American Lunch Tuesday Review: McDonalds

American Lunch Tuesday this week:

Featuring McDonalds.

A group of us took the long hike (10 minutes downhill, which seems longer when you are starving) to McDonalds for lunch, yesterday.

There are 3 McDonalds in Merida. One close to VENUSA, one close to my house, and one close to the bars and shops in the downtown area.

Here is the review:

They have meals of the day, kind of like subway with their cheaper subs.  The meal on Tuesday is the McPollo (McChicken), however I decided to splerge and get the Big Mac.

Cost:  It is expensive.  A Big Mac meal with the legal conversion rates is $17.  That includes a medium nonrefillable fountain drink (which is actually an American small). A medium (actual medium) fries. And a Big Mac. The cost is a big reason why most Venezuelans consider McDonald's a classy resturant and go there on special occasions only, like for birthdays.  Fail.

Big Macs: They don't use as much Big Mac sauce as in the states.  You can actually taste the hamburger and it tastes like hamburger.  It looks more like the advertisement picture than any other Big Mac I have ever eaten.  It missed a little of the flavor. High Pass.

Fries: They taste almost exactly the same, except a little less salty.  However, I don't really like McDonald's fries in general and often don't finish them, this was no different.  Pass.

Drink: The size was pathetic in comparison what I believed I should have gotten for the medium price, however the coke inside was uncomparably more delicious than the coke in the U.S.  There were less options though.  Overall, I was pleased. Medium Pass.

Customer Service:  The line was a little slow moving, but we also showed up as starving annoying Americans and there were about ten of us.  They dealt with our thick accents like professionals, even though the ordering process for some was not as pleasant.  Then when everyone went back to order icecream, they had us stay seated and we had our own personal waitress bring us anything else we wanted.  She was probably the most amazing thing I've ever seen at a McDonalds and she waited on us hand and foot and gave us change so we didn't even have to move.  High Pass.

McFlurries:  Although I didn't get one, they had an Oreo McFlurry.  It was like vanilla icecream with Oreos crushed on top of it and a spoon.  People thought they were delicious and then they came upon hot fudge underneath a layer of ice cream.  I would say that overall makes them beyond delicious.  High Pass. (although awaiting personal review).

Note: There are no Shamrock Shakes and they have Arrepas (a typical cultural food) on the breakfast menu.  There are some similar sandwiches and some different ones, but all along the same lines of McDonald's fast food.

Overall: It was enjoyable, but I don't plan on making a habit of it...unless there is a delicious sandwich meal day.



Medium-High Pass.

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