It’s weird, I’ve travelled for work and pleasure more than pretty much anyone I meet (I’ve visited 90 countries, worked in 21, lived longer term in 5. Currently settled West Coast US) and I’m somewhat of a fast food connoisseur lol - KFC, Domino’s, BK, Pizza Hut, etc are all without exception better in Europe and Asia with the exception of ,in my opinion , McDonalds. Maccies is better here as a rule. Sure you get the shitty franchisees sometimes but generally speaking!

This is a semi controversial opinion so, it’s interesting you feel the same way!

Can I ask you about the use of Maccies, is it a term you've used for a while? Do you remember where you first picked it up?

It is a somewhat hot topic in Australia, where we've always called it Maccas, but somehow Maccies has entered the lexicon here too.

I've heard it called Maccie or Macky D in the UK for at least 15 years

    > Maccies is better here as a rule.

Shots fired! No joke: Why do you feel that way? Also: Better than McD's in Japan?

I know McD's has a mix of company-owned and franchise stores in the US. Is it the same in Japan? I don't know anything about how Starbucks works.

Can you say what makes USA McDs better? Definitely curious!

It's not a big difference but Japanese burgers are smaller (of course) but the buns aren't small enough. So there's just way too much bread in my experience.

Also, US has a mango pineapple smoothie that's really good. I refuse to look up how much sugar is in it.

‘Free’ refills?