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17:44 The strange fries are a mixture of fries made with carrots, red beets and parsnips. This trio has been used to make vegetable crisps that have been found in my supermarkets for years. It was a limited time edition, like wavy fries. Year-round, we have 2 choices at McDo: classic fries or potatoes. These limited editions replace potatoes for a few weeks. And yes, it's vegetables fries are not terrible. I seem to remember that even BK made fun of these vegetables fries on April 1st this year. 1st tweet: '' tomorrow, discover our vegetable fries ''. 2nd tweet "April Fools. Imagine someone really does that. Lol'' that sums up the general opinion very well. Fortunately, the potatoes came back quickly, but we had fears..
You can choose regular fries or these delicious little potato wedges coated with garlic/paprika and served with a creamy sauce.
Same price and absolute banger :) (the Royal Deluxe burger worth a try too)
Every time I buy a bag of mixed root vegetables, I get parsley root and not parsnip. Unless I have the two next to each other, I cannot tell them apart! lol Such a let-down when I sink my teeth into a roast parsley root and not a parsnip. I expect lovely and sweet. I get attacked by iron. No, I love parsley root too, but not when I expect a roasted parsnip.
@@jenat82I tried those vegetable fries in Germany and instantly regretted my choice 😅
I've seen the same root veg. fry mix for sale in western Canada at a wholesaler, but I'm not sure if any local restaurants serve them. I'm sure they must, otherwise why would a wholesaler keep them in stock? I just cook them at home, though.
The icecream machine being down is a typical American problem. I've only had it once here in Europe, and that was due to an electrical issue in the building.
I heard that it being down in the US, is due to a contract they have with the manufacturer. Might be interesting to react to, if you can find the video.
It happens sometimes in the uk a mate that used to work at maccies told me it’s normally when the person that was supposed to put the machine on clean hasn’t and they can’t use it.
also a typical Australian problem, but here the workers clean it early and turn it off to make so to have less work later while closing
Quite typical in Finland.
I work in McDonald's in France and in my restaurant the icecream machine broke quite a lot
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As a Mcdonald's employee in France, I can say that the reusable cutlery (or re-use as we call it) has been used since December 2022 (at least in my resturant). It's a nightmare to wash, but I understand the goal. I did not realise about the cultural stuff, but what I know is that the McCafé, where we sell macarons, pain au chocolat, croissants, smoothies, iced coffee, expressos, hot chocolate and whatnot is a huge success with foreign clients, especially Americans. Most medium to large Mcdos have a McCafé, and in our restaurant it's about 25% of sales.
McCafé was an Australian invention. We also have things like macaroons and pastries. I think we also started the self serve computers. A lot of what comes out in McDonald’s is tested in the Thornleigh restaurant at the head office in Sydney Australia. (Except specific national menus). It’s kinda the experimental restaurant.
Note that McCafé was developed and first started in AUSTRALIA
The concept has now been propagated around the world.
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If you work shifts here and are coming of the night shift, there's two places you can go get a cup of coffee and a bite to eat, ranging from fresh pastry to actual normal menus.
And those are the Quick at the Cinema complex and the McDonald's a few 100 meters away from it.
If you ever pass there at night, both are stuffed to the brim.
And when you go inside and look at what people are eating, you'd have to do a double take that there's indeed a bunch of Quick and McDonald's branding all around you, to believe that you're in a fastfood restaurant.
But what are those things that look like burned fries?
@@KenFullman it was vegetable french fries that's was temporary available in macdonalds in france
I was in Metz in France where all the old buildings are made from a pale orange sandstone, and all new buildings have to conform. McDonalds were allowed to open there, but not using their colour scheme, they had to blend in with the rest of the buildings. I was very impressed. No big red and yellow sign, just a simple pale orange M on the front of the building. Similar restrictions in many other towns and cities. Still didn't eat there. Hell, I was in France!
In France, the standard McDo color scheme is green/yellow, red was phased out 10/15 years ago
@@lyonstclair69300 It's been longer than that since I've been to France, I like how they keep all the character of towns and cities, like Dijon and the amazing tiled roofs.
unfortunately , in paris there is nos restriction and the beautiful haussmann style heritage is getting more and more messed up everyday
Sorry but the "it's a staple of French culture to sit down to eat" I've had to laugh. It's not just French. It's the entire Mediterranean area. Try convince an Italian, a Spanish or a Greek to eat on the go like many in the US seem to love to do. They'll look at you as if you had grown two heads.😅
Saying that something is a staple of one country does not exclude that something from being a staple of other countries. You left out plenty of countries yourself where sitting down and taking time to eat is also a staple.
It's the same in Norway, and likely our neighbours as well.
@@mikeyb2932 first, I just made some examples, you Karen. Second, maybe you should try and re-read what I wrote, while also listening to the video. In the video they are talking about EU countries and in particular of France. So when they said that McDonald's policy in France changed because of the eating culture, I thought that it wasn't a plausible explanation for just France, but was valid, in regards to EU and McDonalds, also for other countries in the same area and with the same regulations (because we're talking about food and the rules are the same all over the EU). Try not to call out people for things you don't understand, thank you. It just makes you look overly and unnecessarily grumpy.
but the americans are in a permanent HURRY , HURRY , HURRY to earn a few dollars to be able to CONSUME!! CONSUME !! CONSUME
so eating is only for SURVIVING ... not for taste , HEALTH or any other nonsense !
@@Jmvars I used to live in Lillehammer. I still remember the day I walked past McDonalds there and saw a car at the drive through. Not a big deal but certainly a once-in-a-lifetime moment.
The first time i went to a McDonald's in England was on my 7th birthday in the 70s.
