So I just ate at McDonalds

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

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.

[Geronimo]

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.

[Locutus]

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.

[Geronimo]

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?

[alva]

Not really. There's quite a few Mexican restaurants though.

[Geronimo]

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

[Locutus]

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.

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.

[mrmitchell]

Taco Bell is definitely good fast food. Cheaper than almost anywhere, and better than the largest chains (McDonald's, Burger King, etc.)

[Commy]

I would agree to that, except numerous internationals here might think that's a mexican phone company...

[Atahualpa]

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.

[mrmitchell]

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.

[Giancarlo]

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.

[General Ludd]

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).

[Dis]

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.

[Fake Boris]

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.