Why McDonald's Is Better in Europe | Asmongold Reacts
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Asmon never ceases to amaze me. One time he has really, really intelligent, wise points of view and other times he says the absolute dumbest nonsense I could think of.
The duality of man.
He is American, you have to lower your standards.
why do you even care
When he's dumb, it's on purpose for being entertaining.
@@vidgetgaming imagine believing guns should be banned while simultaniously believing you are smart.. LOL
@@shintruth2716sometimes its really not... he has a few abysmal takes from time to time. which is normal, hes human (i believe)
Thanks for the reaction dude 👌🏻
you got some great content!
great video too dudes
2 Bored Guys bauen weiter ihr imperium aus
Good video
@@xVISTALUxKlar, der Westflügel nimmt Form an!
Asmon: "Why does the cheese the cheese all the black molds over there?"
also Asmon: *doesnt know what cheese is made of, or what fermentation means.
yes
"They've been eating shit for so long, they like it now." - Asmon on retail WoW players
Kinda ironic how it perfectly applies to his reaction on this too. So very American.
Same how they can stomach there chocolate they are so desensitized, statements like "huh you ever realize puke sort of tastes like chocolate?" Comes naturally to them definition of shit taste is that they start to like the taste of there own puke absolute slop
true
I'm enjoying Asmon interpreting "we would like not to be treated as a nuisance" as "they think they are too good for McD" really shows the American vs European mindset.
I mean, he is from the US, where having things that eases the customers is considered "catering to whiny babies".
@@SparkShadow212 welp to be fair, seppos are whiney babies
Mcd is not quality food
@@collindille4740 Oh absolutely not.
I am a european and he is right. It wasn't said in the way that mcdonalds is somehow treating the french people badly, it's this arrogance that is present, like if not for Mcdonalds, place is all around fine dining and michelins, not kebab shops lol. We are talking about France in 2023, not Louis de Foines times. America in the 60ies was also a vastly different place to what it is today
The fries aren't burnt. There was an option to get other vegetables fries, so you could order a mix of potatoes, carrots and beetroots fries. Thus the darker ones (probably beetroots)
They were actually quite good and healthier than just potatoes.
Not sure they were healthier, I tried it when it was available but they absorbed oil way more than potatoes fries when deep fried so my fingers were way more greasy than usual.
moment you fry them it loses the Healthier option.
they were so good than they stay in mcdo less than a month lmaooooo
@@nippon19 it was planned as such. It was a limited product.
Just like the mc raclette or the cbo...
@@domenicomacchia5197 nutritionally you are wrong. Even Fried, a carrot will have more vitamines than a potato...
I remember my american friend visiting me in Germany and he even said that our mayo tastes better than in the US because, and i quote "It actually tastes like mayo and not a bunch of chemicals and taste enhancers"
Fun Fact: The Michelin stars are from the same company as the tires on cars are. In the early days of the car the michelin tire company gave out an atlas with repair stations in case your car broke down and added restaurants as an afterthought. Then they started to rate the restaurants with stars, and the rest is history.
Thx Cpt. Obvious
@@RomanAbstinent161 How is it obvious for people who don't know the whole story ?
And then Asmon ask if we have cars in Europe.... US citizens seems so uneducated when I hear that.
@@RomanAbstinent161 How was that obvious lmao, I've never heard of that and if someone randomly told me this, I absolutely wouldn't believe it
@@Corrupted So you don't know basic things, ok
If you think that's messed up... look at the ingredients in your everyday condiments in USA compared to other places. My 🇨🇦 Hienz ketchup has 5 ingredients, starting with tomato paste. 🇺🇸 is 20% corn syrup
reply was hidden. Our lists of ingredients usually contain words you cant pronounce and need to google.
Companies have too much freedom to put whatever trash they want in USA! It's a true wild west food wise lol
not to mention the amount of estrogen that's in McDonald's food
I spent a few weeks in Europe and their food tastes like dirt. Also the US (and CAN) have stricter requirements for what goes on the ingredients label. In Europe it will say "Tomato Paste" but in NA it will list the actual ingredients of that paste. Just because you don't know what something is doesn't mean its dangerous
@@maskettaman1488hahahaha cope
26:34 just want to note that in most EU cities you can choose to own a car, unlike in the US where you seemingly need to own a car if you want to be a part of the society.
On the other hand it's nearly impossible in some cities to get around by car, forcing people to make use of public transportation (which sucks, even tho it's better than in the US).
Also, if you want to own a full size SUV or Truck in Europe you're forced to pay up to 200% tax in some countries, making them unaffordable to most of the population.
@@Buceesfanmaarten
I think that Denmark and Norway have very high taxes on petrol cars, so they have to buy an electric one. But there are no additional taxes on SUVs or trucks anywhere.
@@Buceesfanmaartenwhat are you smoking?
@@Buceesfanmaarten I guess the quality of public transportation differs from country to country, but where I live public transportation is very convenient. You can basically get to anywhere and you have a lot of options from busses, trams, trains, metros, and it’s way more affordable than owning a car. My family has always had a car also, as do many families, so I’d say we have it A LOT better than the US in almost every way I think. We have the actual freedom here, freedom to choose.
I've never owned a car in my 30 years of being alive, never felt the need to, it hasn't had any negative effect on my quality of life. I think that's neat.
Being french that was soooo fun to watch !
And about the car thing...
A lot of people living in big cities like Paris or other smaller ones don't necesarely need a car (good public transports and a lot of new personal electric vehicles help a lot) (for example I got rid of mine as I bought a Onewheel and don't really need it anymore)
But if you're not in a big city, then there's a pretty good chance you have a car. (usually 1 per person, rarely more than that although it happens)
Yeah Asmon was weirdly comparing somebody living in Paris city center to himself leaving in the suburbs. It's like saying "do they own cars in Manhattan ?". Few people own a car in Paris but most people living in Paris suburb will own at least 1 car, probably 2 for families
I really wish the U.S. had bike lanes.