Dad asked where the plates and cutlery were, and hasn't been in one since😂
i ate at US mcdonalds and european mcdonalds in various countries. its basically a tradition. european mcdonalds is way "cleaner" if that makes sense. you dont feel as sluggish. the taste and quality is just way better. in austria and germany the beef quality is fantastic, so it almost tastes like a real burger.. US mcdonalds uses sketchy chemicals compared to an european mcdonalds. they never could use them...the regulations are way way stricter.
If only your writing skill was fantastic.
Unfortunately - it is pathetic.
I would recommend you undertake an
extensive reading program and go back to school.
I have taught students age 8 who are academically
more advanced than you. Way more advanced.
But that is not a typically McDonalds thing! More than 1500 dyes, artificial aromas, preservatives and so on are banned in the EU but allowed in the US. The FDA is a massive joke and the US as a whole doesnt care about public health. No refulation on food quality, 6 times more sugar in their industrial bread, around 35% more sugar in their sodas ... Highest rates of obesity, diabetes, heart diseases among OECD countries. Most expensive healthcare system (more than twice the average cost per person) but ranks last on the OECD quality and accessibility ranking.
Wait, could you please tell me when & where in austria you ate at a mcdonalds and the burger tated "almost like a real burger"? I 100% believe that it's way better than in the US, but I never had the feeling of a burger at mcdonalds tasting almost like a real burger so far.
@@LucRio448 standards are different most likely. The fact that in the usa pretty much no matter where you get a burger it comes with basicly the same kind of bun that mcdonalds also uses would make it pretty simmilar.
Here those kind of buns are pretty much mcdonalds exclusive.
@@baronvonlimbourgh1716 You mean the burgers would be "actual good burgers" to someone from the US who is used to utter crap, while we in europe who are used to ACTUALLY good burgers from restaurants etc with great buns and everything think pretty different about that? Yeah, I can see that, good point.
I live in the Netherlands an I've never heard anyone here refer to a McDonalds as a 'restaurant'. We have a long tradition of snackbars and McD is just another one but with a much more limited choice than other ones.
But the prices now are going towards 'restaurants' prices...
McDonalds in the Netherlands is pretty bad by European standards.
Well, nobody -- except American food chains and US Americans -- regards fast food joints as restaurants. Even in the cheapest restaurant in Europe you will get glass, porcelain or at least faience or earthenware and metal cutlery to eat. McDonalds and their competitors neglect these European culture traits. (I am European and don't have too much experience with other parts of the world, except the USA.)
They market themselves/claim they are a restaurant though lol.
MC kroket lol. Well wasn't it in The Netherlands McD started selling salads?
The same thing is true in Denmark.
Larger tables for larger groups and table service.
They also do collaborations with Danish chefs to make special "Homestyle" burgers.
Like a Chicken Teriyaki burger or something like that.
We don't have those plastic designed things though :)
Probably because ordering in or to go is still what the majority do. We want to sit down to eat... just not necessarily at McD
So, unless McD figures out a deal with our Returpant system, they'll never see those reusable containers again.
Edit: it's perhaps 10 years since my last visit to the US, but I don't remember the food quality to be particularly different across the pond... but I do remember that there was no big or even small tasty (bummer, it's available even in Asia).. on the other hand they had some interesting third pounders, which I believe was the ancestors to what we know as homestyles today.
We do have chefs burger in France too
Anyway, I’ve been in LA in the US and I have to say that the food is globally better in French (and European) Mc Donald’s than in the US.
Probably because it’s more under control though
In the near future, the European Union will oblige all telephone companies to make a single charger for all telephone models, USB-C.
Near future?
My favourite McDonald's experience was in Greece. It seemed completely normal except that any menu included a free salad bar. I don't know if this is still the case, but I found it amazing. Apparently Greeks won't eat anything without their greens.
Salade is not greens , vegetables are 🤣🤣
I guess I just learned something, but It was a salad bar, so there where definitely some vegetables to choose from. Not potatoes though, if that's what you mean.
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Not sure about other countries in Europe but where I'm from, if a customer wants ice cream and the machine is down, they would most likely request the "Complaints Book", which is a literal book that every single business must have at every single location and online (edit: obviously online it is not a literal book xD). It is periodically reviewed by the Economic and Food Safety Authority during inspections, and a complaint can be a huge headache to your business, ranging from forcing a business to take action against an employee who misconducts (so no more sweeping it under the rug by the managers) to the business facing fines or even closure. Now, an ice cream machine being broken happens, it never happened while I worked there, but some of our other machinery did break, and techs were usually there in a couple of hours. However, no McDonald's would ever risk saying the ice cream machine is broken without it being broken, or have it broken for longer than a day without calling maintenance, as that trend of complaints would cause them great trouble. Costumer rights, yay!
In the Netherlands, because ketchup wasn't as popular as it was in the US, they made a special sauce to go with fries. American friends that visit absolutely love it.
Was just in Amsterdam and Amersfoort for a few days. It was interesting to see how many Fries places there were, just selling fries. Seemed most got mayo on their fries. I tried it and it wasn't bad, though mayo is not my normal thing. If there was another special sauce, I'll have to try it next time.
@@stevefl7175 McDonalds went with something a bit different than mayo, but yes, mayo is the local default to the degree that ketchup is in the US.
@@tomsmits259 Thanks for the info. I have never eaten at a McDonalds anywhere else but in the US (and rarely eat it here). I figure there are better things to eat when away. :)
I know quite a few people that after spending time in Netherlands, took mayo on *everything* back to UK with them!
I live in Prague a few Km from the Westfield shopping center. The local fast food zone has had porcelain plates and stainless steel cutlery as standard for years. We don't even have disposable beer cups in the Czech Republic. Sitting down to eat is common across Europe, and in the Czech Republic, for example, it is normal to go for lunch on weekdays, and restaurants have a lunch menu that often includes soup and a main course. And always at an affordable price.
