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.

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    Not exactly fast food but Japan’s version of Chinese food is to dump this starchy sauce on everything on the plate.

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    21 hours ago

    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

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      19 hours ago

      Fast food isn’t really cheaper in HK either. Tipping culture is non-existent here so that doesn’t cause a difference.

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        12 hours ago

        Our fast food isn’t really fast, either. I’m not sure what the appeal is aside from known consistency, I guess.

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    I live in France. For a time we had loads of poke places, still do. Insane that people pay €14 for a bowl of rice…

    The biggest up-and-comer now is smash burgers (€15 burger prepared in 5 minutes anyone?), but might be tied with fried chicken which is also everywhere.

    Prior to this we had a wave of French Taco joints (which are not tacos at all!).

    I don’t live in a very large city though, so perhaps Paris, Marseille, and Toulouse have trends I haven’t seen yet.

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      That French taco doesn’t sound too bad. Sounds like a crunchy kebab.

      I’ve made Canadian style donair with the traditional garlic sauce fries, and this reminds me somewhat of both of those, only put together.

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      24 hours ago

      The French taco is incredibly silly, certainly if you consider that French supermarkets stopped selling the hard shell taco years ago as it’s not authentic (they do sell little pre formed tortilla bacs in a similar shape).

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    18 hours ago

    swedish burger chains put jalapeños and avocado on everything.

    also there’s the pizza salad thing

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    I live in Hong Kong and it feels like most American fast food here involves oil and deep fried food.

    That’s pretty much universal regarding American fast food.

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      1 day ago

      Yeah, I was about to say I’m in America and most of the fast food involves oil and deep fried food.

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    23 hours ago

    Fries and snacks slothered in mayonnaise and other sauces, like curry, ketchup and peanut sauce.

    We have names for sauce combinations:

    Fries and … : means fries and mayo, witch is so common it needs not saying the word.

    Mayo, curry/ketchup and diced raw onion: fries special.

    Mayo, peanut sauce and diced raw onion: war fries.

    Fries with doner kebab, salad, garlic sauce +chilly sauce, topped with grilled cheese: fries barber parlor (because the guy that came up with it worked at a barber shop)

  • 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

  • fushuan [he/him]@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    21 hours ago

    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.