03-02-2005 10:47									#61
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quote: Originally posted by Pekka The only 'fast food' I get in here is kebab.. because it's the cheapest and you get a lot of it and it's pretty good. The prices in here are a joke anyway.. a big mac costs what.. the meal.. like over 7 euros? I can't even afford that. The kebab joints give you a kebab roll (haha! Our secret kebab!) for 5 euros and that's HUUUUUUUUUUUGE. Pizzas go usually for 5 euros and kebab meals in a real plate and all that, gos for less than 5 euros in lunch time. They have the greatest deals. No one can compete with their prices. So I sometiems grab myself one of those.

Crap over 7 euros for a big mac meal? That's very expensive. I dunno how much it runs for here in the US, cause I don't much like mcdonalds, but more like 5 something.

For 7 euros i certainly don't blame you for going elsewhere. That's crappy.

I only go to McDonalds when I don't have other options. Even then I just get stuff off their dollar menu, mcchicken or double cheeseburger. Comparing either of those things to what you can get at Wendys for a dollar is crazy. Wendy's has an amazing dollar menu, they rock. baked potato, caesar salad, garden salad, chili, jr. bacon cheeseburger, jr. cheeseburger deluxe, 5 piece nugget, all for .99 cents each!

Crap, I really just named everything on their damn dollar menu. I'm sad.

	03-02-2005 19:56									#62
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quote: Originally posted by Spiffor What tourist would want to visit the local fastfoods while in Frnace? Tourists are expected either to go to McDonald's because they're too afraid of indigenous food, or to taste our actual food in restaurants

When I went to Paris on vacation, I could not find any place to give a big full breakfast like I enjoy in US. Croque Monsieur at any pastiserrie is very good, but not filling. And many Paris restaurants serve "American Breakfast" but this is not enough food for me in the morning. So, McDonalds serves enough of my type of breakfast food at a much cheaper price.. Breakfasts at Paris McDonalds helped to reduce the cost of my trip.... But I would not consider eating McDonalds for lunch or dinner in Paris when there are so many other fine dining opportunities in that great city..

	03-02-2005 20:34									#63
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I had my first fast-food at the tender age of 22. I haven't had any since.

	03-02-2005 22:36									#64
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I'm a little surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet: Super Size Me

I went off fast food for a couple of months after seeing this movie. Not that I ate it frequently to begin with, but now I'm down to maybe once every 2-3 months.

	03-02-2005 22:41									#65
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I love Los Angeles. Cheap food. I can go eat at a nice Chinese restaurant and pay $4-$5 dollars (plate of food, soup, salad and drink). That's approximately 3 Euros for the europeans here.

As far as fastfood is concerned, I like Arby's. I can get four roastbeef sandwiches (which are pretty good) for $5 dollars. I never eat at the McDonald's nearby.. besides they don't accept visa... just cash.. and I almost never have cash on me. McDonald's is just downright nasty.. I had food poisoning last time I ate there. Wendy's is pretty good and so is Jack in the Box (I think they are a West Coast US thing.. dunno if they are on the east coast). But as far as anything is concerned, I can get a full meal and drink at a chinese restaurant for the price of fastfood... unless we are talking about the dollar menu. I like the dollar menu most at Jack in the Box. I typically get several chicken sandwiches... that is if I'm in a hurry though. Burger King isn't all that bad either.

	03-02-2005 22:45									#66
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There are few Jack in the Box on East Coast, but they are not popular because their food is trash.

	03-02-2005 23:01									#67
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Their food is not trash here in Cali...

	03-02-2005 23:17									#68
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One of the very few things I agree with Fez about.

Jack in the Box

We actually have a little "winter" Jack head on the antenna of one of our cordless phones.

	03-02-2005 23:26									#69
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jack in the box is so-so

but they have the best commerials/ads so that's what's important.

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I was going to have McDonalds for dinner, but my neighbor invited me for dinner to have some of her delicious mother's cooking. without the 'h' and '?'

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or shady eyes. . .what a useless smilie!

	03-02-2005 23:56									#72
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I loved Mcdonalds, but everyonce in a while they would dish up some real nasty junk. I only ever ordered one of their double quarterponder things, it was just dripping with grease when you held it up in the box. took a bite and binned it..... Or that time I felt something crunch when the big tasty offer was on...urgghh...put me off for at least a week
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Still burger king/kfc/anything else really beats it hands down, but Im stuffed for choice when I get hungry at 10am at work, so mcd it was

	04-02-2005 00:01									#73
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quote: Originally posted by bfg9000 When I went to Paris on vacation, I could not find any place to give a big full breakfast like I enjoy in US. Croque Monsieur at any pastiserrie is very good, but not filling. And many Paris restaurants serve "American Breakfast" but this is not enough food for me in the morning. So, McDonalds serves enough of my type of breakfast food at a much cheaper price.. Breakfasts at Paris McDonalds helped to reduce the cost of my trip.... But I would not consider eating McDonalds for lunch or dinner in Paris when there are so many other fine dining opportunities in that great city..

Aren't American portions around 30% bigger than European portions?

	04-02-2005 00:05									#74
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quote: Originally posted by Snotty I loved Mcdonalds, but everyonce in a while they would dish up some real nasty junk. I only ever ordered one of their double quarterponder things, it was just dripping with grease when you held it up in the box. took a bite and binned it..... Or that time I felt something crunch when the big tasty offer was on...urgghh...put me off for at least a week ] Still burger king/kfc/anything else really beats it hands down, but Im stuffed for choice when I get hungry at 10am at work, so mcd it was

it only put you off for a week? That would put me off for a lifetime.

I used to love double quarter pounders with cheese. When I lived on a navy base, McDonald's was the only thing to eat (aside from mess deck food- and they only served during certain hours). We had a Mickey D's right accross from the pier our carrier was always parked at.

