McDonalds vs. Taco Bell vs Starbucks: Koreanized Fast Food.
Ok, so this is a bit different than our other FAPFAPS. This isn’t really fully Korean food, or even a cute Korean spot. It’s just something we were inspired to do when we were in Singapore. Namely, we were surprised to see different kinds of food at the Starbucks in Singapore. Much different than what we have in Korea, which is also much different than what we have in Canada (Oh Ginger Molasses cookies how I miss you!). We also remember when we were in Japan they had some different stuff at McDonalds. So, we figured, maybe some of you are interested in what Korea has to offer. Maybe? I don’t know.
Another thing that really fascinates us is going to supermarkets in other countries. Seeing all the different name brands, some of which are extremely popular and all over the store yet whose names we are totally unfamiliar with. That’s really fun to see, in our opinions. I remember being in Poland a long time ago and seeing a chocolate brand that’s as popular as Nestle in North America, yet I never heard of that brand, and it really intrigued me how some people have giant companies that are parts of their everyday lives, yet those brands are meaningless elsewhere. Then that made me think of fame and relevance, how some people are mega stars in one country yet are utterly nameless in another.
Sorry…I’m getting too deep and philosophical here. Here’s some gortdamned Korean Fast food. It’s different and special. My advice: stay away from any fast food that has Bulgogi in it. Not…that…good. We like Bulgogi otherwise, but this…this is some weird bastardization. I think fast food bulgogi just translates to “meat with sweet sauce.”
Also, we got to play with the magic stick again. YAY! MAAAAGIIIIC STIIIICK. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, we got it in our Last Day in Singapore and have loved it ever since. We put our iPhones on it and can walk around with it and get decent footage. Small problem, though: our audio kind of malfunctioned today (BARGH!) so our mics were useless after all. Totally sucks! So, that’s why we cut out the Starbucks footage and left it in the blooper reel, because the audio there is totally different and noticeably worse, but you still get to see something different. More importantly, you get to see turtle sex. AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH. FYI, if you don’t know what I’m referring to by Turtle sex, Google a video of it. It’s hilarious.
Anyhow, if there’s anything from your country that you notice is different, please share, because these kinds of things fascinate us to no end, because we’re nerds who are very easily amused…
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July 14, 2013 at 4:54 pmhmmm let’s see, here in Costa Rica they change the names of things quite a lot, like in Germany a chicken burger is a chicken burger and not a Hühnchen Burger but in CR it’s called McPollo (pollo=chicken)
also, you can get gallo pinto in every fast food chain, which is like the national food of Costa Rica, it’s basically just rice mixed with beans but hey who said national foods must be creative or inventive
I very rarely eat fast food, too expensive, so I can’t think of anything else atm but I think I will be visiting those establishments in the near future for research purposes
July 4, 2013 at 11:57 amoh one more thing I remember, those hot apple pie (?) thingies you get at McDonalds? they have them filled with pineapple here, makes totally sense
A few years ago, Mcdonalds in Hong Kong came up with a new burger called the ”Fantastic”(Coz ”fan” actually means rice in Cantonese) This ”fantastic” burger was just burger with the bun part replaced by rice……….and obviously, it was a huge failure, taste like hot sushi……
June 25, 2013 at 1:24 pmNow, Mcdonalds in Hong Kong recently started selling beef (or chicken) with fried rice combo (dude, u r already ruining burgers don’t do the same to rice……)and taco with rice and beef/chicken in it. Taco with rice in it sounds weird, but this one actually taste pretty good.Around spring, They would sell like ten different kind of chicken nugget dipping sauces (sweet chili, curry, honey garlic, cheesy bacon, etc.) but most of them taste funny. Anyways, they r pretty creative and really make eating at macdonald more interesting than just junk food.(even though they r….) BTW, Hong Kong Mcdonlds do 24hrs free delivery.(EVIL!!!) They also turn a small section within some of the mcdonald restaurant area to ”Mccafe” in HK.(very starbucks like, sells nice coffee, tea, scone and cakes even macaroon.better sitting area as well)
Well, right now Starbucks is having a special on Frapuccinos. You get to specialize them however you want. Does that count?
June 24, 2013 at 6:10 amWe recently got oatmeal porridge on the McDonalds breakfast menu, I don’t think they have it anywhere else?
http://www.mcdonalds.se/se/maten/produkter/frukost/mcgrot.html
June 20, 2013 at 2:25 pmTHE COOL RANCH TACO IS SO GOOD.
I boast…but I only got to eat one when I was visiting home in march. Sad face.
But you know what’s easier and just as good? make taco salad with cool ranch Doritos. Have some north American nasties send you a packet of taco bell meat seasoning and cool ranch doritos and you’re set. just go out and buy the veggies and meat. BOOM. deliciousness.
June 20, 2013 at 12:59 amHahaha I loved the sexy foodtime music when you ate that burger, laughed so hard :D I don´t think there is to much difference between mc donalds in US and here in Sweden. But I think I found something from the “breakfast-meny” that I think Sweden is quite unique with- please correct me if I´m wrong. http://www.mcdonalds.se/content/dam/sweden/Bilder/Maten/Stor_produktbild/grot_444x507.jpg and yes..it doesn´t look tasty but it´s porridge, with lingon-jam and milk.
June 20, 2013 at 12:06 amI think in Belgium people who yearn for some fastfood are more likely to go to a ‘frietkot’ to get some real Belgian fries rather than to go to McDonalds (we don’t have Burger King or KFC here). There isn’t one single village without any ‘frietkot’. I feel a lot of people dislike mayonaise but it’s really good (maybe they make it differently elsewhere?) add a ‘curryworst’ and there you have it: a real Belgian meal, there’s no one who dislikes that here in Belgium!
June 19, 2013 at 4:56 amWell I’m from Mexico and tacos here are different, Taco bell is not famous like the tacos in the corner of everywhere ^^
June 19, 2013 at 4:17 amWe have “Tacos de guisado”, “Tacos de canasta”…etc.
Of course I love Carl’s Junior Hamburguer is yummy for me
When I was in Taiwan, they served milk tea. I love milk tea :}. Bow before Milk Tea! >=[]
June 19, 2013 at 3:34 amHawaii!!! Taro pie, haupia (I’d describe it as coconut pudding) pie, spam and Portuguese sausage breakfast platters! yummm
June 18, 2013 at 4:09 pmoops i just realized somebody already posted hawaii!
June 18, 2013 at 4:15 pmI know you don’t want any American commenters but did you know that at McDonalds they have something called a McGangBang It’s a sandwich made from a double cheeseburger and a McChicken sandwich — where you put an entire McChicken sandwich inside a double cheeseburger.
June 17, 2013 at 11:05 amyou know currywurst? a well known food in Germany,McDonalds tried to sell them as the Mc CurryWurst. But they failed ,as you can see in the second picture. after one month, they take it out from the product line. An original CurryWurst is soo much better! did you discovered something like currywurst in Seoul?
June 17, 2013 at 6:40 amI liked the mcdonald’s bulgogi burger.
June 16, 2013 at 9:24 pmBut maybe that’s because I haven’t been away from fast food as long as you guys have.
so I was in Jordan for a day and everyone was complaining that the chicken and meat in McDonalds and KFC did not taste good because they used real meat. Since there are many Muslims there, they had to use actual halal clean chiacken and meat, and people wanted the fake McDonald’s stuff we have in America
June 16, 2013 at 3:17 pmIN hermosillo sonora Mexico we have HERMOSILLO SONORA STYLE HOTDOGS here is a video of cbs about them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXBSzHm8Qxw&feature=youtube_gdata_player
June 16, 2013 at 10:49 amSo I’m from Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada and they just recently released Frappes in McDonalds and a whole bunch of new stuff at Tim Hortons. they have iced mocha, iced latte, and supreme iced latte, plus they have panini
June 16, 2013 at 8:11 amWhy oh why did I have to google “turtle sex” after reading this post? Thanks, Simon….. :<
June 16, 2013 at 5:40 amstarted watching this – realised I was on a diet – tried to keep watching – died inside….
sorry guys, promise to watch this video fully when it can’t hurt me anymore :) x
June 16, 2013 at 4:52 amWhy didn’t you guise try the McSpicy in Singapore!!! It’s a super spicy deep fried chicken thigh. It’s as delish as it is sinful. Sooooooooo glorious, I tell you. Seriously.
June 15, 2013 at 10:39 pmFrom Venezuela – arepas in the morning!
June 15, 2013 at 4:45 pmI’m from America, but our fast food restaurants in my state (New Mexico) actually have a few regional variations. Specifically, you can get green chile on anything anywhere. (This even applies in places you wouldn’t expect, like Vietnamese restaurants having green chile pastries) McDonalds has green chile double cheeseburgers and because I worked at the one in my home town last summer I can tell you that it was definitely in the top 5 menu items in terms of popularity (I never once ate there though). We also kept a box full of green chile to give out as a condiment and had to refill it multiple times a day. We’re obsessed!
June 15, 2013 at 3:27 pmThe BEST burger ever. No BS.
June 15, 2013 at 3:04 pmYeah It never looks as good as the picture (as with all fast food) but supposedly it’s pretty good… I don’t eat fast food, so I’m not sure. Well that’s a lie. I have eaten at IKEA (Swedish Meatballs!) which is technically crappy fast food.
June 15, 2013 at 3:01 pmYou can get green tea fraps in North America too, it just doesn’t have red bean paste on top…they don’t even put them on the menu…you gotta ask lol.
June 15, 2013 at 2:17 pmMcDonald’s in the UK has the banana milkshake.
June 15, 2013 at 12:54 pmI don’t know exactly how many states are doing this – if it’s all across the country, or what – but in California, they’re adding the Egg White Delight to the breakfast menu at McDonald’s. And now you can exchange the regular fried egg and cheddar cheese on any breakfast sandwich for egg whites and swiss cheese.
June 15, 2013 at 12:17 pmI’m sure it’s not that much healthier, but to me the egg whites and swiss taste better and less greasy, so I’m pretty happy with the change. It’s useful on those rare occasions when I egg McDonald’s breakfast. ^^
I have to say, the egg white delight does look quite a bit less gross than the regular ham, egg, and cheese. =P
June 15, 2013 at 12:18 pmI don’t know if this is in just in California, or some states, or all across the country, but McDonald’s is doing a new thing for breakfast the egg white delight. You can also exchange the regular eggs and cheddar cheese on any breakfast sandwich for egg whites and swiss cheese.
I’m sure it’s not that much healthier, but it tastes better and less greasy to me, so I like it on the rare occasion I eat McDonald’s breakfast =P
June 15, 2013 at 12:12 pmCompared to the old ham and cheese sandwich, it looks slightly less gross. ^^
June 15, 2013 at 12:13 pmOh Canada….and McDonald’s that has poutine! How I love poutine! I want some….now!!!
June 15, 2013 at 12:01 pmOh how I wish I lived closer to poutine….me live in Wisconsin where there is no poutine! :(
June 15, 2013 at 12:02 pmWell, here in Mexico we don’t have Taco Bell, which i think is freaking amazing! but we do have McDonald’s, and for breakfast they have these McMolletes (mollete is made with bread, spread with beans, and topped with chihuahua cheese. Then it’s grilled in an oven until the cheese melts.) So i think they only sell McMolletes here in mexico.
