Burger King has much to learn. I noticed alot of places shut down in the 90s early 2000s. At least their burgers are Flame Broiled. They got rid of the Big Fish in Calgary.. gotta get it back. And the Steakhouse Mushroom.. gotta get that back too.

At least Burger King is getting into some delicious unique desserts nowadays.

I had a very similar experience in Tokyo. After a long flight my colleagues and I were hungry. We walked down a street until they found a McDonalds. I ordered an excellent udon from a street vendor. The process was simple even though I speak no Japanese. Point, pay, slurp.

Funny. I never have cravings for noodles in broth. 9-)

I ate at an Istanbul McDs near the overwater bridge in Sultanamet (that goes to Beyoglu), and the Big Mac and fries tasted the about the same as the McDs in my local neighborhood in Southern California. It was ok but not great.

Impossible. I have been to hundreds of McD locations in China and have never once not been able to order a Big Mac. Perhaps they were sold out? (Seems unlikely though because they would have gotten supply from another location.)

Regarding KFC, the American version, when not managed by a lazy franchisee, simply blows the doors off of the Chinese version. In China, the mashed potatoes taste like saw dust and instead of biscuits, we get plasticesque bread rolls.

And, don't even get me started on Taco Bell Grande. There's a reason it only lasted for a year in Shanghai; everybody knew that its food was abominable.

I hadn't been to a Pizza Hut in ten years until I came down to Nanning. In light of the lack of western food here, I eat there on occasion. I don't like it, but it beats a lot of the other crap out there. And, it is REALLY cheap... (i.e. less than McD's for lunch). Maybe it costs more in other cities.

Can you get burgers & fries or Filet-O-Fish at U.S. McDonald's at 7AM?

Nope.

Gotta go to Burger King for that.

Don't ask me how I know.

That's not universal, though. None of the BKs I know of in my part of the country serve breakfast food and lunch food at the same time. Breakfast is served from opening until 10:30 or 11:00, and lunch thereafter. There is generally about a 15-minute period after the switchover where you can buy leftover breakfast food, if they have any.

It might be more common in other parts of the country. I'm only familiar with the southeast.

on a recent Vegas trip, I had a 3-pound lobster and prime rib, with a side order or whipped cream-covered waffles for breakfast around 6AM, just before getting ready to go to the airport. after that, I just cant bring myself to eat regular breakfast foods anymore.

After a breakfast like that, I'm surprised you can bring yourself upright.

oh, believe me, it would have been much worse if I was in a lie-flat seat.

what is the deal with these fabulous buffets at Vegas casinos anyway? they want people to explode or something?

Also, many McDs in airports serve both burgers and brekkie in the AM.

Where in the Southeast are you? Here in South Florida (can't get any further SE than that in the US), BK serves some lunch in the morning like Whoppers, Jrs, Big Kings, Original Chicken Sandwiches, etc. The one I go to will make me almost anything on the regular menu once I pointed out that they already had the patties cooked and the buns and condiments are already there. The one good thing is that I am not just buying one at a time so they usually are receiving a $10-15 order.

My work schedule has me eating backwards as I work overnight. Sometimes I can't think of eating what most people think as breakfast items.

I'm in the suburbs of Baltimore. I visit Orlando every year, but I haven't been to south Florida since the early 90s.

Not in the US. Know how I know? Because in the US, nobody calls it "brekkie".