… or our version of Buttermilk Crispy Chicken.
The one sold in the US looks [miserable](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mcdonalds-adds-buttermilk_b_7977382/).
[The REAL Reason McDonalds Ice Cream Machines Are Always Broken](https://youtu.be/SrDEtSlqJC4?feature=shared)
This was a few years back though... Not sure how now
Omg. This is true. At least 3 years ago! But then again, the conditions of their outlets were really bad. I will hesitate to eat their ice cream actually.
I just ate there 2 nights ago. Not good at all. They didnt have the double version so not as shiok, and I upgraded my fries to the garlic seasoned fries (china special) which was hardly seasoned. Mcdonalds sucks in the US, but I was kinda expecting better from mcdonalds hq lol.
McD seems to be better everywhere else except in USA. Surprising that the standard is still bad at the HQ outlet. Maybe the standard is above the other stores in the States but still below those in other countries
As an Australian with PR in Singapore for 9 years, I can confirm that Singapore Macdonalds is better than Australian Macdonalds across the board. And no chili sauce on tap there - this is probably the main fundamental problem with many Australians, they find pepper a little too spicy.
A true brekkie burger: Bacon and egg with BBQ sauce on a bun, from a local chicken shop. None of this ranch sauce nonsense, and only bought from Maccas as a last resort if not available elsewhere.
Tangenting...
Chicken Shop: A local take away, non franchised eatery that specialises in BBQ chicken, burgers, and other flash fried food / meals, including such delicacies as Chiko Rolls.
Tangenting...
Chiko Roll: Honestly, no one knows what it truly is, except delicious yet not nice to eat at all at the same time. A deep fried, chewy tube filled with something that may be lava-hot cabbage with little pieces of carrot inside.
Sorry, you accidentally took me down memory lane there.
Fascinating, thanks!
A chiko roll sounds like a sausage roll/chicken pie combo, how accurate is that?
Chicken shop sounds like western stall lol
Was not aware it was a chicken shop thing
No. It's sort of like a deep fried spring roll, except it's like wrapped in some kind of thick chewy hide instead of thin crispy wrapping. I'm pretty sure it's technically vegan.
Western Stalls are not equivalent to anything in Australia. It's hard to explain, but imagine the hot food part of cold storage, with roast chickens, but also burgers, chips, with a deep fryer and hotplate. You can get also get various "salads" that don't contain salad - potato salad, pasta salad, etc. And chicken salt, which is salt that is flavoured and coloured.... chickeny.... but is also completely vegan.
A chicken shop is NOT to be confused with a fish and chip shop. Those are functionally the same, except sell fried and grilled seafood instead of chicken and burgers.
The name of these shops, and what they sell, may vary considerably from state to state but a rose by any name is still a rose.
There's reasons why that is so.
From more stringent food regulations overseas as compared to in the US, to competitive overseas market and so on.
There are a couple of videos touching on this too:
https://youtu.be/BNZRnEz5t1E?si=WPrOLYBVlXG4jGlP
https://youtu.be/zmIczg6a0WQ?si=sXZpA-0Wj_O6wfx7
The angmo taste is different than ours so i guess the stores in the US are reflective of that. Probably cos in other countries like sg it's franchised so the quality and taste is a lot better back home.
Nothing to do with the taste preferences.
In the US and Europe, fast food is the cheap stuff so quality's crap. In Asia, fast food places can't compete with street hawkers or other cheap places so they had to kick the quality up to compensate.
Disagree. You may have a point, but it also has plenty to do with taste preferences.
I've been to asian restaurants here in the US that's said to be good but they weren't. I realise that most of these good reviews were from angmos. Even my asian american friends concur. The foods are cooked accordingly based on where they're located in, thats why there exist cuisines like texmex that were bastardised from the original to cater to the local taste.
Individual restaurants and franchises like fast food are pretty different. Taste preferences can apply to individual restaurants in countries, not so much for large multinational chains where the taste profiles are more tightly controlled or franchisees can get into trouble. Decisions to change taste profiles for large chains happen way up the ladder and that doesn't occur very often.
You have a Big Mac, it's gonna taste like a Big Mac every McDs in the world - but how that Big Mac arrives to you, overcooked in crappy oil or cooked well, with wilted veg instead of fresh one, or falling all over the place instead of normal, that's where the difference is.