As a french guy, I felt both insulted and amused when he wondered if France has cars lol
A friend of mine was eating fastfood every single day while being in Russia. After he moved to USA he suddenly started eating healthy food and cooking for himself. If you ask him about fastfood or sauces in America he goes meinkampf mode saying how inferior they are or how its a sugarcoated poison.
I mean... He isn't wrong in the slightest rofl
Is he wrong? The US has like the biggest obesity issue in the world lmao.
US foods in general are so incrediby unhealthy, even the vegetarian and vegan shit that gets put out is not super healthy, because regulations are in general just trash compared to EU.
why i'm not surprised ?
100% true and that is not even only about fast food
Yea just the beef in US fastfood or the chicken is a crime
This video forget an important point about mcdonald in france and why it didn't work at first: They imported shitty beef and Mcdonald got banished by the reglementation
Now their beef is quite good. They had to advertise for at least 10 years their hamburger were with 100%french beef on TV to have the people comback and now it's a sucess
I tried Wendy's & McDonald in Usa last year and just took a bit before trashing my hamburger
Went in japan this summer and the mcdonald i visit was even better than in france
"I'm an american" No truer words have I ever heard Asmon say. I wish it wasn't so hard or expensive for us to travel, it can really open up your eyes when you visit other places and cultures. When I visited Paris, it went so much smoother for conversation, ordering and pretty much everything when I told people I was Canadian vs telling them I was American. Way noticeable difference on how we're perceived.
Well if it’s expensive for you guys imagine how much worse it is for poorer countries lol.
The french and canadians have deep philosophical similarities. America and france, not so much :) Trudeau is surely making you guys a laughing stock in Europe atm, so I guess the respect running out soon :/ Maybe not bcus european social democrats are really beginning to act evil atm. They basically want to exclude legally and democratically chosen representatives of certain ideological groups. Its actually very scary. Good to see some countries like denmark denied to sign this sick sick decleration. But these guys have majority in the EU , so the madness is only getting worse.
They basically want to say that if you are "right wing" (such an extremely vague term in a complex political landscape), then you are extremist and should not be allowed in government. Imagine these same people squeaking if someone was to exclude them from politics..... they would cry fascism, anti democracy and justify civil disobedience.
McDo is so funny to hear for me as a German because here it's often colloquially called "McDoof" which translates to "McDumb" because everyone going there knows they're just gonna regret it in so many ways but we still do it
26:45 To clarify, yes there are drive through pretty much everywhere, no it's not that common to own a car if you live in a big city. Unlike the US, public transportation is just that much more convenient. People who do need to leave the city or live in suburbs are way more likely to have cars though. It's not really about the price but more about whether or not you have a use for it (and if it's worth the trouble of parking).
It would be so cool to see Asmon and the rest of OTK go to Europe and test different fast food chains and review em. Might be a great idea for the future.
If Asmon strays too far from Texas the world ends tho.
@@cwj138lmao he’s like some SCP or smth that needs to be contained in one place
We need a show where Americans who know little to nothing of Europe are kidnapped and dropped in a European place that's bound to give Culture Shock, like a bicycle highway in the Netherlands or the Bone Church in Czechia. Watch them tripping balls like they're in a parallel universe.
@@Hodoss “Holy Beegeesus Sophie! This place is so primitive they don’t even have cars”
@@adammasterx5854They already think that. I’ve seen enough “Stupid Stuff Americans Say” to know that they think other countries don’t have internet, or cars, or electricity.
I like at 1:08 how they translate "c'est pas terrible" to "it's not terrible", where it actually means "it's not great", or a polite way of saying "yeah it's dogshit".
admittedly, an understandable translation error, because why the fuck is "terrible" positively connotated when negated
@@cobracrystal_ because “terrible” can mean awesome in most situations.
@@cobracrystal_ cause French people love understatement lol
@@cobracrystal_ The better question is: why the fuck is "not terrible" a good thing? In my world, if my french is "not terrible" it is exactly that. Very bad, but at least not terrible. That is what that actually means. The sarcastic way of calling something great "not bad" is known as understatement. Thast might not work in any language with any word.
That's because in Germany we say "nicht schlecht" which translates to "not bad". It means that something is better than expected and actually pretty good. Opposed to the United States for example we very rarely use terms like amazing, spectacular or something similar. Since it's a German channel there has probably been some misunderstanding.
the funny thing for me is that you might think that the french Mc Do menu is more expensive then in america but its like across the board about 90 ct cheaper. just go to the bicmac index and check for urself haha
I’m surprised you guys in US just discovered what in France we’ve been doing. It first appeared around November 2022 here at my place (France!) I was a bit surprised and not happy but after I tried I thought it’s the best idea ever, since we are using so many unnecessary packaging just to throw it away… I hope you guys in US will have same packaging. And yes come to Europe try our McDonald they are different , and a lot smaller too in burger size 😊
Less calories, less sugar, walkable cities. There is a reason why Europeans on avarage are always thinner than the average us american. All the comments calling The EU communists... pfff they make our consumer life 10x better! Real glad to be an EU citizen.
The one thing I hate is their straws, these paper straws add a bad taste to the drinks and keep destroying themselves with the humidity
Your McDonalds looks a million times better than our McDonalds (America)! Definitely have to go if I ever get the chance to leave the country.
We dont have reusable packaging in sweden lol
bro wtf, asmon can have mold chilling right next to him but god forbid its in the cheese smh.
07:00 I'm from EU and visited USA for a couple of weeks... and was abhorred by how bad 98% of all the food was. The amount of sugar in Everything made me gain 5 pounds (over 2 Kilos) during the drip. At the end of the trip i finally went to a "fine" restaurant that charged $35 for a dinner and it tasted like a normal $9 lunch here in Europe... it made me really miss home, and was glad i was about to board the plane in a few hours.