In the 90s in Australia they proposed the "McCafe" adjustment, (basically putting a reasonably decent cafe counter for coffee and muffins etc on the side of a regular McDonalds store). The head office said "no" and the local industry essentially went rogue and did it anyway HUGE success. You can actually get a decent coffee at McDonalds, with a ham and cheese toasty, some raison bread, and a muffin. (And yeah we have Macarons)
Thank you, Australia 🇦🇺 McCafe is actually the only thing I'm trying there.
McCafe is the point I have accepted McDonals. I'm not stopping for some coca-cola and burger, decent coffee is it for me.
Of course you might still get a better/worse coffee based on particularly franchise and barrista, but most of the time it's good enough. Just hope they go back to non-takeaway containers soon (changed during COVID). Much prefer drinking my latte out of a better texture container.
They forgot to specify in the video that Mcdonalds were forced to change their colors in France to do greenwashing, because France loves ecology, the exterior wall and the logo are green for several years, and in their pubs they specify that their potatoes are of French origin, and even some burgers where they specify that the origin of the meat is French, Even some burgers have a cheese with a controlled "AOP" Designation of Origin, a very strict standard in France that prevents cheese counterfeiting. And that it is only thanks to this that they managed to make a place for themselves in France. It is important for the French that the origin of the food comes from France. Because France is the strictest country in terms of health regulation. Many pesticides, OGM etc are banned in France, but are allowed in the rest of Europe. Whether it is strict standards for animal welfare, or for cultivation so that some insects are spared, like bees, France is always one step ahead of health and ecology.
But Mac Do is one of the 224 major companies which do not pay their providers on time (and put them at risk economicaly). The list was published for the first half of 2023 by the goverment so that that shame is known (and 200 000 euros as a fine for Mac Donald's)
My co-worker used to travel a lot to the US on business and he was shocked how bad the fast food restaurants were, like they're places you'll go if you have to, not because you really want to.
how bad the fast food restaurants are [NOT were}
as the fast food restaurants in the U.S.
have not become much better and still ARE as bad as ever.
- Thus your description is deceptive and incorrect.
You have to read BOOKS and improve your knowledge
of the English language and tenses.
@@andrew_koala2974You might want to calm down a notch.
Also the original comment isn’t wrong as it is described how the circumstances were at a given time and (assuming) there is no way to know wether these circumstances have changed.
@@andrew_koala2974 Why are you using 2 different brackets when saying "[NOT were}" ? It is also much less convenient to read your split rows of texts. So maybe focus more on yourself than others whose comment was very understandable. Go read books and improve your knowledge of how to behave with others and becoming better person in general.
i am from germany and i dont know one who like mcdoof... and i dont know one reason why one should...
@@andrew_koala2974
You need to learn foreign languages. Hardly know any US citizen who is fluent in a second language.
in every country outside us there's something special in the menu, in Poland on breakfast time you can buy sandwitch with radish and cottage cheese from what i remember. i saw somewhere in Spain or Italy some type of macaroni or teriyaki in Japan. most of the people dont just walk in and go away with their meal, most of the times we sit with friends and enjoy our meal with them
I lived in Poland for 18 months. Your mcd is similar to the German menu, but dann, polish KFC was disgusting :D you need to kick that chain out :D
@@LeutnantJoker for me every fast food chain is pretty dogshit ngl, mcdonalds/kfc, burger king and the rest, its all trash. im curious why people buy this, its not even that good. if im gonna eat something this type, i rather go for nice kebab
they also opened new fast food chain called pompeye or similar i dont remember, i just looked on the menu and knew that it was dogshit as hell and i wasnt wrong.
I think Czech Republic doesn't have that.. but idk
In Britain we have/had a show called "Have I Got News For You". Topical news with a comedic slant given to it. In one episode a number of years ago they showed 4 photos - e-coli bacteria, raw sewage, a rats foot, and a nematode worm, and the contestants had to guess which was the odd one out.
The answer, of course, was the raw sewage - it had merely seeped up through the drains and been found in a McDonalds restaurant. The other 3 had all been actually found in McDonalds burgers served to the public.
This one statement put me off McD's for life, I will never set foot in one of their places for any reason.
If you knew what went on in every cafe, restaurant and fast food joint in the world, you'd probably never eat out again.
@@Thurgosh_OG I don't doubt that for a second, I stopped eating in the canteen at work the day I saw the chef take a dump then walking out without washing his hands. Packed lunches from that moment on.
in the mid-80s the first Italian MC opened in Rome near Piazza di Spagna in an elegant and ancient building, with tables where you could sit and relax as is customary in Italy,
immediately the managers tried to make you get up and leave the table claiming that this was a fast food restaurant and therefore the very philosophy of the type of restaurant was to eat quickly, but all we did was get up from one place and occupy another, in a short time they surrendered to our habits,
another thing I remember about that MC was the first in the world to offer a different menu from the usual hamburgers, in the center of the restaurant it seems to me there was a self-service area with salads and pasta much more appreciated than chewing gum sandwiches
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As Belgian with many independant "friteries" around in every towns or villages, cheaper, better with bigger portion, I don't understand how fast-food "restaurants" are still selling those craps in Belgium ! It's a national shame for me....
tourists and kids (through advertisment).
If your fellow countrymen didn't buy them they wouldn't be there, right? How many Belgian people have to loose their jobs to satisfy your personal fellings?
So true, its part of the you must taste this when you visit belgium.
I also dont understand anyone would go for the McD ones instead,
@@liamwashington2046 : You call it "job" ?? Arrassement, bad salary, bad products (unhealthy), environmentally and socio-economic destructive, etc.... The society will be better without this monstuosity (even if there is less job... happiness is not relative to money !) !!
We used to stop at Maccas when we were driving on holidays. Because they were in a couple of big service centres on the main highways, where you could get fuel, a feed, and have a bit of a stretch and a break. But since the kids have grown up, i can't remember the last time I went to a Maccas.
