Reaction To McDonalds Australia vs America
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- Reaction To McDonalds Australia vs America
This is my reaction to McDonalds Australia vs America
In this video I react to what makes McDonalds in Australia unique compared to USA
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Basically everything you were sceptical about, she was either wrong, or over generalising. McCafe is in the same building. The large range of desserts are mostly from McCafe. There are cheap items and you definitely don't need to purchase only meals. I've had that wooden tray and chip basket only once.
made no sense to me when i saw that.
I've never seen the wooden tray and chip basket... Maybe I'm going to all the wrong maccas lol!!!
@@AssistanceMedicthere was a big push on table service with the launch of the premium burgers served on a wooden cutting board and metal basket but I haven't seen it in a long time. They were trying to compete with the large success of Grill'd and the likes.
@@embo1984its been about 10 years since they served food in the mini basket and wood board... they stopped because its another thing to clean, plus they were getting stolen left and right.
I say as im making a cheese and vegemite toastie on the board I stole from a restaurant when the make your own range was release 😂
It almost seems like a video made by an Ai out of ads from both countries. Are we there yet?
the McCafe in Australia is not a separate cafe, it's part of a Maccas store as seems the case where you are... hence the cakes and pastries.
Usually the entrance is from the street/footpath, though. You don't have to walk through the main doors, if I remember correctly.
Maté the reason for beetroot in the burgers is you can beet an egg but you can’t beat a root cheers
@@danwebb6766 most of them are just in the store, same door, same workers everything. there are a few 'standalone' ones without the rest of the fast food place, but they are not common.
yeah nah some are, mostly in shopping centers though
@@SP-lo4wkhe don't read any comments. They just give increased payment from UA-cam for the video.
In regards to the beetroot burger, there are a couple of American female reacters (Natasha and Debbie) who decided to make their own burger and put beetroot on it, just to see what it's like.
Result:- Natasha won't eat it any other way now
I watched that episode 😆
Those gals are cool , I follow them to as they have done a lot of Aussie shows.
I haven’t seen that one yet, I’ll have to check it out. I love Natasha and Debbie!
They have excellent taste 😂
I haven’t seen any of their videos in a while. I’ll have to look that one up.
McDonald's Australia understands that they need to make good coffee. They know that if they don't there's 1 million coffee shops, particularly in Melbourne and Sydney which are known for their excellent coffee.
Definitely not a term of endearment. Just Aussie slang.
True. It’s just a shorter way of saying McDonalds
The "create your taste", where you could build and customize your own burgers was bloody great. It's a shame they scrapped it, because it was a pinnacle Maccas will never be able to reach again.
Simply it wasn't popular. I worked at maccas during CYT and you were lucky to have more than 5 CYT orders the entire night even on busier nights (friday and saturday). I think the fact of 1 every CYT order was made and cooked to order (meaning long wait times). 2 you had to order it on the kiosk and it wasn't available on the registers and 3 you had to go inside the store to order it. Most of the items on it got scrapped when we got rid of it but the grilled chicken we still use now is from the CYT days and we got rid of the old grilled we used to use.
Mc cafe started in Melbourne in an attempt to replicate the cafe culture we're well known for, so unlike starbucks who tried going for Americanised coffee culture, Mc cafe did very well because they actually did their research on what Australians love! Also it depends on which maccas you go to when it comes to whether or not its inside the maccas or separate, it varies
Probably pioneered by a local franchisee who actually knows local tastes instead of trying to cram a foreign concept down our throats
My local one is sort of both.
It's a separate counter and has its own space, but it's part of an expansion of the building.
Yes, the Wagyu beef burger is real. We raise a lot of Wagyu cattle in Australia so the meat is cheaper here than overseas but still more expensive than other beef.
The original patty is better then the Wagyu patty...the Wagyu patty is slightly thicker but dry as a mf.
@@stevenbalekic5683 KFC has it's secret spices - Macca's secret is how to make beef into cardboard - it's absolute crap.
Australian Wagyu cattle are raised and processed differently here and not to the high exacting standards of real Japanese Wagyu beef. It's a bit like Champagne. Anyone can make 'sparkling white wine' with the right ingredients and methods. It's the history and culture of perfecting the product that makes it so valuable. That's why Australian Wagyu is a lot cheaper.