June 15, 2013 at 11:37 amTill recently in Townsville, Australia you could get the Taste of America: the Texas, the Cali and the NY burgers! the Texas has smokey BBQ sauce, the Cali has a chicken patty…. but I have no idea how you portrait New York as a burger…? pizza flavored?
June 15, 2013 at 10:21 ambeing from Oregon I’m just waiting for the Hemp burger…
ps. tried that AU Lamb burger mentioned on here…. it looked like your Bulgoli burger – drowned in greasy sauce after being slapped together by a 2yr old.
June 15, 2013 at 10:40 amI don’t know if its just me, but I’m European and I have no idea what European fresco burgers are supposed to be.
June 15, 2013 at 8:46 amIn New Zealand McDonald’s has the Kiwi Burger and Georgie Pie
June 15, 2013 at 8:24 amI remember in the Middle East, they had a McFalafel. Did not taste like a Falafel XD
June 15, 2013 at 5:59 amI don’t know if anyone has already written about German Fast Food in Mc
Donald’s. (Almost 300 comments are a bit too much too look through all
of them: How do you keep up with all this feedback, Simon&Martina?
O.O Wow)
But we have sometimes really funny Burgers (just for a
period of time…like ‘exclusive’ Burgers or something-Special Edition
XD)
Burgers with…’Nürnberger Sausages’…or with ‘Leberkäs’
(some well known meat dish – if one can call it a dish; I am not much of
a fan of it) or with Cordon Bleu…some weird and really funny mixes,
but I have heard that they taste not that bad ^^
(though there is pretty much more fast food that one can get, especially in the bigger cities…Mc Donalds has the weirdest)
Hope these German words don’t confuse anyone…
June 15, 2013 at 4:58 amI actually had a bulgogi Burger at a McDonald’s in Gyeongju (I really, at least once wanted to try it out) 2 years ago…it was alright (not as bad as the one shown here, it actually looked eatable and i was hungry) but next time i’m craving some bulgogi i’m gonna get the real deal
on a side note, i realized that everything foreign, even in western restaurants doesn’t taste authentic…like they made it so it would suit the taste of Koreans (just like the typical Asian food you can get in some western countries mostly can’t be found in Asia at all). For example, I as a German really love my bread but all the bread in Korea tastes awfully sweet and is all really chewy…i was wondering, if there really can be found any authentic western food at all (and for a reasonable price at that?). Next time I’m gonna stay in Korea for over a year and though i love Korean food, i would also love to have some western food at least from time to time…do you know any good restaurants that specialize on western food…I mean – authentic western food?
June 15, 2013 at 2:41 ammartina goes for the toys.. singapore macs is offering hello kitty right now! super cute
June 15, 2013 at 2:04 amas an American I actually think that American fast food chains in other countries are better than they are here -_- It’s the same gross stuff all the time and they are all dirty!(or maybe that’s only because I’m from NY) I went to a McDonald’s in Colombia once and the meat tasted more “real” than it did here!! They also had an arequipe (kinda like caramel) mcflurry that I have never seen here =(
June 15, 2013 at 12:54 amItaly XD pasta salad
June 15, 2013 at 12:47 amsince when?? how come I never noticed?? (I’m milanese btw)
June 15, 2013 at 7:03 amIt’s BUL-go-gi guys :) Accent on the first syllable. Do they have the regular menu stuff too, like the usual cheeseburgers, and do they taste similarly to the ones in North America? What about breakfast items like the Egg McMuffin?
June 14, 2013 at 11:38 pmHere in LA, Korean/Mexican fusion is all the rage. People look out for and follow the Calbi Food Truck. Calbi tacos, kimchi quesadillas are just a few menu items. Korean’s own the trucks and a lot of times Mexican’s serve and/or cook the food.
June 14, 2013 at 9:45 pmhttp://www.calbicatering.com/
wow… kimchi quesadillas… that doesn’t sound good to me. P.S. I’m mexican!
June 15, 2013 at 11:43 amYeah, never tried them myself. I always go for the Calbi Tacos. Funny thing is I like Kimchi and Quesadillas. Just not together.
June 15, 2013 at 2:44 pmlotteria is great, if only because they have awesome cheese sticks.
June 14, 2013 at 8:46 pmTHE STICK IS BACK!
June 14, 2013 at 8:37 pmKFC in Malaysia has this glorious thing called green curry chicken and it is a-maze-ing-lee delicious in my opinion.
June 14, 2013 at 8:16 pmwhile in australia…
June 14, 2013 at 8:08 pmIn Romania we have (as of 1st of May 2013) McMici lol. I find this hilarious. “Mici” (plural) or “mic” (singular) is basically minced meat shaped like a long marshmallow (?) and then grilled. It’s delicious but also one of the most common dishes here. Whenever there’s a festival or public holiday there’s “mici”. I haven’t tried them yet and don’t know if I’ll ever do (I’m not a big fan of fast food).
June 14, 2013 at 6:34 pmAlso, I forgot to mention, “mici” or “mic” in Romanian means “little”. Here’s some photos of “mici” so you can have a better idea.
June 14, 2013 at 6:36 pmStarbucks recently closed most of its stores in Australia cause they werent making money lol
June 14, 2013 at 6:14 pmi love how burger king is called “hungry jacks” here since somebody had the trademark on it
also Wendy’s is a ice cream place that is in malls not the american version at all
Here is a mexican sushi with beef meat and chorizo
June 14, 2013 at 5:46 pmWhut the?! Where is this from?
June 14, 2013 at 6:28 pmActually, in mexico, Sushi restaurants sell the “original” sushi, but they also sell sushi with beef meat, and cheese and chicken… totally different from the original sushi!!
June 15, 2013 at 11:41 amUnbelievable right? LOL it’s from Mexico, we do have the normal sushi, but as always we had to mexicanize things.
June 18, 2013 at 1:53 pmMy teory is that because boyfriends/girlfriends don’t like regular sushi the restaurants create this new versions in order to not lose costumers, at list tha’s what I’ve seen in my city, every time I go to a japanese restaurant the ones that order a meat sushi are people who don’t like the original sushi.
“You’re embarrassing me!” Pretty sure that’s just marriage. Hehe. :)
June 14, 2013 at 5:43 pmin Indonesia McDonalds is actually more popular for their chicken & rice than their burgers!
June 14, 2013 at 5:40 pmHaha coz rice is our main course, not bread! And that makes me remember when AJ was in Columbia and getting hard time in finding ‘delicate’ rice. XD
June 15, 2013 at 10:57 amHere are some of the mexican version in McDonalds, Burguer King and Starbucks, mexicans prefer BK over Mc in most of the citys, and sometimes Carl’s Jr beats both of them.
June 14, 2013 at 5:37 pmOh, Here in Singapore we have a new flavor of ice cream! Tada~ the durian McFlurry! :S Personally I’m not a fan of durians so I wonder how that will taste.
June 14, 2013 at 5:17 pmHmm..first time knowing durian ice cream. Where to find this? kkk
June 15, 2013 at 10:59 amHere in Finland we have rye bread burgers. I don’t know if other countries have them as well (probably they do :D) but as a person who generally doesn’t like fast food I just can’t help loving the rye bread ones. I find them a lot healthier too :)
June 14, 2013 at 5:11 pmIn NZ, McDonalds has the kiwiburger which consist of beef patty, grilled egg, beetroot, tomato, lettuce, cheese, onions, mustard, and ketchup on a toasted bun.
June 14, 2013 at 4:15 pmyou get a like for that ending! workin’ on mah fitness!
June 14, 2013 at 3:05 pmJapan has banana milkshakes (unfortunate discovery when I ordered vanilla), MEGA Potato (almost 1lb of fries), and a bunch of MEGA burgers: mega muffin, mega mac, mega teriyaki.
June 14, 2013 at 2:50 pmThere were also limited edition mega tamago and mega tomato.
The limited edition burgers a couple years ago were the “BigAmerica” series: Texas, Miami, Idaho, and Manhattan
When I was in Japan I went to a fast food place that sold burgers but instead of bread the meat was sandwiched between rice. It was really interesting – and tasted so much better! the meat sauce went perfectly with the rice… the meat I had was different too because it wasn’t a patty, but was in strips. Yakiniku rice burger yum~ I’d upload a photo but I can’t find a yummy looking one!
June 14, 2013 at 2:45 pmI live in Canada, but when I went to Greece in 2010 the McDonald’s had spring rolls on the menu, and Starbucks had a Pina Colada frappuccino AND IT WAS AMAZING I STILL THINK ABOUT IT.
June 14, 2013 at 1:58 pmThat Pina Colada frap sounds AWESOME! At Barnes and Noble in the states, their cafe which is a “We Proudly Serve Starbucks” has a lot of off the menu frappucinos. My favorite is the “Butter Beer” which tastes like melted butter pecan ice cream. I haven’t tried to order said drinks at an actual Starbucks yet though.
June 14, 2013 at 2:14 pmIn Japan, I ate the black squid whopper from BK. It was not that great.
June 14, 2013 at 1:49 pmYou should do a comment commentary video where you go through different
June 14, 2013 at 1:27 pmcomments for each week on each video and have like a chat session, that
isn’t live. It’s kind of what like @sourcefed does, check their schtuff
out! Not saying you should COPY them, but it would be cool to see you
guys pick out different comments from different people from different
countries and have that in like a, video week wrapup format! :D *hops
away*
Oh gosh this reminds me of Quebec’s McPoutine & Beer combo
June 14, 2013 at 1:07 pmmmmmmm those cool ranch tacos
June 14, 2013 at 11:59 amThe green tea fraps are delicious!!! i can’t imagine the deliciousness with the red beans on it too!
June 14, 2013 at 11:17 amThe one thing I really want are the green tea Blizzards from Asian Dairy Queens!! I’m obsessed with green tea :P
This was interesting to see! glad you decided to shoot it!
OMG LOL simon’s turtle face XDDD
June 14, 2013 at 11:13 amwe have that green tea creme frap in america too but w/o red beans T~T
Do they have Burger King in korea?
June 14, 2013 at 10:41 amYes they do!
June 15, 2013 at 2:42 pmIn Australia we have this burger called the lot and its like the standard burger but with beetroot and pineapples in it. it doesn’t sound that it would work but its amazing and in McDonalds which we call Maccas we have speciality burgers like the Mc Oz which is really cool. We don’t have taco bell in Australia so in I can’t say anything. I’ve only been into Starbucks once we don’t have a lot of Starbucks in Australia. I’ve only noticed 2 in the whole of Sydney. They kind of when out of business in Australia a few years ago and closed a lot of their stores. I have noticed there is no standard american drip coffee and this is not just in Starbucks its everywhere you go you won’t find drip coffee. Instead most of our coffee is different forms of espressos like long blacks, flat whites and etc.
June 14, 2013 at 10:36 amI actually googled turtle sex the other day when i realized that i had no idea how they did it. then i felt kinda ashamed of myself lol
June 14, 2013 at 10:13 am-pats- It’s okay, only Pokemon Ma… I mean, marine biologists or something like that.. need to know how turtles breed.
