After 44 days of isolation and most restaurants are still closed in Dalian for seating service….
The place is empty, the chairs removed and I can’t even get personal service. I need to use the dreaded automated kiosk which I personally hate, I am suddenly an employee paying the business. Never use the auto check out, you’re not paid to work there and it doesn’t make your bill cheaper. Plus someone loses a job (but in China, there are a few workers hovering making sure you didn’t cheat, cameras included).
I don’t often eat at McDonald's because it’s not so cheap here as it is in other countries when you compare the Cost of Living. But at least it is open and I do enjoy the sausage and egg McMuffin with a hashbrown and real coffee. The taste is the same except they don’t toast the bun or add butter.
Well, since business is so slow now they cook everything fresh. The French fries and chicken McNuggets are made to order. So I wait about 10 mins to get my food after I order. The menu is quite different from Canada. The classics are there of course but there are some significant differences.
Let’s take a look at the differences.
(I’ve been on planes and trains with someone enjoying corn on the cob, they brought it, it wasn’t served).
But really we all have different taste buds. So a business that wants to make money and satisfy its customers will adapt. Let me show you other things Dalian people like at McDonald's.
(Chicken Wings, Chicken Nuggets, and Chicken Strips are very popular at McDonald's. Due to KFC being their biggest competitor, also served in a bucket).*
(Why not some german sausage on scrambled eggs in an untoasted burger bun, for breakfast.)
OK, that one really baffles me. There is another I will share that baffles me most. But this is Top to Bottom, Ketchup and BBQ sauce, a piece of lettuce, a slice of grilled Pineapple and grilled Chicken breast, followed by mayo and the bottom bun.
One of the most Chinese things they have at breakfast is Congee, for those who don’t know it basically a thick rice soup with veggies and or meat in it. It’s actually a very healthy breakfast quite common in China. Pickled cabbage and bits of pork to bamboo shoots and a variety of other options. Often served with a cup of soya milk, hashbrown or something like a long unsweetened doughnut. I’ve had some of these combos before it’s quite good.
Well, that’s McDonald's in China. I hope you enjoyed.
