Japanese Fast Food

Bacon King

Japan offers many American fast food options. I will discuss a couple of menu items only available in Japan from McDonald’s, Wendy’s and Burger King. I like all three of these places in America, but what do they offer in Japan that’s not available here. I love McDonald’s fries and quarter pounder, but I get mine with cheese plain. At Wendy’ my go to meal is the spicy chicken sandwich, plain of course, and some fries. I like Wendy’s skin on fries the beat of the three. From Burger King I usually get a Bacon King with cheese plain and an order of onion rings. What I do is add some of the onion rings to the burger and this would be my favorite burger of the three places.

McDonald’s in Japan

McDonald’s in Japan has the same menu as in America, but they do offer items only available in the Japanese locations. The French fries at McDonald’s are seasoned with salt but in Japan they offer Shake Fries. The fries come with a seasoning packet and a bag, you shake it up and have ramen noodle flavored fries. They have a version of the Big Mac called the Mega Tomago. The difference is they add an extra beef patty and an egg. Adding an egg to a burger sounds good to me. The next Item is unique to the menu in Japan, it’s called the Gracoro Burger. This burger is a croquet filled with macaroni, shrimp and a cream sauce. The croquet is between two buns with a brown sauce and a bed of cabbage. This doesn’t sound appealing on many levels; I’ll pass on this one.

Wendy’s Japan

Roppongi Burger

Wendy’s in Japan has a very similar menu as in America, but they offer pasta in many varieties, like brown beef stew pasta, creamy pasta with salmon and avocado, tomato sauce with eggplant and bacon pasta and seasoned Hakata cod roe spaghetti. I think I’ll stick with the burgers and fries. One sandwich that is different in Japan is the Roppongi bacon egg and cheese burger. Its everything in the name with tartar sauce. I say no to tartar sauce on burgers

Burger Kings Japan menu offers many of the same items just in massive sizes, like the five-patty anniversary burger or even bigger, the Windows seven burger with 7 patties. With a more unique twist they offer the Bolognese Burger. This is a pork patty, topped with cheese, a hash brown, and Bolognese sauce. This actually sound like it would be good; I’d try it. This next item is the Ringo burger. It’s a whopper but they substitute the tomato with a grilled apple slice to add sweetness. This doesn’t sound terrible but not sure I’d order it.

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