Adrianna Tan
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).
Adrianna Tan
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
Adrianna Tan
@sipi_xo any time! It’s near union square
B.
@skinnylatte we should go next time!
mariababy
@skinnylatte McDonald's is now being boycotted #Palestine
Adrianna Tan
@mariababy I am aware. I’m not advocating for people to eat there, I’m pointing out Americans food quality and classism.
IronCladLou
@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!
thepoliticalcat
@skinnylatte There's certain things I just won't eat, and McDonalds', unfortunately, is one of those things. It's not a prejudice against fast food. I survived on KFC for a couple of very overweight years. My instincts tell me my body would react very badly to McD. (I mean, it reacts pretty badly to fried food, in general, but I'm willing to suffer a bit for my fried chicken.)
Adrianna Tan
@thepoliticalcat McDonald’s Malaysia’s ayam goreng is as good as a lot of southern fried chicken
Adrianna Tan
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’
Adrianna Tan
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
Rachel Rawlings
@skinnylatte The only chicken chains I'll go to in the US are Popeyes and Crown, but we do have one Jolibee in northeast Philly that's worth an occasional pilgrimage. (TBH though, I mostly crave the peach mango pies.)
Adrianna Tan
@LinuxAndYarn I like Popeyes and Krispy Krunchy! Not top quality chicken but for fast food and tasty it does well
Adrianna Tan
@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
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Asta [AMP]
@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.
Asta [AMP]
@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).
Adrianna Tan
@rmq I looked into this recently. ‘Heirloom chicken’ is 5x more expensive in the U.S., but it’s just.. normal chicken elsewhere
Ryan Quinn
@skinnylatte #1 reason I generally don’t eat chicken at restaurants: It’s all white meat.
Dark meat is much juicier and more flavorful. 😋
I can’t do anything about the chicken quality, but I wouldn’t know what good chicken is anyway. 🤷🏽♂️
Rachel Rawlings
@skinnylatte All the Krispy Krunchy outlets around here are in gas stations so, between that and my innate distrust of any place that uses alliterative K's, I've never tried it.
Adrianna Tan
@LinuxAndYarn consistently better than Popeyes for me
Ben Toh
@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.
Adrianna Tan
@bentoh whatttttttt we don’t have that :/
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