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March 15, 2006


McWorld

egypt28.jpgEvery American has said one of the following at some point:

‘In India , they must eat a lot of different veggie burgers, because, get this, they don’t eat cow!’
‘Hey, I hear the ones In Israel are Kosher’
‘Did you know they have wine at the ones in France! Wine!’

It’s important to say those lines as though this was the most outrageous thing to ever happen to food, for the different items served at McDonalds in other parts of the world is the stuff of rumor and legend

Perhaps it’s because McDonalds is such an American institution. The idea of an alternate menu is like Halloween-themed breakfast cereal. Cute, maybe even collectable, but ultimately viewed with amused condescension. Heh, those crazy French guys sure do like their wine.

Anyway, enough philosophy. Here is the definitive list of what those insanely crazy eaters in other countries would prefer with their fries:

What Where
'Beefburgers' (instead of using the word 'hamburgers') Islamic countries
Lamb burgers India
No Cheeseburgers Israel
Kosher burgers Israel again, also Argentina and Brazil
Potato flour buns Israel again
Veggie Burgers Western Europe
Inka cola Peru
Poutine Canada
Shogun burgers (pork with cabbage) Hong Kong
Spicy McChicken Pakistan
McChutney Burger Pakistan
McKofta Pakistan
Mango milkshake Also Pakistan
Samurai Pork Burger Thailand
McAvocado Chile
EBI O-Fillet Japan
Shanghai Spice Chicken Korea
Bulgoki burgers Korea
McOz (burger and beetroot) Australia
Lean Beef Burger Australia
McLobster Canada and northern US
McKroket (deep fried potato and beef) The Neathelands
Greek Mac Greece, Spain, Czeck Republic, and Portugal
Baked rice burger Taiwan, China, and Singapore
Chilled Gazpacho Spain
McRice Malaysia
McSoup Malaysia too
McArabia (like a folded chicken sandwich) Singapore
McSpaghetti. Philipines
Burger McDo (a burger with banana ketchup) Philipines
McShawarma More Israel
Whole rotisserie chickens Costa Rica
McPork All countries with a history of Mad Cow.
Posted by zaf at March 15, 2006 12:13 AM

 

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If McDonalds was more like the one in India (tons of good vegetarian options, with green aprons seperating the meat handlers from the non-meat handlers) I think I might actually eat at McDonalds.

Posted by: travis at March 15, 2006 2:15 AM

I totally want a McAvocado now.

Posted by: seeking irony at March 15, 2006 11:43 AM

The McDonalds restaurants in Hawaii serve Teriyaki Chicken sandwiches. For Breakfast you can get white rice and spam instaed of the usual hashbrowns and sausage.

Posted by: Dana at March 15, 2006 11:46 AM

Apparently there's some place that serves spiral pasta for breakfast, and another that serves local rolls during thier 'roll festival'. I couldnt find cute names for those tho.

Posted by: zaf at March 15, 2006 1:37 PM

And you forgot to mention that Germany still has McRibs and you can get them for breakfast. While I was living there, I must have averaged 4 McRibs per week, and 2 of those per week were eaten before 9am.

Posted by: chunae at March 15, 2006 1:41 PM

I think it's hilarious that in France a Big Mac is called a Royale .. with cheese. Not "fromage" mind you, but cheese. Priceless.

Posted by: Victoria at March 17, 2006 10:01 AM

I wanna know how anyone ever copyrighted McRice, which apparently is a pile of rice in a bowl.

Posted by: zaf at March 17, 2006 10:57 AM

The Burger McDo is different in two ways: they use banana ketchup and it's made of both ground beef and ground pork.

Posted by: dcnewbie at March 17, 2006 12:29 PM

When I was in the UK, the McDonalds were all serving and heavily promoting Chicken Tikka Masala Wraps. Not sure if it caught on as a regular menu item, though . . .

Also, it's "Inca Kola," not "Inka Cola."

Posted by: Nate at March 17, 2006 3:41 PM

Hey, don’t look at me, mate, everywhere online resolutely spells it with a K, despite the bottles definitely stating Inca...maybe everyone's just dyslexic? Incidentally, this bastion of local sickly sweetness was just bought by Coke.

Posted by: zaf at March 20, 2006 1:59 AM

 

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