Anon visits the Philippines

I'm an Aussie, and had landed in America for a holiday. Was really hungry and figured I'd just get a Quarter Pounder meal from Maccas at the airport. Order a Large meal because that's what I'd normally get at home. They bring out like a litre of coke, a gigantic box of fries, and the burger. It was absolutely atrocious.

Many many years ago. I did some work in Texas. We go into this sit down place. Now, having been caught by the huge portions a previous evening I'm cautious. I just order a chicken burger. The waitress is all like "Oh are you sure, just the chicken burger on its own?" I'm thinking, oh well maybe things are normal size at this place. I order some fries to go with it.
Some time later the chicken burger arrives completely filling the full size plate it came on, and the fries came on an entirely separate plate.
I'm not a small guy, but I could not eat all that.
- It's funny, because usually when the fries aren't included at a sit-down place it's because the restaurant is trying to squeeze a couple extra dollars out of you (maybe the sandwich is $2 cheaper than you'd expect but then you pay $5 for the fries because of course you want fries!). That stinginess mentality seems to go hand in hand with a smaller than average sandwich. But maybe my fat American ass can't scale portion sizes.
- I once got a burger at South of the Border or smth like that in New Jersey. It was fucking huge and everybody including the waitress commented on how I ate with a fork and knife because it was just impossible to eat otherwise. And I ended up only eating half of it, because I was absolutely full. Insane portion sizes.
What is atrocious here is your ungratefulness for the generosity of the American food industry.
- Yeah I'm reading this Aussie orders a large meal, received a large meal, and was ungrateful. When you're in America, you accept your diabetes and say "thank you may I have another?"
So you knew all the stories of American food portions and you still chose to order a meal that even we call "large"?
- Not everything you read and hear is true, either way - I was not prepared for that much of a difference. This was like 10 years ago mind you, so the difference is either far less or much worse.
McD isn't even the worst offender either.
This is an accurate representation of US fast food chains
- I always find it interesting that people outside the US think this is a complete joke when really it's just... only slightly exaggerated.
  Many gas stations have 64oz cups by default. I haven't seen it in awhile, but the 128oz soda was real and used to be widely available.
- I didn't click the link, but I'm going to go ahead and assume that's Super Troopers, with Farva trying to order a litre of cola

Be me

American college kid by himself in Italy for a week

Staying at hotel with Italian hottie at the front desk

Hell yeah, love this country

Eating all the pizza cause that's Italian food, right?

The pizzas are so goddamn thin

Like eating a sheet of paper

Eat an entire pizza and still hungry

This goes on for like three days

Tired of being hungry

New pizza place, order three entire pizzas

"They'll just think I'm picking up for my friends"

Get my pizzas, hell yes

Walk back to hotel

Walk past the front desk carrying three pizzas

Front desk hottie knows I'm there alone

Cover blown

Go up to my room and eat all three pizzas in shame

Finally fucking full

Worth it.

"I have extra if you want some"
- And like share the pizza? Ew.

Anon is a complete fucking idiot for not simply walking into a random Filipino’s house and politely asking for some homemade Filipino food. Idiot anon goes to the McD’s of the Philippines, and calls it a day. Filipinos have many insanely tasty dishes, and dumbfuck anon chooses garbage. Dinuguan (AKA chocolate meat) is my absolute favorite.

IUm, dinuguan is blood soup (root word is literally blood). I like it, but it has a pretty niche appeal, and you'll be hard pressed to find someone that'll serve it to a westerner.
But yeah, do yourself a favor and find a "carinderia" (or karinderya, depending on region) which roughly translates to "cafeteria" but is usually run by a sweet lady making as close as you'll get to homemade cooking. Some dishes to try:
bicol express - spicy dish with coconut and pork
tokwa't baboy - literally tofu and pork
adobo - classic chicken dish
Or branch out! It works kind of like Panda Express where you point to the dish(es) you want (called ulam) and they'll add rice (I recommend asking for extra). It's cheaper than any fast food chain and way better.
- find a "carinderia" (or karinderya, depending on region) which roughly translates to "cafeteria" but is usually run by a sweet lady making as close as you'll get to homemade cooking.
  This sounds awesome! Wish we had places like this in the States
- Just don't go to the Karenderia. It's run by a white woman that thinks she knows what she is doing, and wishes to speak to your manager.
Yup. It's like people who go to Starbucks when they tour Asia. removed, you're on vacation, go see something new.
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  Imagine using an instance that censors 'bitch'
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  huh?
- Nah, it's definitely valid to get fast food abroad, even if you have it at home. Sometimes they have wildly different things that you can't get at home, or in the case of Jollibee, it's straight up not available at home (unless home is LA). You should probably sample the more wholesome local cuisine too of course, but it's perfectly alright stop at a Burger King in Tokyo to try the new Garlic Hokkaido burger or whatever, if that's your jam. Let people enjoy things.
- osrs has F2P buddy
Story is definitely real, so good on you for keeping it
Do this and get what looks like boiled eggs, crack open and it's an aborted bird inside.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut_(food)
Run screaming in terror to Jollibee :) get spaghetti with so mich sugar you gag and can't get it down.
Go back to Australia next day because hungry af, get a box of Tim Tams and vow to never travel again.
- Hard pass, balut is goat. Sorry, mate, I eat balut every day they come by, just like taho in the mornings. It helps if you have locals teach you how to eat balut, but some can’t deal.
  And hey, all aussies love marmite, yeah? No true aussie hates the taste of a bit of marmite and buttah on toast, right?
  Taho in the mornings and balut in the evenings makes the world go round. ;-)

If you're ordering burgers in the Philippines, you're doing life wrong. If you must go to Jollybee or McDonald's there, order fried chicken and thank me later.

Better yet, don't go there and instead find a carinderia. They often look sketchy, but it's as close to home cooking as you'll get and way cheaper than fast food. Nobody can afford fast food there, so all the locals eat at these little "cafeterias" and the food is fantastic.

The post on my screen was cut off at "skinny white man arrives", and I think it was perfect.

Lol they have been waiting weeks for you, they know your training schedule better than you do before you got off the plane. I traded a few goods in Thailand, they were like cookie monsters for American made knives, I traded a Kershaw leek for a khukri that was almost definitely melted Pepsi cans but it is still worth it

I was in some European city and there is one Chinese restaurant serving hot pot. So I wanted to try it. I ordered and selected the items I want for around 50€. The waitress asked me : "is that all? Do you want the menu?". So I was wondering if I didn't order enough. At the end, what I ordered was enough for at least 3 people. I was in a table for 4 people and it was full with all the dishes. The waitress then asked me if she need to bring a bowl of rice!

They brought the sauces and there was garlic on the plate. The odor ruined the whole meal for me. I couldn't eat most of it and I was disappointed as I don't like wasting food.

The smell of garlic ruined your appetite? Do you have some kind of disorder? The smell of garlic is amazing!
- No I eat garlic but the one they put in the plate has a bizarre odor.

In all fairness, I do like hotdogs.

55 BURGERS

55 FRIES

Need to open hotdog stand in America

He's putting my kids through college!