Why McDonald's Is Better in Europe | Asmongold Reacts
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If you think that's messed up... look at the ingredients in your everyday condiments in USA compared to other places. My 🇨🇦 Hienz ketchup has 5 ingredients, starting with tomato paste. 🇺🇸 is 20% corn syrup
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Companies have too much freedom to put whatever trash they want in USA! It's a true wild west food wise lol
not to mention the amount of estrogen that's in McDonald's food
I spent a few weeks in Europe and their food tastes like dirt. Also the US (and CAN) have stricter requirements for what goes on the ingredients label. In Europe it will say "Tomato Paste" but in NA it will list the actual ingredients of that paste. Just because you don't know what something is doesn't mean its dangerous
@@maskettaman1488hahahaha cope
Asmon never ceases to amaze me. One time he has really, really intelligent, wise points of view and other times he says the absolute dumbest nonsense I could think of.
The duality of man.
He is American, you have to lower your standards.
why do you even care
When he's dumb, it's on purpose for being entertaining.
@@vidgetgaming imagine believing guns should be banned while simultaniously believing you are smart.. LOL
@@shintruth2716sometimes its really not... he has a few abysmal takes from time to time. which is normal, hes human (i believe)
I remember my american friend visiting me in germany and he even said that our mayo tastes better than in the US because, and i quote "It actually tastes like mayo and not a bunch of chemicals and taste enhancers"
I was in the US for around a week. I still don't understand how can bread taste sweet, but they made it....
@@gaborcsuzi4504apparently it can classify as desert xD
am envious of you that you still have orginal big tasty in germany, in sweden we have " upgraded version" and it frigging are the worst.
@@osvaldaspaslauskas5040 It's not that it can qualify... It is that it MUST qualify because it's to sugary to be anything else than desert.
When I get really stoned I miss the Döner stands
The fries aren't burnt. There was an option to get other vegetables fries, so you could order a mix of potatoes, carrots and beetroots fries. Thus the darker ones (probably beetroots)
They were actually quite good and healthier than just potatoes.
Not sure they were healthier, I tried it when it was available but they absorbed oil way more than potatoes fries when deep fried so my fingers were way more greasy than usual.
moment you fry them it loses the Healthier option.
they were so good than they stay in mcdo less than a month lmaooooo
@@nippon19 it was planned as such. It was a limited product.
Just like the mc raclette or the cbo...
@@domenicomacchia5197 nutritionally you are wrong. Even Fried, a carrot will have more vitamines than a potato...
As a french guy, I felt both insulted and amused when he wondered if France has cars lol
Meme ma Clio est meilleur qu'une Rolls-Royce de la bas
@@nothappierthanme6146 Peut être pas non plus mdr
On utilise des chariots tirés par des chevaux c'est bien connu...
@@nothappierthanme6146croisant
you guys ride on giant baguettes through the streets, dont lie 😁
26:34 just want to note that in most EU cities you can choose to own a car, unlike in the US where you seemingly need to own a car if you want to be a part of the society.
On the other hand it's nearly impossible in some cities to get around by car, forcing people to make use of public transportation (which sucks, even tho it's better than in the US).
Also, if you want to own a full size SUV or Truck in Europe you're forced to pay up to 200% tax in some countries, making them unaffordable to most of the population.
@@Buceesfanmaarten
I think that Denmark and Norway have very high taxes on petrol cars, so they have to buy an electric one. But there are no additional taxes on SUVs or trucks anywhere.
@@Buceesfanmaartenwhat are you smoking?
@@Buceesfanmaarten I guess the quality of public transportation differs from country to country, but where I live public transportation is very convenient. You can basically get to anywhere and you have a lot of options from busses, trams, trains, metros, and it’s way more affordable than owning a car. My family has always had a car also, as do many families, so I’d say we have it A LOT better than the US in almost every way I think. We have the actual freedom here, freedom to choose.
I've never owned a car in my 30 years of being alive, never felt the need to, it hasn't had any negative effect on my quality of life. I think that's neat.
Funny how Asmon talked shit about that french cheese but lives in a moldy and rotting house
And asked if they have cars LOL!
truuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Asmons American cheese is not cheese and gives them cancer.
@@dalic24 I once tried to melt American cheese. It didn't even sweat under 230 degrees celcius in the oven like wtf is that?
@@joriskemper5392 Sir that wasn't cheese, that was solidified corn syrup
9:33 Beware of misconceptions:
1. There's *nothing black* in _Rockefort_ , nor in any of the many French cheeses made using the "persillé" method or which are called "bleu" (blue): the color is *dark green.*
2. This is not a mold of any kind. It's a *penicilin.* yes, indeed, a penicilin somewhat similar to that used to create anti-bacterial drugs.
3. This type of cheese is *very stable over time* , and was invented by ancient farmers to preserve it safely for a very long time without the need for potentially toxic petrochemical additives, polluting packaging or energy-guzzling refrigerators, simply because none of this existed back then. *This cheese defends itself against pathogens.*
And it is delicious!
Penicillin is mold though and that doesn't matter as good cheese is based on very special selection of molds.
Asmon: "Why does the cheese the cheese all the black molds over there?"
also Asmon: *doesnt know what cheese is made of, or what fermentation means.
yes
I mean tbh, blue cheese has a really special taste, and it's not that good looking so it's understandable to despise it. But yeah blaming it on the mold while it's how every cheese is made is inaccurate lol
@@tag-pi3wy I here your point except for the taste, it's a strong taste if you eat it like that (still love it) but if you cook it into a sauce for example the taste really soften and it is amazing
@@Chris.Newbury Oh yeah of course, im french so i eat most of my cheese "raw", that's why i only took this aspect of cheese in count, mb. Making it into a sauce or in addition to something else can really turn the taste into something better, true.
But i still think that for someone who's not really into cheese, blue cheese isn't gonna be their 1st option yk?
@@tag-pi3wy Tu as tout à fait raison 😁 (je suis aussi fr)
"I'm an american" No truer words have I ever heard Asmon say. I wish it wasn't so hard or expensive for us to travel, it can really open up your eyes when you visit other places and cultures. When I visited Paris, it went so much smoother for conversation, ordering and pretty much everything when I told people I was Canadian vs telling them I was American. Way noticeable difference on how we're perceived.