June 14, 2013 at 10:41 amNot surprised. The whole point of koreanized fast food (and other countries with american fast food) is to give the customers the food that they’re accustomed to while providing a quick served meal. Like the McDonald’s in Japan, they have a Teriyaki Burger, Shrimp Burger, and a burger that they served only during fall season to celebrate the moon. And in the Mcdonalds in India, they don’t serve beef and pork, but they sell chicken sandwiches, various kinds of veggie burgers, and even have this sandwich that has a potato (mixed with some other veggies) patty. It’s pretty interesting to read. The travel channel also did a special on this as well which is where I found out about this. They also went to a McDonalds in Hong Kong.
June 14, 2013 at 10:10 amHere in New Zealand we have a kiwi burger which doesnt have real kiwis in it… and not kiwifruit either. its just got an egg and some beetroot. yeah, we have pretty bring food. but we dont have taco bell! I want to try it
June 14, 2013 at 9:41 amThe visual cues on Korean pizza are disconcerting. That’s not tomato sauce, it’s red pepper paste. And that’s not a ring of cheddar cheese around the crust–it’s sweet potato!
June 14, 2013 at 9:31 amWatch their video about when they got pizza… it’s scary. It kind of makes me never want to try pizza in Korea EVER.
June 14, 2013 at 10:42 amAnd why must it have corn? I’m a corn fan, but not on my pizza.
June 15, 2013 at 8:00 amERMAGGAAAAHHDD, why can’t you guys eat your fast food like a man?
June 14, 2013 at 9:25 amWe have poutine in Montreal! Not sure about the rest of Canada :D
June 14, 2013 at 9:11 amI Hawaii we have some different stuff sometimes at mcdonalds we have the McTeri Burger, Haupia pie(coconunt creamish pie), Taro pie and spam with breakfast(burger king serves it too), at Taco bell we have POG (passion orange guava) slushies and sometimes Kalua pig burritos/quesadilla
June 14, 2013 at 9:07 amOh god that looks good. When I move to Hawaii I’m going to get this at least once. ( If I manage to get there ;-; )
June 14, 2013 at 10:43 amThey don’t have it all year around same with the Taro pie which is my favorite Q~Q but when they do have them I get them with some ice cream :3 sooo good
June 14, 2013 at 11:26 amMcLobster. Who needs foreign McDonald’s curiosities when Atlantic Canada has McLobster. Speaking of which… it should soon be that time of year.
June 14, 2013 at 8:56 amOMG, turtle sex is eek!!
June 14, 2013 at 8:46 amIn Australia im pretty sure it s very similar to american menu’s but atm (i work at maccas) we have crunchie mcflurry, started to do wedges (new thing for us) and have McFloats for green slushie (which i also know other people do) but another thing that is different is that especially around a big sport event such as state of origin (Rugby league game between two states in aus) and cricket we sell cooler bags (you the thing you put cold drinks in) and you get a free one with every large meal. One time i had some korean customers trying to buy a mcfloat but because its a little hard for them to pronounce ‘f’ (well it was for this specific person) i couldnt understand what they wanted and i felt terrible! haha.
June 14, 2013 at 8:38 amFANTA FLOAT?! DAFUX.
June 14, 2013 at 10:44 amThey are really popular haha especially with little kids and we have pink one too
June 14, 2013 at 11:17 amThat is just so… awesome and crazy. I’ve never really been into Fanta, but I would definitely try it!
June 14, 2013 at 11:21 amWe get the Crunchy McFlurry here in NZ too
June 15, 2013 at 8:51 amAnybody else got angry because of all of that food waste? No, just me? Oh well, my mistake, guess I shouldn’t watch FAPFAP’s…
June 14, 2013 at 8:28 amHell no. It looks really gross, it deserves to be thrown out.
June 14, 2013 at 10:44 amMagic Stick? It had a totally different meaning when Rain was singing it….
June 14, 2013 at 8:20 amI like Rain’s Magic Stick.
-giggle-
June 14, 2013 at 10:45 amHaha, I’m like you guys, every country I’ve been to I HAVE to try the McDonalds. My favourite was CURLY FRIES IN VIENNA (but there is also McBeer all around Europe and I’m a fan). The wonky sexy food music was a nice touch, I was laughing so hard.
Where I live (Newfoundland) there is a lot of specialty foods… Fish n’ Brewis (or any cod dish for that matter), Jigg’s Dinner, Hard Bread… Anything from the Purity factory and Patridgeberry and Bakeapple desserts… All ridiculously unhealthy, but addicting (especially cream crackers and Purity syrup, yum).
June 14, 2013 at 7:57 amWe also call our McDonalds “Maccas” in Australia
June 14, 2013 at 7:51 amWe dont have Taco Bell in Australia (Not that I know of) but we had frozen passion fruit drink and a pavlova mcflurry at Mcdonalds (out of sale now) we also had an American range of burger (Smokey Texas, NYC Classic etc) that was very popular and we occasionally sell fish and fries
June 14, 2013 at 7:50 amThey are the things that I can remember, we also had a Lamb burger and wrap (Very popular) but we stopped selling them as well
:)
Dude, seriously, every time someone talks about going to the gym I do the same thing – sing that Fergie song lol. No lie, every time.
June 14, 2013 at 7:47 ami love a whole bunch of Portugal nasties came together over the topic of weird (for us, common for them) food at their local McDicks! Simon and martina, making the world a little less small ;D
June 14, 2013 at 7:47 amBarbados is one of the few places in the world that McDonalds has ever failed in. One opened back when I was a kid over 20 years ago and closed down within a year. We do have KFCs though but I find that the menu isn’t that original. And we just had a subway franchise and a Burger King open up recently and it was rather a big deal. Our Burger King does chicken as well, because the Barbadian public are more chicken sorts of people. I don’t eat at those places though.
We have a local fast food franchise called Cheffette which was designated as one of the best chains around the world because they have Roti on the menu ( the Bajan kind) and also have a family dining section that does actual Bajan platters with grilled fish, steak and a full salad bar.
June 14, 2013 at 7:33 amI live in Colombia and in almost all the Mc Donald’s franchises they
June 14, 2013 at 7:26 amhave a McCafé inside (obvious reasons), In the breakfast menu, they have
traditional options like eggs with arepa ( flatbread made of ground
corn dough or cooked flour) or eggs cooked “in the colombian”
traditional way. We also change McFlurry flavors a lot, we have had Milo
Mc Flurry, specific cookies and chocolate brands McFlurries (jumbo jet, lecherita..). And some
hamburgers are seasonal like pineapple Mcchicken, McRosti, Meat hamburger with Hogao (kind of a tomato based sauce). Also, i remember years back we had a delicious soft serve cone with chocolate coating.
In china, the burgers in McDonalds are almost entirely Chicken burgers! Only the bigmac is beef! Also, they don’t have apple pies, instead pineapple or taro flavours~ Can’t remember what else XD KFC also had some different stuff, like Japanese style curry and fried rice :) And like another poster said, they’ve tried to elevate the status of Pizza hut here too, with “escargot” etc. on the menu too :PP
June 14, 2013 at 7:19 amEh, what are you talking about, bulgogi burgers are surprisingly good honestly… I mean, they look terrible but they taste pretty alright honestly…
June 14, 2013 at 6:58 amI agree, they are good….and you guise have lived there for 5 years and have never tried a McBulgogi?? I find that hard to believe since you seem to love trying new things!
June 14, 2013 at 7:15 amThey said they like bulgogi, I’m guessing they’re just spoiled on the good stuff. This looked really.. bad.. like seriously. Maybe they just got some sub-par food this time, but it did not look pleasant.
June 14, 2013 at 10:48 amI hate fast food. I feel so crappy after eating it…. except for pizza! Pizza is good haha.
June 14, 2013 at 6:42 amI’m from the U.S. so I don’t have any awesome food to share :(
HODOR HODOR hahaha
I know in the Philippines you can get fried rice + egg + longganisa (type of sausage) or tapa (like beef yakiniku) or tocino (like char siew pork) for only like $2 or $3. Plus the fried chicken can come with either Spaghetti, or rice with gravy.
Lastly: Do you guys have Coke Floats in Korea? I was just wondering because on an episode of Happy Together, someone presented a Coke Float and the celebs didn’t have a clue as to the concept. And also, is there a nickname for McDonalds in Korea? Here in Australia we call them Maccas, and in the Philippines we call them McDo.
June 14, 2013 at 6:27 amI love the distorted sexy food porn music for the McDonald’s bulgogi burger, lol. It fit perfectly with your expressions. Honestly I wasn’t expecting the bulgogi burgers to look like patties….you did order the bulgogi burger, right?
June 14, 2013 at 6:07 amWhen I went to Mexico (actually a little island off of Cancun) I found these 3 burgers that had the cheese inside of them. One of them had goat cheese, which I thought would taste bad, but it tasted really good.
June 14, 2013 at 5:56 amI don’t know if this is just in the UK, but at McDonald’s every year they have a “Great Tastes of America” promotion. Each week, they release a new version of a burger based on something in America. I just looked it up and one week was Louisiana BBQ which had BBQ sauce and onions on a cheesy bun. One was Chicago Supreme with spicy tomato salsa and cool mayo on a chilli, chive and sesame bun. Week three was Arizona Nacho Grande with “nacho-style sauce” (I don’t know what that means…), nachos, peppers and, you guessed it, pepperoni? Week four was California Melt which just seemed to have cheese sauce. And the last one was New York Classic which had red onion rings and the holy trinity of ketchup, mustard and mayo.
I am thoroughly grossed out right now.
June 14, 2013 at 5:37 amYou aren’t the only one… The executives of those British Mickie D’s must think ill of us Americans if they’re promoting that kind of stuff as “great” tastes of America XD
June 14, 2013 at 6:16 amI’m trying to figure out how tomato salsa, mayo and chili, chive and sesame seed bun convey Chicago.
June 14, 2013 at 9:12 amAs for the Arizona Nacho Grande, wouldn’t “nacho-style sauce” be salsa? I mean, that’s what you put on nachos. Pepperoni???!!! What does pepperoni have to do with nachos??!! I think you should revolt against any McDonald’s that tries to convince you to eat such scary things!
British people know what salsa is, though, so that’s why I can’t think of a reason why they would call it “nacho-style sauce” >_< And I actually grew up mostly in the US, so I know a good nacho, and I have never heard of pepperoni. McDonald's is a US based company…they should know when to not.
June 14, 2013 at 4:18 pmNot sure if you guys knew this, but Canadian fast food has a much higher salt content than others (even compared to the US). That’s also probably why you can’t stand the fast food here. It was big in the new a little while ago (CBC did a report on salt in our food) but it doesn’t seem to be changing at all =(
June 14, 2013 at 5:34 amHere in some Mcdonalds in Germany, you can get a beer with your meal xD And they have McCafes with fancy drinks and cake (Germans LOVE their coffee/cake time) They also sometimes have like McCurrywurst (it’s like sausage with curry ketchup) and they have specials like “mexican burgers” or “big american” burgers. Also the sizes are wayyy smaller.
