fordy said:
superchunk said:
fordy said:
After reading the Coke vs Pepsi thread, I began to wonder: do ALL McDonalds and Burger Kings wordwide sell Coca Cola drinks? Do all KFCs worldwide sell Pepsi drinks? Are there other differences amongst fast food restaurants?
Are there any fast food restuarants in your country that are nowhere else? What is your opinion of them? Are there restraunts located all over the world, but do unique things in your country?
I'll list a few things here that I think are different:
- The biggest one would be the name Hungry Jacks. It's actually the result of Burger King selling their franchising rights to a man named Jack.....someone, I can't remember. Anyway, this was yeeears ago, so he got the franchise rights for really cheap, possibly because Burger King might have thought Australia would not be a real market one day. Jack called all restaurant franchises here Hungry Jacks. Anyway, Burger King wanted the franchise rights back but Jack refused to sell them back or something, so Burger King, for a short time, opened stores to compete with Hungry Jacks. It was mostly the same stuff, though Burger King tried a few different kids promotions to try and tip the scales. In around 2003 or so, Burger King gave up, and sold their stores to Hungry Jacks, which was hilarious for a short while, because sometimes Burger King would set up shop opposite Hungry Jacks, so for a short time until the excess stores were closed down, Hungry Jacks seemed as abundant as Starbucks!
- McDonalds here is often called Maccas (pronounced more like Mackers, for the Americans). It's recent addition was a burger made of lamb, and consisted of a salad and a fried egg. It isn't cheap either: $7 for a burger (not in a meal or anything), but it's certainly an interesting flavour!
- We only have a few other franchises that are here. Our biggest ones most likely Red Rooster (generic chicken fast food joint, but moving into seafoods as well), Oporto (peri peri chicken fast food. I love these, but they're only in capital cities) and Eagle Boys (a pizza place that started in my home town. It's very wiidespread now). There's also a Mexican franchise known as Taco Bill (no, not Taco Bell. That's what confused me when I heard about Taco Bell. I asked "Don't you mean Taco Bill?"). They've been around since the 1960s
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Odd. When I spent a month on Brisbane Australia back in 2006, I distinctly remember eating at "Burger King".
The only really odd things I remember about BK or McD's over there were the smaller portions (drinks all one size smaller, no upgrades, no big double burgers, etc) and the infamouse "Australian" burgers with beets. No sir... didn't like it. However, the rest of the menus seemed the same to me.
I'm in US and well, ya'll pretty much know our fat ass offerings. My favorite bad food place is actually In-N-Out Burger. Its really only close to west coast, though its been moving east. Started in Cali, now in Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and I think a couple other states.
EDIT: Now that I think about it... it was called Hungry Jacks. I remember being all wtf?
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If you want a bigger burger here at Maccas, you have to request it. I lived in Brisbane in 2005 and I still recall the infamous 3am trips to Maccas with the housemates. I once ordered a custom 2 pounder....never again.
I totally forgot about the Aussie Burger that McDonalds had. Beetroot is actually very common on the hamburgers here. Besides the usual fast food joints, we have a ton of "fish and chip" stores here. Your typical hamburger with the lot (or steak sandwich with the lot), would usually consist of (but not limited to) the following:
Beef/Steak, Grilled onion, lettuce, tomato, grilled cheese egg, bacon, beetroot, pineapple, tomato sauce
I used to hate beetroot as a kid, but now I've found it complements beef meats pretty nicely.
I've heard about In-N-Out. What's the menu like? Anything on it that stands out from other places?
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