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Wednesday, February 11, 2004   I'm unsure if I should try McDonald's here in the UK. What better way to understand a country's food tastes than by the freakish localised items they have on their McDonald's menu? In the Philippines we have our Fried Chicken (we're a poultry loving bunch), sweet Spaghetti, and Burger McDo topped with mayo-ketchup-trying-to-pass-itself-off-as-Thousand-Island-Dressing. In Hong Kong they had Taro Ice Cream. In Malaysia they had a arroz-caldo like porridge. In Portugal they had Pork Burgers. posted by wys | 5:40 AM 0 comments		rants and raves Currently writing from Philadelphia ... but will continue with informal reviews on films, books, food, restaurants, favorite haunts in Manila (when I'm home); and the occasional self-indulgent essay. * View my profile. * Subscribe to my RSS Feed. * See my Flickr page. * Email me at wysgal (at) gmail (dot) com. search this blog       Search WWW Search this blog recents BOOKS: 2008 in Books Chasing Harry Winston by Lauren Weisberger A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth: A Novel by Xiaolu Guo Marrying Anita by Anita Jain Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive by Goldstein, Martin and Cialdini MOVIES: 2008 in Movies Infernal Affairs 3 (2003) Iron Man (2008) Fargo (1996) Infernal Affairs (2002) Punch-Drunk Love (2002) Trainspotting (1996) MUSIC: 2008 in Music Cut Copy, In Ghost Colours Dan Deacon, Spiderman of the Rings Death Cab for Cutie, Narrow Stairs Justice, Cross Architecture in Helsinki, In Case We Die recent posts Cold weather and I just do not get along. And ... Ah finally arrived in the UK after 18 or so hours ... People are talking about ... Janet Jackson's expos... I think I’m actually getting sick of eating out (D... Gonuts Donuts (Fort Bonifacio) is so hip, happenin... I made a pretty good batch of last-minute Paella V... Someone emailed me this link to an article about t... Hey Jamie Oliver has this new contest and you have... I was watching Almost Famous in the gym today (whi... FAST FOOD RAVE Spam Jam Glorietta 4, Makati City ... archives 02/01/2003 - 03/01/2003 03/01/2003 - 04/01/2003 04/01/2003 - 05/01/2003 05/01/2003 - 06/01/2003 06/01/2003 - 07/01/2003 07/01/2003 - 08/01/2003 08/01/2003 - 09/01/2003 09/01/2003 - 10/01/2003 10/01/2003 - 11/01/2003 11/01/2003 - 12/01/2003 12/01/2003 - 01/01/2004 01/01/2004 - 02/01/2004 02/01/2004 - 03/01/2004 03/01/2004 - 04/01/2004 04/01/2004 - 05/01/2004 05/01/2004 - 06/01/2004 06/01/2004 - 07/01/2004 07/01/2004 - 08/01/2004 08/01/2004 - 09/01/2004 09/01/2004 - 10/01/2004 10/01/2004 - 11/01/2004 11/01/2004 - 12/01/2004 12/01/2004 - 01/01/2005 01/01/2005 - 02/01/2005 02/01/2005 - 03/01/2005 03/01/2005 - 04/01/2005 04/01/2005 - 05/01/2005 05/01/2005 - 06/01/2005 06/01/2005 - 07/01/2005 07/01/2005 - 08/01/2005 08/01/2005 - 09/01/2005 09/01/2005 - 10/01/2005 10/01/2005 - 11/01/2005 11/01/2005 - 12/01/2005 12/01/2005 - 01/01/2006 01/01/2006 - 02/01/2006 02/01/2006 - 03/01/2006 03/01/2006 - 04/01/2006 04/01/2006 - 05/01/2006 05/01/2006 - 06/01/2006 06/01/2006 - 07/01/2006 07/01/2006 - 08/01/2006 08/01/2006 - 09/01/2006 09/01/2006 - 10/01/2006 10/01/2006 - 11/01/2006 11/01/2006 - 12/01/2006 12/01/2006 - 01/01/2007 01/01/2007 - 02/01/2007 02/01/2007 - 03/01/2007 03/01/2007 - 04/01/2007 04/01/2007 - 05/01/2007 05/01/2007 - 06/01/2007 06/01/2007 - 07/01/2007 07/01/2007 - 08/01/2007 08/01/2007 - 09/01/2007 09/01/2007 - 10/01/2007 10/01/2007 - 11/01/2007 11/01/2007 - 12/01/2007 12/01/2007 - 01/01/2008 01/01/2008 - 02/01/2008 02/01/2008 - 03/01/2008 03/01/2008 - 04/01/2008 04/01/2008 - 05/01/2008 05/01/2008 - 06/01/2008 06/01/2008 - 07/01/2008 07/01/2008 - 08/01/2008 08/01/2008 - 09/01/2008 09/01/2008 - 10/01/2008 10/01/2008 - 11/01/2008 11/01/2008 - 12/01/2008