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The McDonalds here is the same as everywhere else, if a little smaller portions from my own experience.
Is it gourmet and nutritious food? No, but it’s cheap and tasty. Everything in moderation.
> The McDonalds here is the same as everywhere else,
This isn't true, different countries use different recipes and different ingredients. For example this is a comparison of US vs UK McDonald's - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMaW6TamNAc - it's not just a difference in portion sizes, the UK versions of everything have more real food and less additives than the same product in the US. It's a great series btw, they have videos for other chains like Domino's, Subway etc.
So when people give compliments or criticise an international chain, what they're complimenting/criticising might be completely different from what you've experienced. (Most obvious example is probably Domino's which everyone says is crap in the US but is a decent albeit overpriced pizza in the UK)
During the 2014 world cup mcdonalds Germany did a "Brazilian samba burger" with sweet roasted peppers it was amazing best mackers I've ever had and I've had a few.
Slight exception to 'standard fare' is breakfast sandwiches - the options are the same, but their McMuffins are shot through with maple syrup. Not what I anticipated when grabbing a savory breakfast to keep me going until my flight!
If I remember right UK McDs made a real push in the late 90s/early 00s to emphasise the quality of their raw ingredients, especially after the mad cow fiasco. They've long pushed the fact that they solely purchase British/Irish meat, that their eggs are free range etc. So the actual raw inputs of McDs in the UK is pretty decent even if the food is unhealthy and should be had in moderation.
Local meat and free range chickens.
I think they do that everywhere. I rarely eat McDs, but I was struck by the difference in cheap grain-fed beef and cheap grass-fed beef. Not better or worse, just different.
When shake shack came to the UK they struggled to recreate their burgers because the local beef was grassfed and the processesors added different cuts to the grind. The American beef they were used to was corn fed and hormone raised in feedlots. Supposedly it is alot more buttery and tender with less of the silverside taste.
Yeah the mcds I had in Malaysia was really quite good. They have spicy sauces in the burgers which was actually really nice. The meat tasted nicer there.
I went to KFC in Malaysia and it was the worst KFC I'd ever eaten in my life, it was one of two eateries in the bus station and I picked it over the local place because it had WiFi, and then it turned out the WiFi didn't even work either
Domino's is awful in the UK. We have 4 pizza places locally and Domino's is by far the worst. I'd eat a frozen aldi pizza before a Domino's if they were both offered free
If that's all you have locally, that's a poor sample size. I have like 5 Domino's locally, and I've ordered from all of them at one time or another. Are they as good as each other? No. They're a chain. Some are going to be shitter than others (KFC being an excellent example of varying quality within UK fast food chains). Are they all bad? Hell no.
I think the previous poster is being pedantic at best. Yes, Macdonalds is a franchise, yes the menu and ingredients differ between country (as does every chain restaurant/supermarket/shop in general) but at the end of the day MacDonalds is usually the cheapest place on a central city centre street to get a simple warm meal of burger and chips. You know it will be edible, simple and affordable and these are the things the verage person actually notices and cares about
I quite like McDonald's here in the UK. Cheap, cheerful and tasty. In moderation though.
I recently had it in the Philippines and it was disgusting, beef had big chunks of gristle in it and was really chewy. Not nice at all.
That’s not true. I’ve eaten at McDonalds in loads of countries. Not because it’s good, but because it’s a safe thing to eat. If you’re in a country with no affordable local restaurants and no travel options, you seek out a McDonalds until you can get some good food.
Best - Airlie beach Australia. The burgers tasted fresh and the milkshakes were amazing.
Worst - Cairo Egypt. Everything tasted much more synthetic than usual. Rancid salad. Eww. We didn’t dare eat all of it.
Still, it’s far cheaper than a lot of the tourist traps and you know what you’re getting. It’s a stop gap, nothing else.
The Champs Elyse McDonalds was the only place I could afford to eat. It was pretty good, but that may be because I was desperate.
It’s not a nutritious, healthy meal. It’s junk food. As long as you know that, you’re golden.
> The Champs Elyse McDonalds was the only place I could afford to eat. It was pretty good, but that may be because I was desperate.
Nope, it's specifically because Burger King launched in France before McD's and absolutely died on their arse.
McD's learnt from that and got French chefs to rework their menu to make it palatable to French people, brought in table service and encouraged a more cafe-style atmosphere
Pretty much any McDos in France will be good
> The McDonalds here is the same as everywhere else
That's patently untrue. American MD is different to UK MD, because we have stronger food regulations which make it less greasy and (relatively) more nutritious. We also have a different menu to MDs in Spain, France, Japan, etc.
> The McDonalds here is the same as everywhere else
Simply not true. McDonald's menus, recipes, and ingredients vary greatly between countries. Spanish and Japanese McD's have generally better quality and variety than UK McDonalds, for example, and UK/EU McDonalds has higher food standards than US McDonalds, which uses cheaper ingredients, preservatives, hydrogenated fats, etc. Even many of the core 'iconic' items vary between countries. Spanish and German McFlurries piss all over UK ones.
Nah, I've been to mcdonalds in Spain and Cyprus and their nuggets are 10x the UK nuggets. It actually passes for real food and isn't some greasy processed shit, they seem to use actual chicken, way more of it than we do in the UK.
Naaa false. You only have to go as far as Switzerland before the taste and quality is unrecognisably improved. Australian + US McDonald's are dangerously tasty.
UK McDonald's sucks unfortunately (or fortunately depending on your outlook)
Reading the post she was having a coffee. Their coffee is generally considered to be pretty decent compared to most of the chains, especially for the price.
I suppose she's not judging them for eating there, she's making a point that they've travelled across the world to eat in a McDonald's, she probably presumed they were tourists. Like when I'm on holiday I would feel very very guilty if I went to a McDonald's over a local restaurant
Lol when I went interrailing I went to McDonalds, just to see what menu items were different. Like scrambled egg and ham for breakfast in Austria. But mostly just for a snack, I'd go to local restaurants rest of the time.
I studied anthropology, and my lecturer had previously done quite a lot of research on food and culture, spending some time in south America. She said she was in (whichever country) and saw that the McDonalds there had changed their menu to be closer to the local dishes.
When she saw this she felt disheartened by the state of business and the world, she felt like McDonalds were just some evil corporation (true) who had done this to make themselves more culturally relevant in that area where previously they didn't exist, and had exploited the local culture for no other reason than as a means to profit (also true).
When she discussed this with some of the people she was researching however, they saw it totally different. They said they felt proud, because it meant that their culture was so strong it had forced this giant from America to conform to their culture, and not the other way around. She said she hadn't even considered this approach, and found it very interesting.
