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The McDonald’s in US is so bad, the vegan clone of McDonald’s (Mr Charlie’s) tastes more like the McDonald’s I know (and I’m not vegan).
McDonald’s in Malaysia and Thailand and Indonesia are superb (they have to compete with amazing street food, and they do. They also provide free WiFi and a safe third space for young people).
Most people from SE Asia will fight you if you diss McDonald’s. The classism of fast food bias is wholly a N American (and maybe Anglo world) thing. (A family member used to work at a McDonald’s in France, and contrary to the popular view, it is exceedingly popular).
Maybe also consider that putting food into ‘good’ and ‘bad’ is a puritan concept
Two weeks ago I did a talk for Singapore students at UCLA and one of the other presenters had a slide that said ‘I really really miss McSpicy’
The main objection most of us have to a lot of chicken sandwiches in America is you all like white meat way too much, and also the chicken quality is bad
@skinnylatte people talk mad shit about hamburgers but I don't think there is anywhere in the world where people aren't eating them
@skinnylatte McDonald's is now being boycotted #Palestine
@mariababy I am aware. I’m not advocating for people to eat there, I’m pointing out Americans food quality and classism.
@skinnylatte yes! years ago, some German guys I was hanging out with in Switzerland insisted we go eat at McD. I tried to protest politely, but didn’t want to offend.
I was floored at how amazingly good the food was. Nothing like McD in the US!
@skinnylatte the burgers in Paris MacDs were great. French mustard!
@skinnylatte I don't really love McDonald's. I mean it's not bad, but there are many more appetizing alternatives here. McDonald's in the US must be really awful 
@gombang in Indonesia or Malaysia it’s like a ‘if I want fast food it hits the spot’ kind of thing. In the U.S. it is like ‘wtf is this’
@gombang I don’t ever meet my fast food cravings, I just feel ugh
@skinnylatte@hachyderm.io I mostly eat vegetarian but like
I cannot stand the way chicken is cooked here. I just don't get it. The dominant assumption is that people like bland, moist, white meat. I would literally roast the chicken way longer than most people just to make sure some sort of flavor existed in the chicken. I don't want chicken that is basically steamed and I really don't get the appeal.
I did try the chicken when I went to Germany and it was very, very different there (it had flavor) and I don't even know if Germany has like, good chicken or anything.
@skinnylatte@hachyderm.io (I should qualify this with... this seems to be the assumption for white families and people raised in white communities, which is unfortunately the type of family I'm most familiar with. Maybe this just all comes down to white supremacy having awful taste, as per usual).
@skinnylatte@hachyderm.io On a related note whenever someone says, "spices make it so you can't taste the flavor of the dish, I just want to taste the {meat/vegetable/etc}" I have to fight an urge to stab them. Especially because that type of comment aaaaaalways comes up in conversation about, say... "ethnic" food.
@skinnylatte@hachyderm.io stab them with a spoon coated in cayenne, I probably should not add.
@aud the chicken situation in the U.S. is far worse than many places, what is known as ‘heirloom chicken’ in the U.S. (5x more expensive) is just normal chicken in most countries
I think there’s a fear of fat and flavor thing from the 90s that hasn’t quite gone away. Immigrants always like it when we come here and realize the dark meat is cheaper
@skinnylatte@hachyderm.io yeah, even as a kid I only wanted the dark meat. Left to my own devices I would typically eat the dark meat then just use the white meat as stock filler with the bones (I know in theory it's probably better to use the dark meat? maybe? for that but that's the stuff I want to eat 
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I really don't think the impact that the sugar industry and its fat-negative campaign had on US public health and body image can be overstated.
@skinnylatte my people, they have a great fear of anything spicier than an unsalted chicken breast boiled for 45 minutes @aud
@skinnylatte The McSpicy Double was a favourite while hanging out at Jelita playing Magic and studying (perhaps more of the former than the latter… cough!)
@skinnylatte PARDON, I meant Serene Centre! Jelita was for sitting down at Pizza Hut :’)
@skinnylatte Few months ago, Global Menu McDonald's here in Chicago served McSpicy (Hong Kong version). Not quite the McSpicy Deluxe you get in Singapore but close enough and way better than the Spicy chicken sandwich in the regular menu.
@bentoh whatttttttt we don’t have that :/
@skinnylatte ah yeah, perks of having the HQ here 
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Having lived in various areas of the US in my life, I would rather die than eat at McDogfoods
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My experience in the US is limited, but it was not very good in LA (2007). In New York though (2014), it was really good (both breakfast menu). Always remembered it as one of my best mcmuffins ever.
And I agree, mcdonalds in singapore is pretty good but also depends on location. The branch at Jem is one I visit several times a month is consistently poorer quality than others I regularly eat at (again breakfast menu only, I find mcdonalds lunch menu not worth the money).
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The 24h McDs in Hong Kong have become an important part of the infrastructure for people who are down in luck with their lives.
@skinnylatte There were time when I'm in SEA that I would say "It's end of the week, let's celebrate by going to McD"
@skinnylatte prosperity burger season just about to start right now. But I'm still boycotting so I get my saucy burger fix elsewhere anyway (Ramly!!!!)