Iâm an Aussie, and had landed in America for a holiday. Was really hungry and figured Iâd just get a Quarter Pounder meal from Maccas at the airport. Order a Large meal because thatâs what Iâd normally get at home. They bring out like a litre of coke, a gigantic box of fries, and the burger. It was absolutely atrocious.
Many many years ago. I did some work in Texas. We go into this sit down place. Now, having been caught by the huge portions a previous evening Iâm cautious. I just order a chicken burger. The waitress is all like âOh are you sure, just the chicken burger on its own?â Iâm thinking, oh well maybe things are normal size at this place. I order some fries to go with it.
Some time later the chicken burger arrives completely filling the full size plate it came on, and the fries came on an entirely separate plate.
Iâm not a small guy, but I could not eat all that.
Itâs funny, because usually when the fries arenât included at a sit-down place itâs because the restaurant is trying to squeeze a couple extra dollars out of you (maybe the sandwich is $2 cheaper than youâd expect but then you pay $5 for the fries because of course you want fries!). That stinginess mentality seems to go hand in hand with a smaller than average sandwich. But maybe my fat American ass canât scale portion sizes.
I once got a burger at South of the Border or smth like that in New Jersey. It was fucking huge and everybody including the waitress commented on how I ate with a fork and knife because it was just impossible to eat otherwise. And I ended up only eating half of it, because I was absolutely full. Insane portion sizes.
smth like that in New Jersey.
Jersey knows how to sandwich. Cannot f with Hoagies.
We went into a Jersey Mikeâs chain there. Have the same chain at home (not New Jersey)
I ordered a whole sub, they just piled the meat on. More and more. The sub cost $26. It was amazing though.
I went to a location in my home state, it was the same sub but like normal portions of meat. âWait, I just had one of these in Jersey and it was like massive, what do I have to do to get one like that?â âOhh you want double meat?â âdouble, triple, whatever they do up there, that was amazingâ
What is atrocious here is your ungratefulness for the generosity of the American food industry.
Yeah Iâm reading this Aussie orders a large meal, received a large meal, and was ungrateful. When youâre in America, you accept your diabetes and say âthank you may I have another?â
I think the key is that a large in Australia and a large in America can be vastly different.
Donât Australians all hate America for having figured out how to make actually good beer?
So you knew all the stories of American food portions and you still chose to order a meal that even we call âlargeâ?
McD isnât even the worst offender either.
I always find it interesting that people outside the US think this is a complete joke when really itâs just⌠only slightly exaggerated.
Many gas stations have 64oz cups by default. I havenât seen it in awhile, but the 128oz soda was real and used to be widely available.
I didnât click the link, but Iâm going to go ahead and assume thatâs Super Troopers, with Farva trying to order a litre of cola
> Be me
> American college kid by himself in Italy for a week
> Staying at hotel with Italian hottie at the front desk
> Hell yeah, love this country
> Eating all the pizza cause thatâs Italian food, right?
> The pizzas are so goddamn thin
> Like eating a sheet of paper
> Eat an entire pizza and still hungry
> This goes on for like three days
> Tired of being hungry
> New pizza place, order three entire pizzas
> âTheyâll just think Iâm picking up for my friendsâ
> Get my pizzas, hell yes
> Walk back to hotel
> Walk past the front desk carrying three pizzas
> Front desk hottie knows Iâm there alone
> Cover blown
> Go up to my room and eat all three pizzas in shame
> Finally fucking full
Worth it.
Anon is a complete fucking idiot for not simply walking into a random Filipinoâs house and politely asking for some homemade Filipino food. Idiot anon goes to the McDâs of the Philippines, and calls it a day. Filipinos have many insanely tasty dishes, and dumbfuck anon chooses garbage. Dinuguan (AKA chocolate meat) is my absolute favorite.
Do this and get what looks like boiled eggs, crack open and itâs an aborted bird inside.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut_(food)
Run screaming in terror to Jollibee :) get spaghetti with so mich sugar you gag and canât get it down.
Go back to Australia next day because hungry af, get a box of Tim Tams and vow to never travel again.
Hard pass, balut is goat. Sorry, mate, I eat balut every day they come by, just like taho in the mornings. It helps if you have locals teach you how to eat balut, but some canât deal.
And hey, all aussies love marmite, yeah? No true aussie hates the taste of a bit of marmite and buttah on toast, right?
Taho in the mornings and balut in the evenings makes the world go round. ;-)
IUm, dinuguan is blood soup (root word is literally blood). I like it, but it has a pretty niche appeal, and youâll be hard pressed to find someone thatâll serve it to a westerner.
But yeah, do yourself a favor and find a âcarinderiaâ (or karinderya, depending on region) which roughly translates to âcafeteriaâ but is usually run by a sweet lady making as close as youâll get to homemade cooking. Some dishes to try:
- bicol express - spicy dish with coconut and pork
- tokwaât baboy - literally tofu and pork
- adobo - classic chicken dish
Or branch out! It works kind of like Panda Express where you point to the dish(es) you want (called ulam) and theyâll add rice (I recommend asking for extra). Itâs cheaper than any fast food chain and way better.
find a âcarinderiaâ (or karinderya, depending on region) which roughly translates to âcafeteriaâ but is usually run by a sweet lady making as close as youâll get to homemade cooking.
This sounds awesome! Wish we had places like this in the States
Yup. Itâs like people who go to Starbucks when they tour Asia. removed, youâre on vacation, go see something new.
âBitchâ, I assume. Fits the context, and I think itâs on lemmy.mlâs forbidden word list.
Lemmy has certain words that are hard-censored. Like hard-coded into the actual code base. I think both the r and f slurs are among them.
Nah, itâs definitely valid to get fast food abroad, even if you have it at home. Sometimes they have wildly different things that you canât get at home, or in the case of Jollibee, itâs straight up not available at home (unless home is LA). You should probably sample the more wholesome local cuisine too of course, but itâs perfectly alright stop at a Burger King in Tokyo to try the new Garlic Hokkaido burger or whatever, if thatâs your jam. Let people enjoy things.
If youâre ordering burgers in the Philippines, youâre doing life wrong. If you must go to Jollybee or McDonaldâs there, order fried chicken and thank me later.
Better yet, donât go there and instead find a carinderia. They often look sketchy, but itâs as close to home cooking as youâll get and way cheaper than fast food. Nobody can afford fast food there, so all the locals eat at these little âcafeteriasâ and the food is fantastic.
The post on my screen was cut off at âskinny white man arrivesâ, and I think it was perfect.