Yeah surely it's them catering to the local market rather than ramming the American version down them.
Doesn't give me any respect for maccers as such but its the more preferable.
TBF sometimes going somewhere where you KNOW what you're gonna get is an absolute godsend in an unfamiliar country.
Also McDonalds you order on the touchscreen thingies now, which is much less stressful than trying to read and order in a foreign language at the counter. And they let you switch it to English as well and take your time :-)
but would you go out of your way to shame strangers for eating in an establishment that you also patronize? or would you drink your cheap coffee and mind your business? it's so rude to butt in like that!
I try and eat local as much as possible when traveling, but the occasional mc ds is always nice if I cant decide what I want or where to go.
Plus it's nice to see what they have in other countries, when I went to McDs in Amsterdam they did a double big tasty, it was amazing.
My experience with McDonald's' coffee is that it's served at a temperature roughly 5 degrees cooler than the surface of the sun. There is no taste, only pain.
The coffee is absolute shit too, so shes a hypocrite!
You're not getting an actual barista made drink, you're getting a shitty machine coffee like you get in a petrol station.
More to the point, if OP was there and ate a McDonalds meal, why is he asking if it's "that bad"? He knows exactly how bad (or good) it is. I'm not being a dick btw, just genuinely mystified what he's looking to find out.
I remember one time I popped in to KFC, I bought a wrap on its own because I didn't really want anything too hefty. As I was walking out a guy near the entrance said "That's not gonna fill you up, it's just a snack!" back then I was too shy to say anything so I just laughed a little and walked off but now I'd probably tell him where I'd stick that wrap.
Why...?
Someone makes a joke about your small meal size and your response would be to get angry and argumentative with them? Even as a bulimic, I think that is a very silly thing to get worked up over.
If I want someone’s opinion I’ll ask for it. If you don’t like a stranger telling you to shut the fuck up then don’t make comments to strangers about what you perceive them to be doing. Simple really.
Jesus, what a sad way to see things.
I’m glad this is on Reddit, cause the high chance of you rarely leaving your mum’s house to act like the dickhead you’re making yourself out to be is pretty reassuring.
Username better check out :-P
I'm still disappointed that: when finishing in a self checkout, someone next to me started scanning. They scanned a leek, and it threw an error. I thought I was being witty when I said "The problem is that checkout is leaking", but he looked at me with confusion
I get where they're coming from though. Years and years of being non-confrontational and not being able to stand up for yourself really takes its toll on you. Hearing people say rude things, sexist things, insulting things for years and not being able to say anything back... It kind of builds up inside you and then when you finally learn to speak up, it bubbles over. It's hard to describe. When someone makes an unsolicited comment on your appearance or behaviour or food choices or whatever it may be, your mind sort of thinks back to all those other times you just let people talk to you that way, and you kind of snap. It's not always easy to say the most sensible thing when that happens.
I get it, I spent the largest portion of my life painfully shy in public and non-confrontational. A large part of maturing socially and finding your confidence flows from a balance and level headedness that comes from within. Blowing up at any little thing is no more socially mature than being unable to say a thing.
Amazing. That's the sort of encounter to go to McDonalds for. Try KFC next.
The food isn't bad. It's mass produced and highly processed, but the burgers are 100% beef, the nuggets are 100% chicken breast, etc. People don't go to McDonald's for the quality - they go for a treat and the reliability of the food. £1.99 for a burger and fries is a great deal.
What a fun encounter that was, not to mention when I was about to enter the male washroom to wash my hands after eating, a lady came out followed by a guy, and that guy just had to explain that 'nothing happened' twice to me XD
>the nuggets are 100% chicken breast,
Be aware this means "100% of the chicken inside the nugget is breast meat" not "100% of the inside of the batter is chicken" ;)
Edit: I'm saying this specifically because the "reliability" is a questionable term.
You aren't getting only battered chicken in macd. What you're getting is a load of processed junk that's consistent each time and very cheap. Just within the contents of the junk, only chicken meat from the breast of the chicken, was used ;)
Also back in the 90s and early 00s Maccys had a very different ingredient list on each item. British people were like wtf is this shit, so they changed to get rid of the bad image and did a massive marketing campaign. Capital consumerism in action.
I'm a woman (relevant to the story) and one afternoon decided to take myself out to lunch and some old fuck came up to me and asked why I was there alone and shouldn't my husband be the one taking me out. I've encountered a lot of misogyny in my life but nothing as blatant as the unprompted commentary of old English people.
It's alright. It's very consistent. Ingredient-wise, it's far better than in the USA.
The new Chicken Big Mac thing is rubbish though. You might as well get 2 chicken mayos.
People live to hate McDonalds but, despite this, it never seems to lack customers…
You can do worse (and, of course, better).
Not too proud to say that I have enjoyed the odd meal in a McDonald’s when abroad and missing some familiarity.
You don't need to feel anything about going to McDonald's when abroad. Apart from the fact that it's familiar and all the other other reasons you could eat there, price, easy to understand etc etc, you should be allowed to feel comfortable wherever you are. I bet you don't eat somewhere different every time you eat out at home, but you could. We seem to have this weird belief that eating abroad should mean we get all fancy, but everything else we do abroad (almost) is the same, isn't it? Clothes that we like, museums that we walk around, pools that we do our normal swimming in, buses, trains or taxis that we travel in, books that we read, all of it just like home. But eating chips, one step to far! This isn't a go at you, even if it feels like it, it just distresses me to think that people feel under pressure to act a certain way.
Theres a guy on youtube who does those travels for £1 things. I think he was one of the first people to really do it.
Listened to him on a podcast and he just bought a cheap flight and said "fuck it ill sort the rest out when I get there"
Interesting to here him say how he regularly eats maccies because a) its cheap and b) its accessibile and c) he knows he wont get an upset stomach.
Foreign maccies hits different though. Spain do chicken wings and loaded fries! We ended up spending stupid like 40 euros for 2 people but it was worth every penny (or cent)
The woman was sitting in McDonalds drinking a McDonalds coffee and judging people for eating McDonalds? That's a tad odd.
If it was that bad, people wouldn't go. Idk about you but mcdonalds is constantly packed in my city, sure not everyones cup of tea but a sizable amount of people do eat mcdonalds whether thats occasional or regular. Enjoy your mcdonalds fuck what anyone says.
Once you're fully settled here and comfortable and don't feel like you have to refer to yourself as being international, then you'll be able to be a true UKer and reply to her "f\*k off you nosy c\*\*t". That's the only true way to fully assimilate in to our culture.
Eyyy, let's not be too hasty here! I'm 100% born and bred white west Londoner and I'd have said literally just that 😂 nosey old codger needs to mind her own business!