Well if it’s expensive for you guys imagine how much worse it is for poorer countries lol.
The french and canadians have deep philosophical similarities. America and france, not so much :) Trudeau is surely making you guys a laughing stock in Europe atm, so I guess the respect running out soon :/ Maybe not bcus european social democrats are really beginning to act evil atm. They basically want to exclude legally and democratically chosen representatives of certain ideological groups. Its actually very scary. Good to see some countries like denmark denied to sign this sick sick decleration. But these guys have majority in the EU , so the madness is only getting worse.
They basically want to say that if you are "right wing" (such an extremely vague term in a complex political landscape), then you are extremist and should not be allowed in government. Imagine these same people squeaking if someone was to exclude them from politics..... they would cry fascism, anti democracy and justify civil disobedience.
THIS VIDEO IS MISSING THE FIRST FUCKING POINT ! Quality of the food we use. Meat in france is so much better . For having tried both, the meat used in the US in Mcdonald's is disgusting AF. For some other ingredients ig also
Meat in entire EU is better than US, not only France
Meat in US McDonald's isn't meat. It's pink sludge (basically all the unused parts of meat blended together into something) and it's forbidden in the EU. So obviously it tastes better here. We get actual food...
sorry for my "violent" tone. just spending time in the us trying out their "main brands" i felt robbed. and had a realy bad experience like japanese people going to paris for the first time. even though i didn't expect much from it i was disapointed. many months later i recovered from this useless spend of time and money
07:00 I'm from EU and visited USA for a couple of weeks... and was abhorred by how bad 98% of all the food was. The amount of sugar in Everything made me gain 5 pounds (over 2 Kilos) during the drip. At the end of the trip i finally went to a "fine" restaurant that charged $35 for a dinner and it tasted like a normal $9 lunch here in Europe... it made me really miss home, and was glad i was about to board the plane in a few hours.
Other than that everything seemed absolutely perfectly fine in the US. Oliver Anthony agrees.
As a European the food in the US really left me feeling like they are purposefully trying to poison as many people before the country gets overpopulated. Even simple stupid bread has daily sugar intake content
Of course it costs $9 since you earn 3 times less money (although it really doesn't, it costs 15-20 euros).
It wasn't sugar that made you gain weight, it was the fact that you walk 10 000 steps a day in Europe, and 2 000 in US.
What crap did you eat? Next time I'd suggest you to sort doordash by "support local businesses".
@@jaazz90 a lot of opinions for someone who has no idea where OP is from and what he did on his trip to the US
@@Dangerous1939 cause they cant have arguments against smth thats a fact 😂
@@jaazz90 we earn 3 times less money? You talking before OR after tax? And what country are you comparing to the US? just in case you didnt know, the EU isn't just one country ;) You might be right about the "after tax" income though, my country has super high taxes. But at least I won't be homeless if I'm unemployed. Oh and...there's this really cool thing: free healthcare. You know, that ONE thing you wish you had when you actually get ill and then get a 5 figure bill you can't afford :)
@0:54 most american thing I've ever heard haha!
bro wtf, asmon can have mold chilling right next to him but god forbid its in the cheese smh.
Best not tell him how cheese is made 😂😂
Well in the US they make cheese by mixing processed milk , 100 chemicals and , because it is the US , sugar.
Okay I'm kidding but still , it is not too far from reality
@@fanofcoddThat's not cheese though, it's Play-doh
I get it. One thing is to have mold around, another is to eat the mold. I feel like that only is not gross for the french, because they used to it. Everywhere else, people raise their eyebrows at it
Of o ever go to the us... I'm taking a block of Gouda cheese with me.
I like at 1:08 how they translate "c'est pas terrible" to "it's not terrible", where it actually means "it's not great", or a polite way of saying "yeah it's dogshit".
admittedly, an understandable translation error, because why the fuck is "terrible" positively connotated when negated
@@cobracrystal_ because “terrible” can mean awesome in most situations.
@@cobracrystal_ cause French people love understatement lol
@@cobracrystal_ The better question is: why the fuck is "not terrible" a good thing? In my world, if my french is "not terrible" it is exactly that. Very bad, but at least not terrible. That is what that actually means. The sarcastic way of calling something great "not bad" is known as understatement. Thast might not work in any language with any word.
That's because in Germany we say "nicht schlecht" which translates to "not bad". It means that something is better than expected and actually pretty good. Opposed to the United States for example we very rarely use terms like amazing, spectacular or something similar. Since it's a German channel there has probably been some misunderstanding.
Random balding 32 y/o french guy here with just some stuff to say.
6:45 Those are vegetables fries and those are pretty good.
7:25 McDonalds has been in France since the 70s, not 1997.
10:14 José Bové was hated and ridiculed by kids in France.
13:45 Though they've been looking more modern now, I've never ever seen a McDonalds looking like that, most of them still looks like shown before or have more subdued colors.
14:55 We had Ronald, Grimace, Hamburglar and Birdie up until the 2000s.
26:00 We still have paper / cardboard when ordering drive-through.
TY for setting the record straight on some things. Lots of videos like this, good and well-intentioned as they may be, don't tell the full story.
In the early 90s I had a teriyaki burger in a Japan McDonalds, very good.
Fascinating stuff.
Thanks for the info brother.
@@thomgizziz I've had EU McD, I don't get where anyone is saying that shit is better cause it straight up ain't.
The fucken ketchup is wrong to start, it's that really sour type no one here likes.
The fries are just different, it's like going to some no name burger joint fries.
I think it's just boring people who want to feel superior so they tell their friends after coming back from what is a shit boring trip doing nothing how amazing everything is there.
I swear, it's 100% just that, boring people trying to turn their boring life into a super hero story and it's sad.
Interesting how the video says 1997 and later it says in 1992 , X thing happened.
I worked at a McDonald's in the USA very recently. I say recently, because I quit after I saw what went on in the kitchen. I legit saw someone who dropped one of the frozen meat patties, pick it up, and place it on the grill. Don't reply with the "10 second rule" bullshit. The floor was caked in grease and dirt. The dishes and cooking utensils only got cleaned once or twice every couple of days. They don't even bother to temp check the food on the regular, and cook food under the recommend temperature all the time and just guess if it's done.