I was collecting a load of French published Citroen magazines over in Le Havre back in '97 to sell at a Citroen show back in the UK and met up at the nearby McDonalds to load my car boot (a Citroen XM 3.0 V6 Si) up with them. That was the first instance where I saw salads and other healthy looking foods on sale in McDonalds, when in the UK it was all the usual stuff McDonalds had on offer since the '80s.
A interesting video, its a shame they never went into the menu differences per country, couse they will be mindblowing for sure.
In the Netherlands we still use paper cups and straws, though the Mac's interior look really good and comfortable and u can order food digitally so that u can move to your seat(if u eat there) instead of having to wait for the food first.
I generally only go to one of i happen to be in the city center around dinnertime(wich is rare) and even then i keep it simple with what i order.
Every time I hear or think about Mc Donalds, I just remember an old article here in Norway. The workers there were lazy, so they put the toilet seats in the dishwasher. I couldn't eat there for years after that.
About 6 months ago my boss put 2 toilet brushes in the dishwasher. That day I started hand washing my coffee cup and I stopped using the cutlery.
😮😮😮😓😰🥴🤢
Sorry if I digress a bit here: One of the most interesting videos lately. I laughed right at the beginning when the subject of the ice cream machine came up, because that's often the case with us.
I like always your comments on how it is in the US in comparison. This makes it very exciting and highly informative. You find out what it's like somewhere else and at the same time we find out what it's like where you are. Everyone benefits from that.
I was definitely one of the first McDonalds customers in Austria. At first there were rumors that there were dead mice in the burgers. The stuff was demonized with us, but the triumphal procession could not be stopped. Right from the start, I was fascinated by how diverse the clientele was, from street workers to bankers, everyone is there to this day. I like going there with family or friends, but sometimes I'm alone, I hardly go to any other restaurant alone and when I'm alone abroad I'm more drawn to McD than anywhere else.
Many Europeans do not know this French concept at all. In Austria we also have table service and McCafé, but otherwise a lot is still the same. It's like when you cross a border into a neighboring country, even from Austria to Germany, you get different things at McD than at home in your own country. That's why at least one McD visit in another country is always a must with my family, although of course we prefer to go out for local premium food.
In the McDonalds where I sometimes eat, you order yourself on a touch screen at the entrance, pay electronically, get a number and go sit in the restaurant and put the number visible on the table. They come and bring you your order a few minutes later. It is kind of a table service.
When you write "" you ""
who are YOU talking about.
Do you even know what the word YOU means
and in which context it is used ?
Clearly - you have no clue.
Educate yourself to a higher level
Read books and learn how to write
@@andrew_koala2974 in this context it is totally acceptable to use you. If you decide to be annoying correcting people, at least make sure to be correct yourself.
@@andrew_koala2974 I reckon you’re not a fan of foreigners trying to speak or write in a language which isn’t their own. And you have a nice way of pointing at (possible) mistakes. Hope you did better in school than me 50 years ago, since it is your language and not mine.
Don't forget that European McDo employees get fair wages, health insurance, paid sick days, paid maternity leave, holidays from day 1 etc
Since you know about the origins of the "Hamburger", you should check out a "Bremer" 😂...
I worked close to the guys who did the redesign of McDo in Germany in 2010 to about 2014. They added a whole new section with the McCafé and explained to me that McDo wanted to increase the time of the customers staying in the restaurant. So there is a different approach to customers by McDo throughout Europe.
My own experience with McDo are childhood memories, unplanned travels and disappointment when I actually eat there.
Funny story from my hometown Reutlingen (110k ppl, south of Stuttgart): The first Burger joint in town was a restaurant called "Udo's Burger". A few years after he opened, a McDo restaurant opened just on the opposite side of the street (in about 1985). Everybody was convinced he was done... 20 years later, McDo went away, Burger King took over and is still there.
But so is Udo. And when I want to refresh childhood memories, don't want to get disappointed and I am in my hometown... Udo's it is.
For me nowadays fast food is not really an option. I tend to eat mostly non processed, home made foods. I eat somewhat low carb, but I don't bend myself. More veggies and salad, instead of fries or pasta.
In Switzerland McDo is expensive and really not nice for lunch. You need to order on stupid screens and it takes ages during lunch time to get your food. I'd rather spend 5$ extra, go in a restaurant and order one of the daily specials, which come at a reasonable price. Also Swiss take lunch and food as serious as the French.
Let's not even start with all these hygiene scandals that we have here in germany with these fast food chains ... since Günter Wallraff's revelations I no longer eat at these fast food chains (I rarely ate there before these events ) although I actually really liked the vegan burger at mcd.
I was in Geneva last day, prices are not too high and we doesn't wait a decade
I'm not sure if this exists where you are, but in the US, McDonald's used to have a play area with slides and climbing stuff, and I remember that being fun as a kid. Sadly, most of them have gotten rid of that in pursuit of profit margins, and COVID certainly didn't help.
@@pikachuchujelly7628 we still have it in France but only if they have space to build it
One of the few places that you can buy 1000+calories for 5 bucks that isn't pizza
Mostly empty calories, though.
And you can get 1000+ healthier calories for less in every supermarket, also edible without any preparation and with more variation.
For a time, they served special burgers in Germany with real cutlery on wooden plates, not packed in anything, but delivered via table service to your place. Those were a different kind of burgers, more high-end, and not all McD did get them as far as I remember. I think they've been phased out though.