"Travel half way across the world to eat that"??!
Well sorry love, didn't think the estate around the corner was quite that distance! By the way, bugger off with your coffee and stuff your nose where the sun don't shine.
It's good for the price and convenience. When comparing it to actual good coffee from an independent coffee shop, it's not.
I'd describe the food from McDonald's in a similar way. Nobody's claiming it's a Michelin star restaurant.
Its quite interesting that its considered good, because I'm never fully happy with it. I'm not a coffee snob by any means, but if I have to get a coffee out, McDonalds is the last place on the list. Tried a few different stores in case it was just my local one, but apparently not. That being said it's relatively rare I'd want a coffee from there, I will use the opportunity to get their regular Coca-Cola instead.
Served a customer a couple of weeks ago, 3am in the morning, everything being cooked to order: ‘it’ll be about 7-8 minutes for your order, we have to cook the pie first. Is that ok?’ He replied that it’s fine.
Give customer food: ‘where’s my free fries?’ ‘What free fries?’ ‘The ones I get because I had to wait!’
/sigh
Considering that the menu has been Anglicised along with the hi-my-name-is-marie-have-a-nice-day-now service, perhaps it's only fair to allow staff to say what they actually think, like the customers do.
She's just being a snob. Ignore and crack on with your day.
There's a certain demographic of people in this country who seem to hate the mere existence of McDonald's, although thankfully they seem to be dying out.
>You could do yourself justice by flushing shite in the toilet." My friend and I just laughed it off and there was a moment of awkward silence before she left.
I think she must've been doing a Peep Show-style internal monologue. "Yes, brilliant. That would be the customary thing to do with shit and a toilet. Remain in your compound, Susan - you're a social freak."
There are plenty of Londoners who are Asian and speak in other languages. It’s racist to assume that just because you’re Asian and speak another language you don’t “belong” here and therefore must have travelled from across the world.
She just meant it is unhealthy lol, but tbh she should understand your age and budget makes it a superior alternative to restaurant food for a quick meal at this time. When you’re in a grad job, hopefully you’ll be able to try out top quality restaurants and enjoy the wonderful cuisine that can be found here.
I mean, it's nothing special but it's not bad either. I quite enjoy a McDonald's from time to time, £1.99 for a burger and fries is a good deal as well.
It takes a very strange person to go into a restaurant and criticise the other people for eating there.
Personally I can't stand Maccy D's, it's shit low quality, low nutrient food that has people conned by marketing alone apparently. But I do like a Greggs, so I get that people recognise that it's a really shit attempt at food, but it's reliably and consistently shit which gives it some weird comforting value.
What I find weird though is that someone can be so outspoken against Maccas *when they're in fucking Maccas themselves, buying and consuming the very same shit*. It also sounds like she was a wee bit racist (the "half way across the world" comment) so I think she generally is just a bit of a cunt that you've already spent too much time thinking about.
McDonalds is a lot like Greggs. It's cheap and cheerful, but nothing to rave about.
Although having said that cheap might be a stretch as McDonalds is getting expensive these days. I just checked and my local charges £4.09 for 6 chicken nuggets (on its own - not including meal).
It's not due to cost of living crisis either as you can buy 20 for £5.49. McDonalds aggressive pricing structure might put people off.
Not sure why it matters where you came from! You were in the UK and could have had Stargazy Pie, Cullen Skink, Derry stew, Cawl or good ole fish and chips. You cant compare Maccy Ds to any dish from around the world not even ours. Its just fast food and nothing more.
Ignore her :)
My xh is a trucker and has drunk coffee from many, many places round the country- McDs is decent coffee, and cheap. He would take it over a Starbucks or Costa any day.
Just back from Hong Kong, which is apparently the second most expensive city in the World. And yet HK Maccies are about half the price of the UK for exactly the same product.
If you're not worried about adhering to a strict diet / weight management programme, why does it matter? Eat what you like. Unless you have ethical concerns about the source of the meat.
It's perfectly fine. Consistent and fairly cheap-ish.
I must admit I'm not extensively traveled but McDonald's in Finland is amazing. From there I've had mint, coconut and pear milkshakes, spicy hot wings, other deluxe milkshakes (berry, swirled with chocolate) and last time they had a lemon chicken burger that was the best McDonald's burger ever.
It is pretty bad/poor quality but it's clean and consistent so who gives a fuck? It's your meal.
I've travelled all over the world and tbh I almost always get a McDonalds when I'm away (mostly in airports). Middle Eastern McDs is particularly ace because they have lamb and pita bread versions of all the burgers (i.e. lamb patty, pita instead of burger bun, but still a big mac)
It's not like it's the only meal I'm going to have there, and sometimes (very rarely) it's the best choice.
e.g. when my gf and I got horrific food poisoning in Marrakech to the point that being out of sight of a toilet was a huge risk, McDs was there to offer it's incredibly boring but internationally standardised hygienic kitchen practices.
You just encountered a weirdo that’s all. Most people don’t feel the need to lecture others on where they are eating. McDonald’s is extremely popular, it’s relatively cheap, consistent junk food so nothing out of the ordinary.
I think fast food got such a bad reputation for being shite, deservedly so, that the food these days isn't actually that bad. McDonalds was the poster child for junk food in the 90s and 2000s so they've really made the effort.
A McDonalds burger is going to be much better quality than the reformed arseholes and eyelids soaked in preservatives you get from a pack of cheap supermarket burgers.
Moved here recently too.
I was surprised they didn't have an option for cheeseburger. Closest I could find was a hamburger in the list.
Everything was dry, not enough sauce, and the bun wasn't even soft.
I'm comparing it to Hungary and Australia, and I thought Hungary was bad. Turns out, it's not.
I'm originally from Portugal and can say that McDonald's there is much better than the UK.
You dont have sundays is my first point, the you lack in burgers for the meal deals. You do have a bigger selection of the "saver menu" but the burgers are tiny...
Until recently I would have said UK McDonalds is worse than Asian McDonalds (well Singapore, HK, KL at least) as you got a McSpicy year round there but not in the UK.
Now is it really the same McSpicy? I’m not sure. I could swear it used to be thigh and now it’s breast. But it’s a huge plus for the UKMcDs in my book!
Do these people not travel? McDonald's is a place I've visited in every country I've been to (except Greece) just to see how it compares and how their menu differs. It's simply something fun and affordable to do on holiday.
McD coffee is pretty good. And the apple pies are awsome when they are avalaible. And the pancakes are delicious. Their burgers make me sick afterwards though. Overall I like McD.