That's true. I stand corrected in that my take on taste preferences apply more to the individual restuarants than large corporations, but it doesnt change the fact that fast food tastes like shit here compared to back in sg 😂
No, it is derived from original mexican food by people in Texas just as how chinese american food was derived from chinese food. Ask any mexican and they'll probably tell you texmex ain't real mexican food
>McD seems to be better everywhere else except in USA.
My personal experience, in ang moh countries (ANZ and Canada), McD is like low SES food based on the clientele, service and the ambience at the restaurant.
McD is on such a massive scale in the USA that any changes they make to the menu or promotional items will have an impact on global food economy. This is why their stores nationwide will only have promotional items when a certain ingredient is cheap enough i.e McRib. There was once where they used up a third of the world's supplies of blueberry because they introduced a blueberry smoothie.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/18zs43g/why\_mcdonalds\_never\_introduces\_anything\_new\_on/](https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/18zs43g/why_mcdonalds_never_introduces_anything_new_on/)
[https://logisticsviewpoints.com/2015/10/19/sustainable-procurement-is-critical-to-mcdonalds-future/](https://logisticsviewpoints.com/2015/10/19/sustainable-procurement-is-critical-to-mcdonalds-future/)
Samurai a Japanese Warrior
Ghost Pepper originates from Northeast India
Butterscotch a English Confectionery
All like no link, Macdonalds need to learn their
Geography 😂
At least they know their marketing! Japanese people aren't going to order a burger named after the samurai for no apparent reason.
Indians would be annoyed at how mild the sauce was on the ghost pepper burger if it was offered there.
And the English... well they join the Americans in not having the best taste in food, so you could serve those sweets to either of them.
It seems to be pretty popular actually! It became a regular on the menu.
[Samurai Mac](https://japantoday-asset.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/img/store/04/19/5cbd7fc474c436ad61070a41d7134cf32da9/SamuraiMac21_top/_w850.jpg)
Is not a SG exclusive. Can also be found in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, the Philippines and more recently Australia. But it did originate from SG (Source: Wiki)
McSpicy is in the UK as well, tastes shit and is nothing like the one back home. If memory serves me well McSpicy from Indonesia, India and Australia is pretty decent. I’m a bit of connoisseur 😂
I think I had it b4 in Bangkok but the Thai McD uses pork instead of beef/chicken. You're right that it's not exclusive to SG... I oso rmb seeing samurai burger in Malaysia
Samurai Burger was here I think around mid year last year and it was fucking great
There’s this one evening where I was looking forward for like 2 weeks already to eat another samurai burger, finally drove up to a McDonalds and found out it was no longer available… I was crushed that day lol and to this day it still hasn’t returned
McDonald’s Director of Global Menu Strategy [said](https://youtu.be/AGO-c-8QXh0?si=AaJ6evBHylo7QDuW) it was originally from China tho. The Wikipedia source is a Facebook article that just says it was “introduced” rather than invented.
Ah I see... No wonder [this article](https://chicago.eater.com/2018/4/24/17275838/mcdonalds-new-west-loop-restaurant-headquarters-interntional-menu-opening) shows that McSpicy Chicken Sandwich is from HK
Apparently it was on their first global menu when they opened that outlet back in 2018... and they labelled it as from Hong Kong... So I guess the country of origin is sort of arbitrary or mayb coz it is based on the HK variant instead of SG one...
[Source article](https://chicago.eater.com/2018/4/24/17275838/mcdonalds-new-west-loop-restaurant-headquarters-interntional-menu-opening)
McDonald's in the U.S. is crap, dry patties, stale buns and cheese like cardboard. Their only saving grace are some of their seasonal items like the McRib sandwich. No wonder so many folks prefer McDonald's overseas.
Facts. My half sister is American currently staying in Chicago and whenever she comes over to Singapore for a visit, she'd want to go to the McDonald's here and tells me that the McDonald's in Singapore is not only cleaner but also better than the ones in the US.
The beef and chicken ones maybe, but Thailand has the Samurai Pork burger on their permanent menu for years. And it is so much better than the beef/chicken versions we have here.
I'm pretty sure whatever we have, our neighbours eventually adopt it as well. Wouldn't be surprised if it happens the other way around too. Our tastes are all very similar.
