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[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 107 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Joke probably worked better 10 years ago when McDonald's wasn't priced like gourmet dining.

[–] aiden@lemm.ee 14 points 5 months ago

That's what I was thinking reading this

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 53 points 5 months ago (3 children)

If you go to a foreign country and think every local restaurant is overpriced then the problem may actually be you.

[–] v_krishna@lemmy.ml 18 points 5 months ago (2 children)

One of the best parts of living in the SF bay area is literally anywhere you go isn't particularly expensive per what you are used to. My wife and I went out to a particularly fancy restaurant on Santorini and the bill was less than we've often paid in Berkeley.

[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

I'm in SF right now recovering from medical stuff. Food prices here shocked me how relatively cheap it is compared to where I live in Seattle. Had Yamo the other day, best fried rice I've had since visiting Taiwan, only $30 to feed three people. That meal would have been like $60-80 in Seattle

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[–] lud@lemm.ee 11 points 5 months ago

That entirely depends on where you live and where you go.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (4 children)

"Wanting affordable meals? How dare I!"

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[–] Captain_Baka@feddit.de 40 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well, here where I live, McDonalds IS the weird overpriced restaurant.

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 12 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Judging by your instance that's wishful thinking... Not saying maccas isnt garbage but it certainly isnt exotic or unusual here in Germany. I give you the overpriced part though, they went right along with the covid greed pricing.

[–] Captain_Baka@feddit.de 17 points 5 months ago

I didn't mean weird in sense of exotic, more weird as in the atmosphere in there is kinda weird. To be fair, Burger King has a kind of similar weird atmosphere.

But yeah, it is expensive af. It was even before Covid.

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[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I knew they call McDonald's "Maccas" in Australia, but I didn't know they did so in Germany too.

[–] Captain_Baka@feddit.de 4 points 5 months ago

Actually we call it Mecces, Mäckie or McDoof (like McDumb).

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yeah i translated it for the monolingually handicapped (see the other commenter)

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 27 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Is not McDonald weird overpriced restaurant?

[–] doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The overpriced part is a (relatively) recent development, but point taken

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I feel like charging for the garbage McDonald's produced even before the price gouging was overpriced.

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

McDonalds is a real estate company not a burger joint. Their burgers are good enough only to maintain the value of the brand and the land

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[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'd go to the local places and mcdonalds. I want to know what they taste like in a country with actual food standards.

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Survey says: the same.

McDonalds tastes the same everywhere. Which is why it's the go to home food for people who travel.

Just like Panda Garden is for Asian people at airports lol. It's American food that's close enough to what they'd actually prefer.

[–] JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yes McDonald's tastes the same but the menu can change wildly, with a definite sway towards local tastes for menu item variations.

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Oh absolutely. McDonalds and most other conventional American fast food joints can have crazy menus in some countries.

Japanese KFC and McDonalds look particularly fun.

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

My day is ruined.

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[–] yamanii@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago

McDonald's here is charging the price of a local gourmet hamburguer for their trash, it's insane.

[–] fernandu00@lemmy.ml 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Maybe anon is from a country with a shitty currency and the only affordable food he found is McDonald's garbage.

[–] Aux@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Or maybe anon is not used to fine dining at 3* Michelin restaurants.

[–] efstajas@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Right because local restaurants are all fine dining

[–] Aux@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Why would you eat anything else on your holidays? You can eat comfy food at home all year long in your local restaurants.

[–] loutr@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago

Because comfy, everyday food is different from one country to another?

[–] efstajas@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Totally agree in some way, I also try to eat the best food I can when I'm visiting a place, but price is definitely a factor here. You can find fucking amazing food in many places for very cheap.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We must travel differently and with a different sort of budget

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[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago

I've done this. When traveling for a 3 week study abroad in college I got tired of the local food eventually and got burger king one night, dominos pizza another night. Some of my peers got American food every night though, I held out as long as I could

[–] Renacles@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago

Local foods are part of the trip if you ask me.

[–] Hello_there@fedia.io 13 points 5 months ago

Go to a grocery store. There's more interesting and authentic stuff there anyway. And you're guaranteed not to pay a tourist tax.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I often get restaurant fatigue when on holiday.

It's not the food or the price, it's just that I don't want to waste my holiday in these hour long waiting rituals that a typical restaurant experience is.

[–] migo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Restaurant fatigue is a thing for sure. I think most people who are experienced travellers know this. That's where grocery stores and supermarkets help but also global fast food chains. You know what you're going to get and you'll get it fast.

[–] fuzzzerd@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago

I don't know about McDonald's abroad, as I've never had it out of country, but here state side McDonald's isn't even fast anymore. It used to be fast, cheap, and acceptable, but they've given up fast and cheap and it's really only acceptable now.

Still faster than most sit down restaurants, but nowhere near what it was in terms of speed ten years ago.

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

One argument I read about eating popular fastfood when traveling is that for people who might not have iron stomachs to eat unfamiliar food in foreign places, getting fastfood at mcdonalds for example allows a reasonable expectation of standard food quality and hygiene. That and since it’s familiar food, the risk of getting an upset stomach is lower.

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[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

aah going to a conference in Switzerland as a PhD student, wish I could afford a McDonalds. It was mostly migros bread, cheese and pasta

[–] Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

When I was visiting Scotland one of the first things I did was go to McDonald's, and I gotta say, it's orders of magnitudes better than in the US

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[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I don't know the movie, but it depends on the country. I mean I wouldn't eat British "cuisine" if I could help it.

[–] shottymcb@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Through the wonder of colonialism the British do have good food. Just not their own.

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[–] M500@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 months ago

I did extensive traveling in 2018. I would be in a different country for a week or 2 at a time.

I would check out McDonald’s once per country just to see or try unique things on their menu.

There are so many meals to eat each day, so a single McDonald’s meal is no big deal.

[–] neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 5 months ago

The context kind of makes sense here. The image is from The Killer, about a supposed top-tier hit man who gets in over his head. But it turns out he’s a huge try-hard who kinda sucks at getting the job done and makes noob mistakes at every turn. Trying to blend in on a European street with a bag of McDonald’s breakfast on a park bench is perfect.

[–] Hikermick@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I did this exact thing when visiting Europe on a $50 a day budget (early 90's). I'm admittedly a coward when it comes to trying new foods and didn't want to pay for something I didn't like. Rarely do I eat McDonald's here in the US

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 5 months ago (3 children)

When I visit places, tasting the food is a big part of the interesting experience to me.

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[–] festnt@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago

i know its not brazil cause the cheapest mcdonalds burger is already wat too expansive

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