One of the strangest things (coming from America and seeing in Germany) is CORN IN ALL OF THE SALADS. For me personally, it was weird xD
Here’s a pic of the McCurrywurst xD
June 14, 2013 at 5:30 amhttp://images.huffingtonpost.com/2013-02-18-McD_Germany_McCurrywurst2.jpg
They have McCafes were I’m at with the fancy drinks (at least, I *think* they’re fancy), but none of fancy cakes
June 14, 2013 at 6:17 amThe “Kiwiburger” at the New Zealand McDonalds has egg and beets – BEETS! I swear it used to have shredded carrots too when I was there 15 years ago, but it doesn’t now, so maybe I just imagined that;)
June 14, 2013 at 5:09 amI used to live in Hawaii, and they have a lot of different things there at McDonalds that I haven’t seen anywhere else. Like the spam, eggs, and rice platter for breakfast (and there’s one with Portuguese sausage too, if I’m not mistaken), the taro pies and haupia pies (like the normal apple pies we get here in the US/Canada), and I also saw that they have saimin now there too! (Saimin is like ramen, noodle soup. What a surprise seeing that’s offered there now, haha). I haven’t been in Hawaii in a long time so I don’t know if all of these things are still being offered (they probably are), or if anything else uniquely Hawaiian was added to the menu ^^
June 14, 2013 at 5:08 amI vist Germany a few months ago. I mc’donald there was a burger with mozzarella and jam:P my sis tried it and she said it was disgusting XD i think its bc the mozzarella havent melt yet~but i tried another one.. i dont rmb what was in it,but it was sooo yummy:3
June 14, 2013 at 5:05 amI envy ppl for living places where they try out news things etc~here where i live its just the same boring thingT.T
Ah, yes! About fast foods, the Italian answer to McDonald it’s the “Eatitaly” humburgheria… it was born from a slow food project (it uses local product to make what you usually find in fast food) but it actually uses high quality product to make it…If you ever visit Italy go try it out in Turin!
June 14, 2013 at 5:04 amWhen it’s Christmas time in France, I remembered they (I think it was Quick ?) made burgers with foie gras 0___0
June 14, 2013 at 4:47 amBut I didn’t dare to try it !
Guys, I think that if I’ll ever be able to visit Korea food will be a big problem to me…Italian people are very very picky about it (come to South Italy and you’ll understand what I mean)…well, it’s our nature, but I do admit that I’m really curious about kimchi…^___________^
June 14, 2013 at 4:46 amSame, but for different reasons! I’m a vegetarian, and I’m kind of scared that there’s not much I can eat. Hidden fish in stuff, etc. And I’m totally curious about kimchi too! There’s hardly any Asians at all in my area, so not any demand for Asian foods in the stores, and I refuse to eat the cheap store-bought kimchi if I find any. I want the real thing!
June 14, 2013 at 10:57 amSame here! If I’m able to, I’d like to try the original Korean Kimchi! I know that the local food is always different from the one you buy in foreign countries…it’s just the same with italian Pizza and Pasta…you have to try the real thing to really understand what they are like! ^_^
June 14, 2013 at 5:21 pmMost kimchi has hidden fish in it – it’s made with small anchovies. My roommate here is vegetarian and she doesn’t eat kimchi.
June 15, 2013 at 9:04 amIt can be made without fish sauce. I’ve never heard of kimchi being made with actual pieces of fish, but.. there’s a -lot- of ways to make kimchi besides the most common. Same with ddeokbokki, it can be made with vegetable stock instead of anchovy ( or whatever ) stock.
June 15, 2013 at 3:43 pmIt definitely can be, but the standard baechu kimchi you are served in restaurants here in Korea generally contains some kind of jeotgal, whether with saeujeot (shrimp) or myeolchijeot (anchovies). It can be difficult to find restaurant kimchi that is 100% vegetarian.
June 16, 2013 at 6:26 amActually i think bulgogi burguer is quite good!! But that’s maybe because i love bulgogi hehehe People going to Korea, you must try bulgogi at least once ;D.
By the way, here in Spain we have Mc iberica burger… a disaster trying to use spanish typical ingredients as cured ham and olive sauce…. so disgusting
June 14, 2013 at 4:45 amhttp://www.estrategias.com/files/cache/9064bda2c355fafe2d51e227151b90b3.jpg
Hmm Dutch fastfood.
Actually not many would think of it but the Netherlands has a lot of dutch fast food snacks.
We really don’t need mac donalds or anything like that in order to eat fast food.
We have typical dutch fastfood like the following things:
Kroket/bitterbal (croquette) is a snack with thick meaty ragout with bread-crumbs at the outside. And can also be bought at the mac Donalds as a hamburger.
Frikandel: Well that is rest meat from different kind of animals mixed up. And it looks like a sausage.
And you can find these snacks in snackbars, restaurants and even in bars.
French fries:
We eat french fries in many ways.
For example french fries with mayonnaise, curry, ketchup or with a peanut sauce.
Well we even have combinations under names for example:
French fries war (French fries with mayonnaise and peanut sauce)
French fries special (French fries witch curry, mayonnaise and unions) This is my most favorite one!
For the rest you can pull dutch snacks out of the wall for when your hungry but don’t have time to sit and eat. ^_^
June 14, 2013 at 4:41 amhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=505_LW7mFZE
Mayonnaise and PEANUT SAUCE WTF. @_@ That sounds terrifying! I’m scared of Dutch food now. ;-; ( But I still <3 you guys with your awesome language skills, ik hou van je! )
June 14, 2013 at 11:01 amIt taste better then it sounds. ^_^ And Dutch food/drinks may sound scary but is in most cases actually really delicious or sometimes not. Two things that foreigners don’t really like is liquorish and haring.
(Netherlands has lots of different liquorish from sweet to salty to hard to soft)
Haha language skills I hear that a lot lately. ^_^ Kinda reminds me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXUmxIqqn0Y
June 14, 2013 at 4:23 pmThat is HILARIOUS! I’ve gotten that treatment myself ( and I imagine a lot of other Americans have too ). I speak limited amounts of several languages, but they just go on like those guys in the video.
I’m not a fan of licorice in the first place, so I can’t say I would be trying it. I only know the horror that is salmiakki ( is there another word for this in Dutch? )
June 15, 2013 at 8:24 amYeah I could imagine it. But I think anyone could have a treatment like that. But yeah I think you could get all kind of treatments in foreign countries. You have countries where they learn English but refuse to speak it.
Liquorish is “drop” in Dutch (I kinda have an addiction for liquorish)
June 15, 2013 at 8:41 amsalmiakki is “salmiak” in Dutch (Not much of a difference)
McDonalds in Colombia , it’s really good and it’s really different from North America , the meat and the chicken is totally different and it doesn’t look gross , the vegetable looks very fresh and of course you can find on the menu different things , for example McChicken with pineapple sauce , peasant potatoes , sundae of Yellow fruits , McFlurry dark forest etc!
June 14, 2013 at 4:39 amMcDonalds in Colombia , it’s really good and it’s really different from North America , the meat and the chicken is totally different and it doesn’t look gross , the vegetable looks very fresh and of course you can find on the menu different things , for example McChicken with pineapple sauce , peasant potatoes , sundae of Yellow fruits , McFlurry dark forest etc
June 14, 2013 at 4:37 amThis is the first FAPFAP I’ve watched and wished I WASN’T eating at the time. Those food porn shots grossed me out.
June 14, 2013 at 4:30 amMcdonalds looks like Mcdonalds here in Finland (god I hate the change T_T). I don’t think we have finnish hamburgers either here… I mean nacho burger can’t be finnish invention, no way! They should make hamburgers with sausage beef and stuff like that. I wonder why we don’t have anything specific for our country :(
June 14, 2013 at 4:28 amThey could totally serve lingonberry ( puolukka ) pies instead of apple. Or reindeer burgers! Someone already mentioned you can get burgers with rye bread in Finland.
I have a question – do only the older people in Finland call pulla “nis(s)u / nisua” or is that not in use anymore? I’m Finnish-American, but not from the Great Lakes area where most Finns are. I only have my grandmother’s recipes and how she called it, which was nissu to her.
June 14, 2013 at 11:10 amSome older people call it “nissu” but it depends what area you live=what dialect (murre) you use :) My grandmother calls pulla “nissu” but everybody calls it pulla where I currently live ^^
June 14, 2013 at 4:22 pmAhhh, okay. Thank you! I call it “nissu”, it’s apparently a common American Finn thing. I sadly don’t speak Finnish, my grandparents did not teach my father. My grandmother only spoke it on the phone and occasionally to me.
June 15, 2013 at 8:21 amThe Dutch McDonalds has something called a McKroket! Love it, one of the first thing I have when I go back XD
June 14, 2013 at 4:25 amI,m the same. First thing in foregin country that I do is going to store and looking what strange food the have. But after, I buy everything which is starnge for me, and try. I never buy suvenirs, I always bring back home tons of strange food. ^^
June 14, 2013 at 4:23 amI didn’t see TacoBell. And I never was in Starbucks (I live in north east Poland, we don’t have there many thing). I know McDonald, KFC, BurgerKing.
We have polish burger (I think) in MCDonald – WiećMac
http://files.pino.pl/images/answers/270/00/17/17/answer_1.jpg
It’s with grilled meet, polish people love BBQ.
Ohhhh I totally understand Simon’s reaction to the Green Tea. I’m a Starbuck’s addict but that’s the only drink I hate, I wanted 2 throw up after I tried it. The sexy shot of the Starbucks drink did not look good to me at all, I’m traumatized by that drink and I just realized it lol. Anyways loved this fapfap. I knew that popular fast food chains had different menus depending on the country and I always wanted to see exactly what some of those different types of foods were. Thank You guys. ^^
June 14, 2013 at 4:18 ammy brother was in HK and in the MC.D for breakfast you can get macaroni like really just macaroni lol
June 14, 2013 at 4:17 amA few years back in Hong Kong (I don’t know if they still do it) McDonald’s ran a special where you could get seaweed packets and paper bags with your french fries. Then you’d stick the fries and the seaweed in the bag and shake, making your own seaweed flavored french fries.
I also liked that Starbucks offered coffee-flavored mooncakes during Mid-Autumn Festival.
P.S. I had a Ginger Molasses cookie and a cafe au leit yesterday…
June 14, 2013 at 4:12 amI’m French and here is the Mc Donalds special burger made with our famous baguette! But there are no Taco Bell in France so I don’t even what are the normal things there.
June 14, 2013 at 4:05 amIs it… like… good? Hahah, from the picture it looks like it could go either way… ^^
June 14, 2013 at 10:00 amIt’s not super good but not bad either! If you come to France on day, you should still try it.
June 14, 2013 at 10:22 pmMe and my best friend always get happy meals if they have Hello Kitty toys…..no shame in our game hahahaha :D
June 14, 2013 at 4:04 amLotteria is the worst place ever. I would never willingly go there again. I love Taco Bell in Korea because you can get most of the things that you can get in America, but Korea has french fries belgrande whichhhhhhh is so much better than nachos belgrande!!! I agree, bulgogi burgers are disgusting. I like the Shanghai burger @Korean McD.
Simon & Martina~ Try Mos Burger!!! They have branches in Kangnam & Jamsil.
June 14, 2013 at 3:54 amMos is a Japanese burger chain that has come to Korea.
June 14, 2013 at 3:54 amOh yeah, Mos Burger is great!