This is a warning... Don't eat McDonald's in the USA.
In America we dont give a fuck about frozen (to be cooked) foods falling on the floor. It is quite literally as clean as humanly possible after it is placed on a hit grill. ZERO germs. I get it, McDonald's is NASTY with some of the shit the employees do, but I guarantee that same shit happens at every restaurant. Small businesses? You bet your ass they aren't throwing away anything dropped on the ground if it's cookable. They simply cannot afford it and would go out of business if they threw away every not yet cooked thing that falls on the floor. McDonald's is no more nasty than anywhere else, it's just so big and so open that you get to see the shit first hand even as a customer. I did work there along with several other fast food places and they are ALL vile. If you refuse to eat McDonald's, ypu should never ever eat at any fast food in the entire country.
Lazy people exist in every country.
@@JTheraos small businesses have employees who have a personal interest in doing a good job. Bad rep can destroy your place in no time. A lot of the time the small food places I go to have their actual owners cooking or overseeing the process, some of them are family buisnesses. It is different when you actually helped to create the place and care about the quality of your product instead of being a low payed employee doing a job you don't like for a multibillion company you don't care about. Some places I go to even have the kitchen in the middle of the joint so you can see the whole process of cooking.
I worked in Polish McDonald and that person would be warn imminently. You can't even touch "dirty" things without wearing a glove, also frozen meat need to be picked up wearing a glove. Sanitary standards are strict, at least in Poland.
I've worked for McDonald's in France and you don't have the right to do that. First there's an alarm every 30 minutes telling you to wash your hands. You have to do it. If a meat patty falls on the floor you take it, put it in the trash and wash your hands again. Otherwise you'll get warned and ultimately fired.
the funny thing for me is that you might think that the french Mc Do menu is more expensive then in america but its like across the board about 90 ct cheaper. just go to the bicmac index and check for urself haha
"They've been eating shit for so long, they like it now." - Asmon on retail WoW players
Kinda ironic how it perfectly applies to his reaction on this too. So very American.
Same how they can stomach there chocolate they are so desensitized, statements like "huh you ever realize puke sort of tastes like chocolate?" Comes naturally to them definition of shit taste is that they start to like the taste of there own puke absolute slop
true
let's not pretend this doesn't apply to everyone, we all get habituated
When I was stationed in Japan I was confused the first time I went to McD there and the meal only came with a small drink and fries. But it did make me realize how big a fata$$ we are in the states after that.
Small drink AND no free refill.
they're tiny ppl....
@@vukkulvar9769 wait, what? free refill?
@@whoknows8225 yea they’re not obese.
@@vukkulvar9769 free refills??
It would be so cool to see Asmon and the rest of OTK go to Europe and test different fast food chains and review em. Might be a great idea for the future.
If Asmon strays too far from Texas the world ends tho.
@@cwj138lmao he’s like some SCP or smth that needs to be contained in one place
We need a show where Americans who know little to nothing of Europe are kidnapped and dropped in a European place that's bound to give Culture Shock, like a bicycle highway in the Netherlands or the Bone Church in Czechia. Watch them tripping balls like they're in a parallel universe.
@@Hodoss “Holy Beegeesus Sophie! This place is so primitive they don’t even have cars”
@@adammasterx5854They already think that. I’ve seen enough “Stupid Stuff Americans Say” to know that they think other countries don’t have internet, or cars, or electricity.
The McD’s in Japan are like comic book versions of McD’s. The register employees stand ready and attentive, uniforms perfectly pressed and clean. The kitchen staff move quickly and in perfect unison, like a dance. There’s no chatter behind the counter. Each employee has a job to do, and they do it flawlessly. The food is fresh, always, and it looks clean and perfect. The dining areas are spotless, and all of the chairs and tables are anchored, so they can’t be moved. It’s completely opposite what we see in the US where the counter people are distracted, the guy at the fries is picking his nose, the food’s been sitting under a heat lamp for 3 hours, and the dining room looks like a kindergarten play space.
Disgraceful
I ate at 2 different MCD in japan and I think both times I found the nuggets fucking awful, it was in 2018 so maybe it changed idk but compared to france yeah it was a downgrade but atleast macdonald in japan had the best bread because they didn't make it
And for the work ethic of Macdonald it was fine? It was clearly less rushed than a french one and way cleaner but it had less people inside so maybe it correlates (even more with a cleaner population )
I don't know but when I visited Japan, about 20 years ago it was totally different from what you describe, maybi it changed but it was a 2 story mc donalds. On the upper floor smoking was allowed, and it was a mess actually. I went in there at 3 AM, sat upstairs with my meal and nearly every single seat was occupied by a person who was sleeping.
The guy next to me was sleeping with his headphones on and on his mobile phone was a ice skating olympic thing or something like that but he wouldn't know because he was just sleeping in the most uncomfortable position I can imagine. So I highly doubt that the sleeping problem has changed and I highly doubt that the "work mentality" has changed and that imo is not a good thing at all. Maybe it did though but guess not except for smoking being prohibited I would assume.
I married into a Japanese family and have visited Japan many times and yeah it's a totaly different experience. Clean, efficient, the food was mediocre but superior to U.S. McDs.
No no no!! This video should be why fast food in general is better around the world versus the US, in both quality and service haha. Japan is peak fast food when visiting there.
This. Mcdonalds in Japan beats EU by a mile. Hell, in south east asia theyre better than in the us/eu.
Fast food companies basically discovered that you can literally throw the garbage in US , call it "an innovation" and people would still eat this. Why spend money and resources on improving the quality of products when you can downgrade them, keep the price and nobody will tell a difference.
Nah its even deeper, why is ALL food of better quality in Europe than Merica and why does Merica have more "food insecurity" than most European nations as well?
If you go to Japan, PLEASE dont go to a fastfood joint other than like once for the memes
Food in general is of lower quality / lower safety standards in north America than in the EU and parts of Asia.
An american eating plastic tasteless "cheese" wants to criticize roquefort ? You're not ready man.
