McDonald's Thailand

[randomness]

I have a rule, perhaps a guideline, that it's a waste of calories to eat at places I could eat at back home. This doesn't mean necessarily "no fast food" as there are a lot of interesting fast food places I can't eat at back home, like In-N-Out Burger in California, Bob's in Brazil, and Nando's in South Africa. In fact, if I'm in the mood I seek out new fast food experiences because it can be fun to see what other countries have done with the "quick-service" food industry.

However, it does usually mean no McDonald's.

On the other hand, McDonald's Thailand http://www.mcthai.co.th/ serves some
things McDonald's USA doesn't. For example the menu lists three different flavors of pies, but only in Thai. (From the photo you can figure out that the flavors are corn, pineapple, and taro.) For B.22 (56 cents), I thought I'd give the taro pie a try.

It's the old-style deep-fried pie that has been discontinued in the States but is still quite popular elsewhere, but filled with taro chunks and paste instead of apple chunks and sauce. It was okay, pretty much what you'd expect if you know what taro tastes like. I don't need to eat another one.

I'm still intrigued by the corn pie, however, but I think I'm done with McDonald's for now.

Comments

Re:

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

>Apparently in Bangkok there are lots of poor folks who own >elephants and use them to help their income.

So, I saw one of those elephants down on Sukhumvit Road, near Nana Skytrain station. Its owners were leading it around and charging tourists if they wanted to take pictures of it.

This was one sad elephant. It made me sad just to look at the poor guy. It was a juvenile, and it had obviously been separated from its family. And there it was, being led down the broken sidewalk, at night, with thundering traffic going by and crowds of people walking past.

The owners didn't seem to care, and the tourists were mostly clueless.

Re:

[antoniusrex.livejournal.com]

From what the special was showing, most of the Elephants are throw aways from the logging industry; they are either too sick, or too old to continue on. So they are bought by families who live just outside the city. I guess the population has gotten so large and so problematic, that the vets from the local zoos are going out and doing free work. Go fig.