Fast Food Localization

[Kerala]

2 hours ago, Duvel said:

Not sure if that’s only available in Germany …

 

 

The McRöstis arrival coincided with the Glühwein season, so after a few of the latter I took one for the team and purchased the former …

 

 

What can I say 😜

You loved it, didn't you? 🤣

 

[liuzhou]

Had to pass the Micky D's in the local mall today and spotted this.

 

 

Angus truffle burgers?  I think Angus might be the  name of guy who cooks them and the truffles are 99.999999% likely to be Chinese truffles, which aren't worth the paper they're probably made out of. Utterly tasteless.

 

 

Are truffle burgers available in non-Chinese McD stores?

 

 

Edited May 4 by liuzhou (log)

[Maison Rustique]

I go to McD's about once every 10 years or so if that, so am no expert, but I have never heard of truffle angus burgers at any in the US. if they were here, surely I'd have seen ads.

[liuzhou]

1 minute ago, Maison Rustique said:

I go to McD's about once every 10 years or so if that, so am no expert, but I have never heard of truffle angus burgers at any in the US. if they were here, surely I'd have seen ads.

 

Thanks. Pretty much what I thought.

[liuzhou]

While these Fast Food joints do occasionally localise their food offerings, they rarely make any effort to fit the restaurants in with their surroundings. I was living in Moscow when McDonald’s opened their first outlet in the USSR on January 31st 1990. The locals were somewhat bemused as the store, on beautiful, historical Pushkinskaya Square (Пу́шкинская пло́щадь), not only featured McD's usual the garish colour scheme but sported the famous ‘golden arches’ which people complained were reminiscent of the Moscow Metro sign, albeit the latter was, of course, red!

 

 

KFC have done a little better, least in one restaurant. This one is in Fuzhou, capital of China’s Fujian Province.

 

 

Meanwhile, McDonald’s are getting even more local! In fact, up close and personal! They, or more likely someone else, are offering McDonald’s perfume! This comes in three carefully blended scents.

 

1. Original French Fries

2. Garlic and Black Pepper

3. Seaweed and Plum

 

They have obviously spared no expense on the formulation as they are selling these for the equivalent of $4 USD per millilitre.

 

 

Which do you fancy?

 

 

Edited August 26 by liuzhou (log)

[Kerala]

Really, it's hard to beat a girl who works at a chip shop who's got off early and headed for the club. 

[Kerala]

 

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