I never eat American food in Europe because it seems to defeat the purpose of traveling to Europe. But they have better tasting soft drinks. Probably half the calories too. I don't drink calories normally but European Fanta is the best. They have different standards for what can be put into those drinks and it actually improves the taste.
The best Fanta i tasted was in spain, it was apple flavoured
I've never tasted American Fanta but I've heard its so sweet it makes European Fanta taste like juice. I thought it was the opposite where when you drink American you can never go back.
I would probably die eating american "food" (i use the world loosely in this case).
USA uses "Corn Syrup" while EU uses "Sugar" (Either from Cane or Beets). Neither is healthy but I guess it affects the taste. Also USA uses more chemicals that EU forbids... so there may be something about that.
They swap some sugar for artificial sweeteners because many EU countries have sugar tax. That's why it tastes different. Imo it's disgusting, orangina is way better
Seeing Asmon reacts with his american biases and ignorance (no offense intended) was entertaining.
Yeah because US university level education is equal to let's say French kindergarten.
They have some catching up to do.
We have better standards in the EU, this concerns education as well. I'm a simple Pole, I complain about my country a lot but when a foreigner does it... Well, that may end badly for him... The same goes for the EU as I'm a EU citizen and I'm proud of it, we can fight inside it but don't you dare to flame another EU member country, Asmon!
@@PacekBrudnyPlacek europoor
That's weird considering traveling internationally for education is majorly US-bound@@joostverweij5440
@@redeyes3847 lmao how many american are living paycheck to paycheck again ?
You have to know who Paul Bocuse is btw. He is the chef he is the Micheal Jordan of chefs
@14:30
"You can find relatively cozy corners designated for larger groups of people".
In America we have relatively cozy corners designated for larger people.
yes
There are a lot of plastic replacements being developed after plastic straws got banned, such as a plastic-like material made of sugarcane. It's been a long time since I last saw a paper straw.
Yes no plastic straws but suddenly the cups are all plastic instead of carton
Ive not seen a single plastic straw alternative that isnt re-usable metal, or paper down where im at
@@halofighter111 I've got some strange black material straw from a local sushi place, plastic looking and feeling, but apparently organic in nature. Forgot to throw the cup with some leftover (2mm) at the bottom, and left for a trip. Came back 3 days later, and the material was still solid. So we're getting somewhere ! Only place where I see paper straws is funnily enough McDonalds.
American's doesn't know how to drink from a cup, they need single use plastic straw?
@@N3mdrazYes, but washable plastic. The regulation isn't calling for ALL plastic to go away - but that plastic products should be reuseable. A plastic straw of course can for hygiene reasons only used one time. A plastic cup can be washed and used again. The same goes with forks, knifes etc - they are then made out of wood. The funny part is, that because wood can be contaminated, it has to packed into a package, unlike plastic straws, which means that nowadays they produce more waste than before - but it's paper waste, that can be recycled to toilet paper or newspapers.
1. Those "burnt fries? they are VEGETABLE FRIES (As in BEETS (the dark ones) CARROTS an PARSNIP) quite delicious but of course very different looking to plain potatoes
2. That french cheese they taxed is LITERALLY "blue cheese" (like the salad dressing etc.)
3. The tax loophole got closed in later years in the EU... McDonalds, Burger King etc. have to show how much they sold as "take out" and how much got eaten there to get correct taxation.
4. EU regulations F.T.W. !!! They even forced Apple to switch from lightning to usb-c. ...if you dont like paper cups: get a reusable plastic one! (costs a deposit you get back when returning)
Vegetable fries? Are the regular fries made from meat?
@@johnbroke2336 It's probably a fancy way of saying they aren't made from potatoes. Nowadays a lot of people equate potato chips with junk food and vegetables with healthy food, so marketing them like that probably helps.
Also: He complains that his soda is leaking through the paper cup after TWO days... who wants to even have soda in a cup sitting for two days???
@@Otakumanu It has also to do with local regulations. McDonalds in many European countries has to offer these more "healthy" substitutes for fries. For example in the Happy Meal in Germany you can choose between fries or salad and between nuggies, cheese or hamburger and they will also always put some apple slices into it or a apple sqeezie. also the drink is either apple juice, capri sun or table water.
dont bother..Asmon is just tarded
It’s so sad (but make no mistake, I’m happy for them) how better countries have it simply due to how they have standards. Here in the US, ppl don’t care, so therefore we get crappy food for crappy ppl 🤷🏻♀️
In USA, companies have free reigns, so they keep pushing for lower standards. If you make more profit serving a blurb of fat, sugar, and salt, they won't fight it.
@@TheForgottenWolfwell the Philippines might have more corruption than the US, but I dare think we have better fast food here compared to US. At least the major ones and the larger mom-and-pop establishments. But then again we have more publically accessible investigative journalism here (e.g. the Tulfo brothers) so that might have balanced the case. No one wants to eat in places that have been documented doing unsanitary practices anyway.
The Food and Drug Administration sets the US food standards I think. However it's corrupt.
What you don't get that you have something for everyone and other countries have like 3 grades: general scum, rich or wannaby rich and ultra rich.
General scum level is like moderate level in US, but then rich is like millionaires in US and ulta-rich is like Donald Trump level.
But you don't have anything in between. You either paying 6-7 bucks for a crappy kebab, 60 bucks for an average home-style meal or 600 for a fancy restaurant or 5000 for a really fancy restaurant.
@@moristar well atleast in my part of Germany, you get realy good food for around 25-35€ Per person.
Ofc i could do it at home for a Fraction of the cost.. but thats not the Point.
The point of Eating outside for me, is to avoid the Work and Time Spent.
i could do it by myself a lot of times o nthe same or better Level.
The first McDo in France opened in 1979, not 1997.
American food chains taste better outside of the US because they use those countries ingredients and condiments which aren't modified to be approved by the FDA. They just taste better and have more variety and less grease as well.
Instead, they're modified to meet the often higher standards of foreign countries. Many of the preservatives, additives, and ingredients that are ok with the US FDA are banned outside of the US.
Less sugar and corn syrup outside the USA.
