I live in Hong Kong and it feels like most American fast food here involves oil and deep fried food. Then I remembered at one point HK local fast food were full of MSGs.
It led me to this question. What is your local fast food obsessed with? It can be an ingredient, spice, sauce, cooking method, etc.
In Canada, our fast food obsession is making fast food as expensive as sit-down restaurants.
But it’s still cheaper because you aren’t expected to tip.
But the people at fast food restaurants and at sit-down restaurants are paid the same amount hourly, so it doesn’t really make sense. But we tip like Americans because culture and habit are hard to change.
But the fast food payment terminal still “gives you the opportunity” to tip
Fast food isn’t really cheaper in HK either. Tipping culture is non-existent here so that doesn’t cause a difference.
Our fast food isn’t really fast, either. I’m not sure what the appeal is aside from known consistency, I guess.
Germany: Döner Kebap ist still the most common fast food.
And I will love them until the day I die!
Oregon / Washington - Deep fried sweet walla walla onion rings:
nasi goreng (fried rice) everywhere
Interesting. Fried rice is more commonly found in traditional restaurants for us. Not much in fast food.
Curry. Most chip shops will give you the option of chippy curry sauce or Chinese curry sauce. Some of them even do Irish curry sauce. So many Indian takeaway shops in my area and a lot of the non Indian takeaway shops are owned by Indian families. love curry so it’s like I’m in heaven lol
Basque country aka northern Spain: fast food is usually kebab places, Chinese places, pizza places, and burger places. There’s also poke places but just like 3 and they are not that famous.
There’s no predominance where I live at least, you can pick any of those.
Not exactly fast food but Japan’s version of Chinese food is to dump this starchy sauce on everything on the plate.
Looks like what we called Chop Suey in the eastern half of the US at Chinese restaurants. One of the owners confessed that originally Chop Suey was the Chinese equivalent of Kitchen Sink Soup. That was all the leftovers and they put them in a starchy sauce, and stupid Americans ate it and loved it.
Würstchen in a bun.
Germany, of course.
How can fast food have an obsession?
well think of it as trends and it may make more sense. Around me there’s a time of year where half the local fast food restaurants are pushing sweet potato fries or onion rings made from local onions that are in season. Most of the ‘obsessions’/trends seem to tie in to seasonal food that’s discounted.
I recall when tiny burgers were an obsession in the 90’s though; burger king had the BK Buddies and suddenly every fast food joint started serving a slider. There was a big salad push in the 2000’s.
Cheese Curds
Yeah, I live in Wisconsin, who’d guess.