Comments on: Washington DC: McDonalds in the National Air and Space Museum

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:03:12 +0000

judging by the success of the McCafe coffee line, McDonald’s must have a top notch marketing/product development team

By: LotusRapper

LotusRapper — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:49:32 +0000

I *rarely* eat McD’s, and when I do, I often feel sick afterward from that huge shot of fat and sodium. I usually get a soft cone or an apple pie, and a med. fries if I’m indulging. But the burgers, no thanks. For same or less $, I can eat a very decent and much healthier “ethnic” meal, like a large, nourishing bowl of Vietnamese pho or noodles :-)

But if I have to eat burger-chain foods, it’s Wendy’s all the way. I love their chilis, baked potatoes with different toppings (broccoli and cheese even !) and okay salads.

By: mistrmind

mistrmind — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:45:55 +0000

You can also tell it is a Quarter Pounder because QP come in a cardboard container and cheese burgers are simply wrapped in wax paper.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 19:01:36 +0000

I knew cuz I’m lazy and end up at Mickey D’s for dinner about once a week! LOL!

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:30:33 +0000

Hi Jessica:
*Gasp* How did you know it’s a Quarter Pounder?!? I mean, there’s cheese in the pictures and I thought it has to be a CHEESEburger.
Hi All: Sigh … my cover’s blown! I *heart* Mickey D. LOL!
Ben

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:14:55 +0000

FYI – that’s a Quarter pounder, not a cheeseburger :-)

By: eddiep

eddiep — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:12:16 +0000

Slim pickings. It pains me to see mcdonald’s. I hope that your dinners are more enjoyable. I did live in DC for four years in the early 90’s, but being a starving student, I can’t recommend a good place to go. However, there is an enormous variety of food from many different countries. You should go out and try it. Forget Chinese food though, it is better in Vancouver. Some of the famous local specialties include the blue crab. There are a number of places which serve this delicacy in a crabcake form or sandwich. There is a Vietnamese restaurant in Northern Virginia near the courthouse metro stop which serves these crabs just steamed and whole with some spice on it. The name escapes me.

There are numerous places to eat around the adams morgan district, dupont circle or in Georgetown. Just give it a try! As a student we found Dupont circle more affordable and at the time could find places around $20 per person or less for dinner. Not too fancy but at least better than McD’s.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:21:23 +0000

McCafe’s are rampant in Aust and pretty good. (Starbuck’s has just shut down most of their outlets there..no regrets). I know of one Mccafe in Ont but that didn’t last too long.
If travelling in a country where the food is “iffy”(such as in China when I was there in the 80s), then McD was a welcome sight! I do like the local spin they put on the food eg honeydew shakes in HK, spicey chicken wings in Msia, burgers topped with a fried egg in Aust etc. Yes, you can request diff. dips(the ones they have for the nuggets) for the fries in Canada..they may charge a little more if u get 2 diff. varieties.

By: Ron C.

Ron C. — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:31:32 +0000

I had one of the McD’s burgers made with two rice cakes when I was in Hong Kong a couple of years ago. It was interesting.
We were more impressed with the sweet taro pie. It was deep fried (not baked) like the olden days at the Canadian locations.

By: koji

koji — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:25:15 +0000

in Taiwan, McD’s had kimchi burger as a special item a few months ago. On their regular menu, you can get cream or corn soup, chicken pieces (wings/drum/etc), and also burgers in between two rice cakes, like a Mo’s burger. But i did notice that the potatoes used in TW were different, it was a different type, not russet, but it was tastier.