Admit it if you've eaten American fast food overseas

[BamaVol]

I only stumbled once. The rest of the time, I've been exercising my curiosity or with someone else.

Paris France - McDonalds - looked at menu
London, UK - Dunkin Donuts - looked at menu
Devon, UK - Subway - looked at menu
BsAs, Argentina - McDonalds - looked at menu
BsAs, Argentina - Burger King - Mrs BV ordered a sandwich
Vienna, Austria - McDonalds - looked at menu
Vienna, Austria - Starbucks - ordered coffee
Nassau, Bahamas - Hard Rock Cafe - bought a pin

[laguardiaguy]

Pizza Hut in London. Pricey, but it hit the spot

McD's for american coffee in many places. I really like american coffee and miss it when I'm not here.

[3timesalady]

Originally Posted by BamaVol

I only stumbled once. The rest of the time, I've been exercising my curiosity or with someoone else.

hahaha, I totally missed the "or" when I initially read your post!

[formeraa]

Not exactly fast food but I ate at TGIFriday's in Dublin because they had unlimited drink refills (very unusual in Europe).

[chanp]

I did the "let me see if the cheeseburger tastes the same at McD" but after a few countries and it tasting the same, I stopped

[sipes23]

I stopped at the McDonald's by the Liverpool St Station in London. I got an apple pie. The fried kind. The kind that tastes like my childhood.

I try to track one down every time I'm out of the country.

[PurpleTravel]

I've done McD's all over the world. I try to be good and stick mostly to local, but it is my guilty pleasure when abroad and just craving something familiar...

[PurpleTravel]

Oh, and in addition to McD's, I often get a craving for a Starbucks grande skim latte when traveling. I am sort of fascinated by Starbucks' expansion in general, and am lately tracking the prices of my drink in different cities (just started a month ago, so list is very limited)- sort of an interesting commentary on purchasing power by location

http://thepurplepassport.blogspot.co...ice-index.html

Yes, I realize that this is a bit (or excessively) 'type A'

[ajax]

It astounds me that most people assume Burger King is American - it's not. It's British.

[KChar]

I've had McDonald's in Tokyo, mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau.
Pizza Hut in China, Hong Kong, and Macau.
KFC in China and Hong Kong.
Burger King at the Hong Kong airport.
Starbucks in Hong Kong and Macau.

It seemed that the Pizza Hut in Fuzhou had eels on most of their pizza choices. I had a salad.

[ajax]

Originally Posted by KChar

It seemed that the Pizza Hut in Fuzhou had eels on most of their pizza choices. I had a salad.

It's all about the local market...

I've never seen a teriyaki burger at a McDonald's outside of Japan.

[futaris]

While Burger King was owned by British company, it is still considered to serve American Fast Food and is listed on the NYSE, so it is definitely American.

[ajax]

Originally Posted by futaris

While Burger King was owned by British company, it is still considered to serve American Fast Food and is listed on the NYSE, so it is definitely American.

Ah. I was unaware that Diageo had sold BK (back in 2002 ).

I think the correct term is "American-style fast food", as (this thread being exhibit A) plenty of other countries enjoy fast food as well.

And I'm not sure that trading on the NYSE is incontrovertible proof of its being American; there are hundreds of companies which trade on the NYSE or NASDAQ but are certainly not American.

But I take your point.

[jfe]

Originally Posted by ajax

It astounds me that most people assume Burger King is American - it's not. It's British.

Because it is governed by a King?

[HereAndThereSC]

I could be wrong but I think they are still fried in Canada...

HTSC

Originally Posted by sipes23

I stopped at the McDonald's by the Liverpool St Station in London. I got an apple pie. The fried kind. The kind that tastes like my childhood.

I try to track one down every time I'm out of the country.