@@ozfroggirl9221
Plus by mincing Wagyu you lose the benefits of the intermuscular fat.
Same thing with Angus beef...it's only good when eaten as a cut of meat...mincing it makes it the same as ordinary beef.
Wagyu, wagme
Wag it for always
That's the way it should be
Wagyu, wagme
Wag it together, naturally
A lot of people do call it Macca's and just McDonald's, we do have honey mustard sauce and because Macca's in Australia is owned by different franchises, some charge and some don't for extra sauces that are not part of a meal.
Vegemite comes in a little tub with a peel off lid for when you buy toast for breakfast at McDonald's in Australia.
McCafe is within the McDonald's building and was slightly separate from the normal kitchen and ordering counter area...there they have glass cabinets with cakes, pastries wraps and sandwiches...behind the counter are coffee machines and sandwich toasting presses.
The wood board and basket chips was for only a short time and the extensive build your own burger touchscreens and more premium ingredients was dropped thereafter. The touchscreens are still there, table service is still there but the menu has basically gone back to what everyone knows...a year of two ago you could still get chips with gravy poured on top in a box but I haven't see it in the menu anymore.
the wooden plater was trialed at a few maccas nation wide for a short time. As for the "DOLLAR MENU", while we don't have that it's not needed or wanted in Australia. Unlike America Australian workers, including Mc Donalds workers, are paid a living wage.
You also don’t have to buy an entire meal as was suggested in the video. You can buy a single cheeseburger for like $2 I think
Mike Hunt😂
Speak for yourself id love a dollar menu work full time and still broke
You only go to maccas for coffe when your favourite is unavailable
There have been, on occasions $2 meal deals.
Matt - do try the beetroot - it's pickled beetroot, not fresh, so like a sweet pickle with a good rich flavour. Everyone knows what McDonalds is - but, yes, the slang in Australia is Maccas and, as you have seen, they have changed the signage accordingly. They are popular, but not with everyone. They do have some "healthier" options here and I think our buns are better and would have less sugar. (Hungry Jacks are now doing Turkish bread breakfast burgers..yum) You don't have to pay for sauce that comes on the burger. You only pay for extra sauces that come in a little plastic dispenser/packet. I have never seen Vegemite at a Maccas, nor have I ever seen a separate McCafe.. they have always been in the same building, just in a side area. Coffee is not awesome but still nicer than Starbucks!
You can only get vegemite at breakfast, I believe. Also, Matt can buy vegemite and canned beetroot in Malaysia. If not, Singapore's just down the road.
Also pickled beetroot is a different awesome take on beautiful beetroot and not what we get in maccas or your humble salad roll. The beetroot we all know and either love or hate, is canned beetroot. It is peeled, sliced and boiled, maybe inside the can.
Some videos made about Australia make me wonder if the maker has even been here.
Excellent bullshit detecting mate, you picked up on most of the bullshit.
Maccas has a Loose Change Menu. You can get Frozen Coke or Fanta flavours or a soft serve cone with a flake for $1, a hamburger or small fries for $2, small sundaes(coch, s'berry or carml) for $3, a chicken 'n' cheese burger or a McFlurry for $4, a happy meal( burger or wrap with drink and chips or Apple slices) for $5.75, or 24 Chicken McNuggets for $11.95.
I've never seen Vegemite, or a wooden platter, at Maccas.
Nowadays, we only stop at Maccas at the highway service centres on long journeys. We get fuel and a feed at the one stop. McCafe does a reasonable coffee and is usually a part of the main store. Beetroot on burgers is a thing in Australia, but the juice will stain clothing in a flash.
buy English Muffins for brekkie you get the choice of jam, honey, or Vegemite
We don’t have a $1 menus, but we do have a Small Change Menu
So many issues with the video is what happens with most comparison videos from the US, they are usually about 60% right but thats it. Macca’s has been trending down in regards to customer service in recent years. Now you have a lack of staff to take an order, instead you are expected to order from a touchscreen and wait till your number is called to take your food. Gone are the days of interaction and being able to order from a real person. As for the desserts, they don’t carry large cakes like the video showed and some places you wouldn’t be able to get them overnight while the normal restaurant is running as the McCafe is closed.
