You are on
vacation in Indonesia and you see the well-known golden arches. “Mm mm, the
sweet taste of home.” All fired up for a number one (Big Mac) with a large
order of fries and sweet tea, you find that your well known number one has been
replaced with Burbur Ayam (chicken porridge). McDonald’s has more than 35,000
restaurants in more than 119 countries, and it is also the largest fast food
chain in the world. Hence, they have had to revise their well-known menu to win
the hearts of many other countries. For example, when my family and I went Costa
Rica, we noticed that they gave my brother pineapples instead of our accustomed
apples with our happy meals. We thought, maybe they made a mistake and gave him
apples instead, or they might have run out of apples. But then I remembered
that apples are not grown in Costa Rica- pineapples are. Upon my research, I also
found that instead of fries you can get Empanadas in Chile, or Gazpacho, a
tomato vegetable soup, in Spain. You don’t even have to travel far to find such
food choices. When I used to live in Miami, my mom would order plantains as a
side in McDonald’s. However, many restaurants have diffused around the world,
and have had to reinvent their menu to match local cuisine. KFC is one of them.
There, you can order Gallopinto (black beans and rice) along with a leg of
not-so-greasy fried chicken. I’m actually kind of jealous that we don’t have
these foods in our local McDonald's or other fast food restaurants, because most
of them look really good and tasty.
Works Cited
"McDonald's Food You
Can't Get Here." Chicagotribune.com. Web. 16 Nov. 2014. <http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-mcdonalds-food-around-the-world- photogallery.html>.
McDonalds in other countries cooked a different way does not surprise me! American have their own way of eating, which is not accepted by foreigners. I have recently learned that every McDonalds in any country will sell different foods, but I did not know that there were any differences. Instead of fries you can get Empanadas in Chile, or Gazpacho in Spain? I could never substitute anything for fries, they are the best side one could ever have. Miami's McDonalds surprised me. I never knew that they will sell plantains for a side meal. I really want to go travel the world just to try each and every foreign McDonalds there are!
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