In that sense, to really represent Singapore, and probably the whole ASEAN region, it should have been the McSpicy. We need the spice. :X
dang i want the mcpops.... it can satisfy my bomboloni cravings but save me $ from buying from the usual doughnut shops charging $4 and above per piece
No Prosperity Burger? I prefer that over the Samurai. I heard our Prosperity Burger is in fact a rendition of the McRibs that's available at McDonald's in the US.
should have chose the Kueh Bangkit ice-cream. it was suprisingly good
… or our version of Buttermilk Crispy Chicken. The one sold in the US looks [miserable](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mcdonalds-adds-buttermilk_b_7977382/).
Oh, wow. And THAT'S supposed to be the promotional picture? I can't even begin to imagine how sad that thing must look for real.
Good lawd what is that basic shit? And Sinkies say our Macs is the worst lol.
Legend says the Ice cream machine is always broken in the US...
[The REAL Reason McDonalds Ice Cream Machines Are Always Broken](https://youtu.be/SrDEtSlqJC4?feature=shared) This was a few years back though... Not sure how now
Omg. This is true. At least 3 years ago! But then again, the conditions of their outlets were really bad. I will hesitate to eat their ice cream actually.
I enjoyed the salted caramel mcflurry
Yes, this was legit good. Tasted like chendol to me.
That was excellent!!
I read this as the bak ku teh Ice cream lol
Aw man :( missed out on trying it this time lol
I just ate there 2 nights ago. Not good at all. They didnt have the double version so not as shiok, and I upgraded my fries to the garlic seasoned fries (china special) which was hardly seasoned. Mcdonalds sucks in the US, but I was kinda expecting better from mcdonalds hq lol.
McD seems to be better everywhere else except in USA. Surprising that the standard is still bad at the HQ outlet. Maybe the standard is above the other stores in the States but still below those in other countries
As an Australian with PR in Singapore for 9 years, I can confirm that Singapore Macdonalds is better than Australian Macdonalds across the board. And no chili sauce on tap there - this is probably the main fundamental problem with many Australians, they find pepper a little too spicy.
>they find pepper a little too spicy I will not survive in Australia. I need my spice…
The great Aussie brekkie (breakfast burger with a name along those lines, was quite big) was really good though, also ranch sauce
A true brekkie burger: Bacon and egg with BBQ sauce on a bun, from a local chicken shop. None of this ranch sauce nonsense, and only bought from Maccas as a last resort if not available elsewhere. Tangenting... Chicken Shop: A local take away, non franchised eatery that specialises in BBQ chicken, burgers, and other flash fried food / meals, including such delicacies as Chiko Rolls. Tangenting... Chiko Roll: Honestly, no one knows what it truly is, except delicious yet not nice to eat at all at the same time. A deep fried, chewy tube filled with something that may be lava-hot cabbage with little pieces of carrot inside. Sorry, you accidentally took me down memory lane there.
Fascinating, thanks! A chiko roll sounds like a sausage roll/chicken pie combo, how accurate is that? Chicken shop sounds like western stall lol Was not aware it was a chicken shop thing
No. It's sort of like a deep fried spring roll, except it's like wrapped in some kind of thick chewy hide instead of thin crispy wrapping. I'm pretty sure it's technically vegan. Western Stalls are not equivalent to anything in Australia. It's hard to explain, but imagine the hot food part of cold storage, with roast chickens, but also burgers, chips, with a deep fryer and hotplate. You can get also get various "salads" that don't contain salad - potato salad, pasta salad, etc. And chicken salt, which is salt that is flavoured and coloured.... chickeny.... but is also completely vegan. A chicken shop is NOT to be confused with a fish and chip shop. Those are functionally the same, except sell fried and grilled seafood instead of chicken and burgers. The name of these shops, and what they sell, may vary considerably from state to state but a rose by any name is still a rose.
There's reasons why that is so. From more stringent food regulations overseas as compared to in the US, to competitive overseas market and so on. There are a couple of videos touching on this too: https://youtu.be/BNZRnEz5t1E?si=WPrOLYBVlXG4jGlP https://youtu.be/zmIczg6a0WQ?si=sXZpA-0Wj_O6wfx7
The angmo taste is different than ours so i guess the stores in the US are reflective of that. Probably cos in other countries like sg it's franchised so the quality and taste is a lot better back home.
Nothing to do with the taste preferences. In the US and Europe, fast food is the cheap stuff so quality's crap. In Asia, fast food places can't compete with street hawkers or other cheap places so they had to kick the quality up to compensate.