	04-02-2005 00:15									#75
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OzzyKP, yeah and the meals are smaller too. The same meals are smaller. When you supersize here, you get the large in there. And you can NEVER EVER refill your drinks.. it was a whole new experience there.. but it is never to be done in here. In fact, you can't, they won't, if you ask you're a jackass.

For fast food of that caliber, it's simply too much. Me, living with appx. 60 euros a month or little more, it's totally UNDOABLE, even if I wanted to. Fortuantely I don't want to. Even if I had million dollars, I'd still consider their price too high for the quality food I get in return. I'd much rather spend a nice 20 or 30 dollars for a real meal that is made for me, than spend almost 10 bucks on a damn burger meal that isn't even that good.

	04-02-2005 01:33									#76
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quote: Originally posted by Cruddy Schwarz Brothers is the best hamburger place I know of, but it's not really fast food. I'm not even sure they're still going. They cook your burger fresh every time, and arrange it as you see fit.

Schwarz Brothers are brilliant. Their only rival is the magnificent Arnolds, but they've only got one shop and it's in Midsomer Norton.

	04-02-2005 01:57									#77
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quote: Originally posted by Pekka OzzyKP, yeah and the meals are smaller too. The same meals are smaller. When you supersize here, you get the large in there. And you can NEVER EVER refill your drinks.. it was a whole new experience there.. but it is never to be done in here. In fact, you can't, they won't, if you ask you're a jackass. For fast food of that caliber, it's simply too much. Me, living with appx. 60 euros a month or little more, it's totally UNDOABLE, even if I wanted to. Fortuantely I don't want to. Even if I had million dollars, I'd still consider their price too high for the quality food I get in return. I'd much rather spend a nice 20 or 30 dollars for a real meal that is made for me, than spend almost 10 bucks on a damn burger meal that isn't even that good.

yikes! 10 bucks!

Has anybody explained why fast food is so damn expensive over there? Even at a pricier fast food place like Chipotle I could get two full meals for 10 bucks.

	04-02-2005 01:58									#78
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quote: Originally posted by Pekka And you can NEVER EVER refill your drinks.. it was a whole new experience there.. but it is never to be done in here. In fact, you can't, they won't, if you ask you're a jackass.

You can refill in the Netherlands.

And here a full McD meal is 'only' about €5 here.

More conformation Finland is evil



Of course, it doesn't come close to beating the local Turkish/Italian/Chinese/etc joint.

	04-02-2005 02:19									#79
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quote: Originally posted by Locutus You can refill in the Netherlands. And here a full McD meal is 'only' about €5 here. More conformation Finland is evil Of course, it doesn't come close to beating the local Turkish/Italian/Chinese/etc joint.

Is mexican fast food popular there as well?

	04-02-2005 02:28									#80
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Not really. There's quite a few Mexican restaurants though.

	04-02-2005 02:35									#81
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quote: Originally posted by alva Not really. There's quite a few Mexican restaurants though.

seems odd that mcdonalds would make it but not any Taco Bells or even good stuff like Chipotle

	04-02-2005 02:56									#82
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quote: Originally posted by Geronimo Is mexican fast food popular there as well?

As fastfood, it's pretty much non-existant. As regular cuisine, there are a few restaurants (but mostly in the western part of the country, I only know of one in a 30 mile radius from where I live). Not nearly as popular as Eurasian cuisines.

quote: Originally posted by Geronimo seems odd that mcdonalds would make it but not any Taco Bells or even good stuff like Chipotle

Mostly an unwillingness (for whatever reason) to invest here, I reckon. You only see McD and BK in almost every city (and even BK only recently, they're still miles behind McD), most other American chains just don't have any outlets here, or only a few in the biggest cities.

	04-02-2005 03:39									#83
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Taco Bell is definitely good fast food. Cheaper than almost anywhere, and better than the largest chains (McDonald's, Burger King, etc.)

	04-02-2005 03:41									#84
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I would agree to that, except numerous internationals here might think that's a mexican phone company...

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quote: Mostly an unwillingness (for whatever reason) to invest here, I reckon. You only see McD and BK in almost every city (and even BK only recently, they're still miles behind McD), most other American chains just don't have any outlets here, or only a few in the biggest cities.

Before BK came here in 2000, we only had McD. And while IMO BK has the better burgers and fries (especially fries), McD has more variety and regularly changing Burger of the week, which makes it more attractive.

And BK is miles away from catching up with McD. E.g.: BK has 20 restaurants in Austria, McD has 162.
And McD is much more integrated as they have been around since 1977.

Other than those two, I know of no international fast food chain here.

	04-02-2005 04:24									#86
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Of course, the question is to be asked: Would Europeans eat tacos? It's not even real Spanish food. I heard real Spainiards looked down on Mexican food.

	04-02-2005 06:31									#87
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Yeah tacos were invented in the US, like fortune cookies and egg rolls, I believe.

Mexican food.. if it is authentic and real, is pretty good. But yeah, I do look down on the tex-mex crap.

	04-02-2005 06:41									#88
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Tacos weren't invented in the US. The tacos you see in the states just aren't authentic mexican tacos (which are stuffed and deep fried tortillas).

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I was going to eat mcdonald's but then asked myself, why would I eat that crap when I can get chinese for $4.25 at the local chinese restaurant- this is the lunch special price only though. And they serve soup and wontons, and hot tea (and cookie). And because I'm a not big eater, I can take some home and make another meal out of it.

edit: I forgot to add the word not in there.

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	04-02-2005 08:25									#90
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The cheapest McDonald's I've ever seen was in Bratislava, Slovak Republic. The trios (Big Mac, freedom fries and Coke) were selling for less than 3 euros.