The Fast Food Thread

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Alex

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Salshun_sl said:
In & Out tastes like the best fast food burger you've ever had, 5 Guys tastes like the best backyard BBQ burger you've ever had, that's the difference. In & Out rocks, don't get me wrong, but 5 Guys doesn't even tastes like fast food. Sorry, prize goes to 5 Guys.
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I agree with this. Of course, I haven't had 5 Guys in a long time (we don't have them in SF). 5 Guys has better fries and I'll accept no argument. In-n-Out fries aren't very good. However, you can't get chopped chiles, the best secret menu item at In-n-Out, at 5 Guys. In-n-Out could change my mind quickly if they started offering bacon as a topping but I don't think that will ever change.

I don't eat much fast food anymore. I'll only eat BK or McD's if I'm in a serious crunch time and I need to get food now - which isn't very often. Usually I'll have at least enough time to opt for a taqueria or shawarma.
 
Itlan

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I had a Wendy's Spicy Chicken sandwich at 2 AM last night. Fucking glorious, but boy do I feel guilty about it. Oh well, at least there's SOME protein in there... somewhere... along with a fuckton of sodium and trans fats. Delicious!
 
McCheese

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I seriously doubt there is any trans fat in a Wendy's spicy chicken sandwich.
 
Itlan

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It's Arabian. Meat grilled on a spit, usually for a long fucking time, and now they have them on like pita, gyro type shits. It's basically a fucking Arabic gyro, at least that's how they make them in HOBOKEN SON.
 
Grimmlokk

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Itlan_sl said:
It's basically a fucking Arabic gyro
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Sounds good, and brings me to an important topic.

How do YOU say "gyro"?

Apparently the proper pronunciation is something close to "jyeero", but that shit is gay.

Here in Pittsburgh it's pretty universally like Jai-row, like gyroscope.

Have heard on TV people saying it like GEE-row, with a hard G. I'm pretty sure you involuntarily start using this pronunciation once you've swallowed your first load of manbatter.

Gyro related: Had a greek omelet thing at a diner here recently, with the tzatziki sauce. Fuckin' bomb.

Also also, some pizza places will do gyro meat as a topping; if you see this is an option, take it. So fucking good.
 
chaos

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Side topic: do you ever avoid ordering something just because you aren't sure how to pronounce it?
 
BoldW

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Quality of fast food really seems to be regional for me. Around here, Whataburger is decent fast food, and Carls Jr. is crap. When I was in Arizona, it was the exact opposite.

chaos_sl said:
Side topic: do you ever avoid ordering something just because you aren't sure how to pronounce it?
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Only on dates.
 
chaos

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The Whataburgers in West Texas have really stepped up their game since I left for the Navy. I went back and my dad suggested going there and I was like "ok I guess..." because it was pretty bottom of the rung shit when I left. Total fucking 180, top tier fast food now.
 
Tarrant

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There's an Vietnamese place near me that has all kinda of shit I can't pronounce, luckily they put numbers never to every dish so you can just say what number you want when you order. lol
 
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Tarrant_sl said:
There's an Vietnamese place near me that has all kinda of shit I can't pronounce, luckily they put numbers never to every dish so you can just say what number you want when you order. lol
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Yeah, there is a Thai place by my office that has a Thai language menu with all the really good stuff on it... its translated into very broken english so we end up pointing a lot.
 
Alex

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Grimmlokk_sl said:
Sounds good, and brings me to an important topic.

How do YOU say "gyro"?

Apparently the proper pronunciation is something close to "jyeero", but that shit is gay.

Here in Pittsburgh it's pretty universally like Jai-row, like gyroscope.

Have heard on TV people saying it like GEE-row, with a hard G. I'm pretty sure you involuntarily start using this pronunciation once you've swallowed your first load of manbatter.
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I've always pronounced it with a "Y". "Yeero".
 
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If I'm unsure of how to pronounce something at an ethnic place I just sound that shit out like any true American would. I'm no damn, dirty ape who points at his food.
 
Noodleface

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I live in MA so I just mask the menu options with a thick Boston accent. I'll take that SHWWAAAMAAA plz
 
Itlan

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I say jai-row. I'm from Jersey, dunno. But I did date a greek girl for a while and she was kind of a cunt cause she said that's not how you say AND it's not real greek food. Bitch, shut up.
 
Frenzied Wombat

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Gyros and Shawarmas (or shish-taouks) are the best "fast food" known to man. When I lived in Montreal there was a Greek Gyro place and Lebanese Shewarma place pretty much on every street corner. Fresh (sliced before your eyes right off the rotisserie), tasty, and even healthy. I get a hard on just thinking of the Tzatziki sauce (sp?).

Now I live in Dallas and the few Gyro places that exist taste like ass and the single Shewarma place I found doesn't even roast their chicken on a rotisserie. I seriously considered opening up a quality Gyro place in Dallas, as to me it is the finest fast food imaginable, but I was informed by the local populace that if it isn't Tex-Mex, fried chicken, or hamburgers it has no chance of surviving..
 
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