Sure, here in these United States we’ve got a White Castle that will serve you noodles and a Burger King that makes a Whopper bigger than your head, but the grass is always greener — and the food always more interesting — on the other side of the fence, right?
Over at Buzzfeed, they’ve rounded up 14 delectable dishes only available at fast food restaurants in other countries. (Well, it’s actually 13 because you can get the McLobster Roll in some parts of the U.S.)
Among the highlights:
* The Nacho Whopper (pictured above) from Burger King in The Netherlands. It’s a Whopper… with nacho chips, jalapenos and “Mexican sauce.”
* Cheese Catsu Burger from McDonald’s in Japan. It’s not just a fried pork cutlet on a bun; it’s also filled with cheese.
* Cordon Bleu Burger from McDonald’s in Poland. Take a fried, ham-stuffed chicken patty, slap it on top of a cheeseburger and crown the whole thing with bacon.
* The McArabia from McDonald’s in Morocco. “Two grilled Kofta patties, tahini sauce, lettuce, tomatoes and onions. Wrapped in Arabic bread.”
* The Golden Fortune from Pizza Hut in Japan. It’s sort of a pizza thing, with shrimp, crab stick, fish, pineapple, lime on top.
Check out the whole list with pictures at Buzzfeed.com.
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mmmm….McArabia
i want the cordon bleu burger…i may just have to make my own!
Hrm. The limit the McLobster Roll to Maine in the US, but it’s available throughout New England.
(Seasonally)
McArabia in America? Then the terrorist win.
mmmmm….delicious terrorists winning
put cheese on top, call it a draw
cheese AND bacon!
the bald eagle sheds tears of joy
We’ll rename it the McFreedom.
Royale with cheese didn’t make the list?
Just because it’s metric….. ahh. You got me troll.
that nacho burger looks freakin GREAT!
Ditto, I would totally give the Nacho Whopper a try!
Sounds similar to the Angry Whopper they had, but with nacho chips. It brought me into Burger King for the first time in years, and once they stopped offering it, I stopped going.
I wish more restaurants had spicier options, much of the food is bland.
the angry whopper was good, especially when they made it really spicy
I actually made one this weekend at a football party. All the elements were there in front of me: Nacho cheese, chips, and a burger. I added chili, however.
filled with cheese in japan?
I thought rotten moo juice was one of the few things considered disgusting over there.
Or maybe that’s the appeal.
The katsu burger isn’t unusual. Japanese people put lots of stuff in between two pieces of bread, including yakisoba noodles and pork cutlets. You can also get tonkatsu with cheese on it in a lot of places, including Curry House (if there’s one near you). It’s cool they combined the two ideas on a bun.
You missed the point- I also heard that cheese wasn’t considered particularly tasty in Japanese culture. Maybe the years of the western influence (and our love of all things cheesy) has finally changed their minds about it.
I love yakisoba-pan. Always pick me up some authentic Japanese mayonnaise to go on top of it.
The McArabia sounds fantastic! I want. Also the cheese catsu burger. I may have to invent my own recipes.
* The Nacho Whopper (pictured above) from Burger King in The Netherlands. It’s a Whopper… with nacho chips, jalapenos and “Mexican sauce.”
I love it, can get it at my local BK
You live in the Netherlands?
Yes I happen to live there. Do they have the Big Tasty over there at McD?
Not any more. It’s been “retired,” as far as I know. So what exactly is “mexican sauce?”
Similar to the Chinese Cream of Sumyunguy. Except Mexican. Ole!
It vaguely reminds of salsa, but the combination of ingredients makes it taste slightly different.
You take a Mexcian and squeeze him until….
you live ‘there’? If you lived in the Netherlands, wouldn’t you have said “I live here”?
Can you eat a McArabia within ten blocks of the WTC?
Alinksy Socialist!
I saw some photos of someone eating at some other nation’s fast food place and the side was a nice ball of rice. I’d love that as an option.
When I travel to Europe, I *ALWAYS* stop at McDonalds and have their apple pies. Unlike here in America where the McPies are baked in an oven (and taste like ass), in Europe they still deep fry ‘em. The difference is like night and day, I tells ya!
