Fast Food Items You Won't Find in America
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You won't find any beef at the McDonald's in India; instead, the menu offers up a range of chicken-based and vegetarian fare. These items include the McVeggie (made with a spiced patty of peas, carrots and potatoes), the Big Spicy Paneer Wrap (made with veggies and deep-fried paneer cheese) and the Chicken Maharaja-Mac (in essence, a Big Mac with chicken breast patties). (McDonaldsIndia.com)
No, your eyes aren't deceiving you — the two Wendy's restaurants in Japan offer lobster-topped burgers. The Caviar & Lobster Burger and the Lobster Surf & Turf Burger are part of their limited-time Ocean Premium menu, which also include an Ocean Premium Salad that contains lobster chunks along with lobster salad, caviar, avocado and egg. Their Japan Premium menu also contains a burger topped with foie gras and truffle sauce. (Wendys.co.jp)
In addition to staples like jelly donuts and Munchkins, the menu at Dunkin' Donuts in South Korea offers up Cheese Monkey Banana donuts, Choco Banana donuts, Honey Glutinous Rice Sticks and something called a Hot Burrito, which comes filled with bulgogi, a regional dish of marinated beef. Korean Dunkin' Donuts locations also offered Kimchi Croquettes a few years back, which were donuts stuffed with Korea's national dish of savory fermented vegetables (not pictured). (DunkinDonuts.co.kr)
After debuting their Crown Crust Pizzas (which featured mini cheeseburgers or chicken meatballs baked into their pizza crusts), some of Pizza Hut's Middle Eastern outlets are now offering Cone Crust Pizzas. Much like the Crown Crusts that came before them, these Cone Crusts boast doughy cones of cheese, cream cheese or chicken (or all three!) baked into the crust. For dessert, patrons in certain countries can choose to order Kit Kat Pops, or mini Kit Kat bars baked inside dough. (PizzaHut-ME.com)
Burger King caters to our neighbors from the north by offering four different kinds of "poutine," a Canadian dish of french fries topped with cheese curds and gravy. Customers can choose from classic Poutine, Poutine with Bacon, Maple BBQ Poutine with Bacon and Angry Poutine, which is topped with jalapenos, fried onions and spicy sauce. (BurgerKing.ca)
Kentucky Fried Chicken in Singapore carries all the items you would expect to find at an American KFC — fried chicken, cole slaw, mashed potatoes — along with a few items that you wouldn't. Not only do the KFCs in Singapore serve seafood, but they serve it in fun shapes like the Shrimp Star or the Fish Donut. (www.KFC.com.sg)
Aside from the Croque McDo (a ham and cheese sandwich resembling a croque monsieur), the McDonald's menu in France pretty much looks like the McDonald's menu in Cincinnati. An exception can be found on their McCafé dessert menu, where they offer three flavors of French meringue-based confections called macarons: a vanilla-strawberry variety, a pistachio-chocolate variety and a cocoa-praline variety. (McDonalds.fr)