So I just ate at McDonalds

[OzzyKP]

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.

[Brundlefly]

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..

[child of Thor]

I had my first fast-food at the tender age of 22. I haven't had any since.

[Hot Mustard]

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.

[Giancarlo]

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.

[Brundlefly]

There are few Jack in the Box on East Coast, but they are not popular because their food is trash.

[Giancarlo]

Their food is not trash here in Cali...

[Kontiki]

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.

[Dis]

jack in the box is so-so

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

[DaShi]

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 '?'

[DaShi]

or shady eyes. . .what a useless smilie!

[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
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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

[Starchild]

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?

[Dis]

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
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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

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.

[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.