There was a time when the peace corp volunteers came back from Guam with Pizza Hut when I was in Truk. This helped those of us who were on an island in the middle of the ocean remember a little of home. Very tasty.
I have a friend who has a routine of sampling McD's for any first vist to a new country. He has a passion to sample the overseas version of McD's. But once he's tried it he would not do it a second go in the same country unless he has no other dining options.
Strangely, I've found myself doing this too. It's certainly not a conscious decision but non the less 1 McDs per country.
Personally, I'd rate McDs in Dubai Airport the best I've sampled.
Not counting those times in which I lived overseas:
1) Went to McDonald's on my last night in Helsinki last November because I was sick of struggling to find a decent place to eat that didn't cost me an arm and a leg. Therefore, I went to a low quality place that only cost me a couple of fingers in comparison
Usually I'll try to opt for the local version of fast food, whether that's street food or a cheap kebab place but as you can imagine, there aren't exactly a ton of vendors standing outside hawking Finnish specialties during November.
Local Finnish fast food is available throughout the year from sketchy-looking little kiosks ("grilli"). Some of them are only open during the night, though - you go to the grilli for drunk food. They usually have burgers and hotdogs as well as local stuff like lihapiirakka ("meat pie", does not look like a pie, has dubious meat content) and porilainen (it's sort of a burger with a thick slice of cheap sausage instead of a beef patty). If you want a meat pie in Helsinki during the day, you should go to the Kauppatori market place, where they sell coffee, donuts and meat pies in little tents. There's also Hesburger, a local burger chain. They put a ton of mayo on their burgers.
I try to avoid McD/Burger King/other international chains when I'm travelling, but sometimes you need something fast and they are the easiest option. Last time I was in Denmark, my French friends insisted that we go to Burger King .
Local Finnish fast food is available throughout the year from sketchy-looking little kiosks ("grilli"). Some of them are only open during the night, though - you go to the grilli for drunk food. They usually have burgers and hotdogs as well as local stuff like lihapiirakka ("meat pie", does not look like a pie, has dubious meat content) and porilainen (it's sort of a burger with a thick slice of cheap sausage instead of a beef patty). If you want a meat pie in Helsinki during the day, you should go to the Kauppatori market place, where they sell coffee, donuts and meat pies in little tents. There's also Hesburger, a local burger chain. They put a ton of mayo on their burgers.
If only I'd known this last year! I did see some random kiosks but they never looked open. You're correct, though, as I recall seeing them during the day. I assumed that maybe they were closed for the winter due to the weather.
I did see some Hesburger (and got a picture of one, incidentally) but have no idea why I went to McDonald's instead on that evening. I think at that point I had been travelling for two weeks and was just looking for an easy option. I should've tried Hesburger instead or that Southern Fried Chicken place I saw a couple of times.
I've eaten at the McDonalds by the spanish steps in Rome. If you can actually call that a McDonalds.
Got some chicken nuggets and an ice cold beer to wash them down. Having a beer at mcdonalds was awesome. I saved the receipt and put it in the photo album.
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I sampled the McAloo Tiki Burger at at Mickey D's in New Delhi a few weeks ago. The "burger patty" was similar to the potato/pea filling of a samosa between two bun slices. I would not characterize the McAloo as swadisht but it was passable as a snack.
The McDo at the Manila area Mickey D's is a fried chicken drumstick with a ball of white rice. I've had that once or twice in a pinch!
Krispy Kremes are starting to open up in both Europe and Asia and it is hard to pass those by after a long night out!
SirJman, I'm curious: When you've had the McFlurries, was the "stuff" (fruit, or brownies, or whatever) mixed in?
The McFlurry was designed to have the topping stirred in by machine using the hollow spoon with which it is served. As far as I can tell, they don't mix the McFlurries in France and I'm wondering if it's because they've officially decided to do it that way or if they're just too lazy to bother mixing them.
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Hellz yes i have! Proud of it! After traveling abroad for a while, nothing tastes better than a mcdonalds cheeseburger to bring ya right back home ;-)
I did the same on my last trip to Chiang Mai, thailand. Don't get me wrong, I love Thai cuisine... probably my favorite, but after a while, one does get that urge for something from home. Regrettably, for me, that's an occasional McD's burger. But, I also has different motives too- needed something quite quick tat I could eat while walkng as I had a night of beer drinking w/friends/coworkers ahead of me and was late
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I've eaten at the McDonalds by the spanish steps in Rome. If you can actually call that a McDonalds.
Got some chicken nuggets and an ice cold beer to wash them down. Having a beer at mcdonalds was awesome. I saved the receipt and put it in the photo album.
I think I mentioned it upthread, but that is my favorite McDonald's in the world. I love the salad bar in the middle and the gelateria downstairs!
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