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Originally Posted by sabang  Funny how things work- this thread made me think of how long it's been since I had a Mcdonalds, even though it's being compared to cropophilia- so I went to the one in Sukhumvit Rd Pattaya, next to the Siam World theme park last night.
I had the 'double cheeseburger' value meal, with orange juice instead of Coke for an extra 11bht.
Double cheeseburger- unfortunately it turns out they don't have the quarter pounder in Thailand (damn) so this substituted. It was fine- same standard as I would expect in Oz or anywhere else. Not to be confused with health food, but I quite enjoyed it. Nice and hot too, and the bun browned on the inside. This was not microwaved.
Fries- fine too, decently hot (luck of the draw maybe, they can be luke warm or even cold). Cooked as you'd expect shoestring fries to be (I prefer chips though), and salted.
OJ- absolute shite, disgustingly sweet. To their credit though, the lady manageress (who speaks good English) had told me it was 40% orange juice. The half or so that i finished probably had more sugar in it than I normally pollute my body with in a week. Next time I'll have water, or coffee. I don't think this shite should be allowed to be sold as OJ- orange cordial or something, OK.
All up, 120 bht. Quite expensive compared to what you could get from smaller vendors, particularly Thai food. I think McD's in HK is no more expensive than here in Thailand- an anomaly given local prices, maybe a bit of a rip off locally speaking- but as they say it's what the market will bear. |
This McDonald's was one of the exceptions I mentioned in my post that I ate at and felt it wasn't microwaved. However in restaurants in the States they will throw away old burgers rather than micro them and here they actually micro them for cooking in most instances..
Something else that has to be considered here is that they package certain items for the market, I.E. drinks. The juice for example is tailored towards the Thai market which is as sweet as possible. I have always hated OJ from concentrate since they squeeze a lot of the peel flavor in it. Also since it has to be reconstituted by a human there is too much room for error in mixture and it never comes out like orange juice again and it usually tastes very bitter and gives me indigestion..
If you have ever even been to Epcot center in Florida there is a Coca Cola venue there where you can taste what is considered "Coke" in numerous different countries that is tailored to the regions taste and you would be very surprised how much different "Coke" tastes in other regions..
I think Dog blower has it right, I don't want to eat the same thing every single day of anyone's food either. That's not life, the spice of life is variety.
I have never understood Subway for example advertising against McDonald's for customers since I would never eat either every day for any meal so what's the point? They are completely different tastes for different moods..And as an occasional meal I like them both..