McDo is so funny to hear for me as a German because here it's often colloquially called "McDoof" which translates to "McDumb" because everyone going there knows they're just gonna regret it in so many ways but we still do it
Asmon: Wow better quality, people create a good place and they stay
Also Asmon: Did they have drive thru? No? Go bless murica
LMAO XD
It may be good to mention that even due to the 25% tax in a restaurant in Sweden (12:05 ish), it's about the same cost as a meal in the US. In Sweden, it's rare to tip for a meal but in the US, it's expected to give at least 10%. The food might be a bit cheaper still in the US, but low income/mid income people have more money in Sweden than in US.
So as a Swede who has spent extensive time in the US.. Even though we have much higher tax, i'd say we have approximately the same money "in the pocket".
One thing not mentioned in the video. Each new container in McDo France has a chip, which now lets the restaurant know if the containers have been stolen or not.
What happens after the restaurant finds out about?
Just curious as a fellow european
What are they going to do, chase you down the street?
@@saladspinner3200
No, but the police will
26:45 To clarify, yes there are drive through pretty much everywhere, no it's not that common to own a car if you live in a big city. Unlike the US, public transportation is just that much more convenient. People who do need to leave the city or live in suburbs are way more likely to have cars though. It's not really about the price but more about whether or not you have a use for it (and if it's worth the trouble of parking).
i mean they do have cars, they just don't use them cause they are less convenient as you said.
You really need to see how American fast food is done outside of the United States. Some of them go through the extra effort overseas. I remember eating at a McDonalds in Japan for the first time (city of Iwakuni specifically). I was blown away by how the food was done and presented compared to what I was used to from the USA. It looks like the goddamn pictures and the meal put together by people that gave a shit.
you see, we europeans really really enjoy our food. sometimes we sit for hours in a restaurant, so naturally the food needs to be diverse, and tasty, and the enviorments needs to be welcoming and comfortable
That mold is basically penicillin :)) joke aside in Europe every McDonalds in each country has specific recipes and special country specific products (as well as integrated design in ceratin hystoric sites adapted to context - like the one in Innsbruck for example) - as a Romanian I thought it was funny we even had McMici, pork sandwitches and sausage sandwitches. I was so happy when Quarter Punder entered the menu, we did not have that for a very long time here. We also have sort of seasonal limited edition offers and recipes.
Romania, as a post communist country was so amazed when the first McDonalds opened in the capital of Bucharest, a big crowd gathered dressed elegantly as for going to a fency restaurant :) The concept of fast food was so abstract.
Portions are a lot smaller than in the US.
Service is not so great even with the Ford type automation - they often forget the paper holding the Big Mac, or even to put straws or napkins in the package.
The paper straws are horrible, also contain chemicals to hold that paper together, that is even more dangerous and damaging to the environment than plastic. ESG is pushed hard in Europe at this moment. We use paper/cardboard holders for the fries and drinks.
Romanians love McDonalds but many think of it as trash food that should be avoided and does lots of harm to the body at the same time :)
Yep, 'penicillium Roqueforti'. A natural yeast found in the some caves where the cheese does the aging process, and also is a good companion to have in your body to help digest your food. But it seems that some people only eat with their eyes and not with their mouths. Like we say in Spain 'No esta hecha la miel para la boca del asno' / ' Honey is not made for the palate of the donkey'
The enjoyment of food is not only determined by the taste. It is also very much determined by the presentation of the food. Like you said: "This food comes with a dress code". You almost want to dress up and have dinner at McD wearing a suit when you see the way the food is presented, and the way their new packagings and containers look. Good job, french McD!
Yeah. Its also not only about the taste, and presentation, but the balance, the diversity between different foods. if you eat snacks with over the top taste for years(for example pringes, doritos), then even a really good one will taste bland. The same is true for places like McD, in general its only tastes good when you don't eat there day by day. The French one have more diversity, which makes it more suitable for longer term.
In france we also have a lot of macdonalds setup into weird building like former train stations, or repurposed industrial building and they keep element of that legacy into the design which can be pretty cool. However regarding the food it's universally considered junkfood still, it's just an easy choice for a quick meal with friends
Some fast food restaurants in Sweden has straight up ditched straws. They're like fuck it, just drink from the mug you babies.
Asmons needs to travel the world so he can check out all the different mc Donald’s editions
9:37
Frenchman here the Roquefort does not have mold. This is Penicillium roqueforti, a harmless bacteria which only exists in the very cave where the cheese is refined in Roquefort-sur-Soulzon.
It tastes great, especially in sauce :)
12:05 As a European, you can't imagine how much it blew my mind when I learned that in the USA, some people come for BREAKFAST at McDonald's. This is something totally unimaginable here. Then I saw documentaries where New York workers said they came to eat at McDonald's for ALL their meals: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. WTF
"Every big american restaurant, is better outside amerika" same holds true for the german car industry, if you order the same car outside the country you get the luxery version that has more legroom on the back seats and wierd quality of life like that.
6:35
These fries aren't burnt, they're mac donald's attempt to incorporate a little more diversity by creating fries with different vegetables (carrots, parsnips and beet) - it's the latter that look burnt.
It was a test to add diversity, but the idea didn't take and the fries were withdrawn.
6:45 Wait you're telling me, that you don't have French Fries made from red potatoes or even any other kind? Only the yellow ones? Geezus...
Relying on minimum wage McDonalds employees that hate their jobs to wash my containers is a scary concept. Even with dishwashers you have to load them right and take care of dishes that don't come clean.
Idk what they get paid here in the EU, but I would guess that they get paid better than in the US lol
@@bl00by_ Minimum wage in the US is $7.25 per hour, for example in France it's €11.52 per hour which is $12.54 per hour. the minimum wage in France is almost double the minimum wage in the US.
@@bl00by_doubt it here in WA state I see ads for jobs there starting at 18$ which is nuts. My first job while in High School was at McDonalds and it was minimum wage at 16 in 1996 5.75$ an hour 😂
@@oarf7100that depends on were you live in the usa. Here in new York it's 15/hour and new York is trying to rise it to 21/hour in the next 3 years
@@bl00by_In the EU countries, their pay isn't even close to the minimal domestic pay, it's higher. They have slightly better wages and usually undergraduates or just other youngsters work there. I mean, it's not a high-end job but it's pretty decent for young people to start their journey on the job market.