McCafe is being closed in a lot of places, chips with loading is transient, wage beef was in gourmet range ( on wooden boards) but don't think it is available anymore.
Burger size is constantly shrinking and price increasing
Australia McDonald’s used to have birth day parties for children 😅
They still do🎉
@@Glenn-ei3xp depends on where you are though. they don't do it where i live anymore.
Yes - I had my son's birthday party there back in the 80's. It was good value plus there was a playground at the back of the store.
If the local still has them, they are no where near as good or value for money that they used to be.
Still does at many of them.
100% true re the menu variation. I managed multiple maccas stores for over 10 years and there was always new things being coming and going. There is also some vairiation between stores depending on if the store elected to trial new initiatives, the core offerings usually stay the same but there are multiple new things that a store can order over hte course of a year.
As for the serving boards, those were only used for a specific menu initiative called "Create your taste" where you could design your own burger from a huge list of ingredients. It massively increased the ingredients we had to order but not every store was able to do it. The plastic trays are well and truely the more commonly used meal tray.
We love good food…Period. If we don’t like what’s on the menu we won’t buy it and so that dictates our voice being heard. We live in such a diverse cultured country so we have the best foods from around the world available to us. So Macca’s has to come to the party. A bottomless cup of drink is the furthest from our minds because when we’re full…we are full!
McCafe is usually just another counter in the Macca restaurant in Australia. There may be a separate McCafe in Sydney or Melbourne CBD, but not in Brisbane
He don't read no comments, all this comment is doing is giving him an extra 50c for this (every) comment. I made him $1 on this video and there's about US$175 worth of comments so far. Plus the payment per view over a certain number. Living like a king in Malaysia just off his UA-cam channel.
That's why he's always telling you to comment on everything "tell me what you think in the comments"
The value menu is misleading saying we don't have one in Australia, as we do it is under another name. You can buy everything individually or 2 dollar burgers and chips etc.
Australia isn't much healthier. Maccas is hugely popular in Oz. I've never heard of Vegemite but maybe at the McCafe you can get it on a toasted sandwich for the kids? You get sauce on the burger. Actually, most Australians in my era never drank coffee at home. It was always tea. I never tasted it until I was a teenager and moved to the city. I hated it. McCafe is usually within the same building, but there are a few that are freestanding and just McCafe. The beetroot isn't just pickled, it is a sweet pickling, so you have to get the right beetroot. McDonalds fries are disgusting if they aren't hot. You do NOT have to buy a whole meal. All items can be purchased separately. A hamburger (no cheese and just meat and sauce on a bun) is $2. There are regular offers of cheaper food. The phone app means you save a lot of money too. Only McCafe has the fancy serving. And that isn't common. Some city places may have them, but the normal places are just like the US places. I've never seen a wooden platter or basket for fries.
Wooden board and basket fries isn't in every store. But I've definitely had it in Ballarat. Brioche buns too. It's too expensive for maccas.
you can get vegemite in little tubs like the butter
If youve ever been to maccas for breakfast in store, the trays where the straws are in the mornings have a basket full of vegemite packets, maple syrups packs, butter satchels, jam satchels, and condiments for when you buy pancakes or english muffins for breakfast and theyve done that for the last 30 years and still do in most of nsw..
In America they would call the sliced beetroot Aussies serve with barbies as a side dish and often put in burgers “sweet pickled beetroot”
It serves the same purpose flavour wise as the normal burger pickles do, adds a bit of a fresh tang and a sweet zing to balance out all the rich greasiness of the rest of the burger ingredients.
I just checked and the video is 4 years old which makes sense. The burger with beetroot is normally a limited time special. we do have the small change menu. The McCafe has a selection of deserts but not as many as mentioned. We also don't have the variety of salts for the fries. the ketchup is free. The wooden tablets was for a limited time, it was a special. We have the plastic trays. We do get the table service. It would be so different if she did this video again now. I have had macca's in both Australia and USA there are some differences. In Hawaii I didn't like the fries as they were cooked in a different oil.
Don't listen to an American about how things are in Australia. Some was right some was wrong.