June 14, 2013 at 4:10 amVery informative! :) And slightly stomach-turning – I hope you guys have plenty of Pepto on hand. =_=
I went to Pizza Hut when I was in China and discovered a completely different approach to the salad bar. Customers were only allowed to visit the salad bar once (I think you had to pay extra otherwise), but they could take as much as they wanted as long as it fit into one dish. People would create a framework with carrot and celery sticks and build a salad that was five times higher than the bowl and could feed everyone at their table. It was seriously impressive. :)
June 14, 2013 at 3:51 amSo it’s not a way to save money as much as it’s a way to force the customer to work for their salad and embrace the challenge? =P
June 14, 2013 at 10:03 amNope nothing special on the menu in Belgium at Mc Donalds. We don’t have that much fast food chains here. There’s no Taco Bell, no KFC, no Lotteria (I’ve never heard of this chain before), no Burger King but since 2 years I think we have Starbucks in Antwerp. But it could be that there are special burgers in Mc Donalds but I wouldn’t know because I haven’t eaten there since I was 10 or so and that was nine years ago.
Last year I think I saw special Mc Flurries with ‘speculaas’ (a cinnamon biscuit) and one with ‘neuzekes’ (translates to ‘noses’ and looks like the picture I added). That’s literally it… They often skip Belgium… At least I don’t get tempted to go there and I don’t get fat (hahaha I’m lying because we have the best chocolate)
June 14, 2013 at 3:50 amLotteria is a Korean chain. It’s only in Asia.
June 14, 2013 at 4:07 amOoooh makes sense :P
June 14, 2013 at 5:41 amSame here! I’m also from Belgium and haven’t been to any fastfood restaurant for a while. We do have Quick here but I thought it was French. The most exotic thing we have here is the McFlurry with Couberdons/’Noses’.
Nice to meet a fellow Belgian by the way!
June 14, 2013 at 4:46 amDag Esther! (Nederlands?) Belgian nasties ftw! (no no I appreciate all nasties) ^_^
June 14, 2013 at 5:43 amJa! Dat komt ge ook niet vaak tegen op het internet want meestal spreekt iedereen op internet toch in het Engels. Ik weet niet hoe het bij u zit, maar ik zit midden in de examens en ik kijk in de middag of ‘s avonds eens op EYK en Allkpop en zo als ontspanning, echt fijn! Als ge ook examens zou hebben, veel succes en daarna een fijne vakantie! -loopt snel terug naar haar boeken met de grootste tegenzin van de wereld- ^^
June 14, 2013 at 5:36 pmIk zit nu in de bib te studeren (wa doe ik hier??) Even een kleine pauze nemen van DNA en eiwitten. Gij ook veel succes en niet opgeven! Laat EYK u moed geven haha ^_^
June 14, 2013 at 7:14 pmMaandag heb ik er een gehad dus nu nog 2 te gaan, en de 26e kan ik eindelijk aan mijn vakantie beginnen en alle filmpjes van EYK beginnen bekijken die ik heb gemist, ik kan niet wachten!
June 19, 2013 at 4:36 amSnel nog eens de EYK versie van Gentleman bekijken en ik kan er weer tegen :)
nog véééééél succes Esther! Hahaha Gentleman van EYK crew is awesome! Ik ook nog 2 examens en ik ben er vanaf! :D Laat de zomervakantie (bijna) beginnen!
June 19, 2013 at 4:57 amik heb ook examens (nog 2 te gaan!) en ga bijna elke dag naar de bib. Dus kan ik ni even een pauze nemen en naar EYK kijken :P
June 16, 2013 at 1:44 amGij ook veel succes! ^_^
Been trying to figure out a way to send the Doritos taco shells to Simon for a while. can’t seem to come up with a solution to this problem. Are there any Kpop Cons or youtube things going on in L.A. or NYC that you guys could jump on? If only they sold the Cool Ranch Taco shells at Walmart like other taco bell stuff.
June 14, 2013 at 3:49 amEpic amounts of bubble wrap. Really though, you could just make sure it’s packed in a box with paper or something packed around it so it doesn’t move, then bubble wrap around the outside, then in a normal box for shipping. They’re so easy to break I can’t really imagine doing it otherwise. Kind of how you might ship one of the big bags of Doritos or other chips.
June 14, 2013 at 11:15 amUgh, I feel gross just from watching that… I remember how much I used to love fast food when I was like 10 and it boggles my mind.
June 14, 2013 at 3:39 amI’m Canadian (Stay with me here!!) and have two fast food things to talk about.
June 14, 2013 at 3:37 amFirst; In Chile every fast food I passed had an “Italiano” version of their burgers. I got really confused and kept asking “What makes it Italian?” because the main feature of this version is Avocado. Turns out they call it “Italiano” because it matches an Italian flag (Red = Tomato, White = Mayo, Green = Avocado) I ended up getting a McPollo Italiano after that :) yummy!
Second; being in Toronto I miss the seasonal McLobsters back home in Nova Scotia <3 They are only available in the Maritimes and apparently Maine.
:O is that red bean on top of green tea…?
Wow those are one expensive fast food restaurant’s foods. I’ve ever seen before. It cost 6500 Won for the taco which is like $1Dollar here :/
June 14, 2013 at 3:30 amAre you from North America? Fast food is definitely cheaper in Korea. The combo meals are more expensive in America.
June 14, 2013 at 4:09 amBTW yes that’s red bean & it’s sooooo good =)
June 14, 2013 at 4:10 amI imagine if you had this Simon Would never leave the place if you have them i hope u like it
June 14, 2013 at 3:28 amthis is from TACO BELL DORITOS LOCOS TACOS …original and COOL RANCH
Corn is relatively popular in England! I personally don’t like it, but I know people who do :)
June 14, 2013 at 3:25 amWow I never knew that! I just thought it was an Asian thing.
June 14, 2013 at 4:10 amI had corn in my veggie burgers there, it was the weirdest thing. We don’t really do that here in the States, that I have experienced. I didn’t see any mushroom-based veggie patties when I was in the UK, which is much more common here.
June 14, 2013 at 11:17 amOh Simon, that cough still hasnt gone? Poor you. We have nothing particularly special in Britain, but I prefer the smaller non-chain cafes. We are the home of Fish and Chips though, so that has to count for something! And in Scotland they have fried Mars Bar. O.o . I live in the South-West, deep in the countryside, so there is a travelling Fish and Chip Van that calls at our local village, that is the extent of my fast-food. If you don’t count the noodle bar in our local city…
June 14, 2013 at 3:24 amIn Romania we have had at McDonalds a month of “romanian style products”
pork and horseradish sandwich
blueberry pie with ice cream
a mustard and minced meat patty sandwich
cabbage salad
-it didn’t actually reflect the reality of the tastes….but…let’s say it’s different from what i’ve seen before at McDonalds
June 14, 2013 at 3:22 amJust wanna say haaaiiiiiiii! And lol I loved the tweaked food porn music when you guys were eating the double bulgogi burger. .. Oh and Simon you need to dye your mow-hock.. It looks so said and droopy and short haha
June 14, 2013 at 3:19 amNot surprised the food at McDonalds was bad every time I have gotten food from there since growing up its made me very sick. not to mention I’ve seen bits and pieces of the documentary super size me. I will never eat there again.
June 14, 2013 at 3:14 amIn Norway, you can get whole grain buns on two different burgers. Whole grain McFeast and whole grain McChicken. I don’t know if they have it in America or not, but I just wanted to point it out. c:
I don’t really want traditional Norwegian food to appear in my fast food. It wouldn’t fit in..
June 14, 2013 at 3:12 amI commented to someone else about this, but I think a lingonberry pie would be a nice replacement for an apple pie. Yes? xD
June 14, 2013 at 11:19 amI’m from Canada and I just recently got back from backpacking around Italy and I never usually eqt McDonalds like ever, but my friend and I kept seeing posters outside of the buildings for a ‘snack pack’ of chicken nuggets which included 15 nuggets total; 5 normal, 5 pesto filled, and 5 cheese filled!!!! It was heaven! Even though my tummy hurt afterwards :( also we tried their nutella mcflurry haha that was good too! Another thing I noticed was that in Rome and some of the other larger cities we went to, they had placed signs throughout the city that would say ’2 minutes’ in that direction or 50 meaters that way, referring to where the closest McDonalds was; that was pretty interesting.
June 14, 2013 at 3:02 amI spelt meters wrong…. that was not on purpose.
June 14, 2013 at 3:05 amOHMYGOD NUTELLA MCFLURRY
I NEED THAT IN MY LIFE
June 14, 2013 at 4:19 amMc Baguette from France guys !
June 14, 2013 at 3:02 amCertainly don’t have that in Aussie haha
June 14, 2013 at 3:04 amI think the only one we’ve got is the McOz, right? Otherwise everything else is the same…
June 14, 2013 at 6:17 amThere’s also Hungry Jacks stuff which is rebranded Burger King. It has the Aussie burger and they did have a barramundi burger.
June 14, 2013 at 9:56 amI haven’t been there recently enough to know about these! Yeah, the bread seems normal and the cheese doesn’t look like a piece of melted plastic. 2 good points. I still wouldn’t dare trying them, though!
June 14, 2013 at 3:45 amThat looks great!
June 14, 2013 at 6:28 pmActualy it isn’t that godd. But maybe it’s because I don’t like fast food. I mean it’s OK, but it’s not THAT special, but it is tastier than the usual BIC MAC and stuff
June 15, 2013 at 2:35 amWe have that here in Germany, too!
October 21, 2013 at 2:53 amI don’t think I’ve ever seen Ranch at all in England, sorry Simon! I really want to try some though ^_^
June 14, 2013 at 3:01 amI’ve started seeing it everywhere now, so I bought some expecting it to be amazing. It tasted the same as Ceaser salad dressing to me!
June 14, 2013 at 11:38 pmI’m so jealous of the foods people are mentioning at their McDonald’s, Taco Bell’s and Starbucks, especially the veggie options at the McDonald’s in India! Even though I live right next to Mexico our fast menus do not differ from the standard US menus. I rarely eat at these establishments as well, minus Starbucks. McDonald’s I get Chicken Nuggets with Buffalo Sauce (the only way I like them) and Taco Bell, well I don’t eat at Taco Bell…it’s an insult to my traditional Mexican food pallet as well as my stomach :(
June 14, 2013 at 2:59 amSame here. Though for a while, the local Dairy Queen served veggie burgers straight off the menu ( sadly, no longer ). I’m a vegetarian, and most fast food is just not veggie-friendly. There is a “fast” food place here that serves veggie burgers off the menu and that won’t change, but it’s not a mass chain, just a local place.
June 14, 2013 at 10:34 amGlad you found at least one place that has an option for you, even if it’s off the menu. Recently for health reasons I went vegan for three months and it was impossible for me to find vegan food. Vegetarian is hard to find here also, but man to be vegan in my city is killer. Well unless you want a bean burrito, that we’ve got lol. Now I’m bordering between vegetarian and eating meat again. Still can’t decide, but I’ve kept my diet mostly vegetarian.
June 14, 2013 at 12:05 pmYou can be flexitarian — eat just a little bit of select meats. My sons & I eat only white meat chicken & turkey in small amounts when eating out or during family holidays. It’s a *lot* easier to find things to eat at restaurants, but is still quite healthy.