Something they don't say is that mcdonald said that they wanted to attract a different kind of customers and wanted to be seen more as a Restaurant then just a fast food here in france
I was visiting Paris a few years ago and went to the McDonalds right next to the Triumphal arch (Arc de Triomphe) and it was the best one i've ever been too. Just the entrance looked nothing like a regular McDonalds. They had so many weird things i've never seen before. I ordered a cocoa drink but i had to mix it myself so i were given powder and milk in the order. It was incredible haha
the Netherlands has a soort of plastic tax only that money (0.25 cents orso) is for the companey. So the Mc donalds has the normal cups +0.25cents Or the reusable you pay +1.00 more but you can turn it in to get your euro back
I hate that stupid new rule, it just makes everything even more expensive. Also the extra fee you have to pay when you buy a can of coke or something, like I understand for plastic bottles but no one is going to turn in cans..
This is also true for burger king my dad went over to america once and hated burger king but in england we love it
18:20 If you're leaving a styrofoam cup sitting there for a week and then drinking from it, you're consuming much more styrofoam...
There are cellulose based plastics now that fast food joints are starting to use. It's actually tougher than the plastic they normally use, but will bio-degrade over the span of months/years.
[VINCENT]
I know, baby, you'd dig it the most.. But you know what the funniest thing about Europe is?
[JULES]
What?
[VINCENT]
It's the little differences. I mean, they got the same shit over there they got here, but, it's just, just, there it's a little different.
[JULES]
Example?
[VNCENT]
Alright, you can walk into a movie theatre in Amsterdam and buy a beer. And I don't mean just like in no paper cup. I'm talking about a glass of beer. And in Paris, you can buy a beer at McDonald's. And you know what they call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Paris?
[JULES]
They don't call it a Quarter Pounder with Cheese?
[VINCENT]
No, they got the metric system there, they wouldn't know what the fuck a Quarter Pounder is.
[JULES]
Then what do they call it?
[VINCENT]
They call it Royale with Cheese.
[JULES]
Royale with Cheese. What do they call a Big Mac?
[VINCENT]
Big Mac's a Big Mac, but they call it Le Big Mac.
[JULES]
Le big Mac! Ahhaha, what do they call a Whopper?
[VINCENT]
I dunno, I didn't go into a Burger King. But you know what they put on french fries in Holland instead of ketchup?
[JULES]
What?
[VINCENT]
Mayonnaise.
[JULES]
Goddamn!
[VINCENT]
I seen 'em do it man, they fuckin' drown 'em in it.
[JULES]
Uuccch!
Here in France people steal those Mcdonalds packagings 💀
It looks like fisher price toy food packaging
How are the prices? Is everything still dirt cheap or is the image change also used as a way to raise the prices?
@@Haruka_May it’s very very expensive bro.people are now complaining that the fast food is reaching restaurant price and some instances pricier than a restaurant
@@ZblboulJ'ai taxé une cuillière sans faire exprès chez eux ❤😂😂😂
@@Lostouille 🤣🤣🤣
"They have cars in France, Right?" "is it a normal thing in Paris to own a car? or is it something that only rich people have?" 😭😭😂
the genuine and innocent question, with these curious and childish eyes got me 😭😂
J'avoue, comme Asmongold ça fait 10 ans voir plus que je n'ai pas été dans un Mc Do, mais ce reportage est sympa, qui plus est ça fait toujours plaisir d'avoir un avis du pays créateur de la marque de fastfood la plus développée en France.
Encore merci pour ton regard en toute simplicité qui n'hésite pas à dire ce qu'il pense.
Of course you would comment in French :D Jesus Christ, you people. Anyway, cheers from the Czech Republic.
Oui par contre c'est honteux pour le roquefort :/
why wouldnt they comment in french if they want to ?@@Oumegi
@@freitod6353 ouais, mais le américains ont pas le droit aux fromages non pasteurisés (aka avec des moisissures) comme le roquefort à cause de leurs lois donc ils savent pas ce qu'ils ratent, ils pensent que si c'est moisi c'est à jeter alors que certaines moisissures sont littéralement comestibles et bonnes pour la santé.
As a french, our cheese are awesome, I wouldn't go as far as to say "healthy" because most are quite the load of calories, but still perfectly illness free.
America banning them was a petty and stupid move playing on people ignorance over how cheese treatment works.
And the cheese is without dye or other stuff to cause cancer...
And yes I love Roquefort as example
22:23 the problem with all plastics is that it doesn't biodegrade. they can keep breaking down, but it'll just get smaller and smaller, but chemically stays the same. which is how we now have microplastics in human blood.
The blue cheese is probably healthier then your pizza with stuff like spider flavour.
Sure its a natural product... with out dye or stuff to cause cancer
There is also a part they forgot to mention. E.U. standards for meat is higher then in the U.S.A. What you consider first tier meat is 2nd tier or maybe even 3rd tier quality in Europe. The quality of the meat and veggies is higher, makes also for better quality food. When i ate McD's in the U.S. felt bad after eating. In Europe never.
Fun Fact. McDonalds is shitty food in every country 😂
Heh yeah, but it seems it's ever so slightly less shitty in some places compared to others.
I think it might be a case of the narcissism of small differences.
Cure- learn to cook.
Can't wait for the OTK road trip quest to check out French McDonalds and other food places.
This fern video has an error they transposed 1979 to 1997 the recognized start of McD in France though it did have one franchise open in 1872. I have used paper straws they are okay for a quick drink. But there are agave cane straws as well as metal straws or even bio plastic. I prefer these instead in my last job spending hours over days over months picking up red Chick-Filet straws and styrofoam cups or the tons of green Starbucks straws who at least I believe changed theirs.
The stuff you can buy on the street for 3-4 bucks in my country is twice tastier and also at least slightly less unhealthy than anything in McDonald's. I only ever get ice cream from McDonald's, those are awesome.
