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Industrial food/beverages that don't taste the same in different countries
BTG mentioned in the Macca thread that McMuffins probably don't taste the same in Australia and in Canada. I don't know if they do but the one thing I know is that, although Coca-cola tastes the same in Brazil and in the UK, they definitely taste way better than anything the Coca-Cola company sells in Japan. Really. Japanese regular Coke tastes like Brazilian Coke Zero, and Japanese Coke Zero tastes like something so heinous I assume it's sold as rat poison in other countries. Nothing of this sort seems to apply to the UK. Also, Japanese Fanta isn't nearly as orange as it should be.
For whatever reason, Starbucks doesn't offer the same flavours in all countries, but their vanilla frappucino tastes the same in Brazil, in Japan, and in England.
Have you ever tried industrialised food abroad? Did it taste like what you're used to? Share your experiences and traumas! 
pizza hut in the middle east,
DO NOT WANT!
I had a fruit flavored tea from a starbucks in kokura that tasted like industrial floor cleaner.
Tried Macca's in quite a few countries, tastes different in most of them, especially in the UK (totally nasty there 
... well, more nasty, anyway).
Australian meat, in general, has way more flavour than nearly any I had in the UK, as well. I'm talking supermarket/butcher bought meat though, not so much restaurant grade stuff.
Fanta in the UK is awful compared to here. Very different. And Coke in the US tastes weird, but that's probably because they use HFCS and not real sugar.
I think beef tastes better in Ireland than in the US. It's funny, everything there is grass-fed pretty much, but the organic grass-fed beef here costs a premium.
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| Originally posted by Sushipunk Fanta in the UK is awful compared to here. |
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| Originally posted by Lira God, all pizza bread there is thick by default... it's Heaven! <3 |
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| Originally posted by srussell0018 Thin for the win! |
my weakness, canada dry ginger ale. It's gorgeous in canada but the one we can buy in the Uk is flavourless and irritating.
Conversely, Dairy Milk and Cadburys products in the UK are 10000x better than in the US/Canada. I always have to take my brother and now his friends as much as I can fit into my luggage allowance once I've packed clothes and stuff.
Stu, proper butchers meats here are much better, there's so much water and shit in the supermarket stuff that it's awful.
the macdonalds in south Korea is the most amazing thing ever. the big tasty burger and bulgolgi burger ftw!
I mean imagine a bigger quarter pounder with chili sauce.
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| Originally posted by Ian Stu, proper butchers meats here are much better, there's so much water and shit in the supermarket stuff that it's awful. |
Our meat and produce are among the best in the world, which is why we're a huge exporter for it 
the redbull in thailand doesn't have any bubbles in it. is horrible.
the bacon in KFC burgers is even less bacon-looking in QLD than it is in the rest of autralia.
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| Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN the bacon in KFC burgers is even less bacon-looking in QLD than it is in the rest of autralia. |
yeah, but that's what i mean. the not-bacon in QLD is different to the not-bacon elsewhere.
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| Originally posted by Sushipunk I tried a lot of butchers as well, in MANY cities in the UK. Maybe I was just unlucky, I don't know. You'll understand when you come over here to visit, eventually Our meat and produce are among the best in the world, which is why we're a huge exporter for it |
diet coke in jamaica tastes like ass
milk in france is so heavily pasteurized it doesn't even need to be refrigerated until you open it
all bottled water in buenos aires has sodium in it...
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| Originally posted by prolikewhoa milk in france is so heavily pasteurized it doesn't even need to be refrigerated until you open it |
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| Originally posted by Sushipunk I got fresh milk when I was in Paris, and in Toulouse. That was 10 years ago, but still |
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| Originally posted by prolikewhoa thankfully, i live in such a small village we get our milk fresh from the farm! it tastes great, even though it smells a little bit like cow... |
The stuff I buy in spain is tasty but once it's open even in a fridge it goes off within 48 hrs or so.
hey stu, does cock taste different in different countries?
pkc loves the coq.... au vin
My uncle slaughtered a cow for christmas and my cousin dropped about half of it off today, whole freezer is a bovine crime scene 
The french have rubbish milk but they do make up for it with their cheeses and pastry's that are really good, compared to most Aust and NZ cheeses which are sort of average-meh. They aren't as terrible as US cheese and some white crap in a bottle pretending to be milk, I don't know what they do to it over there but its unholy.
Think I've managed to avoid most of the chain-restaurants when I could when travelling, nearly died from Taco Bell in NY. Though I think the majority of McD's and the like probably still rate over most things in Scotland that has a national cuisine speciality of 'not-food'
if you don't mind me asking lil, how do you have so much family in AU? from what i know of your history, it was pretty crazy and was a long while before you settled here?
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