June 14, 2013 at 2:13 pmThank you for giving me a title to what I’ve been doing ^_^! I didn’t know how to describe it. Since I’ve had surgery I’ve tried eating meat again but don’t enjoy it like the fresh vegan meals I was eating prior to it. I have found though that I have strong cravings for grilled chicken and fish, so I’ll indulge on those when the craving hits, especially when I go out to dinner.
June 15, 2013 at 7:56 amI was at a Wendy’s with my cousin and she ordered a veggie burger. They were out of veggie patties so they put a slice of lettuce and a slice of tomato in a bun with mayonnaise and gave it to her all wrapped up so she didn’t find out until she sat down. Luckily we weren’t doing takeout so she went back and demanded a refund. Sad.
June 16, 2013 at 5:12 amWoooow. Not even the courtesy of telling her they were out before doing that? Assholes. I personally hate sliced tomato, so I would be pretty pissed. I understand being out of certain items, and I wouldn’t be upset if I was told it wasn’t available, but damn… ><
June 16, 2013 at 2:06 pmI know. And they tried to charge her for a veggie burger too!
June 16, 2013 at 9:57 pmAt first I was like chanting “Meat, meat, meat!” as you guys were ordering. Then I saw the food and was like, “ok, I will give you guys a pass if you can’t eat that…”
June 14, 2013 at 2:57 amWhat about Russia, I don’t often go to such places as McDonalds, but I know about our national burger. It calls Beef a la Rus, and, as my friends say, it is really tasty, but not so popular, as other conventional burgers.
June 14, 2013 at 2:53 amI really liked this video, it was entertaining and informative but……..two teeny tiny little things could have been better:
a) I really like the camera stick but the steady-cam nature of it sometimes makes it look like you’re swaying and floating, maybe you could just use it for selective shots? I know that a tripod is a pain to carry around but it is less distracting at times.
b) I always hear from foreign friends how different the meals are at fast food joints, I’m not talking about special local additions to the menu (even McDonald’s has a McLobster in Nova Scotia that you can’t get any where else ;_;) but the even regular items like a BigMac are made/flavoured differently so I was a little disappointed that you didn’t explore this aspect of it as well given your range of experience.
Cyber_3 – just watching that made me want to go work out ;P
June 14, 2013 at 2:52 amWhen I went to Egypt, they had a McFalafel sandwich. Really wanted to try it, but didn’t get the chance.
June 14, 2013 at 2:45 amSo many kpop song references :P
June 14, 2013 at 2:41 amin germany we have hot fried Apple and Cherry Pockets (mhm tehy’re soooo delicious) and burgers with sausages… like 3 lillte sausage inbetween 2 buns (but i never tried it…) Also we have Currywurst witch is just a sausage with a special Curry Sauce (but i haven’t tried this either)
June 14, 2013 at 2:40 amin germany we have no difference with american burgers (maybe not soo many fat and more fresh increndients ) but nothing more. we also have a happy meal with fresh milk,apples,carrots for children. maybe becausse germany really in this ” eat healthy way” mode. and i live near dusseldorf, so the town with an own japanese corner, so theirs many different kind of food anyway :) but on “special weeks” we have in mc donalds an ” asian week” ” switzerland week” “bavarian week” and all like that xD sometimes weird XD
June 14, 2013 at 2:39 amyeah, mc donalds tries really hard to make people believe their food is healthy in german cf’s as well.
June 14, 2013 at 2:45 amYep the same happened here in Switzerland. And changing their logo from red & yellow to green & yellow, so we can all see how natural they are xD
June 14, 2013 at 2:53 amYeah, even over here in the states McD’s is trying to fool people into thinking they care with the apple slices and milk/juice happy meals for kids.
June 14, 2013 at 3:44 amWell in Malaysia, we have Korean Burger and Chicken from KFC. Lol although we’re not korean or anything but here in Malaysia ,everyone is high on the halluyu wave! You should see the commercial. I face palm everytime when I see it. But its torelable because the dude looks alot like KevJumba! The kevjumba korean chicken CF :http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-3YgoAOImM
The girls version: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka-5cF46dK0
I think they are channeling SISTAR and SECRET
Lol at the top comment. If you eat the KFC Burger automatically you’ll get bling out and sparkly clothing…..BUT YOU’RE STILL FAT! xD
June 14, 2013 at 2:32 amI laughed at both, they’re hilarious. xD
June 14, 2013 at 10:37 amOh man, I’m gunna go off base tomorrow and take pics of some of the hamburgers you can get here in Japan. I just don’t understand why they do this to poor hamburgers. lmao Oh side note, at DisneyLand you can get rice balls and miso soup from the vendors haha
June 14, 2013 at 2:26 amAt the Mc Donalds here in Switzerland we don’t have country-specific burgers on the regular menu. But we had some special editions like the “Mc Rösti” which had a rösti (=Hash Browns) in them and some others I don’t remember. And of course as Switzerland is like “the cheese country” we had a few special burgers with different cheese, like the “Mc Raclette”, “Mc Fondue”, “Mc Gruyere” & “Mc Emmental” etc. :D
June 14, 2013 at 2:26 amI would like to try a McGruyere.
June 14, 2013 at 2:30 amI haven’t tried it, but it looked quite delicious with the paillasse bun instead of the regular hamburger bun.
June 14, 2013 at 2:37 amFrom my travels:
I’ve been to Hong Kong McDonalds. It’s 10x better than the ones in Canada. (I’m from Vancouver.) It’s a bit different from McDonalds in Mainland China. They have fried chicken wings and drumsticks for lunch and dinner. They also had this beef burger that had lettuce and this sauce that I don’t know what it is. For breakfast, they have some really delicious macaroni soup. It’s macaroni in a soup (chicken stock?) and it has an egg, some veggies, and ham or sausage. It’s considered comfort food in HK because anyone can get it in HK cafes, and most have eaten it as kids. The McCafe’s there also sell stuff like paninis and cheescake and have a better selection than McCafes in the US and Canada. They have gourmet coffee there. I heard they have these new burgers at MCD called the Black and White Burger. The black burger bun is infused with squid ink. I’ve also seen interesting drinks. Once I saw a lychee mango(?) drink.
Also, Starbucks in Hong Kong had cheesecake. They had some frap drinks that had grass jelly and I had a strawberry lemonade smoothie. My mom even bought mooncakes from HK Starbucks as gifts.
I’ve seen the KFC menu in HK. They have egg tarts, fried rice, and a different flavoured chicken. Last time they had Ume Dare chicken. It looked sooo much better than regular fried chicken. Also KFC HAS BREAKFAST!!! They had macaroni soup, scrambled eggs, sausage patties.
Taiwan McDonalds had a limited edition fried shrimp burger (at the time I went). It was a shrimp patty that was deep fried. It also had these shrimp cakes. Never eating that again. They had soft serve with that flavoured syrup that makes your soft serve taste like strawberries, root beer, etc…
I went to Australia as well. They had that angus burger, but I never tried it.
This is one example of what macaroni soup looks like: http://lh6.ggpht.com/_V0CoK16CILc/TRxwH1pqzBI/AAAAAAAAJVs/DUWsPQyVa1A/s800/火腿通心粉%20Macaroni%20Soup%20with%20Ham%20%26%20Peas01.jpg
My bf is from China and this is what he told me:
They dont have macaroni soup in China MCDs…
June 14, 2013 at 2:23 amChina Pizza Huts have wine and escargot. They are like 5 star dining almost… (shocking)
KFCs in China are almost identical to HK KFCs
American here. Sadly haven’t traveled out of the country yet, but I have seen commercials for the KFC in China featuring asian style curry and a shrimp patty burger.
June 14, 2013 at 2:09 pmMckroket. Google it.
June 14, 2013 at 2:21 amserious lamb burger, and the MIGHTY AUSTRALIAN ANGUS BURGER YUMMMMMMMMMMM!!!
June 14, 2013 at 2:20 amAUSSSIEEE YEAHHH
June 14, 2013 at 4:19 amOh yeah forgot about those! other fast food like pizza will have an ‘Aussie’ option which has a fried egg over the top of everything. Why I’ll never know XD There’s no taco bell here (not east coast anyway) because it’s sooo grooss!!
June 14, 2013 at 12:59 pmLAMB BURGER?! OHHHHH MANNNN!!!
June 14, 2013 at 6:29 pmOh yeah and a fat guy promoted it and it was a really annoying commercial to watch everyday :D
June 15, 2013 at 11:05 pmIn Malaysia, we have like a breakfast menu, a lunch menu and a dinner menu for McD. People usually wait for the menu to change for cheaper pricing. :P Also, during Chinese New Year, they have the special ‘Prosperity Burger’. No pork served here. For KFC, we have some sets that serve rice. Pizza Hut has some local flavors as well.
June 14, 2013 at 2:20 amin Germany: -Lift Apfelschorle 0,25l ,-classic breakfast http://www.mcdonalds.de/produkte/produkt-profil?productName=klassisches_fruehstueck ; Sesambagel Veggie Burger : http://www.mcdonalds.de/produkte/produkt-profil?productName=mcboergerding
June 14, 2013 at 2:18 amI’m Asian and I do live in the U.S, but I went to Malaysia for vacation a few times. The Malaysian McD had porridge on the menu, I kid you not. I didn’t try it though. They also had something called The Great Chicken Burger (GCB) for a while and the name was horrible but it was REALLY GOOD. It had like really spicy kind of teriyaki like sauce on it and the chicken wasn’t dry in anyway. I was honestly surprised :3
June 14, 2013 at 2:17 amI hate to say it, but your stick camera thing almost makes me nauseous while your just sitting in a restaurant. I liked the stationary camera a lot better. I loved the stick camera thing when you were walking around in Singapore — it provided stability in a moving environment — but when it’s a still environment, the camera motion is really… distracting :/
But I know it’s easier on you. You probably have to carry a whole lot less equipment using that thing. Oh well, it probably just takes some getting used to.
June 14, 2013 at 2:16 amum………. sometimes burgers in Australia have beetroot on them. That’s the biggest difference I can think of.
June 14, 2013 at 2:15 amSimon, when I was younger I once described the taste of green tea as tasting like lipstick….now I’m addicted to the stuff…
June 14, 2013 at 2:12 amAwe man! I was actually looking forward to trying a Bulgogi Burger if I ever got the chance to go to Korea. My heart hurts u_u
June 14, 2013 at 2:12 amSIMON & MARTINA!!!! …. well in philippines every McDonalds meal is served with RICE and their fries are NOT fries they are chubby fries :( and the mashed potato and gravy put together to my huge sadness IT TASTED GROSS .. but the gravy tasted pretty good by itself…. BUT GUESS WHAT?.. they have a refillable gravy station… anyway too bad i live in Australia where we have all the normal stuff, and just adding the word”Aussie” in front of burger.. and presto we have our own burger :D i want to go to every McDonalds shops around the world and see the differences… sounds like an ADVENTURE!!! :P
June 14, 2013 at 2:11 amThat would be the fattest world trip ever. xD ( I would totally join if I wasn’t a vegetarian )
June 14, 2013 at 10:37 amY U ALWAYS POST FAPFAP LATE AT NIGHT???? i’m so hungry now
June 14, 2013 at 2:10 amikr..I had to get a snack as soon as I saw it was a FAPFAP…even though that Mcdonalds burger looked…um…not to my taste lol
June 14, 2013 at 2:15 ami was getting hungry when they showed the taco bell part, but thanks to mcdonalds, my craving stopped lol
June 14, 2013 at 3:55 amThe most interesting thing about McDonalds where I live in Australia…they only have One fish burger lol…and it’s terrible.
