• ramble81@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    Rule of traveling: never eat anywhere you can back home (which is pretty much any chain restaurant)

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      5 months ago

      I ate at the first ever Carl’s Jr in Japan right after it opened because it’d been 3 weeks since I’d been home and was dying for some home food

      Walk in and it’s themed after LA and SACRAMENTO (home) of all places, and there was a California expat family eating there so we sat next to them and raced about how the food tasted just like home but s little better

      Then the news can say and interviewed the lady and her son

      Sometimes it’s worth visiting those places lol

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        5 months ago

        Can confirm food in Japan is just better even at the same fast food restaurants.

        McDonald’s is the one restaurant that I will eat at internationally because they have different menu items. It is interesting to see what is popular in that country and the local interpretation of American culture. But even then it’s one and done and only if I absolutely have to eat a quick meal to make a reservation or something

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          5 months ago

          it’s just funny how america known for its fast food has the worst mcdonalds menu in the world. Even the one special thing they had of having cheap items is gone.

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        I moved to London in 2011. When Five Guys opened here in 2013, I think I ate there at least once a week for 2 months.

        Also, what the fuck. It was expensive back then, and it’s just absurdly priced now. Also I don’t eat hamburgers as often which is definitely a good thing…

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      5 months ago

      I dunno, I got a kick out of visiting Tim Hortons in Saudi Arabia. My Canadian friends on facebook were amused by it.

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          I was in the US Navy and you would be surprised at how many people will say things like that and eat at chili’s or whatever else when there is something perfectly good and new (to you) to try. Just never understood why some of the people I served with insulated themselves from seeing and experiencing new things.

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            5 months ago

            I feel like being a “picky eater” is something that a lot more people want to admit to. So, they get introduced to food they never experienced before, likely with novel tastes or textures that are not like what they eat at home.

            They treat kids for being picky eaters, but that generally requires parents to have the knowledge and finances to get their kid help.

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          5 months ago

          Only time I got food poisoning when traveling was in the US lol and I’ve eaten pretty sketchy places all over the world.