Yep some lazy research, as pointed out, Europe is not a huge tea drinking continent- maybe the UK still is, but not the rest
McCafe was started in Australia in 93 and has spread from there. It's is hugely popular and is in general very nice.
It was, amusingly enough, done despite being told not to by Corporate Headquarters in America. The McCafe was actually an act of rebellion and was a huge success and spread overseas.
The thick wooden tablets are only from the McCafe part of it. And your question before, is there a separate McCafe store or are they all in one.?? Yes all in one. Just a different counter inside. The fries are "Loaded fries" with the extra sauces on top which come in a square box, we also have shaker fries which is dry powder seasoning you put over fries in a bag and shake. Yes the Angus and Wagyu beef are on the regular menu, the Angus is really good and is quite a bit bigger than the other burgers. The beetroot, it's no big deal, it's only a couple pieces of sliced beetroot on a burger to give a bit of freshness like pineapple does. There is one video which says it's in the actual meat patty which is 100% false. The breakfast burgers are good aswell.
We've had a value menu for years. Not sure if they still do it, but theres always tight ass options like the chicken Mc Bites etc
Tight arse in Australia. Ass comes from the Latin for donkey.
The mc chicken is another one.
Never seen Vegemite at maccas!
you obviously never buy English Muffins for brekkie you get the choice of jam, honey, or Vegemite
I'm in Australia and I think that the coffee at Macca's is brilliant. If you told me 20-25 years ago I'd drink more coffee from Macca's I would have laughed at you but the quality of the coffees from McCafe is equal to or better than coffee chains like Starbucks or Gloria Jeans in quality.
While there is no Value Range menu, Macca's does have the Loose Change Menu.
The loose change menu needs to be improved and expanded considering all the support they've been given over the years.
ANYTHING is better than Starbucks!
Starbucks and Gloria jeans? The bar is on the floor.
We don’t use Vegemite as a condiment like sauce. At maccas It just comes in those little packets to use for English muffins. All countries have those little pockets of spreads, often at breakfast buffets etc.
Also, the wifi is shit, I’d you’re lucky enough to connect.
I’ve never been served maccas on a wooden board
I think half those desserts on the McCafé menu no longer exist. It’s mainly muffins, donuts and one flavour of macaroon lol
The video of this is really sensationalised. Maccas is crap everywhere. It’s a quick ‘go to’ when you’re on the go, couldn’t be bothered cooking, or travelling as it’s one of the only options.
I have never seen vegemite as a condiment option at maccas
Never heard of that before but maybe it was available as a brekkie item for a short period of time. Also, does anyone use Wi-Fi anymore? Most restaurants I see are not branded as Maccas.
as a brekkie item for toast english muffin, its a spread not a condiment
Vegemite is available as part of the McCafe brekky menu, supplied with the toasted muffins
People might say crikey, but it's old fashioned. Steve Erwin popularised it for Americans, like if he'd pick up some poor creature that he'd chase down, jump on, then bring them to his face and scream "CRIKEY" into their extremely sensitive ears.
The frozen lemon lime and bitters was in itself reason enough to visit the nearest drive thru on a hot days commute.
Unfortunately though, it doesn't seem to be available everywhere.
Oh no.. we didn't have that here - sounds delish!
Anything with lime is sublime
Yeah - that's weird, because, in terms of quenching a thirst in an Australian summer, Lemon, lime and bitters, really works. It's very popular. So, if it sells, keep selling it - WIN, WIN ???????
Haven't seen burgers that look that good at Maccas - they're usually flat and tiny. Huge difference between the ads and reality.
Mate, like one of the other commentators said below, take what the narrator said with a grain of salt!
Yes, she's correct, you can get those extra deserts and styles of burgers and fries in a basket or on a bread board, but they're generally, the more pricey types of things on the menu. If you buy things individually, they're cheaper. Cheaper deals are sometimes also offered via the McDonalds app as well.
Most food is the same basic stuff that you can get everywhere else.
Even though most stores have a McCafe section in store, if you order on the self serve screens, the McDonalds app, or by drive through, you can order everything on the menu.