June 14, 2013 at 2:09 amI went to a KFC in Thailand once and they had American fried rice….with ketchup, cheese, and mini hotdog bits in it…really gross looking. I stuck with a normal chicken sandwich and was sick the rest of the day.
June 14, 2013 at 2:08 am…American fried rice is a thing?! …Really?! o_O;;;
June 14, 2013 at 2:52 amThe Grand Angus Burger, In Australia. A decent burger tbh. A thick and large Angus beef patty with the usual toppings or you can opt for Bacon with BBQ sauce. There are also numerous other burgers in a ‘Gourmet’ range.
June 14, 2013 at 2:07 am[IMG]http://i39.tinypic.com/mrxw92.jpg[/IMG]
Grand Angus Burger, it’s pretty decent. A thick, above average Angus beef patty with the usual stuff, or you can get Bacon and BBQ sauce.
June 14, 2013 at 2:05 amIn Czech republic we have two special burgers…..well…..none of them are my thing…I don’t like them at all. They’re called “Mc Křen” which can be translated to “Mc Horseradish” and “Mc Bůček” which is “Mc Brisket”
June 14, 2013 at 2:04 amWHOA! What’s in them? Beside…horseradish…
June 14, 2013 at 2:04 amWell the Horseradish one looks like this http://www.mcdonalds.cz/img/u/produkty/sendvice/hd/mc-kren.png and it has pork with tomatoes and horseradhish sauce. The Brisket one looks like this http://www.mcdonalds.cz/img/u/produkty/sendvice/hd/mc-bucek.png and it has beef with smoked brisket, cheese and onion ^^
June 14, 2013 at 2:11 amWhere is teh Star of bucks?!
June 14, 2013 at 2:03 amIn the bloopers! :D
June 14, 2013 at 2:03 amMartina your face when your eating at taco bell is hilarious because while your making a funny face because its soo sweet, Simon’s just talking ahahahahahahaha.
June 14, 2013 at 2:00 amHi!!
I’m from Spain and here Mcdonalds offer another kind of breakfast. Our breakfast is light so most of us aren’t able to have an English or American breakfast, so if you go to Mcdonalds for breakfast you can have your coffee with a toast with tomato and olive oil, or you can choose between different kinds of pastries.
June 14, 2013 at 2:00 amSO COOL! Awesome breakfast choice!
June 14, 2013 at 2:04 amoooouh, pastries. Right now I am living in Portugal and pastries.. that is a whole new level of cult :D. Pastel de Nata is just awesome :D:D
June 14, 2013 at 2:17 amAnd what do you say about the “pasteles de crema”? are better than the Pastel the Nata ;-). I’m hungry because is almost dinner time and I want to go to the pastry shop!!!
June 14, 2013 at 2:47 amA bit too sweet and I think i am gonna go to pastelaria :D
June 14, 2013 at 3:24 amOh, really?? to me is on the contrary, los pasteles de nata are too heavy.
June 14, 2013 at 3:30 amPastel de nata was the first thing I tried when I came to Portugal and fell in love with this pastry right away :D
June 14, 2013 at 3:22 amAnd I still remember the smell of bacalhau in every grocery store :D
ouh yes, bacalhau :D It even has it’s own fast food chain :D
June 14, 2013 at 3:24 amReally? o_O I didn’t know about it. Maybe I’ve seen it, but never went there. What’s the name of it?
June 14, 2013 at 3:35 amum, I really dont know the name – I am quite bad with portuguese names/pronounciation as I am not portuguese :D But it has white/blue theme going on. Maybe it is just in Aveiro, don’t know really.
June 14, 2013 at 3:37 amHaha don’t worry :) I was just curious and I don’t speak any portuguessince I’ve only spent 6 weeks in Porto last year on an internship and usually English was enough :P
June 14, 2013 at 3:42 amPS. I love Aveiro, it’s sooooooo pretty *_*
I’ve been here for almost a year :D:D But leaving soon actually, dont want to leave natas behind :D Did you try Ramonas at Aveiro?
June 14, 2013 at 3:46 amBacalhau (salted and dried cod fish) is very good and we joke that we have 1001 recipes.
June 20, 2013 at 4:55 pmPortugal has the best pastries haaaaaa :) I remember a really famous cafe in Lisboa (Lisbon) but I forgot the name… Anyway there was a statue of a famous Portugese author sitting on a bench and they served the best pastries ever…
June 14, 2013 at 3:56 amPastel de Nata is so good!
The name of the cafe is A Brasileira ;) and the author is Fernando Pessoa
June 14, 2013 at 6:09 amThank you! :)
June 16, 2013 at 1:40 amThat was A Brasileira with Fernando Pessoa sitting on a bench outside and you can totally sit next to him.
June 20, 2013 at 4:57 pmOh yes I know I think I still have a picture of one of my sisters sitting next to him. Good times good times :D
June 20, 2013 at 8:32 pmI really miss portuguese pastries. But I miss the ones from Madeira Island the most, although Pastel de Nata is just awesome, and Bola de Berlim as well (sort of like a doughnut with custard cream).
June 20, 2013 at 4:53 pmTaco Bell still isn’t mexican food! I heard about a restaurant in Korea called Dos Tacos. Have you guys ever been there? http://dostacos.co.kr/
June 14, 2013 at 2:00 amHi, I’m from india…. the Mc Donalds here is not that bad, its heaven for students (cheap on pocket) ^_^. People here generally prefer spicy food, so they have introduced Mc spicy chicken & Wrap. Also there a quite a lot of vegetarians here, so for them its Mc Masala grill and Mc Spicy Paneer & wrap. Also the happy price meal includes various options like Mc Aloo tikki (Crap on content inside), Chicken Mc.Grill & Veg Pizza Mc.Puff (Quite good). There’s also favorites menu which includes Mc. Veggie, Mc Chicken and Filet-o-Fish (Very famous and everyone seems to like it…& also mostly unavailable! :P) & the famous chicken maharaja mac… (dunno how it tastes..looks too huge, but i’m pretty sure..its not what it looks in the images shown!)
http://www.mcdonaldsindia.com/menu.html
People here generally don’t prefer beef & Pork due to religious reasons.
June 14, 2013 at 1:58 amoooo.. how could I forget to mention peri peri fries!!!! Its damn yum and spicy!!! My personal Fav!! :D
June 14, 2013 at 2:03 amgeez sounds like heaven! in The Netherlands they have curly fries at burger king! But here in Belgium we don’t even have burger king >_<
June 14, 2013 at 3:52 am*DROOL* Oh. My. God. Those veggie options sound amazing. I’m really jealous!!!
June 14, 2013 at 2:05 amCome to India..P.s: MUMBAI! you have quite a good fan following here…
June 14, 2013 at 2:07 amomf really? i live in the us but my cousins in mumbai always look at me weird for loving kpop ^^” AND YES MC SPICY PANEER IS DERICIOUS :D
June 14, 2013 at 5:29 amWhat’s special in Malaysian McDonald’s:
1. Chicken Porridge! Such an Asian thing haha XD
June 14, 2013 at 1:57 am2. Spicy Chicken McDeluxe not sure if it’s completely exclusive to Malaysia but I’ve never seen it in any other country’s outlets)
3. During the Chinese New Year we have this Prosperity Meal Set which is a beef/chicken burger with black pepper sauce and onions + curly fries + orange mcfizz (orange juice with sprite)! Its such a shame they only have this for a limited amount of time every year cause it’s pretty darn good!
4. Chocolate/Strawberry Cornetto McFlurry/Sundae; Milo McFlurry; Horlicks McFlurry/Sundae :D
yeah prosperity meal is available in singapore too during chinese new year period. and that awesome iced milo ooh…
June 14, 2013 at 2:18 amyeah our chicken porridge is so asian. haha. who eat porridge at mcdonalds though.
June 14, 2013 at 11:14 amIn Holland we have this: the McKroket. It’s the McDonalds version of a popular snack in Holland: http://www.bellobergen.nl/image/cache/data/warme_broodjes/broodje-kwekkeboomkroket-600×600.jpg :) I loved this episode, I always do this when I travel. In Russia, the Philippines, India, Jordan… I always go to McDonalds to see what other products they have! I remember in India they had more veggie burgers than “normal” ones with meat! Fascinating! And I love how you can order rice in stead of french fries with your meal at McDonalds in Asia.
June 14, 2013 at 1:56 amAlso- you guys may have been in Korea too long…you’re starting to chew as loudly as the Koreans.
June 14, 2013 at 1:55 amWhen I went to Lotteria, the hamburger had so much mayonnaise on it I just couldn’t even eat it. The same thing at McDonalds! I had a Bacon Tomato Deluxe. AKA: Mayonnaise. Made me sad.
June 14, 2013 at 1:52 amKorea and Japan have some weird love of mayonnaise. It’s a little strange.
June 14, 2013 at 10:39 amWhen I was studying in France they had these bagel burgers so basically the same filling but using bagels instead of burger buns. The weird thing is that you can never find bagels in France, so it seemed a bit odd that they were using them at McDonald’s. Most people don’t even know what they are. Also, if you’ve seen Pulp Fiction, you’ll remember the guy talking about the cheeseburger being called a Cheese Royale – and it is! I just thought that was funny. They also offer these long burgers and pancakes for breakfast. :)
Also when I had pizza, you could get it with a fried egg in the middle. I tried it in the EYK spirit of trying weird stuff… the taste of the egg did not go with the pizza. I do not recommend it.
June 14, 2013 at 1:52 amI heard on the radio that only here in the Philippines (not sure with rest of the Asia and the world) do we enjoy mixing gravy on our rice meals or even UNLIMITED gravy. I think none of them happens in Japan and China. Other foreigners even find it funny and weird about our Filipino spaghetti. Ours here is very sweet contrary I guess to the original or maybe even the taste of it abroad.
June 14, 2013 at 1:52 amHawaiians like gravy on rice as well.
June 14, 2013 at 3:50 amI don’t go to fast foods really, so idk but I went with my friend to Arby’s a couple of weeks ago and she got this Hawaiian roll roast beef sandwich. I was like O_o.
June 14, 2013 at 1:51 amIn France they have baguette mini burger ;)
June 14, 2013 at 1:51 amWHAT!!?? *searches google immediately*
June 14, 2013 at 1:54 amIn Portugal you can get their traditional soup at pretty much any fast food place. And bifanas.. which basically are sandwiches with bread – meat-pork and bread on top.
June 14, 2013 at 1:51 amI was about to comment that xD Ahaha but yup, I think Portugal’s the only country in the world where you can order soup at McDonnald’s. Ooooh yeah~ xD
June 14, 2013 at 2:14 amNice to see some people from PT commenting here. I tried to get my friends interested in Korea but they just look at me like I’m insane xD
About Mcbifanas, the first time I saw that I laughed so much. I never tried McDonnald’s bifanas so I can’t say if its good or not, but that is such a common thing found everywhere/easy to make, that I don’t think they can mess it up :D
June 14, 2013 at 2:49 amPortuguese Nasties unite~~~ Also, really, no need to waste money on the McBifana… Tastes awfull, just go to some snack-bar and get the real deal if you feel like eating one.
