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martint235

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From my daily walk in the woods
 

sparksd

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Interesting discussion on the fast food international. I’ve heard that there’s a lot of variability on the content of what gets served, and what might be bottom end in one country is actually pretty good in another. I’m sure culture, codes, and expectations have a lot to do with that.

It was convenient so I went to a McDonald's in the Amsterdam train station - it was exactly like eating at one in the States. But you're right, many chains do have regional variability, even within different areas of the US.
 

mollyc

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It was convenient so I went to a McDonald's in the Amsterdam train station - it was exactly like eating at one in the States. But you're right, many chains do have regional variability, even within different areas of the US.
hawaiian locations of mcdonald’s are the only place in the us that serve blueberry pies. (i don’t like mcdonald’s or blueberries, but fun fact)
 

bondr006

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Interesting discussion on the fast food international. I’ve heard that there’s a lot of variability on the content of what gets served, and what might be bottom end in one country is actually pretty good in another. I’m sure culture, codes, and expectations have a lot to do with that.
It was convenient so I went to a McDonald's in the Amsterdam train station - it was exactly like eating at one in the States. But you're right, many chains do have regional variability, even within different areas of the US.
Been to both MacDonald's and KFC in my wife's hometown of Shanghai. They are nothing like what they are here. Actually a lot better than here though. Can't remember last time I ate at either one.
 

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PinkyMacGodess

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Same people who go to Paris for KFC.

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Although I do have to say that after sailing to the Bahamas and skirting a hurricane, the sight of a Burger King sign was awesome. The island was fairly devastated, and the ship was being cleaned from all of the puke everywhere. The only place open was the Booger King. Such a great first cruise experience.
 
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AZhappyjack

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Interesting discussion on the fast food international. I’ve heard that there’s a lot of variability on the content of what gets served, and what might be bottom end in one country is actually pretty good in another. I’m sure culture, codes, and expectations have a lot to do with that.
I know that McDonald's sells fried chicken in Central America... they call it the "Pollo McCrispy" - I recently saw McD's had relabeled their chicken sandwich in the US with that name.
 
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sparksd

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Although I do have to say that after sailing to the Bahamas and skirting a hurricane, the sight of a Burger King sign was awesome. The island was fairly devastated, and the ship was being cleaned from all of the puke everywhere, and the only place open was the Booger King. Such a great first cruise experience.

lol - nothing like a good case of seasickness to make you appreciate solid ground. Having been there, I appreciate Samuel Johnson's view of ships - “No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.”
 
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