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Fish sticks in England. Dulce de leche soft serve and media lunas in Argentina. Caprese salad in Rome. Sweet tea in the South. I believe they once had key lime pie down in Florida (very sorry I missed that). I'm just glad they do their fries all over the world!

In Egypt they have schwerma sandwiches.

A few years ago in the Philly area they had a cheesesteak...I tried it out of sheer morbid curiousity and it was truly disgusting

There was definitely a McCuban here in Miami for awhile. I never mustered up the courage to try it though.

In Macau, they had a patty sandwiched between sticky rice "buns". I wanted to try it but our tour guide lunch was only 10 minutes away. I regret that decision to this day.

In French parts of the Maritimes the McLobster is called the McHomard, which is like my favorite word ever!

@Vincci - LOVE the McD's iced tea (I'm from HK.) It's actually better there than in the local cha chaan tengs, since those tend to pre-sweeten the tea to excess.

They have ube (purple yam) pie in select asian locals

bulgogi burgers in the mcdonalds in seoul. they also have the original deep fried apple pies, so delicious...

Chicken Maharaja Mac and (a surprisingly tasty!) Veggie Burger in India.

I also remember some kind of paprika-flavored potato wedges (dipped in mayo) in France.

Aside from the spaghetti, they also have fried chicken and the occasional beef teriyaki with rice in the Philippines.

The Costa Rican dish is called gallo pinto (not pinto gallo), but I think the McDonald's version is called the McPinto. It's not too bad, though I'd prefer gallo pinto from a Mom & Pops any day.

Shwarma is available in some Israeli McD's as well.

In Ireland I had a Shamrock Shake which was green and delicious!

I was just in Macau and noticed a fish stick breakfast. Looks like it's part of a "Taste of Japan" promotion. There was also a rendang burger in Singapore but that might've been Burger King now that I think about it.

I'm surprised by the comment that "Argentina also boasts the only McDonald's outlets in the world that char-grill rather than deep-fry their patties." I am not a McDonald's customer, but when I was, I remembered their patties being cooked on a griddle, not deep fried. Couldn't find anything definitive on their US website.

In Taiwan: Spicy fried chicken (bones and all), plus faux bulgogi burger with buns made out of rice, to compete with Mos Burger. The chicken was addictive, but the burgers were a sad second to Mos.

In Nueva Vallarta, Mexico I ordered some McPapas con McQueso.

I remember McPizza being served table side in Western MA. some 20+ years ago also.

Wow mcdonalds is EVERYWHERE! I wish i could try the curry dip!

I am from Hawaii and at our McDonalds we have 'Haupia Pie'.. Its just like the apple pie except the filling resembles a local dessert called 'Haupia'.

In Shanghai, they have pineapple pie and the purple yam pie. There is crushed pineapple toppings for their sundae as well. Also, in China and Hong Kong they have different flavours of dipping sauce for their chicken McNuggets like Thai sauce, wasabi cream sauce and an "Italian" sauce.

Usually I would never eat McDonalds back home in Canada but it is just interesting to try the different menu items in different country.

The worst I encountered was at McDonalds in Hong Kong a few years back (I just moved back to the States after 8 years there). The Green Curry burger not only smelled like the floor of an off-license Indian kitchen after the dinner rush, but the curry was almost glazed on the cardboard-like hamburger patty, and looked like someone had dragged it through a vat of snot before overcooking it. The taste was...horrible. Really, indescribably bad, not a single person I knew or even heard of liked it, and it was quickly dropped from the local menu.

Hawaii has the highest per capita consumption of SPAM- yes, you heard it right- SPAM! So McDonald's sells SPAM, eggs and rice for breakfast and a SPAM, egg and cheese sandwich. Never ate it but the commercials do look kinda tasty, in a mystery meat kind of way.