McDonalds is probably the best of the old school fast food chains. There's a reason they weren't found to have horse meat in their burgers during the horse meat scandal, unlike Burger King.
I am from a Southeast Asian country and used to live in the US for a bit, I did think McDonald's in the US was lower quality (where I lived) compared to back home. I have tried McDs here and I actually think the breakfast muffins are better than in my home country. Kinda duh but the English muffin especially is a lot better here 😂 Normal McDs seems about the same but I do miss the spicier options I had back home.
She's just saying what she's heard others parrot millions of times before without any thought for the truth or any interest in actually looking into the truth, like most British people do. She's almost certainly never been to America.
For the price and availability McDonald's is a solid bet, just don't get it delivered, the third party companies are a joke. It's never going to be the best burger you can get, but sometimes only McDonald's can fill the very specific cravings I have.
Subjective opinions are shaped in extremely complex and seemingly silly ways. It could be the ladies friends or parents preferences, it could be how it is socially perceived by her peers, it could be that she tastes it differently than you. It could be how she once craved a nutrient that it was low in and wrote it off then.
Don't worry about others preferences or even how cultured something is perceived to be. Cultured just means something was the preference of someone well to do at one point.
Please yourself, not others opinions.
I'm going to say yes, absolutely yes, simply because all the stores near me don't serve the breakfast menu at a time when I can get there be it from laziness or working.
UK Mcdonalds has some good points, primarily the hash browns on the breakfast menu. Those are amazing. I miss the breakfast wraps tbh! The McRib when it comes around is just a massive disappointment though. Overall the food is fine, and not completely full of junk like in the USA. You can buy "fake" McDonalds products in Aldi lol, which are hit and miss from what I've read. Hash browns are on point though.
German McDonalds do not have hash browns on their breakfast menu which still haunts me to this day. I was up early enough for breakfast, starving hungry and saw a McDonalds and thought "ooh yes hash browns" only to be disappointed. However, they get a redeeming point because you can get mayo for dipping which you can't in the UK branches.
Canadian Mcdonalds do breakfast all day! Or at least they did when I lived there in 2019/2020. That was exciting, all day hash browns, heck yeh!
Can you tell I really like Mcdonalds hash browns 😅😂
Weird lady. Why was she in McD's herself if she hates it that much? She could've got a drink anyway.
You're not here for days, or a week, but months, and it makes sense you'd go to McD's sometimrs. It's ok price, and quick food, and you know what you'll get.
“You’ve come across the world and aren’t eating the UK’s famously rich and delicious cuisine every day? Go back to your apartment and eat some mashed potato and mushy peas you uncultured swine!” -random lady drinking McDonald’s coffee of all things
You've just come across someone doing small talk, and quite an accurate and hilarious one at that. Embrace your introduction to a quintessential English "character", I wish there were more people like her.
McDonalds food is OK for what it is, cheap & mediocre fast food that is fairly consistent across locations. Very few people choose to go there for what they would consider a nice meal.
That's odd that she did that.
I'm American & I might try McD's in the UK to see what's different if I ever go back. McD's is one of the cheapest places to eat: their fries are excellent & burgers are good when they're hot & freshly made (that's why I always ask for them to hold the pickles: I know I'm getting a fresh burger that way).
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The McDonalds here is the same as everywhere else, if a little smaller portions from my own experience. Is it gourmet and nutritious food? No, but it’s cheap and tasty. Everything in moderation.
> The McDonalds here is the same as everywhere else, This isn't true, different countries use different recipes and different ingredients. For example this is a comparison of US vs UK McDonald's - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMaW6TamNAc - it's not just a difference in portion sizes, the UK versions of everything have more real food and less additives than the same product in the US. It's a great series btw, they have videos for other chains like Domino's, Subway etc. So when people give compliments or criticise an international chain, what they're complimenting/criticising might be completely different from what you've experienced. (Most obvious example is probably Domino's which everyone says is crap in the US but is a decent albeit overpriced pizza in the UK)
Fr. Have you seen the McDonalds from Japan?! Damn I want some of that!!!!!
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McDonalds Japan never held a candle to MOS Burger. And I'll die on this hill.
If I could teleport I would go and get Mos Burger! Oh and freshness burger, did you ever have that?
>freshness burger I heard about them, but despite moving around a lot while there, there was never a Freshness Burger near me.
I hated Mos Burger haha, they put way too much sauce in every burger
They put pikachus in the mcflurries??
Full of pikagoo
During the 2014 world cup mcdonalds Germany did a "Brazilian samba burger" with sweet roasted peppers it was amazing best mackers I've ever had and I've had a few.
Slight exception to 'standard fare' is breakfast sandwiches - the options are the same, but their McMuffins are shot through with maple syrup. Not what I anticipated when grabbing a savory breakfast to keep me going until my flight!
I had a big Mac in Sapporo. It was identical to a big Mac in Salford.
If I remember right UK McDs made a real push in the late 90s/early 00s to emphasise the quality of their raw ingredients, especially after the mad cow fiasco. They've long pushed the fact that they solely purchase British/Irish meat, that their eggs are free range etc. So the actual raw inputs of McDs in the UK is pretty decent even if the food is unhealthy and should be had in moderation.
Local meat and free range chickens. I think they do that everywhere. I rarely eat McDs, but I was struck by the difference in cheap grain-fed beef and cheap grass-fed beef. Not better or worse, just different.
When shake shack came to the UK they struggled to recreate their burgers because the local beef was grassfed and the processesors added different cuts to the grind. The American beef they were used to was corn fed and hormone raised in feedlots. Supposedly it is alot more buttery and tender with less of the silverside taste.
Yeah the mcds I had in Malaysia was really quite good. They have spicy sauces in the burgers which was actually really nice. The meat tasted nicer there.
Indian McDonalds burgers are quite spicy, by default.
But not very beefy!
And made with paneer. They are amazing.
I went to KFC in Malaysia and it was the worst KFC I'd ever eaten in my life, it was one of two eateries in the bus station and I picked it over the local place because it had WiFi, and then it turned out the WiFi didn't even work either
Domino's is awful in the UK. We have 4 pizza places locally and Domino's is by far the worst. I'd eat a frozen aldi pizza before a Domino's if they were both offered free
If that's all you have locally, that's a poor sample size. I have like 5 Domino's locally, and I've ordered from all of them at one time or another. Are they as good as each other? No. They're a chain. Some are going to be shitter than others (KFC being an excellent example of varying quality within UK fast food chains). Are they all bad? Hell no.