But maybe, the only drive-through for boats is still active (it is in Hamburg, and not strictly a drive-through, but they have a boat mooring and a speaker to order stuff down there ^^ )
Somehow I sometimes miss the old styrofoam boxes from the 80s, the silly transforming toys, the chicken nuggets that still had somewhat-recognizable meat pieces in them. But some things improve (more eco-friendly), some get worse (the bright red color has all but vanished, modern McDs tend to look broodish and dark and meh), and some stay the same (you still burn your tongue if you bite into a fresh filet-o-fish)
When I lived in Oz they were testing the quarter pounder deluxe in the early 90's tomatoes and lettuce, how revolutionary, it's now a regular menu item.
They used to have the deluxe in the UK about 20 years ago and they would make one it saked to about 15 years ago not been able to get one since. In the States had a Mc DLT in the 80's which was the same but the lettuce, tomato and top of the bun was separate from the burger to stop it going limp till you were ready to eat it.
I loved the wedge potatoes they served in France as an alternative to fries. In Italy I once had creamy spinach nuggets as a side, they were delicious. And it's somehing else to eat a cheeseburger with a slice of parmesan instead of some orange cheese. I don't remember if it was a seasonal offer or if it was in the regular menu.
We don't have rewashable cutlery in swedish McDonalds but have had touchscreen kiosks for self ordering and table service for many years now, with the app you can basically just walk into any Mcd, sit down at a numbered table, order your food to that number and they'll bring it out to you.
In Australia we have McDonald's (Australian) Angus burgers with cheese and bacon, egg and sausage breakfast McMuffins, and the McFeast has lettuce, cheese and tomato! Salads and wraps are available too! 😃👍
The McMuffins are in France too! I loved them when I lived in the UK!
I like the Angus burgers
however without the Bacon
@@andrew_koala2974 Agree, I prefer the taste of the burger without the bacon, but with beetroot! 😋
Here in the Netherlands you have those containers too recently. You pay extra for them so can take them home if you want to. However if you return them then you just get the payment back. For example you pay 1 euro extra just for the glass and once you return the glass they return you the 1 euro.
There are very rarely any international fast food restaurants in Italy, except at a few railway stations. Italy has seriously restricted their. Umbers to preserve Italian culture.
Whilst driving through France to get to Spain, a few years back, we stopped at a service station to grab a bite to eat, it wasnt a McD's but a French chain. Well, they put a tonne of garlic in their cheeseburgers. I was nearly sick. Not that i dont like garlic, i love it, but they must grated a whole bulb of garlic in there 😂 couldnt wait to get to Spain for some decent food 😂
I've lived in the UK for a couple of years and I used to like their weekend breakfast menu. Really good!
The best breakfast for me is no longer available. It was called a big breakfast and consisted of 2 sausages, scrambled egg(the best eggs I've ever eaten) hash browns and muffins. I miss it :(
@@kingofracismwith you there. I liked the breakfast bagel which they scrapped at the same time, and the mocha frappe - while retaining the far inferior caramel frappe. The people making menu choices here in the U.K. need to be shown the door. We often comment on how tasteless and awful the quality is but people Keep going back. I joke with my wife that one of those faceless E-number preservatives is probably going to be discovered to be more addictive than class A drugs 😅
There are various US v the world TH-cam comparisons, McD is smart enough to produce many food items for the local palate/taste.
I still remember the macpork hummmm amazing , and the macbifana was quite good as well.
In Portugal, you choose the food, on the kiosk and then we are served at the table, customers don't walk around with their trays. In Portugal, they are like gourmet fast food 😉
in the Netherlands we also have a McCafe in most ''restaurants'' with pastry and different coffees like a coffeshop
mccafe was invented in australia in 1993, you can buy macarons in mcafes in australia but i wonder if mccafes in france or australia had macarons first.
Like any company doing business in the EU, American companies have to obey EU laws. So the meat has to be EU produced or EU approved. Fries cannot contain other ingredients than potatoes, oil/fat and little salt. Plastic wrapping, in any form, has to be billed clearly and reduced where possible. Paper straws for a milkshake are just an example.
Not a regular of McD (here in Portugal the prices are very similar to a regular restaurant and not a big fan of burgers) but in in some of them they make a great Caesar Salad. Btw the ice cream machine never failed me.
re you gonna do a nascar stream again ? don't think I can watch the race here in nz 🇳🇿 you were a lifesaver keep us updated ❤️
My only experience of Macca's in Paris was in July 1975, the food and packaging was similar but the prices were 3 times more than USA at the time. Oz is, from my last experiences, similar to US, I have not been for years as if I go for a FF burger I go to Hungary Jacks (Burger King). Back when I still lived in US, I used to have to drive often between O'hare airport and Wisconsin, and I would pass by McDonald's Hamburger University where they trained their managers. I also remember the Hormel Chili can display along there. Often driving around USA on Jobs I would find it easy to spot the Golden Arches and also KFC signs which were my 2 favorite eating places in my junk food phase of life.
Single use plastics for take away food are also banned in the Netherlands.
It has to be reusable or made of biodegradable materials.
Lol, the poster with that french Chef: it's a Dutch poster (or Flemish).
BTW, about the packaging: France (or at least the McDonald's) went ahead of the pack and switched to re-useable packaging, anticipating EU-laws meant to reduce waste. So the switched to the hard-plastic containers for fries, nuggets, etc. and actual glasses for the beverages.
Interesting to see France also picked a fight with McD and their american ways. Us Danes weren't happy with their garbage practices either. I suppose if you can find a video explaining it, it could be worth learning about for ya mate.
Hi Ian, my experience of McD in the UK is of a quality which seldom varies wherever you go and you know exactly what to expect. A few years ago on a trip to Poland I ventured into a McD in Poznan and was blown away by the superior quality of my usual quarter pound cheese burger. The texture of the meat and its flavour were superb - far better than anywhere in the UK and also less expensive.
In the UK they only had to be better than Wimpy to take over, a really, REALLY low bar.
Here in the Netherlands it's pretty normal to eat inside the restaurant. They also serve your meal at the table. We also have separate coffee bars.