Other than that everything seemed absolutely perfectly fine in the US. Oliver Anthony agrees.
As a European the food in the US really left me feeling like they are purposefully trying to poison as many people before the country gets overpopulated. Even simple stupid bread has daily sugar intake content
Of course it costs $9 since you earn 3 times less money (although it really doesn't, it costs 15-20 euros).
It wasn't sugar that made you gain weight, it was the fact that you walk 10 000 steps a day in Europe, and 2 000 in US.
What crap did you eat? Next time I'd suggest you to sort doordash by "support local businesses".
@@jaazz90 a lot of opinions for someone who has no idea where OP is from and what he did on his trip to the US
@@Dangerous1939 cause they cant have arguments against smth thats a fact 😂
@@jaazz90 we earn 3 times less money? You talking before OR after tax? And what country are you comparing to the US? just in case you didnt know, the EU isn't just one country ;) You might be right about the "after tax" income though, my country has super high taxes. But at least I won't be homeless if I'm unemployed. Oh and...there's this really cool thing: free healthcare. You know, that ONE thing you wish you had when you actually get ill and then get a 5 figure bill you can't afford :)
What? McDonald’s is even worse in America? That’s bad
Nice you've subscribed, the people behind this are very committed to any in-depth reporting. They have started in germany with the channel simplicissimus and do high quality content over a few years already, now partnering with a different youtuber creating this new English channel fern. So basically most of the content you see there now, was previously released on the german channel, you may take a look there as well.
No no no!! This video should be why fast food in general is better around the world versus the US, in both quality and service haha. Japan is peak fast food when visiting there.
This. Mcdonalds in Japan beats EU by a mile. Hell, in south east asia theyre better than in the us/eu.
Fast food companies basically discovered that you can literally throw the garbage in US , call it "an innovation" and people would still eat this. Why spend money and resources on improving the quality of products when you can downgrade them, keep the price and nobody will tell a difference.
Nah its even deeper, why is ALL food of better quality in Europe than Merica and why does Merica have more "food insecurity" than most European nations as well?
If you go to Japan, PLEASE dont go to a fastfood joint other than like once for the memes
Food in general is of lower quality / lower safety standards in north America than in the EU and parts of Asia.
The McD’s in Japan are like comic book versions of McD’s. The register employees stand ready and attentive, uniforms perfectly pressed and clean. The kitchen staff move quickly and in perfect unison, like a dance. There’s no chatter behind the counter. Each employee has a job to do, and they do it flawlessly. The food is fresh, always, and it looks clean and perfect. The dining areas are spotless, and all of the chairs and tables are anchored, so they can’t be moved. It’s completely opposite what we see in the US where the counter people are distracted, the guy at the fries is picking his nose, the food’s been sitting under a heat lamp for 3 hours, and the dining room looks like a kindergarten play space.
Disgraceful
I ate at 2 different MCD in japan and I think both times I found the nuggets fucking awful, it was in 2018 so maybe it changed idk but compared to france yeah it was a downgrade but atleast macdonald in japan had the best bread because they didn't make it
And for the work ethic of Macdonald it was fine? It was clearly less rushed than a french one and way cleaner but it had less people inside so maybe it correlates (even more with a cleaner population )
I don't know but when I visited Japan, about 20 years ago it was totally different from what you describe, maybi it changed but it was a 2 story mc donalds. On the upper floor smoking was allowed, and it was a mess actually. I went in there at 3 AM, sat upstairs with my meal and nearly every single seat was occupied by a person who was sleeping.
The guy next to me was sleeping with his headphones on and on his mobile phone was a ice skating olympic thing or something like that but he wouldn't know because he was just sleeping in the most uncomfortable position I can imagine. So I highly doubt that the sleeping problem has changed and I highly doubt that the "work mentality" has changed and that imo is not a good thing at all. Maybe it did though but guess not except for smoking being prohibited I would assume.
I married into a Japanese family and have visited Japan many times and yeah it's a totaly different experience. Clean, efficient, the food was mediocre but superior to U.S. McDs.
Inflation fun fact: the 250g cube of margarine we used for cooking went from 0.39€ to 0.99€, it always came in a paper wrapper.
Now I buy the 500g version as is it 20% cheaper per g at 1.59€, but it comes in a no reusable plastic bowl.
One thing not mentioned in the video. Each new container in McDo France has a chip, which now lets the restaurant know if the containers have been stolen or not.
What happens after the restaurant finds out about?
Just curious as a fellow european
What are they going to do, chase you down the street?
@@saladspinner3200
No, but the police will
I never eat American food in Europe because it seems to defeat the purpose of traveling to Europe. But they have better tasting soft drinks. Probably half the calories too. I don't drink calories normally but European Fanta is the best. They have different standards for what can be put into those drinks and it actually improves the taste.
The best Fanta i tasted was in spain, it was apple flavoured
I've never tasted American Fanta but I've heard its so sweet it makes European Fanta taste like juice. I thought it was the opposite where when you drink American you can never go back.
I would probably die eating american "food" (i use the world loosely in this case).
USA uses "Corn Syrup" while EU uses "Sugar" (Either from Cane or Beets). Neither is healthy but I guess it affects the taste. Also USA uses more chemicals that EU forbids... so there may be something about that.
They swap some sugar for artificial sweeteners because many EU countries have sugar tax. That's why it tastes different. Imo it's disgusting, orangina is way better
@14:30
"You can find relatively cozy corners designated for larger groups of people".
In America we have relatively cozy corners designated for larger people.
yes
I will be marrying a Spaniard. I plan to leave the US in a few years. I stayed in Spain 2 times now. Both times, my health was much better, I'm not eating most of that preservative chemical shit that EU bans when I stay there.