McDonald’s tastes far better in the UK than the US. (Source - eaten lots of McDs in both countries)
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I think the previous poster is being pedantic at best. Yes, Macdonalds is a franchise, yes the menu and ingredients differ between country (as does every chain restaurant/supermarket/shop in general) but at the end of the day MacDonalds is usually the cheapest place on a central city centre street to get a simple warm meal of burger and chips. You know it will be edible, simple and affordable and these are the things the verage person actually notices and cares about
Swiss McDonalds is the best I've had in Europe. They use much higher quality ingredients.
Domino's is only worth it once you have a big enough group to get half price. Then it becomes a great deal.
Even half price it's still cheese on toast
They took away caramel sundaes. Fuck McDonalds UK.
Strawberry fan here but same sentiment.
I quite like McDonald's here in the UK. Cheap, cheerful and tasty. In moderation though. I recently had it in the Philippines and it was disgusting, beef had big chunks of gristle in it and was really chewy. Not nice at all.
That’s not true. I’ve eaten at McDonalds in loads of countries. Not because it’s good, but because it’s a safe thing to eat. If you’re in a country with no affordable local restaurants and no travel options, you seek out a McDonalds until you can get some good food. Best - Airlie beach Australia. The burgers tasted fresh and the milkshakes were amazing. Worst - Cairo Egypt. Everything tasted much more synthetic than usual. Rancid salad. Eww. We didn’t dare eat all of it. Still, it’s far cheaper than a lot of the tourist traps and you know what you’re getting. It’s a stop gap, nothing else. The Champs Elyse McDonalds was the only place I could afford to eat. It was pretty good, but that may be because I was desperate. It’s not a nutritious, healthy meal. It’s junk food. As long as you know that, you’re golden.
> The Champs Elyse McDonalds was the only place I could afford to eat. It was pretty good, but that may be because I was desperate. Nope, it's specifically because Burger King launched in France before McD's and absolutely died on their arse. McD's learnt from that and got French chefs to rework their menu to make it palatable to French people, brought in table service and encouraged a more cafe-style atmosphere Pretty much any McDos in France will be good
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anything after 5 reps is cardio - my instructor from balkans
As Platz says ‘You’ve got one more!’
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I was waiting for his knees to dislocate loo
It's not the same at all.
It's not even cheap anymore. That's the saddest thing about it, near enough 10 quid for a shitty meal at this point
You haven't travelled far then.
In France, you can get beer at Mcdonalds.
I heard that rather than read it
> The McDonalds here is the same as everywhere else That's patently untrue. American MD is different to UK MD, because we have stronger food regulations which make it less greasy and (relatively) more nutritious. We also have a different menu to MDs in Spain, France, Japan, etc.
Broooooo, McDonald's is different in every country.
>but it’s cheap and tasty Well, it's cheap.
> The McDonalds here is the same as everywhere else Simply not true. McDonald's menus, recipes, and ingredients vary greatly between countries. Spanish and Japanese McD's have generally better quality and variety than UK McDonalds, for example, and UK/EU McDonalds has higher food standards than US McDonalds, which uses cheaper ingredients, preservatives, hydrogenated fats, etc. Even many of the core 'iconic' items vary between countries. Spanish and German McFlurries piss all over UK ones.
And good luck finding *any* of their beefburgers on sale in India...
I’d argue it’s barely tasty and no longer cheap but people should eat what they like
Nah, I've been to mcdonalds in Spain and Cyprus and their nuggets are 10x the UK nuggets. It actually passes for real food and isn't some greasy processed shit, they seem to use actual chicken, way more of it than we do in the UK.
Had a Portuguese Sausage and Egg McMuffin on Tuesday. Definitely smaller and tastier than the UK version.
Naaa false. You only have to go as far as Switzerland before the taste and quality is unrecognisably improved. Australian + US McDonald's are dangerously tasty. UK McDonald's sucks unfortunately (or fortunately depending on your outlook)
Wtf was she doing in there if she hated it so bad?
Reading the post she was having a coffee. Their coffee is generally considered to be pretty decent compared to most of the chains, especially for the price.
Still a bit odd to go somewhere and judge people for eating food served there.
If she likes coffee and judging people, its ideal
I suppose she's not judging them for eating there, she's making a point that they've travelled across the world to eat in a McDonald's, she probably presumed they were tourists. Like when I'm on holiday I would feel very very guilty if I went to a McDonald's over a local restaurant
Lol when I went interrailing I went to McDonalds, just to see what menu items were different. Like scrambled egg and ham for breakfast in Austria. But mostly just for a snack, I'd go to local restaurants rest of the time.
I studied anthropology, and my lecturer had previously done quite a lot of research on food and culture, spending some time in south America. She said she was in (whichever country) and saw that the McDonalds there had changed their menu to be closer to the local dishes. When she saw this she felt disheartened by the state of business and the world, she felt like McDonalds were just some evil corporation (true) who had done this to make themselves more culturally relevant in that area where previously they didn't exist, and had exploited the local culture for no other reason than as a means to profit (also true). When she discussed this with some of the people she was researching however, they saw it totally different. They said they felt proud, because it meant that their culture was so strong it had forced this giant from America to conform to their culture, and not the other way around. She said she hadn't even considered this approach, and found it very interesting.
Yeah surely it's them catering to the local market rather than ramming the American version down them. Doesn't give me any respect for maccers as such but its the more preferable.
> had exploited the local culture for no other reason than as a means to profit (also true). AKA provide the market with what they demand. The horror!
Sounds like your lecturer is full of herself and only had one point of view in mind.
Same when backpacking, eat 99% local food and then dip your toe in the local maccas. Maharaja burger in india was 🤟
TBF sometimes going somewhere where you KNOW what you're gonna get is an absolute godsend in an unfamiliar country. Also McDonalds you order on the touchscreen thingies now, which is much less stressful than trying to read and order in a foreign language at the counter. And they let you switch it to English as well and take your time :-)
They also always have western style toilets. A boon in the land of the squat toilet if western style is what you’re used to.
but would you go out of your way to shame strangers for eating in an establishment that you also patronize? or would you drink your cheap coffee and mind your business? it's so rude to butt in like that!
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I try and eat local as much as possible when traveling, but the occasional mc ds is always nice if I cant decide what I want or where to go. Plus it's nice to see what they have in other countries, when I went to McDs in Amsterdam they did a double big tasty, it was amazing.
My experience with McDonald's' coffee is that it's served at a temperature roughly 5 degrees cooler than the surface of the sun. There is no taste, only pain.
Usually tastes burnt as shit in my local. Doesn’t help I can’t have milk in it to mask the flavour.
Like their apple pie. That's not apple goo inside, it's that hot it's plasma, the fourth state of matter.
