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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
The beef used by McD's in Thailand is almost uneatable due to the low fat content.
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Funny you would say that, I didn't even notice the difference in Thailand from here in Malaysia, not that I doubt you, or that I am in anyway disagreeing with you.
I have always maintained that if in a foreign country where you have no idea what's safe/good to eat, there's always McD's. Now I'm no culinary genius but I do like my fast food, and McD's has almost always been a safe bet, then I came to Malaysia. Now don't get me wrong, there's nothing really wrong with the food, it's the way the food is prepared and served. Malaysians haven't had enough time to really embrace American fast food, they really just don't get it, because they don't eat it. Ever been to a McD's and seen all the staff get food from someplace else, or pack a lunch?
Picture opening a fresh Big Mac expecting a burger that resembles the picture on the menu and getting a burger that looks like the local football club used it for practice, everything in disarray and you need a fork to eat it. The preparation is abysmal, it's like they just threw everything in the box and hoped it would all come out right, there are trained monkeys that could do it better.
The problem in Malaysia and I suspect in other Asian countries, is that the people that are making the food for you have not bloody idea what it is supposed to taste like, or for that matter understand the nuances of good American food. I don't know where the beef for McD's in SE Asia comes from, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't come from the US or Canada and now that you mention it, it is far too lean. The french fries never have salt on them, again this is because most Asians don't use salt like Westerners do.
In general the food service in this country is so bad it's a laugh and Malaysians are the most food obsessed people I have ever met. Food is brought out to you when ever they are ready, so if you happen to be with a couple of people that have a well done steak and you have a salad, you will get you salad half an hour before their steaks arrive, and god forbid you ask them to take the salad back until the steaks are ready. Don't get me wrong I'm not talking about a stall in the food market, I'm talking about a 5 star hotel dinning room, where you are paying RM500 for the steak and the steak is either raw or so overcooked Florsheim's would want them for sole material.
Someone mentioned coffee refills, there are never refills of anything here thats free, most places will charge you for the ice, not the tap water, if you are that brave to actually drink it.
But lets face it, if a short order cook from Alberta (picked at random) was asked to prepare sashimi, having never eaten it and given only a picture to go by, he might make something that he thought and anyone else that had never had it would think it was ok, but I doubt it would be up to par with what you would get in Osaka.
I guess my rant in spent.
It's all perspective I guess.