What obsession does your country's/region's fast food have?
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I live in Hong Kong and it feels like most American fast food here involves oil and deep fried food. Then I remembered at one point HK local fast food were full of MSGs.
It led me to this question. What is your local fast food obsessed with? It can be an ingredient, spice, sauce, cooking method, etc.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Fries and snacks slothered in mayonnaise and other sauces, like curry, ketchup and peanut sauce.
We have names for sauce combinations:
Fries and ... : means fries and mayo, witch is so common it needs not saying the word.
Mayo, curry/ketchup and diced raw onion: fries special.
Mayo, peanut sauce and diced raw onion: war fries.
Fries with doner kebab, salad, garlic sauce +chilly sauce, topped with grilled cheese: fries barber parlor (because the guy that came up with it worked at a barber shop)
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Germany: Döner Kebap ist still the most common fast food.
And I will love them until the day I die!
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I live in Hong Kong and it feels like most American fast food here involves oil and deep fried food. Then I remembered at one point HK local fast food were full of MSGs.
It led me to this question. What is your local fast food obsessed with? It can be an ingredient, spice, sauce, cooking method, etc.
Curry. Most chip shops will give you the option of chippy curry sauce or Chinese curry sauce. Some of them even do Irish curry sauce. So many Indian takeaway shops in my area and a lot of the non Indian takeaway shops are owned by Indian families. love curry so it's like I'm in heaven lol
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I live in Hong Kong and it feels like most American fast food here involves oil and deep fried food. Then I remembered at one point HK local fast food were full of MSGs.
It led me to this question. What is your local fast food obsessed with? It can be an ingredient, spice, sauce, cooking method, etc.
In Canada, our fast food obsession is making fast food as expensive as sit-down restaurants.
But it's still cheaper because you aren't expected to tip.
But the people at fast food restaurants and at sit-down restaurants are paid the same amount hourly, so it doesn't really make sense. But we tip like Americans because culture and habit are hard to change.
But the fast food payment terminal still "gives you the opportunity" to tip
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Curry. Most chip shops will give you the option of chippy curry sauce or Chinese curry sauce. Some of them even do Irish curry sauce. So many Indian takeaway shops in my area and a lot of the non Indian takeaway shops are owned by Indian families. love curry so it's like I'm in heaven lol
It's funny, when someone mentiones curry, the uk is the first place i think about.
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It's funny, when someone mentiones curry, the uk is the first place i think about.
Personally indian or japanese places
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Germany: Döner Kebap ist still the most common fast food.
Sadly...Too much Döner joints per km^2
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In Canada, our fast food obsession is making fast food as expensive as sit-down restaurants.
But it's still cheaper because you aren't expected to tip.
But the people at fast food restaurants and at sit-down restaurants are paid the same amount hourly, so it doesn't really make sense. But we tip like Americans because culture and habit are hard to change.
But the fast food payment terminal still "gives you the opportunity" to tip
Fast food isn't really cheaper in HK either. Tipping culture is non-existent here so that doesn't cause a difference.
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I live in Hong Kong and it feels like most American fast food here involves oil and deep fried food. Then I remembered at one point HK local fast food were full of MSGs.
It led me to this question. What is your local fast food obsessed with? It can be an ingredient, spice, sauce, cooking method, etc.
How can fast food have an obsession?
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I live in Hong Kong and it feels like most American fast food here involves oil and deep fried food. Then I remembered at one point HK local fast food were full of MSGs.
It led me to this question. What is your local fast food obsessed with? It can be an ingredient, spice, sauce, cooking method, etc.
swedish burger chains put jalapeños and avocado on everything.
also there's the pizza salad thing
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How can fast food have an obsession?
well think of it as trends and it may make more sense. Around me there's a time of year where half the local fast food restaurants are pushing sweet potato fries or onion rings made from local onions that are in season. Most of the 'obsessions'/trends seem to tie in to seasonal food that's discounted.
I recall when tiny burgers were an obsession in the 90's though; burger king had the BK Buddies and suddenly every fast food joint started serving a slider. There was a big salad push in the 2000's.
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I live in Hong Kong and it feels like most American fast food here involves oil and deep fried food. Then I remembered at one point HK local fast food were full of MSGs.
It led me to this question. What is your local fast food obsessed with? It can be an ingredient, spice, sauce, cooking method, etc.
Chicago restaurant scene is obsessed with Nashville Hot Chicken right now and it's frankly embarrassing
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In Lebanon, it's getting extra garlic (toum) on your chicken shawarma.
oh hell yes.
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I live in Hong Kong and it feels like most American fast food here involves oil and deep fried food. Then I remembered at one point HK local fast food were full of MSGs.
It led me to this question. What is your local fast food obsessed with? It can be an ingredient, spice, sauce, cooking method, etc.
Würstchen in a bun.
Germany, of course.
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Fast food isn't really cheaper in HK either. Tipping culture is non-existent here so that doesn't cause a difference.
Our fast food isn't really fast, either. I'm not sure what the appeal is aside from known consistency, I guess.
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I live in Hong Kong and it feels like most American fast food here involves oil and deep fried food. Then I remembered at one point HK local fast food were full of MSGs.
It led me to this question. What is your local fast food obsessed with? It can be an ingredient, spice, sauce, cooking method, etc.
Cheese Curds
Yeah, I live in Wisconsin, who'd guess.
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MSG was so prevalent until people said it was bad. One of our local fast food chain restaurants still has a "No MSG" poster in some of their branches.
MSG is just a kind of salt. It's absolutely fine and one guy basically said "I always get a headache after eating Chinese food, it must be those darn Chinese people's fault" and created a completely bullshit study out of nowhere and the health food nuts jumped on it and now here we are and even in China MSG has become a dirty word.
https://rightasrain.uwmedicine.org/body/food/msg-isnt-unhealthy
https://www.foodrepublic.com/1429861/msg-food-safety-myth-origin-racism/
tldr: food tastes better with a little MSG and there's no link between it and any known health issue.
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I live in Hong Kong and it feels like most American fast food here involves oil and deep fried food. Then I remembered at one point HK local fast food were full of MSGs.
It led me to this question. What is your local fast food obsessed with? It can be an ingredient, spice, sauce, cooking method, etc.
Not exactly fast food but Japan's version of Chinese food is to dump this starchy sauce on everything on the plate.