I always step out of my car and order for pickup in the restaurant cause it is faster than the drive through.
I worked at a McDonald's in the USA very recently. I say recently, because I quit after I saw what went on in the kitchen. I legit saw someone who dropped one of the frozen meat patties, pick it up, and place it on the grill. Don't reply with the "10 second rule" bullshit. The floor was caked in grease and dirt. The dishes and cooking utensils only got cleaned once or twice every couple of days. They don't even bother to temp check the food on the regular, and cook food under the recommend temperature all the time and just guess if it's done.
This is a warning... Don't eat McDonald's in the USA.
In America we dont give a fuck about frozen (to be cooked) foods falling on the floor. It is quite literally as clean as humanly possible after it is placed on a hit grill. ZERO germs. I get it, McDonald's is NASTY with some of the shit the employees do, but I guarantee that same shit happens at every restaurant. Small businesses? You bet your ass they aren't throwing away anything dropped on the ground if it's cookable. They simply cannot afford it and would go out of business if they threw away every not yet cooked thing that falls on the floor. McDonald's is no more nasty than anywhere else, it's just so big and so open that you get to see the shit first hand even as a customer. I did work there along with several other fast food places and they are ALL vile. If you refuse to eat McDonald's, ypu should never ever eat at any fast food in the entire country.
Lazy people exist in every country.
@@JTheraos small businesses have employees who have a personal interest in doing a good job. Bad rep can destroy your place in no time. A lot of the time the small food places I go to have their actual owners cooking or overseeing the process, some of them are family buisnesses. It is different when you actually helped to create the place and care about the quality of your product instead of being a low payed employee doing a job you don't like for a multibillion company you don't care about. Some places I go to even have the kitchen in the middle of the joint so you can see the whole process of cooking.
I worked in Polish McDonald and that person would be warn imminently. You can't even touch "dirty" things without wearing a glove, also frozen meat need to be picked up wearing a glove. Sanitary standards are strict, at least in Poland.
I've worked for McDonald's in France and you don't have the right to do that. First there's an alarm every 30 minutes telling you to wash your hands. You have to do it. If a meat patty falls on the floor you take it, put it in the trash and wash your hands again. Otherwise you'll get warned and ultimately fired.
When I was stationed in Japan I was confused the first time I went to McD there and the meal only came with a small drink and fries. But it did make me realize how big a fata$$ we are in the states after that.
Small drink AND no free refill.
they're tiny ppl....
@@vukkulvar9769 wait, what? free refill?
@@whoknows8225 yea they’re not obese.
@@vukkulvar9769 free refills??
That was the longest ad I ever saw
for information, the paper straw are the least favored alternate straw used in french, now we use metal, glass or bamboo straw, each one is washable, and you can bring them with you easly (the bamboo and paper one are the most used by fastfood place as they are more afordable but bar and restaurant will use glass and metal as they already need to wash the dish anyway)
Random balding 32 y/o french guy here with just some stuff to say.
6:45 Those are vegetables fries and those are pretty good.
7:25 McDonalds has been in France since the 70s, not 1997.
10:14 José Bové was hated and ridiculed by kids in France.
13:45 Though they've been looking more modern now, I've never ever seen a McDonalds looking like that, most of them still looks like shown before or have more subdued colors.
14:55 We had Ronald, Grimace, Hamburglar and Birdie up until the 2000s.
26:00 We still have paper / cardboard when ordering drive-through.
TY for setting the record straight on some things. Lots of videos like this, good and well-intentioned as they may be, don't tell the full story.
In the early 90s I had a teriyaki burger in a Japan McDonalds, very good.
Fascinating stuff.
Thanks for the info brother.
@@thomgizziz I've had EU McD, I don't get where anyone is saying that shit is better cause it straight up ain't.
The fucken ketchup is wrong to start, it's that really sour type no one here likes.
The fries are just different, it's like going to some no name burger joint fries.
I think it's just boring people who want to feel superior so they tell their friends after coming back from what is a shit boring trip doing nothing how amazing everything is there.
I swear, it's 100% just that, boring people trying to turn their boring life into a super hero story and it's sad.
Interesting how the video says 1997 and later it says in 1992 , X thing happened.
Getting reacted by someone like asmon is a long waited push these guys deserve after making high quality videos for all these years. First just in german and now with another channel in english. Every video is worth watching and always mindblowing. (also it seems like they start to translate (some of) their german videos in english too)
Lets be real the german accent is painful as fuck.
@@janekdolder722 It's fine. At least it's not a French accent.
@@Erblack3 the only true response
@@janekdolder722 Can be I guess when you live in a german environment you get pretty used to such an accent, like, for me he almost speaks normal
@@tollspiller2043 im german lol. German accent is horroble, french ia nothing like that
THIS VIDEO IS MISSING THE FIRST FUCKING POINT ! Quality of the food we use. Meat in france is so much better . For having tried both, the meat used in the US in Mcdonald's is disgusting AF. For some other ingredients ig also
"Pull out directive" That got me rolling on the floor xDDD
It’s so sad (but make no mistake, I’m happy for them) how better countries have it simply due to how they have standards. Here in the US, ppl don’t care, so therefore we get crappy food for crappy ppl 🤷🏻♀️
In USA, companies have free reigns, so they keep pushing for lower standards. If you make more profit serving a blurb of fat, sugar, and salt, they won't fight it.
@@TheForgottenWolfwell the Philippines might have more corruption than the US, but I dare think we have better fast food here compared to US. At least the major ones and the larger mom-and-pop establishments. But then again we have more publically accessible investigative journalism here (e.g. the Tulfo brothers) so that might have balanced the case. No one wants to eat in places that have been documented doing unsanitary practices anyway.
We don't have standards, it's just that Kebabs are a strong fucking competition
The Food and Drug Administration sets the US food standards I think. However it's corrupt.