@Asmongold TV 05:09 You have to remember that what you call 'french fries' is more typical for Belgium than it is for France. It was named wrong by Americans who didn't know they were in Wallonia. The potato wedges are, traditionally, more typical for France: thicker slices in general. The distinction is less pronounced these days, but there are still places where you'll get thick wedges if you ask for fries. It's kind of a meme that french fries are really Belgian, but hardly anyone cares, and most French agree it is way more of a Belgian thing than a French thing, and very likely invented in Belgium as a result. Also it looks like the ads you're seeing around 08:07 are in Dutch, implying they were aired in Belgium, not France, as well. This was, to the French, a French face being used in a *foreign* ad. That's probably why they were so peeved about it: it was affecting their image outside of their borders.
For the plastic issue: there are options, but a lot of it requires research and there's often unintended consequences. There's also more to it than you might think in terms of energy consumption. A cotton bag might need to be used a thousand times or more to equal the production energy of a simple plastic bag (not the exact number, but that's the principle). You have polymers that are biodegradable, but then the question becomes what they degrade *into*, since it has to be digested by something at some point.
Then there's the issue of how to produce them: GMO's. You can produce pure cellulose sheets with a GMO, it's a simple trick, one of the first things you do if you study biochemistry. But that's still a GMO you're messing with. Not everyone is okay with that. Not sure if other polymers are made with that (cellulose isn't a plastic, btw, I know, but it's a simple enough example to illustrate with), but if they are, then you're shifting production towards the biochem industry and away from regular chemical industry. There's financial incentives there. In fact, there's a notorious story about Dunlop sabotaging or stopping legislation of some natural fibre, I think it was hemp. These days we have composite materials that use hemp as one of the parts, but those are for car parts, not sure what the status is for mass producing food packages. Going back to natural rubber for certain parts is an option, too, but that bridge has been burned. How and why? Let's just say a certain unmentionable king had a hand in it...
Also yes, Europeans have banned a lot of American hormones from their food. In fact, there was a thing called the 'hormone maffia' not too long ago, had its own film and everything, but that never took off in America. It was called 'Bullhead,' if anyone's interested.
One thing about belgian fries. I guess its me just being used to it(I'm from more eastern Europe) but the fact that Belgians don't seem to ever salt their fries was so wacky and made them worse. I was there for a week, had at least 1 set of fries a day from everything from fast food chains to fry stands to fancier restaurants and never had any salt on the fries at all. The few times I had salt on the table the friest were great, otherwise not so much.
@@frosthammer917 Really? That's odd, and possibly a regional thing. As far as I know, any good barack de frites will ask you if you want salt on your fries. That might be different in restaurants, though, yes, that sounds plausible.
Americans don't even know Belgium exists. You are asking too much from them. ^^
18:42 like he doesn´t understand that it isn´t about where he throws it away but the garbadge company getting rid of it on some shore or the ocean, so to reduce the playstic in there its very improtant to reduce playstic packaging
As a french, my local MacDo only had this reusable new packaging for like two weeks, before they changed back to the old paper & plastic thing, as it was just so frequently stolen they didn't have enough left to operate properly.
I'm not sure whether or not they now switched again, as I do not go to MacDo that often
French what?
Dress
@@Grandmastergav86
I'm not sure where you're from but all the MacDo i went still use the reusable packaging ?
I don’t see single-use plastic as single-use. It’s the people’s thoughts that are single-use
the only way they were seen as single-use is because they were cheap to manufacture and because of laziness
Paper straws and cups are even MORE single-use than the plastic ones because: they can leak even in perfect condition, they aren’t very biodegradable (plastic takes like a hundred to a thousand years and paper doesn’t disappear in your stomach (just like glass)), and they are made from trees (it’s like they’re saying “you can’t harm the environment if there is no environment to harm”)
There is no such thing as single-use plastic, only single-use thoughts.
I come from a Portuguese family on both sides and we went to the Açores back in 98… I’ve been preaching for years about the quality of life and food in Europe compared to western culture and how much healthier they are then us. It really should be a crime at how bad the food industry is in Canada and the U.S
9:40 Yeah, well Asmon that’s why you got literal Plastic Cheese in the US.
Also at 16:00 also this is true, having tasted both multiple times I can tell you that they taste nothing similar.
The McDonald one’s are basically 4 month old ROCK HARD and almost tasteless macarons.
Basically if I took a Ladurée macaron and let it sit for 3 month it would taste like a McDonald one.
Question i, would it be edible after 3 months?
I am French and growing up in the late 80s and early 90s, we definitely enjoyed mc donalds. Looking at old mc donals comercial from the US, they both were very identical, we did have grimace, the hamburglar ..., just look at 90s mcdonalds french comercials. Mc donalds did evolve though and is less colorful than it used to be, but to be fair, mc donalds in the US also evolved, not in the best way though. I now live in the US and I was disapointed by mc donalds menu and sticky restaurants. Mc donalds in France is a better experience and we have rotation of specialty burgers that you don't have here, excpet for the occasional mc rib, but that is about it. I haven't experienced the new reusable packaging though, it reminds me of diners cups and plates. Also, I think it is generational, the older generation (my parents) hate fast food, the generation that grew up in the late 70s and onward loves it. We still love good traditional food, but we are not against fast food.
C'est marrant de voir ce genre de video, on dirait qu'il découvre qu'un autre pays a des standards différents et des habitudes différentes. Merci pour cette video
Pour une fois qu'il ne crache pas à notre gueule et encore ça leur sort du nez. Si c'était sur des Japonais ils seraient en train de s'étouffer devant un lampadaire mdr
@@bonjourbonjour2754 c'est vrai ça maintenant que j'y pense ahahahaha
@@bonjourbonjour2754 Il a quand même réussi a trouver une raison stupide à la fin pour remercier le bon dieu de vivre dans son pays de misère. Un bouffon d'American mais il est drôle.
Son manque de culture générale est juste a l'image de l'état ou il vit. Ce mec est intelligent mais sans culture, c,est triste :(
@@OBEYTHEPYRAMID
Vous avez tout dit. Certaines de ses interventions sont d'un chauvinisme déconcertant. @@productionskatharsis4026
it’s better but the menu is more limited. we don’t have some of the products that US mcd’s has. like hash browns, ive never had hash browns in my life, and no mcdouble
Never had Mc ribs eirher
We get both of those in Poland. And you're really not missing much. I can't imagine how terrible it must taste in the US, if the stuff we get is considered better.
