I've been to McDonalds in several Asian countries and Australia. Every one was better and included pretty much the complete US menu plus local additions. I think the most underwhelming were the Philippines, but even there they added fried chicken and rice to the US menu. Hell, even Hawaii has a teriyaki burger and taro pie.

They also have cooler toys overseas. Japan had an exclusive Gundam vinyl figure painted black and gold and Australia had a knockoff Lego set a few years ago for example. This year they had some commemorative glasses with artwork featuring Happy Meal toys from the 1970s-1990s for sale. Some countries got real glass, others got plastic- the US got plastic.

It's weird that the US version of a restaurant that is often seen as a symbol of the country itself is easily the worst.

I've been to McDonalds in several Asian countries and Australia. Every one was better and included pretty much the complete US menu plus local additions. I think the most underwhelming were the Philippines, but even there they add Ed fried chicken and rice to the US menu. Hell, even Hawaii has a teriyaki burger and taro pie.

They also have cooler toys overseas. Japan had an exclusive Gundam vinyl figure painted black and gold and Australia had a knockoff Lego set a few years ago for example. This year they had some commemorative glasses with artwork featuring Happy Meal toys from the 1970s-1990s for sale. Some countries got real glass, others got plastic- the US got plastic.

It's weird that the US version of a restaurant that is often seen as a symbol of the country itself is easily the worst.