Oh that brings back memories of the molten hot goodness lurking inside that deep fried dough. You just brought a tear to my eye!
If you are ever in The Netherlands, try the McKroket! Yummy goodness.
When I travel to Europe, I *ALWAYS* stop at McDonalds and have their apple pies. Unlike here in America where the McPies are baked in an oven (and taste like ass), in Europe they still deep fry ‘em. The difference is like night and day, I tells ya!
Agree. McDonalds apple pies are so bad here they have to offer TWO for a dollar to get people to buy them. Go back to the original recipe.
Seconded. Although I don’t go to Europe for them, I just go to BK.
Baked? You mean “microwaved.”
the McArabia actually sounds pretty damned tasty!
Most pedantic, but the “Golden Fortune” pizza is clearly from China, hence the Chinese New Year’s theme and pricing in RMB.
Japanese pizza is much more fun and looks like this: http://www.dominos.jp/image/shared/itemimgsx/97.jpg
It’s the “Mayo-Potato Pizza” with onions, bacon, potatoes, corn, and lots and lots of mayo! Yum! Really. It’s awesome. You should try it. Also the pizzas with tuna fish and corn are AMAZING.
omg that does look yummy. Is that dough or cheese making the lattice?
It’s mayonnaise.
I had a garlic sauced pizza (no tomatoes) topped with shrimp and very little cheese at a Pizza Hut in Sri Lanka. It kicked much ass, and was cheap to boot.
The “Tender Beef Pentagon” looks just like a crunch wrap supreme, but they might sell even better in the US if they changed the name!
Aren’t KFC and Taco Bell the same company (and often in the same building)? It makes sense that they just used the other’s machine/process to make a slightly different product.
A warning- it is SPICY. Dear lord, it’s spicy. I live in China, tried it when I came out. Feels worse than eating a habanero.
I want Fries Supreme at Taco Bell (they have them in Canada)
When I was in Tokyo in Feb they didn’t have either of those options. Definitely would have gone for the Mega Tomago.
The lobster burger isn’t available in most of Canada, either!
Not that I expect BuzzFeed to be some kind of academic research…
The lobster sandwich is only available once in a while in Canada… and I’ve never seen a “Camembert Premiere” in a McDonald’s in France. I think the French would have Ronald McDonald beheaded for something like that. It apparently is a Polish thing.
I would’ve included the McKroket (Dutch) in this… think McChicken (fried) sandwich, but replace chicken with ground beef. I was grossed out… but ended up liking it. But if there’s one thing on the Euro McMenus I would bring over, it would be… beer.
OH MAN I want the Lobster Roll and the Das Nürnburger German bratwurst thing!!!!!
Because it’s not’cho Whopper!
McArabia sounds awesome.
Chili Cheese Nuggets. My bowels would never forgive me, but wow that sounds good.
KFC in China is AWESOME! it’s all spicy chicken, but not too hot. Pizza Hut although puts corn on it’s pizza in China, and forget any kind of Mexican food there
wait… still trying to wrap my mind around a processed chicken patty stuffed with shrimp. knowing food photography tricks i’m going to be the real thing doesn’t look anywhere near as appetizing.
i wonder if there’s any way to get blog readers from around the world to send in photos of these menu items ‘in the wild’
A pizza with shrimp, crab stick, fish, pineapple, lime? Japan once again undefeated in the owning-the-weirdest-of-anything category.
What I want most of all is McDonalds Tomago Cheeseburger. They use some sort of special mayo sauce, then have a breakfast egg, and two beef patties with cheese. It’s so freaking good! You people don’t even know! I never dreamed an egg with a burger could taste that delicious but it does.
BRING IT TO THE STATES DARN YOU!
These all sound delicious. DO WANT.
Screw that. I want an Al Baik chicken in my town.
We can’t have these things because it isn’t possible for a restaurant to purchase affordable, non-crap ingredients in the US.
Wise man say: If Golden Fortune pizza contain MSG may give you bad case of poo-poo platter.
I guess it’s not “too soon” if you can order “Das Nurnburger” in Germany. Presumably, if your friends mock you for ordering it, saying you were forced to order it is not a valid defense…