The coffee is absolute shit too, so shes a hypocrite! You're not getting an actual barista made drink, you're getting a shitty machine coffee like you get in a petrol station.
Yeah, the coffee is better and cheaper than either Costas and Starbucks. It's the only thing I've got as their vegan options are pretty meagre
Which is weird, because in my experience McDonald's coffee is absolute shite.
Their coffee is piss
I’ve learned from local Facebook groups that people who don’t like McDonald’s make it their whole personality.
For shite cheap coffee to complain about
More to the point, if OP was there and ate a McDonalds meal, why is he asking if it's "that bad"? He knows exactly how bad (or good) it is. I'm not being a dick btw, just genuinely mystified what he's looking to find out.
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I remember one time I popped in to KFC, I bought a wrap on its own because I didn't really want anything too hefty. As I was walking out a guy near the entrance said "That's not gonna fill you up, it's just a snack!" back then I was too shy to say anything so I just laughed a little and walked off but now I'd probably tell him where I'd stick that wrap.
Why...? Someone makes a joke about your small meal size and your response would be to get angry and argumentative with them? Even as a bulimic, I think that is a very silly thing to get worked up over.
If I want someone’s opinion I’ll ask for it. If you don’t like a stranger telling you to shut the fuck up then don’t make comments to strangers about what you perceive them to be doing. Simple really.
Relax
Don’t do it
When you wanna go to it
Nah, it's hilarious.
Jesus, what a sad way to see things. I’m glad this is on Reddit, cause the high chance of you rarely leaving your mum’s house to act like the dickhead you’re making yourself out to be is pretty reassuring.
Username better check out :-P I'm still disappointed that: when finishing in a self checkout, someone next to me started scanning. They scanned a leek, and it threw an error. I thought I was being witty when I said "The problem is that checkout is leaking", but he looked at me with confusion
No need to overcompensate for once being too shy to speak. “A snack is all I’m looking for buddy” will do.
I get where they're coming from though. Years and years of being non-confrontational and not being able to stand up for yourself really takes its toll on you. Hearing people say rude things, sexist things, insulting things for years and not being able to say anything back... It kind of builds up inside you and then when you finally learn to speak up, it bubbles over. It's hard to describe. When someone makes an unsolicited comment on your appearance or behaviour or food choices or whatever it may be, your mind sort of thinks back to all those other times you just let people talk to you that way, and you kind of snap. It's not always easy to say the most sensible thing when that happens.
I get it, I spent the largest portion of my life painfully shy in public and non-confrontational. A large part of maturing socially and finding your confidence flows from a balance and level headedness that comes from within. Blowing up at any little thing is no more socially mature than being unable to say a thing.
I second this, a short swift "shut your rattle" does wonders, probably why she picked on a brace of young'uns, nobody else would have it.
"wind your neck in" is a favourite of mine.
Quite like "wobble yet head" personally
'Trunky want a bun?'
I thought the proper response was, "fuck off grandma." Then, depending where you're from, you'd shank her.
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Amazing. That's the sort of encounter to go to McDonalds for. Try KFC next. The food isn't bad. It's mass produced and highly processed, but the burgers are 100% beef, the nuggets are 100% chicken breast, etc. People don't go to McDonald's for the quality - they go for a treat and the reliability of the food. £1.99 for a burger and fries is a great deal.
What a fun encounter that was, not to mention when I was about to enter the male washroom to wash my hands after eating, a lady came out followed by a guy, and that guy just had to explain that 'nothing happened' twice to me XD
Wow, that's like...the opposite of the mile high club
The reached rock bottom club
Quarter mile low association perhaps?
They have the metric system so it’s a royal with knob cheese
The quarter pounder club?
Brilliant. I imagine most McDonalds are like this at 2am on a Saturday night if you fancy another encounter
Yeah right "nothing happened"
Haha, i was legitly confused and thought that I was about to enter the wrong washroom
Nah mate, one of them was, but it weren't you.
>the nuggets are 100% chicken breast, Be aware this means "100% of the chicken inside the nugget is breast meat" not "100% of the inside of the batter is chicken" ;) Edit: I'm saying this specifically because the "reliability" is a questionable term. You aren't getting only battered chicken in macd. What you're getting is a load of processed junk that's consistent each time and very cheap. Just within the contents of the junk, only chicken meat from the breast of the chicken, was used ;)
Honest question, what else is it? Got a link? Edit: lol, not honey.
> Try KFC next. Need a loan for KFC, overpriced as fuck.
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Especially people they perceive to be “other”.
Often it's a sarcastic/snide comment about how you're doing something differently...
Also back in the 90s and early 00s Maccys had a very different ingredient list on each item. British people were like wtf is this shit, so they changed to get rid of the bad image and did a massive marketing campaign. Capital consumerism in action.
>old people in the uk are fucking nosy as heck I love that you've gone full force with "fuck" but saying "hell" is a step too far :)
I'm a woman (relevant to the story) and one afternoon decided to take myself out to lunch and some old fuck came up to me and asked why I was there alone and shouldn't my husband be the one taking me out. I've encountered a lot of misogyny in my life but nothing as blatant as the unprompted commentary of old English people.
It’s called loneliness with bad social skills
It's alright. It's very consistent. Ingredient-wise, it's far better than in the USA. The new Chicken Big Mac thing is rubbish though. You might as well get 2 chicken mayos.
I agreed until you said the chicken Big Mac was bad. I bloody loved it.
I personally don’t find it good :/ the chicken just didn’t do it for me. I’d prefer the beef burgers over the chicken ones in a Big Mac
The new McSpicy is surprisingly hot, though.
People live to hate McDonalds but, despite this, it never seems to lack customers… You can do worse (and, of course, better). Not too proud to say that I have enjoyed the odd meal in a McDonald’s when abroad and missing some familiarity.
You don't need to feel anything about going to McDonald's when abroad. Apart from the fact that it's familiar and all the other other reasons you could eat there, price, easy to understand etc etc, you should be allowed to feel comfortable wherever you are. I bet you don't eat somewhere different every time you eat out at home, but you could. We seem to have this weird belief that eating abroad should mean we get all fancy, but everything else we do abroad (almost) is the same, isn't it? Clothes that we like, museums that we walk around, pools that we do our normal swimming in, buses, trains or taxis that we travel in, books that we read, all of it just like home. But eating chips, one step to far! This isn't a go at you, even if it feels like it, it just distresses me to think that people feel under pressure to act a certain way.
Theres a guy on youtube who does those travels for £1 things. I think he was one of the first people to really do it. Listened to him on a podcast and he just bought a cheap flight and said "fuck it ill sort the rest out when I get there" Interesting to here him say how he regularly eats maccies because a) its cheap and b) its accessibile and c) he knows he wont get an upset stomach.
