I went to McDonald's and I'm a bit traumatized

[marasan]

@TroubleWithTribbles

I miss the McDonalds fried apple pies. Could still get them in Taiwan last time I was there, but they have not been in the US for ages.

They still have them in Taiwan. I get one with a meal every once in a while. They taste just how I remember them from when I was a kid.

[Poundsand]

@TroubleWithTribbles

I miss the McDonalds fried apple pies. Could still get them in Taiwan last time I was there, but they have not been in the US for ages

que? they’re still in the US.

edit: scratch that, missed the fried part.

[ChewDawg]

I remember living in Queensland in the 1980s where they didn’t have the breakfast sandwiches.

Then going to Coffs Harbour in NSW where they did…bliss in having an Egg McMuffin.

[Taiwan_Luthiers]

I used to make my own egg McMuffin back in the states because the patties and the muffin is sold at grocery stores. In Taiwan, it’s cheaper to order it from McDonalds, especially the right muffins and patties are going to be very expensive if you can get them at all (I know you can get english muffin from Costco).

It isn’t hard. Just egg, patty, and cheese, and grill the muffin a little bit.

[anon24369109]

I was in Oz a couple of weeks ago. At train stations in Sydney Maccas is all digital. You have to download an app to order and its only take away as they no longer rent places for seating. Staff don’t take verbal orders and they no longer accept cash. All done on phone banking app or credit card. Most people using phones.

[Taiwan_Luthiers]

I know this is a little off topic, but what if your phone doesn’t work with the codes or is too old to run the app?

I’ve run into friends who have this issue with QR code restaurants.

[slawa]

@anon24369109

At train stations in Sydney Maccas is all digital.

It’s a global trend

Death to QR Codes! (Restaurants and Menus)

I hate QR code menus! If restaurants want me to use a phone to order, they can buy me the bloody phone and internet package! I am naming and shaming Apple 203 as the first post in this topic. They are making QR Codes mandatory and took all the menus away. [P_20230817_124939_1]

[anon24369109]

@Taiwan_Luthiers

I know this is a little off topic, but what if your phone doesn’t work with the codes or is too old to run the app?

You go hungry lol Or you simply go to another place to eat. I couldn’t be arsed to download an app for a brief stint as a tourist.

[Explant]

@bojack

@SuperS54

This seems to be a common claim on the interwebs, but personally I find Coke from a glass bottle infinitely superior to McD’s coke, perhaps the interwebs claims were sponsored by McD’s…

No doubt McD loves the PR. I’m a big fan of the glass bottle, too, but frankly if we go there then I probably prefer Royal Cola.

@tango42

Coke in a glass bottle is always better anywhere in the world. It’s like a whole separate different experience.

I disagree, but to each his own.

I’ve been drinking Coke for almost seven decades now, and to my mind the best Coca-Cola gets - the very best, thirst-quenching apogee of Coca-Cola - is when the syrup ratio is right and it’s then served in a waxed paper cup, and sucked in via a paper straw. Of course you can’t find that nowadays. There’s something about that slight tinge of paper that, to my mind, really makes Coke pop on a blistering hot day.

Ok enough with the nostalgia.

Is it hard to carbonate, soak in plastics, infuse with XYZ then serve in something better?

Win win. The plastic taste sensation still gets in your body, it still tastes the same and we are creating less lung related illness based on reduced smog.

[bojack]

@anon24369109

I was in Oz a couple of weeks ago. At train stations in Sydney Maccas is all digital. You have to download an app to order and its only take away as they no longer rent places for seating. Staff don’t take verbal orders and they no longer accept ca

@slawa

It’s a global trend

Yes, it’s a global trend. In my neck of the woods, the local functions like a pub - if a pub closed at 10:30a, didn’t serve alcohol, and offered nothing but breakfast and conversation on the bill. It’s an early-riser “pub” for old folks - but it does serve a similar function. Lots of older folks gather to chatter away for an hour or so each morning.

Anyway thanks to Covid it’s probably all going away (in California the recent change to the minimum wage will accelerate things). Covid caused corporate McD to remove the self-serve soft drinks station as corporate policy. In my area, the footprint of most McDs could easily facilitate a kiosk-driven takeaway business model. Would take the will to do so and of course some additional franchisee investment. It’s on the horizon.

[bojack]

@Explant

Is it hard to carbonate, soak in plastics, infuse with XYZ then serve in something better?

Not sure what you mean, but Coca-Cola delivers its syrup to McD in stainless-steel containers. It’ll prolly be the diabetes that takes you down, not the plastic.

[Explant]

@bojack

@Explant

Is it hard to carbonate, soak in plastics, infuse with XYZ then serve in something better?

Not sure what you mean, but Coca-Cola delivers its syrup to McD in stainless-steel containers. It’ll prolly be the diabetes that takes you down, not the plastic.

Well ya, they are a concentrate company by nature. Syrup in terms of just the beverage of “coca-cola”. Sure, that is well known and long standing. But that’s not how the consumer receives their product. They normally receive it in plastic. Or plastic coated metals and papers. Which was the above point, infused with sarcasm.

[Taiwan_Luthiers]

Actually, I seen the syrup in various restaurants. They’re in plastic lined cardboard boxes.

The stainless steel container is CO2 cylinders for carbonation.

[bojack]

@Taiwan_Luthiers

Actually, I seen the syrup in various restaurants. They’re in plastic lined cardboard boxes.

The stainless steel container is CO2 cylinders for carbonation.

Evidently not all McD receive syrup in stainless.

I don’t know the details, but when you look into it please get back to us; I am curious.

[Explant]

@bojack

@Taiwan_Luthiers

Actually, I seen the syrup in various restaurants. They’re in plastic lined cardboard boxes.

The stainless steel container is CO2 cylinders for carbonation.

Evidently not all McD receive syrup in stainless.

I don’t know the details, but when you look into it please get back to us; I am curious.

I think it’s relatively simple. Syrup isn’t infused with CO2. Its just syrup. They are mixed to serve. Even the smaller companies with fountain type drinks mixed their product together (many you can see as a customer in the retail outlet).

Companies like Coke just export syrup and cooperate with 3rd party companies to distribute. This means also mixing (“manufacturing”) in the region.

One of the big reasons taste changes. Outside of obvious government fda related regulations on various ingredients being allowed or not. The water itself make s a big difference. Though coke has numerous syrup and combination recipes tailored to different countries.

[Taiwan_Luthiers]

One dead in multistate E. coli outbreak tied to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders,...

Well, the ice cream machine always breaks, and now this…

[slawa]

Send your kids to the McDonald’s camp for a small fee of 699NTD. They can dress up and simulate to make/serve junk food to their parents, who can post it to social media!
FUN FUN FUN
https://fun.mcdonalds.com.tw/camp.html

[Taiwan_Luthiers]

Good training for a future career in burger flipping, and serving food on Air Force One.

[afterspivak]

@slawa

Send your kids to the McDonald’s camp for a small fee of 699NTD. They can dress up and simulate to make/serve junk food to their parents, who can post it to social media!
FUN FUN FUN

Isn’t that pretty much what DJT did?

Guy