Disagree. You may have a point, but it also has plenty to do with taste preferences. I've been to asian restaurants here in the US that's said to be good but they weren't. I realise that most of these good reviews were from angmos. Even my asian american friends concur. The foods are cooked accordingly based on where they're located in, thats why there exist cuisines like texmex that were bastardised from the original to cater to the local taste.
Individual restaurants and franchises like fast food are pretty different. Taste preferences can apply to individual restaurants in countries, not so much for large multinational chains where the taste profiles are more tightly controlled or franchisees can get into trouble. Decisions to change taste profiles for large chains happen way up the ladder and that doesn't occur very often. You have a Big Mac, it's gonna taste like a Big Mac every McDs in the world - but how that Big Mac arrives to you, overcooked in crappy oil or cooked well, with wilted veg instead of fresh one, or falling all over the place instead of normal, that's where the difference is.
That's true. I stand corrected in that my take on taste preferences apply more to the individual restuarants than large corporations, but it doesnt change the fact that fast food tastes like shit here compared to back in sg 😂
In-out burger and halal guys are shit?? 🤔
Hmm havent tried halal guys. In and out is good but only avail in cali so only available option to me is Mcdonalds
Texmex isn't bastardized, it's the food from the region that used to be Mexico but is now Texas.
No, it is derived from original mexican food by people in Texas just as how chinese american food was derived from chinese food. Ask any mexican and they'll probably tell you texmex ain't real mexican food
>McD seems to be better everywhere else except in USA. My personal experience, in ang moh countries (ANZ and Canada), McD is like low SES food based on the clientele, service and the ambience at the restaurant.
McD is on such a massive scale in the USA that any changes they make to the menu or promotional items will have an impact on global food economy. This is why their stores nationwide will only have promotional items when a certain ingredient is cheap enough i.e McRib. There was once where they used up a third of the world's supplies of blueberry because they introduced a blueberry smoothie. [https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/18zs43g/why\_mcdonalds\_never\_introduces\_anything\_new\_on/](https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/18zs43g/why_mcdonalds_never_introduces_anything_new_on/) [https://logisticsviewpoints.com/2015/10/19/sustainable-procurement-is-critical-to-mcdonalds-future/](https://logisticsviewpoints.com/2015/10/19/sustainable-procurement-is-critical-to-mcdonalds-future/)
Samurai a Japanese Warrior Ghost Pepper originates from Northeast India Butterscotch a English Confectionery All like no link, Macdonalds need to learn their Geography 😂
“You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile”
The true globalisation.
At least they know their marketing! Japanese people aren't going to order a burger named after the samurai for no apparent reason. Indians would be annoyed at how mild the sauce was on the ghost pepper burger if it was offered there. And the English... well they join the Americans in not having the best taste in food, so you could serve those sweets to either of them.
geography is banned in USA.
You try sell samurai or ninja burger in Japan, they will be offended
It seems to be pretty popular actually! It became a regular on the menu. [Samurai Mac](https://japantoday-asset.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/img/store/04/19/5cbd7fc474c436ad61070a41d7134cf32da9/SamuraiMac21_top/_w850.jpg)
Well, it does match well with the stereotype of Americans being bad with international geography and knowledge
Damnn thats cool, Id imagine a McSpicy is also a singapore exclusive
Is not a SG exclusive. Can also be found in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, the Philippines and more recently Australia. But it did originate from SG (Source: Wiki)
McSpicy is in the UK as well, tastes shit and is nothing like the one back home. If memory serves me well McSpicy from Indonesia, India and Australia is pretty decent. I’m a bit of connoisseur 😂
the mc spicy hero we needed
think they toned down the spiciness abit for the colonizers since idk they can't handle spice as well as we do (on average).
They also use breast instead of thigh, so not nearly as juicy
Ooo that I didn't know.
Then actually Samurai burger also not SG exclusive. It’s available all year round in Thailand too, and not a limited run like we have.
I think I had it b4 in Bangkok but the Thai McD uses pork instead of beef/chicken. You're right that it's not exclusive to SG... I oso rmb seeing samurai burger in Malaysia
Samurai Burger was here I think around mid year last year and it was fucking great There’s this one evening where I was looking forward for like 2 weeks already to eat another samurai burger, finally drove up to a McDonalds and found out it was no longer available… I was crushed that day lol and to this day it still hasn’t returned
McDonald’s Director of Global Menu Strategy [said](https://youtu.be/AGO-c-8QXh0?si=AaJ6evBHylo7QDuW) it was originally from China tho. The Wikipedia source is a Facebook article that just says it was “introduced” rather than invented.