Where I live, all the hamburger chains are nicknamed what translates to "cardboard inn" (Schachtelwirt), as they serve their food in cardboard boxes.
Even I don´t go to Mäces either, what I kind off miss in Germany are the eatable dishes. You know the soft ice calms? Burgers and fries came in a sturdier version of that around 1998, hated it when they turned back to that celluloid paper.
The speaker is a member of the German TH-cam channel "Simplicissimus". Simplicissimus has been making very good documentaries since 2015. They were also part of the ARD & ZDF content network called funk from October 6th, 2019 to May 15th, 2022. ARD and ZDF are the state broadcasters of Germany.
The Channel "fern" appears to be a new project they are involved with. I think stopping by regularly to see what new videos there are will be worth it
The plastic cups, happy meals and cutlery are also starting to be implemented in the Netherlands too right now as i comment this our local McDonalds has just got their hands on those reusable things that’re replacing cups and everything and you pay 1 euro for each plastic thing but you can use it as many times as you want.
You can also hold onto the cup and return it when visiting again and you’ll get your money back.
It's funny how in the US, all of these fast food chains have "Please Recycle" written on all of their disposable packaging, yet the restaurants themselves have no place to recycle it, only a trash bin.
@@pikachuchujelly7628 yup and most places in the US don’t even have a recycling center. The US is a stone age shit hole. Everything is about capitalism in north America :(
In Germany, McDonald's had to actually shorten the pole on which the logo was mounted since residents complained about the height
Here in Germany and i think Austria they have special Winter Items each Year, like a Burger with Bacon on Top of the Bun, a Kartoffelpuffer (Potato pancake) and a special Sauce. They also have various other Burgers and other stuff like fried Mozzarella Sticks etc in that Time.
Though me and my Parents dont buy anything from Fast Food Chains for 10+ years now, considering what their Stuff is made from, plus Homecooking is cheaper and more delicious ^^
at the local Mall , to the left and to the right of the main entrance we have a McDonalds and a KFC, left and right so you can choose. the shops inside the mall open at around 10 AM but the KFC and McD. open at 8 am so people that want to go the Mall, will just wake up ,wash,dress and skip breakfast since two of most renown fastfoods are there. you go there eat in a very nice place, the chairs/benches are covered in leather and very soft like couches you would by for own home, you do your own combination from the menu, pay with card and bring the paper to the people at the counter and wait for them to bring it to you at your table, very effortless and welcoming atmosphere. by the time you end eating, the mall shops open and you go inside. from what i saw in youtube videos , McDonalds in US doesn't have this welcoming feel that makes you look forward for the next time you go there. the menu on KFC and McDonalds have 30-35 different things that you can combine each time you go there for a different experience. everything feels nice and easy. and from all of it i think the feeling of a welcoming place is what makes 80% of the customers come.
Wow very different in France with the silicone fries containers and the glasses!.
Australian McDonald's has macarons too as part of McCafe.
We are not as advanced or fancy as France but Aussie Maccas did get rid of single use plastic straws and untensils a few years ago. Replaced with all fibre based/wooden type of untensils and straws are some kind of thick biodegradable paper.
The salads bowls and a couple of other containers are fibre based too.
Was reading that by end of the year they will have fibre based sundae containers etc too.
And have pledged to be all recyclable by 2025.
The part where they show that Emily in Paris clip with the (I suppose) Frenchman not knowing Grimace isn't an exxageration.
Unless you have Happy Meals (and even then? I never got one as a kid) all the McDo 's (and I learnt it's a typical French nickname, the more you know) characters Americans are familiar with are just non-existant. You don't see them anywhere in the restaurants.
I kinda soarta remember seeing them as big stickers in the early 2000's in the kid corner, but that's all. Even Ronald McDonald himself is totally fading from French McDo.
The mascot of McDonald here is the anthropomorphic Happy Meal box.
For advertising, I guess you owuld have a great time watching them. As a Frenchman I find McDo's ads to be among the most pleasant to watch. Their general theme in the past years have been around "being together" which is always wholesome.
The one advertising table service was even all about dropping every screen distraction to be together around a meal. I guess, an extremely French advert for McDo :
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And ther's a special one they did when COVID lockdown was lifted, where you get a look at the insides of a typical McDo :
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En France nous avons le mcbaguette , le croc macdo ( croc - monssieur ) version macdonalds , les prix moyen pour un menu est entrer 10-15€
le restaurant est propre et moderne ( mes depuis 2-3 ans ) aller chez mcdonalds ces comme allez dans un restaurants gastronomique niveau finance .
je suis Français et j'adore toute tes vidéos , alors merci de me redonnez le sourire , et un petit coucou de France
In France we have the mcbaguette, the croc macdo (croc-monsieur) version mcdonalds, the average price for a menu is between 10-15€
the restaurant is clean and modern (my last 2-3 years) going to Macdonalds is like going to a gourmet restaurant in terms of finance.
I'm French and I love all your videos, so thank you for making me smile again, and a little hello from France
in belgium the packaging is more "standard", disposable foam cups, cardboard boxes
Every European country has a different recipe in MC Donalds. They all add their traditional meals in the menu and it is so delicious. In Germany, or at least in my city, the buns are very big and fluffy. Not to mention that we also sell alcohol in MC Donalds.
I love how the dutch mcdonalds were the one who had the ad that the french chef disliked. Probably a dutch marketing person too. Really gives an insight into both countries
The best paid designer in the world!
Is the guy who creates all McDonald’s pictures. Everything how a tiny little sesame grain is glued on
17:10 possibly stealing and reselling. I know it's pretty common with the pub branded beer glasses here.
Actually, Burger King also had reusable containers and in both restaurants chains, they are not just limited to glasses, fries box and trays.