Here are the regional McDonald's items I have seen in Japan and Hong Kong over time (with some already mentioned):
For BURGERS:
- ebi-burger
- double fish filet burger with wasabi mayo
- grilled teriyaki chicken filet burger
- grilled pork filtet burger with barbacue sauce (named General burger)
- black pepper chicken filet burger
- "Fan-tastic" burger (bun made from rice pressed into patty shaped and grilled, resembling the rice burger from MOS burger
- Korean spicy burgers
- In Hong Kong, they serve a vegetarian shitake mushroom burger on the Birthday of Buddha

For SIDES:
- FRIES: with different flavored powders e.g. bbq, seaweed, curry, etc.
- PIES: apple pies are deep fried, and there are pies with special fillings for limited time. e.g. hokkaido potato, sweet potato, taro, mango, taro, molten chocolate, chestnut
- SUNDAES: special sauces and toppings for limited time: green tea sauce, azuki beans, azuki bean sauce, taro sauce, pineapple sauce, etc.
- FRIED FOOD: fish sticks, cream corn-filled croquettes, star-shaped potato tattos, thick cut potato wedges, chicken wings and drumettes, fried shrimps
- SOUPS: clam chowder, lobster bisque, corn chowder, etc.
-BREAKFAST: macaroni in soup, spagetti in soup, etc.
- SALAD/VEG: Sweet corn w butter (loose, in a cup)
-DRINKS: Genmaicha (bottled tea), pear-flavored ice tea, lychee-flavored ice tea, concard grape soda, pineapple soda
- At one point there was rice combo served at McDonald's (forgot exactly what comes with it)

There is also a McCafe, a more Starbucks-like coffee shop (usually linked to their normal McDonald), that serve gourmet coffee (latte, macchiato, cappuccino, etc.), dessert cakes, cheese cakes, and Pret-A-Manger look-alike sandwiches.

Oh, not to forget, there is pizza in Canada's McDonalds.

Have to agree with "artychoke," item number 5 is an incorrect description. McDonald's does not deep-fry their patties anywhere.

I remember one of the McDonalds near campus, in the town where I grew up, had the McPizza for a time. I don't think anyone ever bought it because it was literally across the street from the pizza place that sold slices. In Central Illinois, one doesn't usually find slices. And then just down the street about five storefronts, you had the insanely popular dirt cheap Italian place.

I still have no idea why that McDonalds thought it would be a good idea to try to sell pizza.

kobetobiko recalls:

     double fish filet burger with wasabi mayo

Now, that sounds really good. You wouldn't even need any fake cheese on it.

Just returned from Chisinau, in Republic of Moldova. The McPlacinta was offered, which is basically a potato knish roll.

In Taiwan a couple of years ago they had kimchi cheeseburgers and red bean ice cream sundaes.

When I moved to England they have the Fried Apple pies but during Christmas McDonalds has Fried Mince Pies filled with Vanilla Custard. When I lived on Guam as a kid I would get rice from McDonalds for breakfast and pour milk on it. I thought it was really good.

To all the commenters who expressed doubt about deep-fried patties at McDonald's (with regards to branches in Argentina being the only ones to char-grill them), I apologize. I misunderstood some information in the Wikipedia entry I cited. The patties in the rest of the world are fried on griddles, and not, as I stated, deep-fried.

@emilydev - I live in Milwaukee too and remember the McBrat. I remember thinking what a stupid thing to have on the menu in WI. We are brat connessiuers here. We can get them all year round and we know the only way to cook them is in beer with onions. McD's could never better that. I also remember pizza on the menu in Illinois. Does anyone remember the Cheddar Melt? I was never sure if that was a regional thing or not. It had a cheddar cheese sauce, fried onions on a rye bun. They were actually pretty darn good.

@gentlyferal - I'm so glad I'm not the only one who remebers the Cheddar Melt. I haven't seen it in years though :( I seem to remember the Cheddar Cheese sauce tasting more like sharp cheddar than mild, I think that's one of the reasons I loved it so. Good call on the Welsh rarebit thing, that's exactly what it is reminiscent of.