What you don't get that you have something for everyone and other countries have like 3 grades: general scum, rich or wannaby rich and ultra rich.
General scum level is like moderate level in US, but then rich is like millionaires in US and ulta-rich is like Donald Trump level.
But you don't have anything in between. You either paying 6-7 bucks for a crappy kebab, 60 bucks for an average home-style meal or 600 for a fancy restaurant or 5000 for a really fancy restaurant.
As someone who just came back from Germany, Europe definitely has the better McDonald’s and they don’t put chemical garbage in their meat
We don''t because we have the European Union and its health regulations. I mean, it's not flawless but that's definitely an advantage of living in the EU.
In a big European city, you don't need a car. Most people have everything in walking distance and public transportation is good. If you have car, you rarely use it within the city, it is mainly for going out of the city.
Shit with the multiuse packaging doesn't work in regular stores longterm. You can already see in the video how some of the packaging has waterstains and shit. They'd literally need a dishwasher employee to make sure stuff is clean because machines can't clean that reliably and can break. Nobody wants to have second guesses around if the packaging they're eating out of is cleaned properly
Seeing Asmon reacts with his american biases and ignorance (no offense intended) was entertaining.
Yeah because US university level education is equal to let's say French kindergarten.
They have some catching up to do.
We have better standards in the EU, this concerns education as well. I'm a simple Pole, I complain about my country a lot but when a foreigner does it... Well, that may end badly for him... The same goes for the EU as I'm a EU citizen and I'm proud of it, we can fight inside it but don't you dare to flame another EU member country, Asmon!
@@PacekBrudnyPlacek europoor
That's weird considering traveling internationally for education is majorly US-bound@@joostverweij5440
@@redeyes3847 lmao how many american are living paycheck to paycheck again ?
There are a lot of plastic replacements being developed after plastic straws got banned, such as a plastic-like material made of sugarcane. It's been a long time since I last saw a paper straw.
Yes no plastic straws but suddenly the cups are all plastic instead of carton
Ive not seen a single plastic straw alternative that isnt re-usable metal, or paper down where im at
@@halofighter111 I've got some strange black material straw from a local sushi place, plastic looking and feeling, but apparently organic in nature. Forgot to throw the cup with some leftover (2mm) at the bottom, and left for a trip. Came back 3 days later, and the material was still solid. So we're getting somewhere ! Only place where I see paper straws is funnily enough McDonalds.
American's doesn't know how to drink from a cup, they need single use plastic straw?
@@N3mdrazYes, but washable plastic. The regulation isn't calling for ALL plastic to go away - but that plastic products should be reuseable. A plastic straw of course can for hygiene reasons only used one time. A plastic cup can be washed and used again. The same goes with forks, knifes etc - they are then made out of wood. The funny part is, that because wood can be contaminated, it has to packed into a package, unlike plastic straws, which means that nowadays they produce more waste than before - but it's paper waste, that can be recycled to toilet paper or newspapers.
Never expected this Crossover. Simplicissimus / fern. They are great.
Funny seeing the scenes from Louis de Funès movies in the video. He was awesome.
Now I have to think of this movie, where he was a guy writing restaurant guides and got force fed by the owners of one restaurant he was going to review (secretly) because they got tipped off about who he was. He lost his sense of taste because of this but was able to analyse the quality and origin of red whines on how the particles inside fell among other things, to hide the fact that he couldn't taste anything anymore.
Btw, Germany has the standard packaging, so no fancy McDo for us. xD
Some fast food restaurants in Sweden has straight up ditched straws. They're like fuck it, just drink from the mug you babies.
Asmon: Wow better quality, people create a good place and they stay
Also Asmon: Did they have drive thru? No? Go bless murica
LMAO XD
USA: McD
France: McDo
Germany: McDreck
so making the packaging from reusable plastic that is likely not recyclable is somehow better than making it from paper which is 100% recyclable
The best McD meal I have ever had was a brand new McD in Hong Kong. Everything was locally sourced, fresh made to order, delivered to your table... and the restaurant was two stories. You could make reservations. A VERY, VERY close second was Japan.
@@thomgizziz No. I stayed in Hong Kong for a month 3x/year for business for 5 years and lived in Japan for 18 months. A vacation had nothing to do with it. And saying the food tasted the same? You may have defective taste buds, my brother.
@@thomgizziznice assumption...
American food chains taste better outside of the US because they use those countries ingredients and condiments which aren't modified to be approved by the FDA. They just taste better and have more variety and less grease as well.
Instead, they're modified to meet the often higher standards of foreign countries. Many of the preservatives, additives, and ingredients that are ok with the US FDA are banned outside of the US.
Less sugar and corn syrup outside the USA.
Asmon: "You could leave those out for weeks and it would not leak through, unlike the paper cups."
To me the concept of leaving any McDonalds food out for more than a day is insane. For me it always just has been, i go to McDonalds, order my food at the front or on the displays, either sit down and eat it and go home right after or, take it home with me, eat it right away and throw the whole bag into the paper trash can cuz all of it is paper anyways and i never had a problem using any of the stuff ... if it's the cup or the straw or whatever.
19:30 => Yeah. But we allow multiple use plastic containers, though. I don't know where anymore, but at some places, if you bring your own container (not in food-related stuff), you can get a percentage off. I also know that plastic or even paper bags cost an extra to get when, for example, you go get your medicine in the pharmacy. And it's been years that you don't have plastic bag handed for your groceries when shopping. You can buy some and often more sturdy ones for from like 0.05€ for the "classical" ones to 0.50€ for the biggest and sturdiest ones. They are intended to be re-used and they comme really handy for a crap-load of other situations. Like, I used to use some in place of a wheeled cart when I had more physical strength. Now I use them usually to trash out what is recyclable (and won't stain the bag too much for other transportation moments.
