they changed after renovating thier stores in '19 to have those kiosks, it was never the same.
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DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Mcdonalds these days suck ass.
The 2010s were great. Very nostalgic and McDonalds was one of my first and my best memories of America. Glad I got to enjoy them before they went to shit, cuz otherwise kid-me would’ve have the impression that “all western foods suck”. (I mean it’s hard to even know how to look for local non-chain “western” restaurants… since the reason I know what a McDonalds is because back in China, we also had them, but I think it tasted different… don’t remember)
I mean seriously, is it just me or does like Papa Johns and Dominos and even Pizza Hut all went to shit?
P.S. I remember my mom telling about the Pizza we had in Pizza Hut in China… like she said it was expensive and it was only a very small pizza (like individual-size). I don’t even remember having it in China
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 days ago
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 5 days ago
… This is like someone saying “Guys I thought American chocolate was awful, but have you tried this Hershey’s stuff?!? It’s so good!”
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
For real. It’s like when people think Kraft Singles are representative of American cheese
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 4 days ago
We did slip up a tiny bit by literally calling it “American cheese”. Slight strategic error on that one.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
They can’t call it that anymore
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
I mean, for context, I was like 8 years old when I first got here. I didn’t really know the difference between fastfood vs “real” restaurants so I just categorically grouped them all together.
Honestly, I still don’t really know what “real” western food is.
I remember going along with family to a cousin’s sweet 16 birthday party and I think its was western cuisine or something… like I heard they spend a lot of money on it (the cousin’s parents were kinda middle class rich) and I disliked most of the food they served, didn’t eat much, don’t even remember what they served. Ended up going home kinda hungry lol.
I think I just go so used to Chinese food, I didn’t feel confident exploring other types of “western” food… other than like burgers, pizzas, cheesesteaks, subway sandwiches / hoagies. Which I know, living here for like over a decade, I still don’t feel quite “American” because of my picky eating habits.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 4 days ago
French cuisine is the most classically famous example, but pretty much every western country has hundreds of years of it’s own extremely distinct culinary identity (ex: Germany, Spain, Italy, even the UK (despite the jokes)).
The US doesn’t exactly have it’s own unified thing but there are plenty of foods, and even a few entire genres of food, that are very closely tied to the american identity (Texmex is probably the most famous example). The most ‘stereotypically’ american food I can think of is probably hotdish which… I don’t actually recommend seeking out.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
Don’t forget barbecue
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Well the West is know for their baked goods and pastries. Like croissants, donuts, churros, etc. Like in East Asia and South East Asia a lot of the pastry that is for sale is based on Western recipes and they are different from the local pastry recipes.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 days ago
its mostly meat, and maybe some kind of bread, very high incidence of type 2 amongst western countries, after asians started incorporating alot of sugar in thier diet, type 2 was in the rise in them too. vegatables are lacking in thier cousins, much like with European ones.