And for hash browns you'd be better off trying to make your own. At least then it would be actual food, and not whatever McDonald's wants to pass for food.
hash browns are a breakfast thing at mcdonalds been there for years
mcribs are a seasonal thing,something due to demand and pork prices are at their cheapest at that time so mcdonalds makes a fake scarcity thing making them sell well when they release them for a limited time@@jamirys
A McDouble is literally just a double cheeseburger with a single piece of cheese instead of two. Their hash browns are pre-made hashed potatoes that literally only have to be removed from the package and put into a preheated, pre-timed fryer.
Big Tasty is my favorite burger. Here in the UK they do a similar one. I think it's called the same. It's an actual full burger. Burger, tomatoes, lettuce, cheese, sauce. Not just meat and sauce like most of their burgers.
This is why Burger King in the UK is better imo. Their burgers taste like actually off the grill. They are bigger. They do more variations of burgers too. McDonald's in the UK is VERY limited. They do seasonal stuff. Obviously all McDonald's rotate limited time food. But that's a couple burgers at most. Very limiting menu vs BK.
Sad that the Big Tasty is usually a month or two every year. It's their best burger. McDonald's has fallen off though. Great when you're drunk and need food. That's it.
i never seen asmon so invested in a video. 😂
He needs to protect America, the Greatest and only talk worthy Country on the World.
@@PhynixAbyssjeez
@@PhynixAbyssGood Joke 😂
@@PhynixAbyssamen brother 🤠
9:00 Paul Bocuse is litteraly "the god of chief" and is a legend. He got his bronze statue when he died in the city of Lyon (considered to be the world capital of gastronomy and many other cooking legends lived there...) and using his image without his permission is way worse than you think.
18:42 Surely, you got a much better retort than that, man. 🤣
Anyway, this is funny. I rarely eat any fastfood at all, so watching people argue over it is comedy gold. XD
Paper straws are just fastfood chains trying to make you anti regulation. Almost everywhere I go in Denmark, that isn't a fastfood restaurant has perfectly usable straws, that aren't made of paper. But fibers, bamboo or shit like that. It doesn't desolve and it's basically just a plastic straw, that meets the regulation.
USA: McD
France: McDo
Germany: McDreck
England: MuckDonalds
Italy: Mc
In Italy, everything in McDonald's is paper, burger boxes, cups, straws, even the Happy Meals toys were swapped for posters, cards and books
Having eaten in a mcdo in France, I have my reservations on those things. There is no way in hell that you get as much fries as you would with the cardboard one. Also I have serious questions about the hygiene. You have to remember that you’re using your fingers to eat at McDonald and not fork and knife. So if those containers don’t get cleaned as they should (and with all these corners in them I really can’t help thinking these can’t be cleaned properly) you could get a really bad case of the “runnings”. The cardboard ones, you throw away and don’t have to worry about if they’re cleaned properly. The drinking cup on the other hand is just perfect, we even nicked one 😅. The big fries you saw are really good, the potato is cut without removing the skin (is offcourse washed before) and cut to a size that is the standard one for real fries, Belgian fries, 1cm by 1cm and not those way to things you Americans call fries. It makes the fries taste so much better, slightly crusty on the outside, soft inside. Also, I have to say, if you want to have McDonalds with way more choice, the German mcdo is the best, most have like 25 different burgers to chose from, last one I went in Düsseldorf even had almost 40 different ones to chose from.
have you ever heard about dishwasher?🤣 of course they have to be cleaned just like at all other restaurants.
Cool video, but it fails to address other factors that facilitated McDonald's success in France: the lack of a "street food" culture, or something that would allow for fast take out or lunch, which mcdonalds capitalized upon, the massive arrival of immigrants, for whom the french dining culture seemed too inaccessible or who felt too estranged to it (fast foods in France are massively popular among populations with an immigrant background), and the fact that the quality of ingredients at McDonalds in France is really good, especially when compared to the quality you'd find in the US or even other european countries.
German here
17:55
Yes, paper sucks, but you can bring a glas straw if you have one, and no one expects you to take 1h to finish a drink.
Also condoms are made out of silicone and not plastic.
And yes, I carry a glas straw in a container around.
As a Norwegian, I don't get the issues with paper straws. They usually keep their durability for more than long enough to finish eating, usually lasting for at least several hours.
17:45 no, I have my own metal straw that I can wash and reuse, much better than plastic because even plastic straws are flimsy
In my experience it really is. Euro McChickens are GODLY. And their fries are amazing.
@@thomgizziz And you need to stop copy-pasting this same comment across the comment section, it's really getting unsettling. Unless you're a bot, of course.
Could you try drawing a hand and making that your profile picture, just to make sure?
@@RaichuWizDom Can't see why they would be a bot, they're not trying to sell something. Apparently they really are so triggered by the idea of European food being better that they're on a copy-paste crusade lol.
fern is a really good youtube channel, pls more from them
I was in Paris, and both times I tried McDonald's, it tasted like old, rehydrated cardboard flavoured with salt and pickles. Irish McDonald's can definitely be hit or miss, but the French experience really opened my eyes to why people say McDonald's is so bad. So there, that's my anecdotal experience.
Man you should make more social commentary videos like this. Its awesome!
Americans in the comments saying "i was in europe and the food wasnt good".
Like they still think europe is a single country.
NA education i guess
To be fair, to the glourious US their states are almost like our countries, espeically if you notice the distance between them
6:46
Those aren't burnt fries...
Those are _BEET_ fries
...and yes, they taste horrible as a "fried" option imo
I went to McDonald's in Germany and the food tested SO MUCH BETTER. They served beer there, but I got Orange Fanta because it was made with real sugar and incomparable to the Fanta over here.
And in France we also have directive on the chemicals used in our products, so it's "healthier" too.
What a random thing to react to. Thanks asmon
Most people living in the EU have cars. The only exception are people who exclusively live in big cities.
Its trash everywhere