Having a car in France is totally normal and most of people can get one but in large city such as Paris it's completly useless because public transports are a lot faster. There are still some places in France were having a car is mandatory to go to work
"Blue" cheese is great man...
There is a lot of different ones. Some I don't like, some are divine.
It's edible mold. Nothing is disgusting about it actually.
But some are definitely more "strong" (not my favorites)
To be fair, a cheese might turn disgusting when it's too old, but it's not always the case.
Depends of the environment it was stored, humidity, temperature, and presence of bad bacterias (when your fridge is not clean for ex)
I live in France.
There is something that make me second guess going to another country.
It's the food. And cheese.
In France we have a ton of variety of cheese.
Even at my local little super market, I can choose between like 20(maybe way more actually) different cheese.
And not some industrial one.
Actual good cheese.
Let's say you can choose between 100 different cheese.
I swear you gonna like a lot of them, even among the blue one.
American citizen or not.
Asmon don't realize what he is missing in life in that departement.
The variety of flavor, texture, taste etc
It is so GOOD.
American "cheese" should be banned. It's literally nothing but vegetable oil, including anything made by Kraft. I like Tillamook, and Kanauka cheddar, but the vast majority is garbage.
Laisse tomber ils connaissent pas le bon goût du fromage. Ils aiment que les fromages italiens mozza/burrata qui ont de base pas de goût sans sauce. 🤷🏻♀️
@@Lostouille J'ai déjà goûté à de la très bonne mozza et burrata.
C'est comme la coppa en charcuterie. Y'a plusieurs niveau de raffinement. Idem pour le saucisson.
In english : there is actually different level of quality in mozzas and burratas.
I had the chance to taste some good ones, with good food along with it.
Same for the coppa for ex, in the cured meat departement.
@@KSpartan bah moi aussi mais soyons réels , c'est le genre de fromage à aller avec de l'huile d'olive ou du balsamique surtout . Même le parmesan qui a un très bon goût prononcé va bien avec des pâtes . Nous le roquefort peut aussi avec des pâtes mais en lui même comme la majorité de nos fromages il se suffit à lui même.
Yo i love cheese. Could you recommend me some cheese? Your personal fav
19:29 In Croatia you can get 50c for one plastic bottle. people caring a bags full of plastic bottles on collecting stations near big malls and get some nice money for that. my daughter get from 10 to 20 euros twice a month just from the bottles and aluminum cans. (for student that is nice help...) :) We literally don't have any plastic bottle or beer cans in the nature or in the sea. Just check Croatian sea coast and you will see.
Charging a deposit would also incentivize customers to return all the reusable items.
I'm french and you made me laugh. You're right, we think we're too good for Mc Donald. But, we kinda forced them to apply by our way of life in our country. Burger King retreated. And Mc Donald still make good money from us, so i guess the hardship we put them through is still profitable for them. And you're right, this is mold for the Roquefort cheese. Very tasty but very gross.
C'est pas dégueu le moisi du roquefort :(
When somebody calls French cheese 'shit', there's definitely something wrong with them. I like Asmon but I like France more, full stop
Yogurt is gross too when you realize how it's made.
Roquefort mold is not gross. It's not the same mold you get on rotten food....They find this mold gross but they eat mutant meat and food with so much chemicals that its a miracle they don't all turn into living bombs.
@@OBEYTHEPYRAMID Yeah, it's not actually gross stuff, but they're stupid anyway. Asmon eats the grossest stuff but goes yuck at Roquefort mold.
1. Those "burnt fries? they are VEGETABLE FRIES (As in BEETS (the dark ones) CARROTS an PARSNIP) quite delicious but of course very different looking to plain potatoes
2. That french cheese they taxed is LITERALLY "blue cheese" (like the salad dressing etc.)
3. The tax loophole got closed in later years in the EU... McDonalds, Burger King etc. have to show how much they sold as "take out" and how much got eaten there to get correct taxation.
4. EU regulations F.T.W. !!! They even forced Apple to switch from lightning to usb-c. ...if you dont like paper cups: get a reusable plastic one! (costs a deposit you get back when returning)
Vegetable fries? Are the regular fries made from meat?
@@johnbroke2336 It's probably a fancy way of saying they aren't made from potatoes. Nowadays a lot of people equate potato chips with junk food and vegetables with healthy food, so marketing them like that probably helps.
Also: He complains that his soda is leaking through the paper cup after TWO days... who wants to even have soda in a cup sitting for two days???
@@Otakumanu It has also to do with local regulations. McDonalds in many European countries has to offer these more "healthy" substitutes for fries. For example in the Happy Meal in Germany you can choose between fries or salad and between nuggies, cheese or hamburger and they will also always put some apple slices into it or a apple sqeezie. also the drink is either apple juice, capri sun or table water.
dont bother..Asmon is just tarded
As a Norwegian, I don't get the issues with paper straws. They usually keep their durability for more than long enough to finish eating, usually lasting for at least several hours.
Funny how Asmon talked shit about that french cheese but lives in a moldy and rotting house
The enjoyment of food is not only determined by the taste. It is also very much determined by the presentation of the food. Like you said: "This food comes with a dress code". You almost want to dress up and have dinner at McD wearing a suit when you see the way the food is presented, and the way their new packagings and containers look. Good job, french McD!
Yeah. Its also not only about the taste, and presentation, but the balance, the diversity between different foods. if you eat snacks with over the top taste for years(for example pringes, doritos), then even a really good one will taste bland. The same is true for places like McD, in general its only tastes good when you don't eat there day by day. The French one have more diversity, which makes it more suitable for longer term.
Relying on minimum wage McDonalds employees that hate their jobs to wash my containers is a scary concept. Even with dishwashers you have to load them right and take care of dishes that don't come clean.