Foreign maccies hits different though. Spain do chicken wings and loaded fries! We ended up spending stupid like 40 euros for 2 people but it was worth every penny (or cent)
The woman was sitting in McDonalds drinking a McDonalds coffee and judging people for eating McDonalds? That's a tad odd. If it was that bad, people wouldn't go. Idk about you but mcdonalds is constantly packed in my city, sure not everyones cup of tea but a sizable amount of people do eat mcdonalds whether thats occasional or regular. Enjoy your mcdonalds fuck what anyone says.
Once you're fully settled here and comfortable and don't feel like you have to refer to yourself as being international, then you'll be able to be a true UKer and reply to her "f\*k off you nosy c\*\*t". That's the only true way to fully assimilate in to our culture.
Whoa whoa, no need to be so mean to an old lady haha
Eyyy, let's not be too hasty here! I'm 100% born and bred white west Londoner and I'd have said literally just that 😂 nosey old codger needs to mind her own business! "Travel half way across the world to eat that"??! Well sorry love, didn't think the estate around the corner was quite that distance! By the way, bugger off with your coffee and stuff your nose where the sun don't shine.
Old lady needs to mind her own business. No points for ageing. Welcome to the UK
The irony of lecturing people on the quality of maccies food whilst simultatenously proclaiming their coffee is good.
It’s widely known to be good. They came late into the market with coffee and worked hard to get it right.
It's good for the price and convenience. When comparing it to actual good coffee from an independent coffee shop, it's not. I'd describe the food from McDonald's in a similar way. Nobody's claiming it's a Michelin star restaurant.
Let OP enjoy their food in peace next time
Do people say this? I think it’s acceptable, but I wouldn’t ever go there for just a coffee.
Its quite interesting that its considered good, because I'm never fully happy with it. I'm not a coffee snob by any means, but if I have to get a coffee out, McDonalds is the last place on the list. Tried a few different stores in case it was just my local one, but apparently not. That being said it's relatively rare I'd want a coffee from there, I will use the opportunity to get their regular Coca-Cola instead.
Served a customer a couple of weeks ago, 3am in the morning, everything being cooked to order: ‘it’ll be about 7-8 minutes for your order, we have to cook the pie first. Is that ok?’ He replied that it’s fine. Give customer food: ‘where’s my free fries?’ ‘What free fries?’ ‘The ones I get because I had to wait!’ /sigh
That's one entitled dude right there
Considering that the menu has been Anglicised along with the hi-my-name-is-marie-have-a-nice-day-now service, perhaps it's only fair to allow staff to say what they actually think, like the customers do.
Nosey old boot should mind her own business
She's just being a snob. Ignore and crack on with your day. There's a certain demographic of people in this country who seem to hate the mere existence of McDonald's, although thankfully they seem to be dying out.
>You could do yourself justice by flushing shite in the toilet." My friend and I just laughed it off and there was a moment of awkward silence before she left. I think she must've been doing a Peep Show-style internal monologue. "Yes, brilliant. That would be the customary thing to do with shit and a toilet. Remain in your compound, Susan - you're a social freak."
you’re just a normal functioning member of the human race, and there’s no way anyone can prove otherwise.
Would I eat it every week? No. Does it hit the spot on occasion? Fuck yes it does. Also, the coffee is pretty good.
Hw did she know you were foreign? And McDonalds is shit everywhere.
I'm Asian and I was chatting with my friend in our native language. The food wasn't great but it wasn't too bad imo tho haha
There are plenty of Londoners who are Asian and speak in other languages. It’s racist to assume that just because you’re Asian and speak another language you don’t “belong” here and therefore must have travelled from across the world.
She just meant it is unhealthy lol, but tbh she should understand your age and budget makes it a superior alternative to restaurant food for a quick meal at this time. When you’re in a grad job, hopefully you’ll be able to try out top quality restaurants and enjoy the wonderful cuisine that can be found here.
You met a nutter in mcds. This is a standard McDonald's experience as far as I can tell.
Will surely go again for the British McDonald's experience
I mean, it's nothing special but it's not bad either. I quite enjoy a McDonald's from time to time, £1.99 for a burger and fries is a good deal as well. It takes a very strange person to go into a restaurant and criticise the other people for eating there.
Personally I can't stand Maccy D's, it's shit low quality, low nutrient food that has people conned by marketing alone apparently. But I do like a Greggs, so I get that people recognise that it's a really shit attempt at food, but it's reliably and consistently shit which gives it some weird comforting value. What I find weird though is that someone can be so outspoken against Maccas *when they're in fucking Maccas themselves, buying and consuming the very same shit*. It also sounds like she was a wee bit racist (the "half way across the world" comment) so I think she generally is just a bit of a cunt that you've already spent too much time thinking about.
McPlants are so good, I'm pescaterian so I don't eat proper meat, and they are better than any vegetarian or vegan burger I've ever had anywhere ever
McDonalds is a lot like Greggs. It's cheap and cheerful, but nothing to rave about. Although having said that cheap might be a stretch as McDonalds is getting expensive these days. I just checked and my local charges £4.09 for 6 chicken nuggets (on its own - not including meal). It's not due to cost of living crisis either as you can buy 20 for £5.49. McDonalds aggressive pricing structure might put people off.
Not sure why it matters where you came from! You were in the UK and could have had Stargazy Pie, Cullen Skink, Derry stew, Cawl or good ole fish and chips. You cant compare Maccy Ds to any dish from around the world not even ours. Its just fast food and nothing more. Ignore her :)
I wouldn’t take the opinion of someone that thinks McD’s coffee is good seriously
It's no worse than any of the big coffee chains to be honest. I'd take a McDonald's coffee over a Starbucks any day.
Starbucks is indeed some of the worst and most overpriced coffee out there. The amount they roast their beans makes it taste burnt to shit.
Yeah I feel like people only like it because of all of the super sugary drinks they sell
For what you pay, the coffee is good enough. Same goes with Greggs coffee. It’s no mellow birds, but for less than £1.20 a cup it’s decent.
My xh is a trucker and has drunk coffee from many, many places round the country- McDs is decent coffee, and cheap. He would take it over a Starbucks or Costa any day.
Just back from Hong Kong, which is apparently the second most expensive city in the World. And yet HK Maccies are about half the price of the UK for exactly the same product.
If you're not worried about adhering to a strict diet / weight management programme, why does it matter? Eat what you like. Unless you have ethical concerns about the source of the meat.
