Top 10 Improbable McDonald's Items from Around the World (Poland has the "McKielbasa")

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Top 10 Improbable McDonald's Items from Around the World

http://www.seriouseats.com/2008/12/top-10-improbable-weird-mcdonalds-items-from-around-the-world.html



Japan's Ebi-Filet-O, a shrimp burger. Photograph from Tavallai on Flickr

1. In Malaysia, Bubur Ayam McD is congee (rice porridge with the consistency of thin oatmeal) with sliced chicken. Bubur Ikan, congee with fish, was also served for a short time.

2. McDonald's seafood offerings don't begin and end with the Filet-O-Fish. In Norway, the McLaks, a salmon sandwich, was served for a time, and the Ebi Filet-O shrimp burger is a regular menu item in Korea and Japan. A lobster roll is available seasonally in Canada's Maritime Provinces (and in New England.)

3. In Thailand, McDonald's offers a salad shaker based on som tam, green papaya salad.

4. In Australia, the ambitious-sounding McPavlova is a meringue disc topped with soft-serve and passionfruit coulis.

5. Kosher branches of McDonald's exist only in Israel and Argentina. Argentina also boasts the only McDonald's outlets in the world that char-grill rather than deep-fry their patties.

6. In Costa Rica, you can get a positively decent-sounding breakfast of pinto gallo (seasoned rice and beans) served with scrambled eggs and pancakes with butter and marmalade.

7. With most sandwiches, Finnish customers can replace the buns with slices of rye bread.

8. In France, wash down your grilled cheese Croque McDo (pronounced mac-dough) with a glass of Kronenbourg beer. From time to time, a marketing campaign called La Saga des Fromages swaps out the usual cheddar with slabs of Reblochon or Tomme.

9. Phillippines' McSpaghetti pairs spaghetti in sweet tomato sauce with frankfurters and grated cheese.

10. McDonald's tried, and failed, to interest the Polish in the McKielbasa, their take on the national sausage.

[flvegan]

1. No McHumpback in Japan?

[LeftyMom]

5. They tried, but only Greenpeace staffers bought it.

;)

[flvegan]

7. Hey, they were proving a point.

That they're idiots.

:eyes:

[LeftyMom]

8. Oh god, I just saw the header and I was like "OMG, aliens have kidnapped my boyfriend"

I was afraid. :scared:

[johnnie]

2. In Korea

There's the McFido

[Amerigo Vespucci]

3. Behave!

:spank:

[graywarrior]

4. I want a McNori

[spinbaby]

6. Germany has BEER!

Can't vouch for the quality of the beer but it's on the menu.

[Karenina]

10. It's CRAP.

[jmowreader]

14. In Berlin it was "Berliner Kindl"

Which is German for "piss in a can."

They really need to start selling their beer "vom Fass" which means "from the faucet." (I want a faucet with hot, cold and beer knobs too.)

[Fire Walk With Me]

9. And I had my heart set on an Uni parfait.

:cry:

[grilled onions]

11. I'm For The Rye Bread

Far too many fast food places have nothing but white flour buns. Little taste and lousy for the diabetic.

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. And in Hawaii, McDonald's has Teriyaki burgers! Woo hoo! And Saimin!

[GOPisEvil]

21. During the years we lived in Hawaii was the only time my mom enjoyed McD's.

Just for the saimin.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

13. In Japan they have orange or melon shakes instead of vanilla

:-)

[elshiva]

15. In Maine, during the summer, you could get

lobster rolls at some McDonalds.

[mainegreen]

17. They're actually not bad.

They keep them simple. Hot dog bun, lobster, mayo.

[elshiva]

18. I never had one, but only because I don't like lobster.

[Rob H.]

16. They have Spam with rice on the breakfast menu

in Hawaii--or at least they used to, according to a friend of mine who was born and raised there.

[JVS]

19. In Pittsburgh Subway had the Myron Cope Kielbasa Sub

[nickgutierrez]

20. Wait - McDonalds sells beer in France?

I would say "I'm moving to France", but moving to France to eat at McDonalds is like turning on a car so you can push it down the street.