McDonald's: Menu differs from America

I guess I should mention our visits to fast food in China.  It was an experience.  They are set up like the restaurants in the US, but like John Travolta said in Pulp Fiction, "it's the little differences". They have some of the same items, but they have some things that appeal to a Chinese taste.  I tried a spicy chicken sandwich.  It was really spicy.  Another time, I ordered a burger with mashed potatoes, bacon, burger, lettuce and tomato.  It was pretty good. 

When you walk in the restaurant, they see that you are a westerner and had you a laminated card to order off of.  This has the English.  Most western restaurants have these.  We did go to a local restaurant in Guangzhou and they actually had a laminated card for Westerners.  In line, you have to be aggressive.  It's okay to be kind, but people will take advantage of that.  See my future posting about Taxis in China. 

After you grab your food, you can take it out or eat in the building.  In the eating area, there are employees walking around to take care of the tables.  One thing we learned is not to clean up our messes.  You are supposed to leave your garbage and the employee will remove.  If you do not do that, you will get stares from the employees. 

Unfortunately, we did go to these restaurants many times.  I'd rather have eaten in a Chinese restaurant, but language is a real barrier.  If you can not read Mandarin or speak it, you will have problems.  The menus did have pictures.  In China, they like to use a variety of meats.  You also needed to know if the dish was spicy.  In Chengdu, most of the dish came with Sichuan oil.  To Angie and I, it is spicy.