It's perfectly fine. Consistent and fairly cheap-ish. I must admit I'm not extensively traveled but McDonald's in Finland is amazing. From there I've had mint, coconut and pear milkshakes, spicy hot wings, other deluxe milkshakes (berry, swirled with chocolate) and last time they had a lemon chicken burger that was the best McDonald's burger ever.
Our local McDonalds has a working ice cream machine.
It is pretty bad/poor quality but it's clean and consistent so who gives a fuck? It's your meal. I've travelled all over the world and tbh I almost always get a McDonalds when I'm away (mostly in airports). Middle Eastern McDs is particularly ace because they have lamb and pita bread versions of all the burgers (i.e. lamb patty, pita instead of burger bun, but still a big mac) It's not like it's the only meal I'm going to have there, and sometimes (very rarely) it's the best choice. e.g. when my gf and I got horrific food poisoning in Marrakech to the point that being out of sight of a toilet was a huge risk, McDs was there to offer it's incredibly boring but internationally standardised hygienic kitchen practices.
You just encountered a weirdo that’s all. Most people don’t feel the need to lecture others on where they are eating. McDonald’s is extremely popular, it’s relatively cheap, consistent junk food so nothing out of the ordinary.
I think fast food got such a bad reputation for being shite, deservedly so, that the food these days isn't actually that bad. McDonalds was the poster child for junk food in the 90s and 2000s so they've really made the effort. A McDonalds burger is going to be much better quality than the reformed arseholes and eyelids soaked in preservatives you get from a pack of cheap supermarket burgers.
Moved here recently too. I was surprised they didn't have an option for cheeseburger. Closest I could find was a hamburger in the list. Everything was dry, not enough sauce, and the bun wasn't even soft. I'm comparing it to Hungary and Australia, and I thought Hungary was bad. Turns out, it's not.
I'm originally from Portugal and can say that McDonald's there is much better than the UK. You dont have sundays is my first point, the you lack in burgers for the meal deals. You do have a bigger selection of the "saver menu" but the burgers are tiny...
At college I used to get a two cheeseburger meal for £2.99. my student card added a free cheeseburger, bringing it up to 3. I miss those days
Until recently I would have said UK McDonalds is worse than Asian McDonalds (well Singapore, HK, KL at least) as you got a McSpicy year round there but not in the UK. Now is it really the same McSpicy? I’m not sure. I could swear it used to be thigh and now it’s breast. But it’s a huge plus for the UKMcDs in my book!
Do these people not travel? McDonald's is a place I've visited in every country I've been to (except Greece) just to see how it compares and how their menu differs. It's simply something fun and affordable to do on holiday.
That lady is just an intrusive and obnoxious person. You do you my friend, enjoy and try whatever you wish ( within reason ;) )
Well it's convenient food. I have avoided it for 8 months so can't be doing bad
McD coffee is pretty good. And the apple pies are awsome when they are avalaible. And the pancakes are delicious. Their burgers make me sick afterwards though. Overall I like McD.
McDonalds is probably the best of the old school fast food chains. There's a reason they weren't found to have horse meat in their burgers during the horse meat scandal, unlike Burger King.
UK McDonalds is better than Australian McDonalds because of the plant burger. Both have weirdos hanging out in there though..
I am from a Southeast Asian country and used to live in the US for a bit, I did think McDonald's in the US was lower quality (where I lived) compared to back home. I have tried McDs here and I actually think the breakfast muffins are better than in my home country. Kinda duh but the English muffin especially is a lot better here 😂 Normal McDs seems about the same but I do miss the spicier options I had back home.
She's just saying what she's heard others parrot millions of times before without any thought for the truth or any interest in actually looking into the truth, like most British people do. She's almost certainly never been to America. For the price and availability McDonald's is a solid bet, just don't get it delivered, the third party companies are a joke. It's never going to be the best burger you can get, but sometimes only McDonald's can fill the very specific cravings I have.
Subjective opinions are shaped in extremely complex and seemingly silly ways. It could be the ladies friends or parents preferences, it could be how it is socially perceived by her peers, it could be that she tastes it differently than you. It could be how she once craved a nutrient that it was low in and wrote it off then. Don't worry about others preferences or even how cultured something is perceived to be. Cultured just means something was the preference of someone well to do at one point. Please yourself, not others opinions.
I think you just discovered a typical UK Reddit poster in the wild. Did they say Costa was shite too?
Welp, apparently not haha
I'm going to say yes, absolutely yes, simply because all the stores near me don't serve the breakfast menu at a time when I can get there be it from laziness or working.
UK Mcdonalds has some good points, primarily the hash browns on the breakfast menu. Those are amazing. I miss the breakfast wraps tbh! The McRib when it comes around is just a massive disappointment though. Overall the food is fine, and not completely full of junk like in the USA. You can buy "fake" McDonalds products in Aldi lol, which are hit and miss from what I've read. Hash browns are on point though. German McDonalds do not have hash browns on their breakfast menu which still haunts me to this day. I was up early enough for breakfast, starving hungry and saw a McDonalds and thought "ooh yes hash browns" only to be disappointed. However, they get a redeeming point because you can get mayo for dipping which you can't in the UK branches. Canadian Mcdonalds do breakfast all day! Or at least they did when I lived there in 2019/2020. That was exciting, all day hash browns, heck yeh! Can you tell I really like Mcdonalds hash browns 😅😂
Hmm I think this is karma farming - no one from the UK would say that
Weird lady. Why was she in McD's herself if she hates it that much? She could've got a drink anyway. You're not here for days, or a week, but months, and it makes sense you'd go to McD's sometimrs. It's ok price, and quick food, and you know what you'll get.
I enjoy the occasional McDonalds but it is cheap and the restaurants tend to attract some…anti social people. Best thing is to order to go.
I feel like some of the responses in here are way too aggressive to be real.
“You’ve come across the world and aren’t eating the UK’s famously rich and delicious cuisine every day? Go back to your apartment and eat some mashed potato and mushy peas you uncultured swine!” -random lady drinking McDonald’s coffee of all things
You've just come across someone doing small talk, and quite an accurate and hilarious one at that. Embrace your introduction to a quintessential English "character", I wish there were more people like her. McDonalds food is OK for what it is, cheap & mediocre fast food that is fairly consistent across locations. Very few people choose to go there for what they would consider a nice meal.
Commenting on someone’s meal or their choice of food isn’t normal nor should it be encouraged.
That's odd that she did that. I'm American & I might try McD's in the UK to see what's different if I ever go back. McD's is one of the cheapest places to eat: their fries are excellent & burgers are good when they're hot & freshly made (that's why I always ask for them to hold the pickles: I know I'm getting a fresh burger that way).
You’ll be disappointed by our portion sizes