Friday, July 15, 2005
Fascinating McFatcs
from McDoanld's PR newswire - 1996
http://www.licenseenews.com/news/news167.html
20. Out of respect for the communities they serve, McDonald's three kosher restaurants (of more than 20) in Israel (Country no.67) are the only McDonald's in the world where you cannot buy a cheeseburger or other dairy products. Similarly, McDonald's restaurants in India (Country no.95) are the only ones in the world where you cannot buy beef - including "Big Macs" - you can, however, purchase an all-lamb version of the sandwich, called a "Maharaja Mac."
24. McDonald's around the world offer the standard menu of hamburgers, chicken and fish sandwiches along with its world-famous french fries. Some markets, however, choose to offer one or two local items to appeal to customer preferences and to offer variety. Some examples are: "McHuevo" in Uruguay (Country no.57), a hamburger with a poached egg on top; "McLaks" in Norway, a grilled salmon sandwich with dill sauce; beer in Germany, and the "Samurai Pork Burger" in Thailand (Country no.36), a sausage patty in teriyaki sauce ... to name a few.
http://www.licenseenews.com/news/news167.html
20. Out of respect for the communities they serve, McDonald's three kosher restaurants (of more than 20) in Israel (Country no.67) are the only McDonald's in the world where you cannot buy a cheeseburger or other dairy products. Similarly, McDonald's restaurants in India (Country no.95) are the only ones in the world where you cannot buy beef - including "Big Macs" - you can, however, purchase an all-lamb version of the sandwich, called a "Maharaja Mac."
24. McDonald's around the world offer the standard menu of hamburgers, chicken and fish sandwiches along with its world-famous french fries. Some markets, however, choose to offer one or two local items to appeal to customer preferences and to offer variety. Some examples are: "McHuevo" in Uruguay (Country no.57), a hamburger with a poached egg on top; "McLaks" in Norway, a grilled salmon sandwich with dill sauce; beer in Germany, and the "Samurai Pork Burger" in Thailand (Country no.36), a sausage patty in teriyaki sauce ... to name a few.
To start of with:
Some things I have encountered myself:
McFlubber (USA, 1997) - Tie in with the Robin Williams movie "Flubber. A hamburger with THREE beef patties. Very greasy in flavour, heart attack inducing :) 99 cents
Kalbi Burger (Japan, 2000) - A burger trying to catch the flavor of korean BBQ
Spicy Chicken Burger (Fiji, 2003) - This one was very nice compared to the yuk McChicken. Real piece of chicken, breaded, great. Better than KFC's Zinger.
Chicken Select (USA, around 1999) - instead of the shredded and formed chicken in the chicken mcnuggets, these were real chicken pieces, breaded, came in boxes of 4, 7 and 10 (so that the staff would not confuse with chicken mcnuggets which come in (4 hammy meal), 6, 9 and 20
Others I heard about:
Chicken Teriyaki Burger (Japan)
OZ Burger (Australia), a burger with beetroot on it !!
Maharaja Mac in India - lamb instead of beef
McPork (Germany) - After the scare with madcow desease, McD in Germany offered this pork based burger.
McChicken'n'Cheese (Fiji, 2005) - chicken burger with a slice of cheese
Chiliburger (Fiji, 2004) - Quarterpounder with a blob of chili sauce
Fish Nuggets (Japan, 2004) - Chicken McNuggets made of fish, served with tartar sauce.
McLaks (Norway) - grilled salmon burger with dill sauce (now that sounds nice :)
McFlubber (USA, 1997) - Tie in with the Robin Williams movie "Flubber. A hamburger with THREE beef patties. Very greasy in flavour, heart attack inducing :) 99 cents
Kalbi Burger (Japan, 2000) - A burger trying to catch the flavor of korean BBQ
Spicy Chicken Burger (Fiji, 2003) - This one was very nice compared to the yuk McChicken. Real piece of chicken, breaded, great. Better than KFC's Zinger.
Chicken Select (USA, around 1999) - instead of the shredded and formed chicken in the chicken mcnuggets, these were real chicken pieces, breaded, came in boxes of 4, 7 and 10 (so that the staff would not confuse with chicken mcnuggets which come in (4 hammy meal), 6, 9 and 20
Others I heard about:
Chicken Teriyaki Burger (Japan)
OZ Burger (Australia), a burger with beetroot on it !!
Maharaja Mac in India - lamb instead of beef
McPork (Germany) - After the scare with madcow desease, McD in Germany offered this pork based burger.
McChicken'n'Cheese (Fiji, 2005) - chicken burger with a slice of cheese
Chiliburger (Fiji, 2004) - Quarterpounder with a blob of chili sauce
Fish Nuggets (Japan, 2004) - Chicken McNuggets made of fish, served with tartar sauce.
McLaks (Norway) - grilled salmon burger with dill sauce (now that sounds nice :)
A Taste of McDonalds from around the world
Internationally, our restaurants offer our standard menu items, and occasionally develop other items, which appeal to our host country's cultural preferences. Some McDonald's restaurants serve items such as: rice dishes and fried chicken in Japan; beer in Germany; Kiwiburgers in New Zealand; spaghetti in the Philippines; and in Islamic countries, like Saudi Arabia, our restaurants offer a "Halal" menu.
Canada
Cheese, vegetable, pepperoni and deluxe pizza
Uruguay
McHuevo - A hamburger with a poached egg on top
Thailand
Samurai Pork burger - A sandwich marinated with teriyaki sauce
Philippines
McSpaghetti - Pasta in a sauce with frankfurter bits
New Zealand
Kiwiburger - A hamburger with a fried egg and slice of beet
Japan
Chicken Tatsuta - A fried chicken sandwich spiced with soy sauce and ginger
Germany
Frankfurters, beer and a cold four-course meal
Source: http://www.media.mcdonalds.com/secured/products/international/
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What is this blog about?
Remember the McFlubber? Chicken Select?
Heard about the McAfrika in Sweden? The Kiwi Burger in New Zealand? Beer at McDonald in Germany?
I am in search of all these wacky things that Mcdonald came up with over the years, local specials, seasonal specials, test items.
Official websites reveal very little and an email to McDonald was returned with "For legal reasons we cannot read any email that has a suggestion" (I suggested to make a website about this, like a McD Museum)
So, I will try to collect all this information here and I need everyone's help. If you know of something special at your McD's, go snap a pick please, or write about. If you have some old ads, or just a cool memory ... let me know and I will post it.
In the days to come I will start writing down all that I know. I also have some fun pics and video's to share (like a drive through experience or eating fishmac / filet-o-fish in Japan.
This site is in now way affiliated with or endorsed by McDonalds. It might occasionally be fueled by a hamburger over dose :)
Heard about the McAfrika in Sweden? The Kiwi Burger in New Zealand? Beer at McDonald in Germany?
I am in search of all these wacky things that Mcdonald came up with over the years, local specials, seasonal specials, test items.
Official websites reveal very little and an email to McDonald was returned with "For legal reasons we cannot read any email that has a suggestion" (I suggested to make a website about this, like a McD Museum)
So, I will try to collect all this information here and I need everyone's help. If you know of something special at your McD's, go snap a pick please, or write about. If you have some old ads, or just a cool memory ... let me know and I will post it.
In the days to come I will start writing down all that I know. I also have some fun pics and video's to share (like a drive through experience or eating fishmac / filet-o-fish in Japan.
This site is in now way affiliated with or endorsed by McDonalds. It might occasionally be fueled by a hamburger over dose :)