June 14, 2013 at 5:57 amI am not portuguese but just wait your friends look at you funny know but when Asia takes over the world your going to be the one who is saved. i always till my friends South Korea will take over the world with there amazingness and since i can speak korean i can save myself but you laughed at me so you won’t be saved. lol
June 14, 2013 at 1:19 pmI was searching for burguers in Portugal too, I didn’t know that there were other portuguese people that are ‘nasties’ like me, so awesomeeeee. I found, not only the McBifanas, but 2 burguers that are part of the McLusitano that is made also with the bread, burguer, lettuce, tomato, some sauce and the diference between them is that one of them have cheese and the other one have paio (i don’t know the translation for paio ahah). for desert I remember see Sundae Doce d’Ovos (fresh eggs’s sundae maybe ahah), Sundae Maça e Canela (Apple and Cinnamon’s Sundae) and Sundae de Pera (Pear’s Sundae).
June 14, 2013 at 3:02 amTaco Bell doesn’t exist in Portugal
here is the pic of the burguers http://diariodigital.sapo.pt/images_content/mac280312.jpg
I havent tried those and even bifanas at mc. Just at parties :D
June 14, 2013 at 3:28 amThere are probably more nasties than you would think :D Someone even made a comment saying they are from pt as well :))
Let me help out with the translations xDD Paio it’s a cold cut/ smoked meat, made of pork, no english name. Doce d’Ovos is not fresh eggs (that sounded disgusting xDDD) it’s actually a kind of egg yolk jam, it’s thick and super sweet.
June 14, 2013 at 6:03 amAlso, Mc Lusitano had typically portuguese sour dough bread and the Queijo one had Portuguese curated cheese, hence the name xD
Thanks Ines, about the Doce d’Ovos blame it on google translate!
I was reading all the portuguese comments (we have a lot more nasties than i thought. anyone from Lisboa or Oeiras?) and I remember a very common phrase ‘ir ao Mcdonalds pedir uma sopa é o mesmo que ir às putas pedir um abraço’ (atention: this is a nasty phrase, translate it only if you have more than 18).
I hope Simon and Martina like our comments and think that are very interesting (and funny) :D
June 27, 2013 at 6:28 amYeah Portuguese nasties and K-pop lovers! <3
June 14, 2013 at 6:19 amNever tasted macdonalds soup. No one goes to Macdonald's to eat soup…loool no, nope…not me! XD
Dont forget the Pêra Rocha Sunday!
That looks so yum! I love pear flavored anything :D
June 14, 2013 at 1:04 pmPortuguese fans! Yay! I’m portuguese as well! :D
June 14, 2013 at 9:23 amI’m not alone :D Portuguese Nasties!
June 14, 2013 at 9:05 pmI never tried the mcbifanas or the soup, but the apple and cinnamon sundae is really good.
In Portugal there is only one Starbucks that I know of, and it’s basically just for tourists. The coffee from Starbucks is like a bucket of water where someone washed potatoes, and in every other café it is a tiny super tasty cup, so, portuguese are not fans of Starbucks, plus it’s too expensive. No Taco Bell, reasonable amount of Pizza Hut, Burguer King, KFC in the shopping centers and MacDonald’s is pretty much everywhere. Never tried the soup, but that made me laugh when they started with it. Soup is very traditional in Portugal, and lots of people just have soup and a sandwich for lunch. Now, if anyone ever gets to go to Portugal, specifically Madeira Island, ask for a “prego” in any café, that’s a juicy beef steak, lettuce, tomato, cheese, ham, fried egg, sauce, in a trational bread “bolo do caco” and you will love it. Sigh, now i’m hungry.
June 20, 2013 at 4:44 pmAhahah! Only food to make the portuguese nasties to come out!!!
June 28, 2013 at 10:31 ammaybe I’m strange but I always go to Mc to eat Premium Grilled Chicken Salad, nothing else D:
June 14, 2013 at 1:51 amIn Hong Kong we have the Black burger, and the White burger. One is colored and possibly? flavored with squid ink and has mashed potatoes in it. I’ve never tried it but I’ve seen the adverts and my friend tried it. She said it was gross, but she’s American so she has a Western palette.
June 14, 2013 at 1:50 amBoy, that Bulgogi burger from McD was really something… Fast food in England is pretty much the same as fast food in the US, just with smaller portions and less variety (not really selling my country am I?). Must say though, attack of the American fast food and restaurant franchises are rising pretty quickly here >.<
June 14, 2013 at 1:50 amI live in the states and well i actually don’t like fast food. the last time i have McDonald, and i was somewhat ripped off and i had an upset stomach. Also i recently was in Arizona and when to In and Out (they say its a amazing place) for me it was Okay, but i do make my own homemade burgers and they turn out AMAZING!!! (but mostly i eat noddles) lol
June 14, 2013 at 1:49 ammaybe I’m retarted but I always go to Mc to eat Premium Grilled Chicken Salad, nothing else D:
June 14, 2013 at 1:49 amtheir salads tend to have just as much or more calories than some of their burgers. XD
June 14, 2013 at 1:51 amYeah I think they actually have more calories in them than a Big Mac, cause of the salad dressing.
June 14, 2013 at 2:10 amI don’t use dressings, and grilled chicken is less fatty than one in breadcrumbs. and I’m full after this, to burger I always need the fries ;p
June 14, 2013 at 2:16 amwell im from slovakia, central europe and i dont really go to stuff like mc donalds or so here coz therey pretty idk..its just not my stuff plus im a poor student without any job, wa wa waaaaa :( but here is the best burger like “homemade” burger with fried cheese, its really delicious! with lots of vegetable and sauce on it, yummy. but in my ipinion burgers in donalds pretty much suck.
June 14, 2013 at 1:49 amWhat about Burger King, KFC or Pizza Hut?~ Well I guess even with just three fast food chains that was a lot to eat.
hmm let’s see glocalized fast food? we have burgers that in stead of bread the patty in in between sticky rice. and we also have rice with spicy beef/pork salad (namtok) at mcdonalds. it sucks cause they use pattys in the salad when you can get REAL pork neck spicy salad on the streets (street for FTW!) let’s seeee…. oh and KFC has their own version of spicy salad with fried chicken as well as spicy chicken burgers. i mentioned this before in your korean pizza video i think, we had tom yum flavored pizza and wasabi with salmon flavored pizza. it didn’t stay in the menu for long though… green wasabi mayo was not delicious i tell you.
June 14, 2013 at 1:48 amThey already did a pizza fapfap before.
June 14, 2013 at 1:50 amyup~ i watched it. but it wasn’t an american chain, it was a korean chain. was just wondering if they had koreanized pizza in a american pizza chain as well.
June 14, 2013 at 6:22 pmAustralia has the Grand Angus Burgers, not sure if their 100% only in australian but they are nice quality atleast where I live. Except…the lettuce is never…ever…in the burger lol
June 14, 2013 at 1:48 amWhen I was last in Japan I tried the Grand Canyon Burger from McDonald’s as part of their “All-American” line up. So it had a breakfast egg patty, meat patty, fried “onion”, American Cheese, and BBQ sauce. I did not feel well after that.
June 14, 2013 at 1:47 amI remember being in Italy and McDonald’s had Italian food on the menu, which blew my mind. I also remember going to a grocery store in Spain and finding Lunchables with chorizo, which I found amazing. If I were going to eat fast food, that Lotteria place looks the best. I rejected all major fast food establishments several years ago with the exception of Popeye’s (I just…can’t walk away from Popeye’s), so I don’t know what the latest fast food stuff is in the U.S. I have been tempted to try the cool ranch dorito taco, especially since people seem to have gone completely insane for it, but I have resisted.
June 14, 2013 at 1:46 amOh, oh! I just looked up the menu for McDonald’s Italy, and you can get cherry tomatoes as a side instead of fries, pasta salad, a focaccia and mortadella sandwich, parmesan and spinach or brie bites, parmesan cheese stick, and fried shrimp. For real, I want to eat at McDonald’s Italy.
June 14, 2013 at 2:20 amI did read that chains sell different things around the world. I read in wikipedia that Taco Bell has french fries. I was wondering if it does, I know the Taco Bells in Puerto Rico has french fries. 90% of the things sold in fast foods here are chicken and beef..Of course everyone prefers the stands with pork skewers.
June 14, 2013 at 1:44 amDid you guys tried McSpicy Burger in Singapore? It’s really awesome!
June 14, 2013 at 1:43 amIn Finland you can get your burgers in McDonalds with rye bread instead of wheat buns… And convince yourself you’re eating healthy food full of fibre instead of fast food LOL
http://www.mcdonalds.fi/content/dam/Finland/ruoka/tuotteet/tuotekuvat_444x507/hampurilaiset/RuisFeast_444x507.jpg
June 14, 2013 at 1:42 amBLOOOWWW YOUR MIINNDDD
June 14, 2013 at 1:52 amIs it in McDonalds too? I only remember it in Hese… XD (guess who doesn’t eat burgers… OTL) but omnomnom rye bread. <3
June 14, 2013 at 1:59 amI never ate it either but that pic is from McDonalds’ website so they should have it xDD
June 14, 2013 at 2:01 amThen they do! haha
June 14, 2013 at 2:10 amI really really really really want a red bean green tea cream frappuccino. Do you think I could take some azuki beans to my local Starbucks and ask them to blend them in with the regular green tea frap?
June 14, 2013 at 1:42 am….yeah, I didn’t think so. Maybe I could do it myself. Hmm….
You could because they totally don’t blend in the beans, they just scoop them on top at the very end!!
June 14, 2013 at 1:51 amwell…..that was a terrible experience for you guys!!
June 14, 2013 at 1:41 amyou guys accidently wrote Starbucks in the blog post title ahaha!!
Is simon wearing lipstick? just saying.
June 14, 2013 at 1:40 amI so agree on Lotteria being the better out of these three. xD Their ladyburger is actually quite nice, they’ve stuffed the burger itself with rice cakes.
You’ll find McDonalds everywhere in Norway as well, but there aren’t any specials at all. It’s really boring. xD They do have offers for special sets once in a while though. Taco Bell doesn’t exist here, and we just got our first and second Starbucks! First one was at the airport a year ago I think, second opened two weeks ago in Oslo. Don’t really need them though, there’s like a bunch of other great coffee places around.
June 14, 2013 at 1:40 amI agree :D (from another Norwegian Nasty!!)
June 14, 2013 at 1:50 amThe only Norwegian add on McDonalds I remember seeing is a morning toast thingy with brown cheese O.o
June 15, 2013 at 9:05 amThailand has the SAMURAI BURGER otherwise known as THE MOST RACIALLY INACCURATELY NAMED BURGER. All those Samurai running around Thailand love it though, so I hear… It was delicious though, it was kind of like BBQ pork.
Hong Kong had the Wasabi Burger which was pretty good.
But the king of all was the MAHARAJA MAC I got in Delhi. Ohmygosh. It was unreal. All the pattys were made of like.. chicken tikka meat and had this crazy chicken tikka special sauce. So good.
Also, since they dont eat beef, they had a chicken Big Mac. Not awesome.
June 14, 2013 at 1:39 am