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Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
Ok in my opinion that exporting culture can be a good thing I want to see things done right.
For instance the UK got Subways, when Quiznos is soooo much better.
The UK could also do with Wendy's, though it sounds rather like Wimpy's, it's rather better.
I'm also enjoying the fact that it's possible to have chinese fast food establishments that work, namely the Teryiaki experience that should be exported to the UK as waiting on a delivery from a proper resturaunt can be a pain in the ass anyway and only done at home.
Over in North America though, for the amount of grain and baked goods they produce here, I'm surprised there is no Greggs (or similar) chain around here, in fact getting a good sandwich is rather impossible here.
I also miss Weatherspoon Chain Pubs, you know the ones that all have the same kinda menu of better than average pub grub.
However I hope Taco Bell never get's exported to the UK, nor timothy's.
p.s. perhaps this should say canada, but I've realised a lot of North America (cept the far south) is rather homogonised when it comes to towns/cities.
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
go **** canada in the ass
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
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For instance the UK got Subways, when Quiznos is soooo much better.....
in fact getting a good sandwich is rather impossible here.
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
I wish we had a decent "home cooking" type delivery service. I can't remember the name of the chain in South Africa, but they do great (and relatively inexpensive) roast chicken, lasagne, pasta generally, etc via delivery and it's not all as chronically unhealthy as the other chains.
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
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I wish we had a decent "home cooking" type delivery service. I can't remember the name of the chain in South Africa, but they do great (and relatively inexpensive) roast chicken, lasagne, pasta generally, etc via delivery and it's not all as chronically unhealthy as the other chains.
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
to **** with all that.
Tim Horton's on every street corner please thanks
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
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That bit confused me, and Subways is pretty good .
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I don't classify Subs as the same as Sandwiches.
Sandwiches are generally smaller less messy affairs, like Marks & Spencers stuff, simple yet brilliant, couldn't make a better Smoked Ham & Mustard Sandwich if I tried.
You wouldn't get a Smoked Ham & Mustard Sub though? Even if you did it would be so full of ham you'd be sick of it halfway through.
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
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to **** with all that.
Tim Horton's on every street corner please thanks
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Costa Coffee > Tim Hortons
Imo if they exported Timmies to the UK it would not be as cheap as it is here, just the prices of things here and there vary, I mean Aulds reminds me very much of Tim Hortons, cept it doesn't try and merchandise or sell out it's image to target audiences.
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
Tim Hortons > *
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
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I wish we had a decent "home cooking" type delivery service. I can't remember the name of the chain in South Africa, but they do great (and relatively inexpensive) roast chicken, lasagne, pasta generally, etc via delivery and it's not all as chronically unhealthy as the other chains.
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They kinda have that here it's called Swiss Chalet(I would argue for exporting this if it wasn't for my concern that it would destroy a lot of things I value with regards to organised family meals and the effort that goes into them) and they make rather splendid full Roast Chicken Dinners and paste etc etc via delivery and it looks just as good as if you were round at your mother's for sunday lunch.
Also Harvey's make the most EXCELLENT burgers, but aren't situated everywhere and it's price range is slightly more expensive that kinda takes it outta the convenient fast food range that is also cheap, as I find half of the reason I use fast food is that it's cheaper than eating at a resturaunt and will sustain me till I get home and make myself summit.
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
I havent heard of half of the places being mentioned on here
Subway/Greggs and Weatherspoons are the only ones ive heard of, part from M&S too.
wtf is Tim Hortons?
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
tim horton's beats every other cofee place with just one product:
glazed chocolate ring donuts
if i was to produce a list of the top 10 reasons why i intend to try to move to canada post-uni, that would be around number 3
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
Tim Hortons is > than Dunkin Donuts or Krispy Kreme in that department I will agree.
Colt, the internet is your friend, but if you need help I'll google it for you if you ask nicely.
Pizza Pizza > Pizza Hut etc.
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
i wish we had food courts in our shopping malls.
that would infact lead me to eating there most days.
for less than a mcdonalds getting a pile of chinese food is aces
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
incidentally sunday, we do have quiznos over here. but subway is better.
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
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i wish we had food courts in our shopping malls.
that would infact lead me to eating there most days.
for less than a mcdonalds getting a pile of chinese food is aces
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There's a food court in Braehead Shopping centre, it's rather ace.
