No visit to the world’s largest democracy is complete without a visit to McDonalds. I have visited one other on this trip in Morocco, where I witnessed the miracle that is the McShwarma. I was curious to see how McD’s is marketing itself over here. McMasala, Maybe McTikka???
First off it’s cheap, a full mean deal runs about 120 rupees. Just under $3. Cheaper than any other country I’ve seen (not cheap relative to Indian food and street food of course). No beef of course, at first I was perplexed that I couldn’t find a quarter pounder on the menu. Then it hit me that the honking I heard outside was because a cow was carousing through the 8 lane traffic circle outside, and alas it all made sense….India remember India.
So I sampled two sandwiches, the McAloo Tikka..which is basically a hamburger with a falafel patty as substitute..pretty good. Next I tried the Chicken Mac Maharaja, the chicken patty equivalent of the big Mac. Yuck!!!Chicken patties were very gross and possibly under cooked, I’ll find out later today I guess.
Fries were great, even while cooked in veggie oil, they tasted exactly the same as the US ones cooked in lard I’m sure. Coke…just fine, thankfully they don’t offer supersizes over here. It’s just a fat-assed American phenomenon.
When I tried to get extra ketchup for the fries it was like pulling teeth, these packages are as good as gold in India. Look at why.
I can’t imagine ever seeing this in the states….
McD’s was hopping at lunch, all young hip Indian’s embracing American mass marketing. The funny thing I’ve noticed is fast food places are the embodiment of cool in emerging economies while we rightfully ridicule them at home….go figure, I guess they will learn eventually.
Outside it was back to the reality that is Delhi and I was besieged by beggars such as this cute little girl. The craziness of India, inside everyone is happily reviling in their embrace of an American/Western consumption based lifestyle and outside you have throngs of little street kids begging. That is India in the cities.
Still scorching here…my fiasco with the volcano is a story for another post.
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