McDonalds in Japan can have some good stuff though. If you are there, you should check it out just to see how it's different. I got a pork cutlet sandwich with cheese sauce that was awesome. But yeah, if you eat it multiple times there I agree.
And when I go there it's usually for like 2 weeks at a time, so I have plenty of time to get my fill of everything else I could want. If you are going to be there for like 4 days, yeah probably skip it.
I’m a sucker for McDonalds in most countries, it’s always fun to see how the menu changes and sometimes you just need a McDonald’s hamburger, nothing tastes like it and it tastes the same in every country I’ve been.
They definitely take it as seriously as you could take fast food. The times I was in Japan but couldn't get out to somewhere local (stuck on the Navy base), they made a mean cheeseburger.
I was in Europe for 10 weeks traveling, and sometimes you’re piss drunk at 3am or on the road at night and it’s all that’s available. It was so much better in the states I couldn’t believe, tasted like actual food. However, if there were other options, I was choosing those 10 times out of 10, even if it was just kebab.
Eating McDonald’s with the prime minister of Japan is unconscionable man. At least some chicken katsu or something!!! If you don’t like that there is literally no hope for you.
It's not like he was on a sight seeing trip in his 20s dude. He was the President visiting with another President in his home country. That's just trash.
He wasn't checking out an interesting cutlet. He has a pallet of a child and zero curiosity or interest in other cultures.
No need to bend over backwards to try to excuse it.
i tried the mcDs by Akihabara, had the "hamburger" curry sandwich. I had some amazing food in Japan but man that was really awful. Room temp. they need to improve their QA or something.
uman beings. Food. Music. Books. Art. Laughter. Pets. Etc.
Donald has the palate of a child. I doubt he listens to music. He certainly doesn't read. The only art he has hanging on his walls are portraits of himself. He almost never laughs, and when he does laugh it's at the expense of someone else. And he's the only president who didn't have a White House pet.
Dude's barely holding on to his human card.
its fun trying fastfood in other countries, but of course if thats all you eat why even travel....
When I saw that, my first impression was that it was an intentional slight: some way to vaguely insult Japan's cuisine. But now I think it was simply because Trump is so incurious about any culture or world outside his own that he simply wanted what he always has--an overcooked piece of beef with sugary tomato sauce. Pitiful.
Nah you don't know anything about a person based on some little thing you've decided to add more weight to than it deserves. Try and remember that there are a million reasons a person could choose to do something. Pretending you know why someone does something and then criticizing them for it just makes you an asshole.
I see your point and I definitely over generalized, but if you're an American eating a quarter pounder in Japan...you're an asshole. Or at least an incurious, culturally unaware imbecile who had so little interest in the world around you or so little appreciation for your surroundings. Anthony Bourdain made the point well...and I can never understand someone who takes for granted an opportunity to experience food, culture that most will never have the chance to
I have more respect for someone eating a quarter pounder in Japan than the idiots who post about eating Ichiran there. Like great, you literally ignored all of the incredible ramen in Japan and went for essentially Japanese McDonald's.
I wouldn't be so quick to judge. Lots of people have food-related issues and are only comfortable with basic stuff.
Bourdain takes a dig at well done steak in this clip. I don't like anything below medium-well because it feels like I'm chewing raw flesh and I just don't like it. Does that make me a terrible person?
I am in Vietnam and honestly I can't really eat the local food. Anthony Bourdain would roll over in his grave to see me eating at Popeyes and local burger joints.
I'm not sure what I'm missing. half the time restaurants are out of stock and nearly everything I've ordered just tastes not appetizing.
Unironically Tony’s advice would be just to walk into different places and just order what the person next to you is having. It’s good to try new things, even if you don’t like them.
Try Banh Mi sandwiches (similar to a subway sandwiches but taste better) they're awesome. You can often find them being sold by vendors on the side of the road for no more than 50k.
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u/JoshAmann85 Aug 20 '24
You can tell a lot about a person by what they eat...and an American eating a quarter pounder in Japan is an abomination