Idk what they get paid here in the EU, but I would guess that they get paid better than in the US lol
@@bl00by_ Minimum wage in the US is $7.25 per hour, for example in France it's €11.52 per hour which is $12.54 per hour. the minimum wage in France is almost double the minimum wage in the US.
@@bl00by_doubt it here in WA state I see ads for jobs there starting at 18$ which is nuts. My first job while in High School was at McDonalds and it was minimum wage at 16 in 1996 5.75$ an hour 😂
@@oarf7100that depends on were you live in the usa. Here in new York it's 15/hour and new York is trying to rise it to 21/hour in the next 3 years
@@bl00by_In the EU countries, their pay isn't even close to the minimal domestic pay, it's higher. They have slightly better wages and usually undergraduates or just other youngsters work there. I mean, it's not a high-end job but it's pretty decent for young people to start their journey on the job market.
I had a “single-use” plastic bottle and I used it for multiple weeks
I only threw it away when it was “broken” (it withstanded being used as a soccer ball and only broke because I intentionally tried to rip it with my hands (I still failed) and eventually threw it away when the lid of the bottle broke into pieces after stepping on it)
do you see people drinking out of “paper” bottles? No because that’s stupid and actually single-use.
18:16 ever heard of the ozone layer ? Its way more convenient to clean your desk than to burn to a crisp.
you see, we europeans really really enjoy our food. sometimes we sit for hours in a restaurant, so naturally the food needs to be diverse, and tasty, and the enviorments needs to be welcoming and comfortable
Asmons needs to travel the world so he can check out all the different mc Donald’s editions
Best McDonald's I ever had was in France, way before this packaging change. It tasted incredible
for 2x or 3x the original US price, better taste good indeed 🤣🤣playing meal prices on fast food
Know a dude that is banned from Ireland for setting fires to Mcdonalds they were trying to build.
I live in the UK, I visited Normandy in 2019 and ended up dropping into a McDonald's. I can confirm that the entire experience was 1000X better than what we have in the UK.
Half the time they forget your order or it's so busy you might as well pick up someone from a shop.
@@Welshmanshots Yup i hate that McDonald from Le Havre, it's good but half of time something is missing (they have a horribly high turnover rate) if he tried this one he got lucky to get his order right lmao
That mold is basically penicillin :)) joke aside in Europe every McDonalds in each country has specific recipes and special country specific products (as well as integrated design in ceratin hystoric sites adapted to context - like the one in Innsbruck for example) - as a Romanian I thought it was funny we even had McMici, pork sandwitches and sausage sandwitches. I was so happy when Quarter Punder entered the menu, we did not have that for a very long time here. We also have sort of seasonal limited edition offers and recipes.
Romania, as a post communist country was so amazed when the first McDonalds opened in the capital of Bucharest, a big crowd gathered dressed elegantly as for going to a fency restaurant :) The concept of fast food was so abstract.
Portions are a lot smaller than in the US.
Service is not so great even with the Ford type automation - they often forget the paper holding the Big Mac, or even to put straws or napkins in the package.
The paper straws are horrible, also contain chemicals to hold that paper together, that is even more dangerous and damaging to the environment than plastic. ESG is pushed hard in Europe at this moment. We use paper/cardboard holders for the fries and drinks.
Romanians love McDonalds but many think of it as trash food that should be avoided and does lots of harm to the body at the same time :)
Yep, 'penicillium Roqueforti'. A natural yeast found in the some caves where the cheese does the aging process, and also is a good companion to have in your body to help digest your food. But it seems that some people only eat with their eyes and not with their mouths. Like we say in Spain 'No esta hecha la miel para la boca del asno' / ' Honey is not made for the palate of the donkey'
17:50 ish : We do not even have any straws anymore, not even paper ones. Instead, we have carboard cups with a hole designed to be drinked from, even if some like MCDonald's manage to have a decent drink contraption. KFC has a lazy design that makes drinking from the cup super loud and you often resolve yourself to remove the lid all together to drink more quietly and safely.
if the store is busy. Washing all those french fry containers is going to be fucking horrible. Worked in fast food 17 years. With wrapping paper and everything people would think dish washing isn't bad in fast food restaurant. And by god it can be some of the worst 3 plus hour long job that feels too taxing. Epically if a shift is understaffed and doesn't get to the dishes before yours.
not to mention washing away grease from plastic takes much more effort and wastes more water and soap detergent than porcelain or glass... looks like these russian or north korean propaganda short movies
not to mention 4 USD vs 15 Euro 🤣
As a digital nomad, I can confirm that Mcdonalds abroad is 100x superior to what we get in the US for the simple fact that Shawanda and Lakeshia don't work the drive thru, give you attitude, and mess up your order.
Man gotta meet his weekly racism regimen and used McDonald's to do it 💀
@@zephyr7552 I'm black, lol. You think it's racist to joke about Shawanda and Ray Ray?
@@yourbestfriendwhosblack3211you can be racist against your own kind. It’s self hate. I feel sorry for you.
This is cap. In Europe (at least in the Netherlands), all McDonalds workers are either immigrants who don't speak the language or mentally challenged. Always need to repeat orders 3 times and even then they get it wrong half the time.
@marquislexil "your own kind" lmfao that sounds wild
the Netherlands has a soort of plastic tax only that money (0.25 cents orso) is for the companey. So the Mc donalds has the normal cups +0.25cents Or the reusable you pay +1.00 more but you can turn it in to get your euro back
I hate that stupid new rule, it just makes everything even more expensive. Also the extra fee you have to pay when you buy a can of coke or something, like I understand for plastic bottles but no one is going to turn in cans..
The wraps look like trash containers, all of them. Fitting, for the food that goes in.
Pro-tip for Asmongold if he has the opportunity to order a quarterpounder with cheese in a French Mc Donalds : it's "nik ommok".
