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Indian McDonalds
By Carrie | June 30, 2008
Yes, I still have things to say about India, though apparently I’ve gotten very off track in writing about it in any regular fashion. Oak and I recently decided we have a thing about visiting McDonalds in new places to see what the regional menu items are. In Hawaii, for example, we saw spam and noodles on the menu.
We encountered very few international chain restaurants in India (or rather, chain restaurants in general), but some of the big cities had them. Nirav’s cousins took us to McDonalds in Ahemdebad, though I am sure they thought we were nuts for wanting to go there. haha. This was near the end of our trip, so in many ways we were getting tired of thalis and idli and were ready to have some good ‘ol American junk food.
I’m quite proud to report that the french fries Indian McDonalds taste exactly the same as they do in the United States. They were so tasty after an extreme deficiency of fried potatoes for two weeks (who can live like that? seriously). However, the Indian McDonalds menu is completely lacking in any beef products. So, instead of a regular Big Mac, you have the Chicken Maharaja Mac:
It actually wasn’t too bad, but it was seriously like one of the only menu items that had meat in it. Nirav and Oak ordered some of the vegeterian items - the Paneer wrap and the Pizza McPuff:
The Pizza McPuff was interesting in that it was curiously in a similar container to the Hot Apple Pies that we get in the US. It was also shaped exactly the same, but was savory and had cheese, veggies and pizza sauce inside. Kind of like a giant Totino’s pizza roll. Not bad. Nirav was not impressed with his Paneer wrap, but he is quite a Paneer connesieur - one must remember that while at McDonalds you cannot expect the highest quality ingredients.
But, perhaps the best thing about McDonalds in India was that the “Happy price menu” (oh my, bad translation) was 20 rupees. This is basically an equivalent of our dollar menu; where you can get ice cream, a small french fry, etc. Based on the 40 rupees/$1 exchange rate we had during our trip, the value menu was only about 50 cents. Still relatively “expensive” in comparison with other food we ate in India, but exciting nonetheless.
So, this concludes my first international McDonalds report (well, besides Canada, where if I remember correctly, they actually serve Hot Dogs at McDonalds.. craziness). Stay tuned as we investigate other McDonalds around the world!
Topics: india |
June 30th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Pizza McPuff! LOL!
July 1st, 2008 at 10:16 am
I’ll have to go to a McDonalds here and report back on my findings - 3 years and I haven’t even been yet!
July 7th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Wow–that is so interesting!! Love the maharjaj Mac! LOL