Entries tagged with 'fast-food'
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[Image: Dagoosh!] If you've ever passed a Subway and thought, "Wait, didn't i just pass one 20 seconds ago?" this map of Subway locations in the U.S. from Dagoosh! won't surprise you. Aside from the lack of a fiery red glow, It doesn't look very different from the McDonald's locations map. The farthest you can be from a Subway is 138 miles, between the towns of Austin and Eureka. [via Buzzfeed]...
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I didn't even know KFC had a mascot other than the Colonel, but this video that's been making the rounds shows what's supposedly the KFC chicken (maybe it's a Philippines thing?) having a dance-off with the Jollibee bee to the tune of South Korean girl group Wonder Girls' "Nobody." They've pretty much got the dance down. Videos, after the jump....
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[Map: Weather Sealed] In an attempt to find the most remote piece of wilderness in the lower 48 states, Stephen Von Worley of the blog Weather Sealed created this visualization that represents distances to the nearest McDonald's. Between the tiny Dakotan hamlets of Meadow and Glad Valley lies the McFarthest Spot: 107 miles distant from the nearest McDonald’s, as the crow flies, and 145 miles by car! [via Chris H.]...
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[Photograph: Robyn Lee] Most deep-fried fish sandwiches from chain restaurants—including Denny's, Long John Silver's, and most certainly McDonald's—use hoki, a pretty ugly, bug-eyed fish found deep in the waters around New Zealand. But that may change, according to this New York Times piece. Drops in hoki spawn and damaged ecosystems have inspired the World Wildlife Fund to fight for reduced hoki fishing. In response, the New Zealand ministry has cut the allowable commercial catch quota from roughly 275,000 tons to 100,000 tons, which means McDonald's had to shrink its usual consumption of about 15 million pounds of hoki to 11 million pounds per year. "It could go up if the quota goes up," said McDonald's senior director of global...
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This video is kinda long and pointless, but I needed something to illustrate this post, OK? I don't know what's more disturbing—the Grand Slam burger or that the guy takes off his shirt to eat it. Mental Floss lists ten secret menus. Don't worry, the well-known In-N-Out not-so-secret menu is not among them. What is: candy-flavored smoothies at Jamba Juice, nachos at Chipotle, Wendy's Grand Slam (aka the "Meat Cube"), and unbreaded chicken at Popeyes (but why would you order that?)....
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The guys from Blue Man Group weren't always an internationally famous theatrical group. Oh no—they started the same way millions of other people do: in the fast food industry. Good thing they changed professions since their service was terrible (although worked great as performance art). Watch the video after the jump....
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Methinks that hat used to belong to an Arby's. From Not Fooling Anybody. Not Fooling Anyone documents storefronts whose past lives, mostly as fast food restaurants, still shine through. For instance, that Starbucks looks a bit like a Friendly's, and the Des Moines Police Traffic Unit has "Pizza Hut" written all over it. If you come across any bad conversions, submit your photos! [via Neatorama]...
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"Fast Food Mafia" by deviantART user ~silentsketcher imagines various major chain mascots as members of organized crime. We're sure that, as far as many people are concerned, the depiction isn't that far from the truth. The artist also sends up Wendy, the Burger King, and Colonel Sanders....
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Photograph from Tavallai on Flickr The magicians at fast-food chains come up with all sorts of edible creations—each one a little less likely than the last. The San Francisco Weekly lists ten of the world's weirdest, including the White Castle "chicken ring," a Tuna Pie (erk) at Jollibee in the Philippines, and Pita Snacks from Jack in the Box. But are these really the strangest ones out there? I think Domino's Bread Bowl Pasta definitely qualifies. The Taco Bell Crunchwrap Supreme, too. And there's always McD's—looking beyond our own borders, McDonald's in Hong Kong has served seaweed-flavored French fries; New Zealand, a Quarter Pounder topped with egg and beetroot; and in the Philippines, sweet tomato pasta with hot dogs...
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Over at Chowhound there's a great thread about favorite food court eats—like Hot Dog on a Stick, or Manchu Wok, or the now-defunct (but apparently once beloved) Hot Sam's Pretzels. I was always, always a Cinnabon girl, even after the day I realized they packed about half my daily recommended caloric value. Gooey cinnamon treats trump just about everything else in my book. In all honesty, if I were given a month to live, I would probably start every one of my remaining mornings with a Cinnabon. But there's a whole world out there of shiny, colorful food court booths. What's your favorite stop at the food court?...
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