Here in France people steal those Mcdonalds packagings 💀
It looks like fisher price toy food packaging
How are the prices? Is everything still dirt cheap or is the image change also used as a way to raise the prices?
@@Haruka_May it’s very very expensive bro.people are now complaining that the fast food is reaching restaurant price and some instances pricier than a restaurant
@@ZblboulJ'ai taxé une cuillière sans faire exprès chez eux ❤😂😂😂
@@Lostouille 🤣🤣🤣
I was visiting Paris a few years ago and went to the McDonalds right next to the Triumphal arch (Arc de Triomphe) and it was the best one i've ever been too. Just the entrance looked nothing like a regular McDonalds. They had so many weird things i've never seen before. I ordered a cocoa drink but i had to mix it myself so i were given powder and milk in the order. It was incredible haha
26:10 => Yes we do. I have a trip to a McDo one in few minutes because I wanna snack and everything's closed at 11:30 pm here. And Ronchin's McDo actually closes its drive-thru at 4:30 am, which is way later than most McDo's in big cities.
fun fact... we have paper straws, but the cups themselves still contain non degradeable plastic layer.
Holy shit I didn't even know "Simplicissimus" had an english youtube channel.
Really glad Asmon found that. He is a german youtube gem tbh, really good videos on his channel.
6:45 Wait you're telling me, that you don't have French Fries made from red potatoes or even any other kind? Only the yellow ones? Geezus...
introducing a new plastic to combat the old plastic = genius
"Do you think you're supirior to us?"
France: "But we are supirior"
"Every big american restaurant, is better outside amerika" same holds true for the german car industry, if you order the same car outside the country you get the luxery version that has more legroom on the back seats and wierd quality of life like that.
I went to eastern eruope for vacation with my family and was supprised that the burger king there was edible
You can't eat burger king in florida without throwing up something
@@JusDoug0110 You need an iron stomach and willpower that's twice as strong to eat burger king in the states.
@@JusDoug0110 enjoy the goyslop
so how is it doing with the takeout or drivethru?
You know what they call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Paris? Royale with Cheese.
Why did they title the video "Why McDonald's Is Better in Europe"? I was waiting for comparisons with other countries but it's all about France
I come from a Portuguese family on both sides and we went to the Açores back in 98… I’ve been preaching for years about the quality of life and food in Europe compared to western culture and how much healthier they are then us. It really should be a crime at how bad the food industry is in Canada and the U.S
the chef commercial with the big mac, is a dutch poster beautiful :D
Is this new for this year? I was in Paris summer 2022 and they just used the same paper packaging as everywhere else.
"McDonalds for people who think they're too good for McDonalds" no it's for people who still have a bit of decency to their name
McD is trendy in the US because it's cheap. It's the poor man's food. In EU the price is almost the same as an average restaurant. You can get a human made menu in a restaurant for a price of a bigmac menu.
@@merlinwarage the price is nowhere near an average restaurant in the EU. It's also poor man's food here.
@@HomemdaFaina with inflation it isn't anymore. before the pandemic i would pay 10 euro for : mcfirst menu (5€) + 3 hamburger(3€) + 1 wrap(2€). now the same will cost me at least 16€. in comparaison most traditional french cuisine restaurant in my town have menu ( starter+main course) at 17€. and all my local chinese, japanese and italian restaurant are in that area of price too. sure if you want to eat caviar and lobster it will cost more but in your typical rustic restaurant, its fairly competitive with fast food.
@@thomgizziz what I'm talking about is that you're sitting in a place to enjoy the moment with a bunch of friends not fucking ordering shit just for the sake of getting calories and despite what you think wanting to eat in a presentable place is not being pretentious, it's not wanting to be just a cash machine for the establishment
@@champ6436 Before the pandemic i would pay 100 SEK(8.40eur) for a meal at mcdonalds. Now after the pandemic i pay 100 SEK for the same food. At any resturant i would be paying 13eur for a small meal. It all depends on what country you are in. Inflation hit us at grocery stores, fast foods are still the same.
Can't wait for the OTK road trip quest to check out French McDonalds and other food places.
I think the cultural aspect of fast food is really important. I'm Belgian and in my country, we have our own fast-food chain called "Quick". It was created in 1971 and is by far what people up to my generation think of when we think of fast food. It's simple, McDonald's came to Belgium in 1978 and was never "the" fast-food here back in the 90's and early-2000's. From 1978 to 1991, they only had 10 restaurants, Quick had expended to France (no McDonald's there yet) and Luxembourg. They even bought out Burger King in France in the 90's. Not going to go into more details, it's not the point. But basically : Belgium has a popular fast-food chain that isn't American.
I mean, until 2015. It's bought out by a French company that decided to transform all "Quick" locations into Burger King (they had bought the franchising rights of BK).
People told them : Not going to happen. You take our Quick away? We're never eating here again.
So even though a chunk of the Quicks have become Burger King, over 76 restaurants in Belgium remained Quick. Burger King has 54 restaurants.
All of this chaos profited MDonald's which grew to 108 restaurants.
Personally, I like Quick and Burger King better, but I like MacDo better when I'm in France. The menus are different.
In Belgium, I love BK's X-tra long chili cheese (currently replaced by the "Chili Winter Hot" burger).
I love Quick's "Le Formidable" and "Supreme Bacon".
I don't like McDonald's here (very uninspired menu) but in France, I love a good "CBO" or a Big tasty with WAVY fries !
Also, Ice-Tea is not American Iced Tea, just FYI if someone looks at the menu or comes to Europe. Very different flavors. And in Belgium especially !
bro i lived in belgium for like 3 months and quick is the best fast food i've ever been to.
12:05 As a European, you can't imagine how much it blew my mind when I learned that in the USA, some people come for BREAKFAST at McDonald's. This is something totally unimaginable here. Then I saw documentaries where New York workers said they came to eat at McDonald's for ALL their meals: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. WTF