Pizza Hut, Fat Jackets, McDonalds, Rollover Hotdogs, KFC, Costa Coffee, Aulds, Captain Nemo's and an upmarket Bar all in the one area.
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
i dont mean expensive foodcourts
we have those here
theyre all very nice
and very expensive for food
because theyre proper restaurants.
i mean the ones where you race people to tables. grab a seat and then spend the equivalent of 3 quid on a plate full of food from one of 15 restaurants
Chinese / Thai / Japanese / Subway / Taco Bell / Olive Garden Cafe / Natures Table / Italian bisto etc etc
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
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i dont mean expensive foodcourts
we have those here
theyre all very nice
and very expensive for food
because theyre proper restaurants.
i mean the ones where you race people to tables. grab a seat and then spend the equivalent of 3 quid on a plate full of food from one of 15 restaurants
Chinese / Thai / Japanese / Subway / Taco Bell / Olive Garden Cafe / Natures Table / Italian bisto etc etc
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but we DO (albeit not as many)
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
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i dont mean expensive foodcourts
we have those here
theyre all very nice
and very expensive for food
because theyre proper restaurants.
i mean the ones where you race people to tables. grab a seat and then spend the equivalent of 3 quid on a plate full of food from one of 15 restaurants
Chinese / Thai / Japanese / Subway / Taco Bell / Olive Garden Cafe / Natures Table / Italian bisto etc etc
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James, I believe you'll find that that those food courts in north america seem so cheap because the cost of supply is so low there, the same thing in the UK would be what you deem expensive cause we have to import everything in the UK, there are also obscene taxes/rents on these things.
Mall's are a dime a dozen in North America and I reckon the rents for these places are piss cheap compared to the UK, ditto with regards to the supply of the ingredients, and let's not forget the immigrant workers.
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
I must say that you can never beat weatherspoons, and I've yet to see anywhere that does beer cheeper.
do they have proper beer in canada? If not I feel sorry for you for that...
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
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I must say that you can never beat weatherspoons, and I've yet to see anywhere that does beer cheeper.
do they have proper beer in canada? If not I feel sorry for you for that...
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They have some interesting beers, nothing sharp or refreshing like some of the european/scottish stuff though, they aren't bad though if you like drinking in the same way you like eating certain foods for their taste.
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
Most, if not all of the big American fast-food establishments sell over-priced, barely digestable pap. They are almost always plastic, spartan, overcrowded and unwelcoming places inside, usually full to rafters with wailing toddlers, overweight and undereducated mothers, and various other types of people who I would wish to avoid. Most of the non-high street branches are housed in buildings that would make even a person who had lived through Stalinism weep.
They, are, to conclude, shit, and I wish they would all just go away.
Chinese fast food is the one thing I could not do without. I don't know whether they have Chinese takeaways in the US in abundance, but they should have.
Yummy.
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
They have Chinese fast food in the Burger King Fast food style of the word.
They have Chinese Resturaunts in the style we have in the UK
They have Chinese Buffets of great cheapness.
Finally, The chinese food here pisses all over the chinese food in the UK.
That said the indian food here is pissing weak.
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
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However I hope Taco Bell never get's exported to the UK
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What?? Those taco's are lurvely, although I'm not quite sure what they put in them.
Subway is also rather nice, was pleased to see them popping up round here. There are now three within about 15 mins of me which is a bit overkill but hey!
And I feel sorry for Americans lacking a good balti. *swoon*
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
Anyone who thinks Taco Bell is nice, Arrange to meet me and my gf for dinner at our place sometime, mexican style.
Seriously.
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Hey sunday
Remember those things with the sausage and bacon and beans, wrapped up in a pastry
Continue having fun in Canada
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
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That said the indian food here is pissing weak.
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Apparently there is a curry war in Glasgow or some scottish city. But the UK do too well with those.
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Yes please.
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You'll puke everytime you eat from Taco Bell afterwards.
Can make awesome Taco's, Burritto's, fajita's and even this crazy mexican bake using refried Beans, Tortilla Chips, Spiced mince and Salsa, with cheese on top. It's seriously good and she manages to make sure the thing cooks without the tortilla chips losing their crispness.
