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Re:The best way to tour a city is through its grocery store by lanrh1836 on Friday July 05, 2019 @03:37PM (#20365215)
I would say farmers market even more so than a grocery store, though I usually do both.

Ironically I also love going to foreign McDonalds. Always fun to see what local items they have.

Re:The best way to tour a city is through its grocery store by ImaCake on Friday July 05, 2019 @05:13PM (#20365935)
>Ironically I also love going to foreign McDonalds.

I make a point of getting a McDonalds cheeseburger in every country I visit. Austria has the best meat (Germany the worst). Poland tasted like Australia (my home) and the UK burger was the most plastic like. Italy, UAE, and Hong Kong all deviate quite a bit from the "regular" menu but I visited the latter two at the airport so maybe they are outliers.

Re:The best way to tour a city is through its grocery store by donarb on Friday July 05, 2019 @08:31PM (#20366948)
Funny because McDonald’s is now featuring items here in the US that are popular overseas. Currently they are featuring a Grand McExtreme Bacon Burger from Spain and a Stroopwaffel McFlurry from the Netherlands.
Re:The best way to tour a city is through its grocery store by Rebelgecko on Saturday July 06, 2019 @12:06AM (#20367748)
They also have a chicken sandwich supposedly from Canada... I'm surprised they didn't bring down the poutines or even fish and chips
Re:The best way to tour a city is through its grocery store by Gosper on Friday July 05, 2019 @05:28PM (#20366019)
I love doing this too as a fun diversion.

The McCroquettas and patatas bravas in Spain are my latest favorite.

And since McDonald's adapted their breakfast menu to the Middle East a few years ago I'm still astonished by how closely they managed to make their chicken-based ham taste like real pork ham.

Re:The best way to tour a city is through its grocery store by davidw on Friday July 05, 2019 @03:46PM (#20365275)
> foreign McDonalds. Always fun to see what local items they have.

That's a good point. It's funny for Americans to see beer there, in, say, Europe.

Re:The best way to tour a city is through its grocery store by umvi on Friday July 05, 2019 @05:20PM (#20365969)
It's also weird to see lots of "vices" (beer, cigarettes, condoms, etc) in vending machines on the street. Like, when I was in Italy I saw kids buying beer and cigarettes and no one seemed to care!