[HPFGU-OTChatter] Inter-Country differences between fastfood outlets (Was Re: American biscuits)

[Random832]

Goddlefrood wrote:
>>> Goddlefrood:
>  
>>> Fiji does have a single KFC restaurant. It doesn't serve any 
>>> biscuits of any kind, either in the US or the UK sense. I'll 
>>> stick to crumpets ;-)
> 
>> Random: 
>> Could it just not be calling them that? 
> 
> No, they're really not on the menu at all. The only dessert or 
> sweet offered is soft serve ice-cream.

The biscuits aren't any kind of sweet at all, so that doesn't really 
tell me anything.

> There's no macaroni either as far as I know, and I would know as 
> I like macaroni and would have it were it on the menu.

KFC macaroni sucks anyway, you're not missing anything.

> They have 
> mini corn cobs instead. The other thing that comes with the bucket 
> meal is some small rolls,  but not a biscuit in either sense in
> sight.

Actually, I think those "small rolls" may be the biscuits (they may not, 
but, well, i tried) - you've been starting, it looks like, with the 
assumption that biscuits are something sweet, but they're not. Do they 
look anything like this image?
http://www.kfc.com/menu/images/sides_biscuits.jpg

> When I do go to KFC I generally have either a zinger or crispy 
> strips. The differences in the menu at other fastfood outlets 
> here might also surprise you. Perhaps you could tell me if the 
> McDonald's restaurants in America offer halal chicken, because 
> they do here in Fiji.

I know there's variation, but in a lot of cases there's as likely to be 
solely name variation (royale with cheese, anyone?) as variation in 
actual items.

> All the fastfood places also offer a number 
> of vegetarian items for the sizeable Hindu population.

Heh - the closest thing to a vegetarian item here is a whopper with no 
patty from burger king - or a seven layer burrito, from taco bell, which 
is pretty good.