam McD' (McDonald's rice porridge with chicken) for RM4.20 ($1.20).
The Billabong Burger was awesome. They stopped doing it here in Australia which is really sad, but most burger places all have beetroot on their burgers. It tastes really good.
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