You can also get coffee cups of all sizes, salad boxes, ice cream cups, tableware,…
The Burger King containers designs are more simple , round shaped boxes for almost every type of food.
I must admit I already borrowed some salad container from Burger King because they are very practical with their lid and because I needed it to bring food to work the day after but I took it back to the restaurant afterwards… I wouldn’t dare to sell it online !
The Mc Do containers are more interesting for collectors because the double arch logo is carved in every reusable container. BK are just printed in white but their dishes are in bright colorful plastic.
PS : the looking burned fries were a limited edition of carrots, beets and parsnips fries which (thankfully) hasn’t been released again since their first release in February 2023. They were limp and greasy.
The ice cream machines have such a bad reputation for being broken all the time that a third party company came up with a fix that made sure they worked all the time. End result was McDonald's sued them out of existence and refused to use the fix the guys made.
Btw, one use plastic straws, cups, cutlery were banned from France YEARS ago, you can t find them in supermarkets and fast foods neither, you ll only find reusable straws, paper cups and plates, and bamboo or one use wooden cutlery. And Mcdo still use paper cups and one use wrapping but only for take outs
The fact of wanting to sit for at least half an hour when having a meal is something I think is present in all cultures of the world.
There are some foods that you eat standing up or while you're on the move, those that are precisely defined as "street food" such as ice creams, snacks, at most filled sandwiches... for everything else, the most logical thing is to find a comfortable place to sit and enjoy the food, first because we are human and not horses, second because moving too much while eating slows down digestion.
In Switzerland Mc Donalds has special Swiss cheese weeks a few times a year, when they have cheeseburgers with different Swiss cheeses that change every weekday. So people return every day to try them all. Marketing genius ...
If you want to check different MacDonalds in Europe you must check the one in Porto, Portugal. I won the award of the most beautiful MacDonalds in the world. They bought an old art deco café and they just integrated into it, keeping all the amazing visuals.
I love the fact that the chef sued them for using his image, here in Scotland several people have had been sued by ‘MackieDees’, as we call it where I live, for using their own name of Mc/MacDonalds for their business.
Oh that's awful to hear about, copyrighting someone's name should be an absolute crime. Good for the French chef not tolerating any nonsense, the franchise was awful to do that to him.
McDonkaDonk xD I agree with you the fries are the best, the rest tastes like the paper it was packaged with.
On the other hand, it is fascinating how different they can be adapting and evolving depneding on country and continent. Gotta give them credit where credit is due.
In Germany (I would say most of (West-)Europe) we like to "sit" to have our food too.
the letters F-A-S-T are also the German word for ALMOST so my Mother always brought me up seeing Fast food as "Almost food" xD
But hey I am currently having french fries it's not that we are sooo different from the USA girls and guys we like "Almost food" too even though we know it isn't good. ^^
the old maccas joke is a man walks up to the servery and orders what ever he wanted the girl behind the counter asked him do you want fries with that it really made his day lol
Did you know that the most beautiful McDonald's in the world is in Porto?
I ate at the most beautiful McDonald's in the world, with crystal chandeliers, stained glass windows and a delicious pastry shop," wrote Harrison Jacobs.
Before being a restaurant, this space belonged to an old café in Porto, which did not survive the passage of time - Café Imperial. Created in the 1930s, the business gained fame and operated for decades, standing out for its Art Deco style.
Here in Czech Republic, it looks totaly the same as on that "USA" picture. It mostly looks better in KFC than in McDonnalds, especially fries are much better in KFC. And chicken nugets in McD are like something frozen from Lidl. I don't really like McD and I don't understand it's popularity, food in KFC or other fastfoods looks better to me. Only think I sometimes have in McD is coffee.
The containers for pommes are kartonage. Also for drinks, Nuggets, Curly Fries and Burgers, but they give cheaper burger only in paper. Only in some restaurants you became glas for drinks, but i don't know 1 in Vienna where you get glas. Ok, they have glas in the MC Donalds Cafès, if you sit and eat/drink inside you became your coffee in normal keramic cups and a small glas with water. The Mc D quality is much much better here in most European states, they also have more and more vegetarien or vegan things.
18:00 i would guess those are root fries, beetroot, parsnip and carrots. Healthy version of the "french" fry basically.
i don't know if that was mentioned in the parts you didn't showed us but there are alot (if not all) country's over here that have some kind of uniek thing on the menu. i live in the netherlands close to the german border. in germany they have the Mc Rib (and some other burgers) wich we don't have in the netherlands.. on the other hand the netherlands has the Mc Kroket (and some other stuff) wich germany does not have.. i think thats pretty much the same for france having those weird looking fries.. as far as i know we don't have any reusable plastics at Mc over here.. France might be the first one.. they do introduced a new law this year over here in the netherlands,, that if you order take away you pay a few cents more because of the plastic garbarge. everybody finds that rediculous around here.. people have even tried to bring back the used plastics after dining to get there money back. but thats not how that works of course.. bringing your own stuff is not allowed. so people eventually will accept the fact they have to pay.. hope i made u a bit smarter again.. WKR.
In Germany at asparagus time there are burgers with asparagus as a special offer at McDonald
In Germany, disposable tableware is also sorted out. But I think McDonald will wait until the end to get it enforced.
At the moment the customer can choose whether he takes disposable dishes or reusable dishes.
McDonald in Denmark looks a lot like what we see from the US in packaging, but friends who recently visit the US were shocked by the meat quality compared to what we get here, they tried it twice because the first one, they were sure it was an error, but both times, they trashed the burger.