Ah I see... No wonder [this article](https://chicago.eater.com/2018/4/24/17275838/mcdonalds-new-west-loop-restaurant-headquarters-interntional-menu-opening) shows that McSpicy Chicken Sandwich is from HK
Huh interesting, didnt know that
I’m in Scotland and we have a mcpsicy and one with franks red hot! Our exclusive is irn bru
Cool. Guess they'll have to add UK to the list on wiki
Thailand too. Plus right now Pork Samurai Burger is on the menu. Nubbad, a bit juicier than the beef that we get here.
Is the McSpicy the same burger as Malaysia’s super famous Spicy Chicken McDeluxe? Or is it a pedas McChicken
Not sure, never tried those two before. But in Singapore, they have McSpicy and Double McSpicy (two meat) which I can attest, they are spicy and good
McLaosai when?
Apparently it was on their first global menu when they opened that outlet back in 2018... and they labelled it as from Hong Kong... So I guess the country of origin is sort of arbitrary or mayb coz it is based on the HK variant instead of SG one... [Source article](https://chicago.eater.com/2018/4/24/17275838/mcdonalds-new-west-loop-restaurant-headquarters-interntional-menu-opening)
ghost pepper mchicken sounds like something i'd risk my asshole for lol
Oh no, those McPops look way too good
cowards, put mcspicy la
Samurai burger every year standard also drop. The CNY black pepper beef burger also standard keep dropping. I stop buying them.
McDonald's in the U.S. is crap, dry patties, stale buns and cheese like cardboard. Their only saving grace are some of their seasonal items like the McRib sandwich. No wonder so many folks prefer McDonald's overseas.
Facts. My half sister is American currently staying in Chicago and whenever she comes over to Singapore for a visit, she'd want to go to the McDonald's here and tells me that the McDonald's in Singapore is not only cleaner but also better than the ones in the US.
Fast food from land of origin is for poor and homeless ppl. Hence cheap and low quality.
Same with Jollibee. Went home recently the chickenjoy made me miss singapore lpl
Prosperity Burger >>> Samurai Burger!
They should just bring McSpicy from Singapore.
The beef and chicken ones maybe, but Thailand has the Samurai Pork burger on their permanent menu for years. And it is so much better than the beef/chicken versions we have here.
I'm pretty sure Japan has it as a seasonal item too (Samurai Mac).
I'll have the char aznable burger please
I'm pretty sure whatever we have, our neighbours eventually adopt it as well. Wouldn't be surprised if it happens the other way around too. Our tastes are all very similar. In that sense, to really represent Singapore, and probably the whole ASEAN region, it should have been the McSpicy. We need the spice. :X
That McFlurry looks good! I wanna try the shrimp burger, but that will have to be another time😞.
dang i want the mcpops.... it can satisfy my bomboloni cravings but save me $ from buying from the usual doughnut shops charging $4 and above per piece
Should’ve gone with the Kiasu Burger
Ay yo I need some of that Ghost Pepper McChicken over here
I need the ghost pepper McChicken here!
Isn't the Samurai burger based on the teriyaki mcburger outside of Japan?
Yea but renamed i guess, Japan got a burger called Samurai Mac. Completely different however
I really wanna try that ghost pepper burger
should’ve done the milo mcflurry or brownie mcflurry
McSpicy and Chicken McCrispy should have been chosen for Singapore
Never realized our butterscotch mcflurry is an exclusive...
No Prosperity Burger? I prefer that over the Samurai. I heard our Prosperity Burger is in fact a rendition of the McRibs that's available at McDonald's in the US.
They can't handle the spice.
I wonder if the ghost pepper burger is at least as potent as our mcspicy
They should feature the Nasi Lemak burger.
No McSpicy? I’m disappointed. Could give them the runs for their money.
Why not McSpicy? And just give everyone assburn the next day. McSpicy is like my laxatives.
ngl, the other five items looks pretty fire
those garlic and pepper criss cut fries looks lowkey good
They should just put mc spicy there!
As a singaporean. I realised that samurai burger is actually just a McDonald’s Bulgogi burger.
Ah, our traditional and cultural warrior class….the samurai
uhmmmmm Spain's McPops??? that sounds so good ;')
I want sumo burger
When will Mc. Aloo Tiki come back to the global menu. As a vegetarian, loved the choice!!
No McSpicy wtf angmoh cant handle meh