Have you ever seen a McDs close down?

[Mich the Tester]

Well if an Irish Bar isn't a big old franchise I don't know what is, they're all over the bloody place. At the Channel you'll see these Irish juggernauts and half of them are full of Irish knik-knaks to use in the places, and most of them are crap and expensive...

...and avoided by Irish people.

[Svalbaard]

I don't know where the idea has come from that the French hate McDonalds. It seems the polar opposite to me whenever I am there.

In an aside, I backpacked round Morocco for a month a few years ago and was very glad to see a McDonalds in Rabat rather than the usual fly infested rice and salad and charred lamb ribs.

Granted, some of the food in Morocco was quite nice - but nobody really eats what you see in all these crappy expensive cook books.

[kandr]

I don't know where the idea has come from that the French hate McDonalds. It seems the polar opposite to me whenever I am there.

In an aside, I backpacked round Morocco for a month a few years ago and was very glad to see a McDonalds in Rabat rather than the usual fly infested rice and salad and charred lamb ribs.

Granted, some of the food in Morocco was quite nice - but nobody really eats what you see in all these crappy expensive cook books.

Ah because McDonalds do fries rather than rice?

[BdP]

Must be a fairly rare event

I seen a peanut stand
Heard a rubber band
I seen a needle that winked its eye

[darmstadt]

I seen a peanut stand
Heard a rubber band
I seen a needle that winked its eye

And I've seen a Swiss Roll
And made a Venetian Blind
I wrote a French Letter
But never had a Camel Toe

[norrahe]

I don't know where the idea has come from that the French hate McDonalds. It seems the polar opposite to me whenever I am there.

In an aside, I backpacked round Morocco for a month a few years ago and was very glad to see a McDonalds in Rabat rather than the usual fly infested rice and salad and charred lamb ribs.

Granted, some of the food in Morocco was quite nice - but nobody really eats what you see in all these crappy expensive cook books.

I trekked around Morocco years ago and found all the market stall food great, never needed to find any maccy d style food. I may have had one too many tagines though

[NickFitz]

Ah yes, and you should see the Dutch FEBO; Homepage

These are places which put the fast 'food' in little heated compartments and the customers put a coin in a slot to release said 'food'. The kebab/frikadel/kroket thingy may have festered in the heated compartment for some hours at a temperature optimized for bacterial growth before consumption. Very popular among Dutch people, I have yet to meet another foreigner who would even consider placing said sample in his mouth.

I like FEBO - I often used to go there when I was in Amsterdam with my Dutch ex. I think she was quite surprised that I took to the place so much, although I generally went for the fried chicken and fries. Mind you, a couple of kroketen make a good mid-evening snack

[d000hg]

I never heard of Tagines until they were on both Jamie's and Gordon's cooking shows on C4 about a week apart (maybe they were trying to save budget and made them share hotel rooms).
They look awesome, sort of like exotic hot-pot. Mmm, I miss hot-pot. With whole chops.