They've made it more to the specific country's liking. Like here, we are not huge fans of white bread so all the buns can be made as wholewheat. I suppose people in the US were happy with crap as long as it was cheap. The problem is the crap is now more expensive but still crap, correct? I will say, the homestyle burgers they make various ones of with truffle mayo or whatever, they are substantial. I live in Denmark. But when I lived in England they always had loads of vegetarian options (cos of the history with India, there's a lot of vegetarians). I do remember getting some vegetable patty baguette thing in England at McD and it was nice and with loads of fresh salad and vegetables. That may not be what you want, but it's not forced on you. They have meat on meat stuff for the carnivorously inclined. lol
The one thing I can say about MCDonalds, is there are super good to adapting their stuff depending on wich coutry they are in. In India, it is not the same... in Japan, not even talk about it. A great US company that can adapt to every country (the pads in India are not beef of course because they are sacred... they make their pads with potatoas.... and it is good). In Japan, thhey always new things, so Macdo like we say in french has always do invent new stuff. And the "non" plastic thing is not just french but all over Europe
Japanese McDonalds has burgers with truffle etc, some French McDonalds sell wine, some German McDonalds sell beer, Dutch McDonalds sells 'McKroket', the list goes on and on, they truly adapt to local customs & expectations. Another interesting factoid is how the price of a big mac has become a indication of the wealth of average citizen in a country, you can find comparison tables for most of the world if you look for "big mac index"
The icecream machine down, is a problem in Europe too. At least in Germany. I like the shakes and soft ice in general, but this summer I‘ve had no luck to get one. So I bought myself a soft ice machine. It makes three ice within an hour and then runs a three hours cleaning process. I guess it‘s the same machine McD uses, in small.
They have vegetable fries, carrot beetroot, etc that's the varying colours you see
They also do coated shrimp
The strange fries are vegetable fries. Purple carrots, panais (an old root vegetable) and sweet potatoes.
It's a marketing try to make diet fries (less sugar than in potatoes)
McDonald's tried to come in with a "we're too big to fail mentality", and they got a famous chef suing them whilst a farmer tore down their restaurant.
While we do have a big culture of sitting down and having nice, long meals together... We also have sandwiches, like the "jambon beurre" which is a piece of ham between buttered bread. So there was a good hope for them to get on the takeout side of things, they just didn't expect people would also try it while sitting in the restaurant. Nowadays, McDo is seen as something simple, no brainer when you don't want to cook and you don't want to spend half an hour looking through the menu to choose.
It used to be seen as cheap, but... Their price increases made it so that it can be cheaper (and more nourishing) to go to a small restaurant instead.
On a side note, the title of the original video (and thus of this one) makes it obvious that it is an american video. It talks about only one country, but it names a continent. It's like saying "that's how americans do this" but it's only done by canadians, mexicans or chileans.....
I remember 20 years ago, McDonalds in the UK were all about the 4 uncomfortable red or yellow plastic seats fixed around each little table. Bright lights, loud music (the faster the beat of the music, the faster people chew/eat, cranking up the dance music at busy times does turn tables over at a faster rate), Ronald McDonald, (13 year old me thought he was a touchy feely paedo). It was cheap unhealthy fast food, about bums on seats and making money.
Now, the only yellow is the M logo, wood panels, green walls, plants, indirect lighting. Ok, still not the best seats but definitely better. Not necessarily a cheap option anymore, and apparently the internal scuttlebutt is the business is now actually about buying/owning land in premium locations, and tying franchisees into unholy contracts for rents and fees and percentages and services and suppliers and nominated companies, that the easiest way to start paying your utility bills and McD HQ is by selling burgers in bulk.....
Sometines you can buy replicas of that kind of household mcdonalds items in places like IKEA or similar, with different names, of course, as special limited seasonal editions.
I would be interested in a review on the quality of the burgers, etc.
In Australia they build the burgers in a cardboard box. When I say build, all the ingredients are in there, thrown in from 30cms away and does not resemble a burger when you open it.
I'm surprised that beer wasn't mentioned! I'll never forget my first French McDonalds, BigMac, Fries and a beer! Lovely! Not all serve alcohol, but I belive some also serve wine. ( Could be wrong, I have never seen it myself) Great video, I enjoy watching you react to none US culture!
well beer?? its still dutch Heineken what the serve.
thats the worst "beer" in the Netherlands. 😜
@@jptv5726 It's Better than nothing! Even more so than English Lagers, trust me!
You can also buy beer in MacDonalds in Portugal - it's local beer like Sagres or Super Bock.
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My dad used to call Heineken "horse piss".
In a lot if french McDonald's, tout have also french béer called 1664 by Kronenbourg 😉
They differ a lot country to country.
Eg. in Spain I could order beer for my menu like 10 years ago, awesome lol.
In Budapest there is one of the most beautiful Mcdonald's building I have seen.
And all countries have their own special sandwiches from time to time.
It is cheaper to serve in containers that are then washed than to serve in containers that go to the trash. And the customer is satisfied, which is the main objective because a satisfied customer always comes back.
As I said in other videos here in Europe we prefer quality over quantity.
Yeah, here in Ukraine McDonald's is a place to go with children, or to talk with someone, or just spend time. We also have table service, where you make an order in self-service machine (like those in Chicago Mac), and then it's delivered to your table. So, no need to stand in queue and then walk around with a food tray looking for a free table. Very convenient. And, to be honest, it's not really a FAST food now. You have to wait 10-20 minutes for your order to be served usually. Of course, Drive-In orders are served much faster (5-10 minutes at most). I haven't heard of any problems with ice-cream machines. And, finally, thanks to Glovo, you can order Mac to your home, and have it just as hot and fresh, as if you got it in place (if you live within 3 km area of a restaurant).
I don’t eat them that often but a freshly made double quarter pounder is pretty good! Add bacon every now and then. Maybe go a triple, lol! ❤️🇦🇺
9:10 : "it is not quite like that, it is not taller than the mountains"
In Illinois it is. The hilly parts in the north (of Illinois) is flatter than Denmark...