My absolute favorite sauce to dip chicken nuggets in is barbecue sauce. Since coming to Taiwan, I was ired to find out that the only dipping sauce choices at McDonalds are ketchup and sweet and sour. Well, recently it occurred to me that #3 on the menu is a barbecue grilled chicken sandwich, and upon ordering it was pleasantly surprised to find that this was my much yearned for BBQ sauce.
A couple of days ago I visited a McDonalds, ordered some nuggets and asked the 店員 if I could have some barbecue sauce for my nuggies. He said that they don’t have it. I pointed out the fact that there is barbecue sauce on the #3, so they must have it, and I expressed my great desire to dip some delicious, golden, crispy, fried McDonalds proprietary chicken nuggets into that sauce. He thought for a moment and, after going to ask who I presume was his manager, told me that they could put some in a to-go cup for me.
After pretending to forget, my reminding them, and a bit of confusion as to the best way to package the sauce, I finally had in my hand a 10-count nugget and some barbecue sauce.
Does anyone else have any related experience with this? Should we start a petition so I don’t have to go through this process each time I visit a McDonalds?
It can be challenging to adapt to the cuisine of a new country, but it’s sometimes necessary - maybe give your tastebuds a bit more chance to get used to the McNuggets with ketchup?
You never know, it could prove an exciting opportunity to immerse yourself in the local culture.
I have a similar issue with eating fries without mayonnaise. My solution is not as brave as yours - I keep myself well stocked on mayonnaise at home and never eat fries on the premises anymore. I was also thinking about bringing my own mayonnaise when eating out, but obviously, it’s not the most practical thing to carry around…
The smokey sweetness of barbecue sauce seems to be an already widely sought after flavor in Taiwan. Just look at the proliferation of yakiniku joints. Has McDonalds done proper market research in Taiwan? It almost seems like some sort of sick joke that McDonalds would only offer sweet and sour sauce to an East Asian consumer base. I showed the combination to my Taiwanese friend and she was absolutely stunned, wondering why they wouldnt offer this by default!
Their mcnugget tastes like what they used to taste like. The mcnugget in the states taste like cardboard.
The fries also taste better than they do in the states. I don’t know what they did there but the fries were soggier and the nugget tasted like cardboard.
Burger King is nowhere near as ubiquitous as McDonalds. There’s about 3 in Kaohsiung where I live and until about a year ago there were zero. McD’s is on every corner. But yes, when the choice presents itself BK is preferable.
But BL doesn’t make their burgers right in Taiwan. They aren’t flame broiled or if they are, they aren’t done right. No smoke from the flame BBQ makes it just about as lame as McD’s.
ers.