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
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For instance the UK got Subways, when Quiznos is soooo much better.
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We actually have both.
And wetherspoons pubs are for getting nutted extremely cheaply, not eating in.
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
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We actually have both.
And wetherspoons pubs are for getting nutted extremely cheaply, not eating in.
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Didn't know Quiznos had moved over.
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
wetherspoons pubs destroy the olde local pubs
one question though, do you have a plethora of fantastic wonderful kebab shops?
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
you know, i have always thought that weatherspoons isnt that cheap (cheap, just not that cheap)
and i must say i do rather like subways
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
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I'm also enjoying the fact that it's possible to have chinese fast food establishments that work, namely the Teryiaki experience that should be exported to the UK as waiting on a delivery from a proper resturaunt can be a pain in the ass anyway and only done at home.
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why do they name a chinese fast food chain after Japanese food?
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yeah, and teriyaki is horrible anyway
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
They have Cho Mung's Wok as well (or something like that).
And they have a Greek fast food place called Keflos that do kebab's which I've not tried yet, their chips are great but alas their falaffel is god awful.
But I do miss the amount of food poison clinics available in the UK everytime I wanted the shits for two nights (more frequent than you think).
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
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tim horton's beats every other cofee place with just one product:
glazed chocolate ring donuts
if i was to produce a list of the top 10 reasons why i intend to try to move to canada post-uni, that would be around number 3
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And Timbits (aka donut holes) > *
Also I think they should import Pizza Pizza (garlic dipping sauce ahoy!) from Ontario to the UK. I was also impressed by the chain Denny's in California where I ordered grilled cheese on sourdough and got a cheese toastie.
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They have Cho Mung's Wok as well (or something like that).
And they have a Greek fast food place called Keflos that do kebab's which I've not tried yet, their chips are great but alas their falaffel is god awful.
But I do miss the amount of food poison clinics available in the UK everytime I wanted the shits for two nights (more frequent than you think).
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
spoons curry club or indeed their club wrap are among my favourite 'eating out' choices.
I think they'd do well in the US.
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<3 the Curry Club nights
Though I've not really been a vocal proponent of the Weatherspoon's movement, generally because I've never found myself going in there and seeing any face twice between two occassions. That and there's never a goddamned dartboard. Don't think that'd worry punters in the States though.
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believe it or not i live near a 'nice' spoons where there are even 'regulars'
true story.
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Just what the UK needs, more shite fast 'food' chains...........
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believe it or not i live near a 'nice' spoons where there are even 'regulars'
true story.
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We need more breakfast diner things like Howard Johnsons
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
I've discovered recently that most "chains" are actually fairly poor in comparison to individual restaurants, in Ireland at least. I would also like to express my agreement with the above post concerning the deplorable lack of breakfast diners in the British Isles.
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What we really need is some more branded fast food and coffee chains.........like starbucks or burger king.
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I wish we had a decent "home cooking" type delivery service. I can't remember the name of the chain in South Africa, but they do great (and relatively inexpensive) roast chicken, lasagne, pasta generally, etc via delivery and it's not all as chronically unhealthy as the other chains.
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Join Date: Apr 2000
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
I can't see why people hate Starbuck'ses to be honest, I did some revision there for my summer exams sitting in nice leather sofas drinking reasonable coffee and brownies with music quietly playing in the background and no screaming kids. I imagine heaven will be much like it, or at least have one within easy reach of my cloud base.
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14 Sep 2004, 17:27
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Darling
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Edinburgh
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
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Originally Posted by Sunday8pm
Didn't know Quiznos had moved over.
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It's probably a franchise just like Subway. More no-risk money for parent company =
Oh, and I like starbucks too apart from stores that are too dark. Shame it mostly costs alot.
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14 Sep 2004, 18:16
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cynic
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Bishop Auckland Co. Durham
Posts: 8,809
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
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Originally Posted by Boogster
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luckily, that exclamation mark tells me your joking, otherwise it would have had to be a case of tearing out your throat for that comment
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14 Sep 2004, 19:29
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Heh, Leeds !
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: In The Redfern
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Re: Fast Food Chains in North America that really should be in the UK and Vice-Versa
hmmm Starbucks.....
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