Vegemite is just ordered as toast. Meaning if you order toast, you can order it with jam, or butter or with a vegemite sachet. Most people spread on butter first, with a small lather of vegemite on top. I've rarely seen it ordered it though. instead, Instead ive seen many people order toasted sandwiches, which are generally toasted bread with cheese, tomatoes, and ham inside. Anything in a bun is called a burger. So a big mac is a burger and so is a chicken burger. If its made with sliced bread we call it a sandwich.
Most of the newer McDonalds stores do like the ones in the video.
P.S I don't know anyone that would actively say that the word Maccas is a term of endearment. It's just slang for McDonalds. They are nearly everywhere though. Thats mainly just because they were one of the first big U.S chains that came here.
P.P.S many people add beetroot to burgers and salad here. It's usually the tinned type. Someone below said its pickled, that's incorrect. It's usually not fresh, its just pre-sliced from a can.
We all know that McDonalds food isnt healthy, but they do make okay coffee these days.
I've never been there, I've always walked past.I always go to my independent coffee shop
I had no idea McCafe wasn’t a thing in all other countries until I visited the USA. I remember going to a Maccas there and asking for a soy latte.
The young girl was so confused by my request she went and got the manager lol.
The value menu comes and goes in Australia. For a period the $2 BLT Muffin was on it all day. The wooden tablets thing I've never had at a Maccas, aside from when they were doing a promotion when they first introduced the Angus stuff. You do see it often at Nandos however.
Some condiments are extra, tomato sauce is never additional cost. And you tend to get X amount of condiments supplied with some meals. (Nuggets for example always come with enough sauce of your choice to get through the amount of nuggets provided.)
I've never seen Vegemite at Maccas. Yes we do have tomato sauce and no we don't pay extra for it. McCafe is inside Maccas here too, not a separate shop. We also have value meals called the loose change menu. No we don't have wooden trays, that's only at one or two stores.
9:00 it's not "McDonald's coffee" in the sense of the coffee that McDonald's normally serves. It's proper barista coffees, following Australian coffee culture.
Whoever wrote this woman's script has absolutely no idea what they're talking about.
In Australia Macca’s has the Loose Change Menu.
Yeah, if you order from McCafe menu you get the wooden platter and they deliver it to your table.
Macca is a nickname for anyone with a surname starting with Mac or Mc . So that's where it came from. Vegemite haven't seen it in maccas for over 20 years. The beetroot burger or we call it the mac oz. Is only brought back for a limited time.
Never seen a wooden platter in MacDonald's in my life!
We do not say “deffo”😂not sure where she got that from! Also you’re right mate. We do know what “McDonalds” is. In fact a lot of Australians use “McDonalds” still. Macca’s is a nickname. Australia is NUTS about coffee. McCafé is an Australian innovation and is part of McDonald’s in the same restaurant like in Malaysia. Craig - Australia
I am Aussie and I deffo say deffo! 😆
I deffo say deffo quite regularly here in Qld
Must be a QLD thing!!! 😃@@Rosenburge
Me and the mates, used to have "tight arse Tues" where we would go buy the $2 burger $1 fries, share a coke then go to half price Movie night. Good times.
Don’t know where she got the vegemite from, can’t even get vegemite toast in the McCafe. My son and I used to have a tradition a Xmas, driving around looking at the Xmas lights and eating Maccas fries dipped in soft serve ice cream. Salty/sweet hot/cold Deliciousness 😊
buy English Muffins for brekkie you get the choice of jam, honey, or Vegemite
the table service is quite common, the "fine dining" stuff was part of s test progam in cojuction with the instaltion of the buger kiosk
Maccas has McValue Bundles with contain 2 large burgers plus 2 small burgers, 4 small fries and 4 small drinks for $26.95. That goes a long way to feed a family of four. They also have a McFamily Bundle which consists of 4 large burger and 2 small burgers, 4 medium fries, 4 medium drinks, 20 Chicken McNuggets and 3 dipping sauces for $32.95. That goes even further for a family of 5 or 6.
We have $2 items occasionally but the reason we dont have cheap food is Australian employees are paid a living wage so costs are higher to start with. Australians kids are paid more than adults in the US...
I suggest that you look at Rodney Rude’s take on Macca’s to get an Aussie’s perspective on the subject.
There was an item that was at my local McCafe, & I'm _beyond_ devastated that it isn't available anymore; a mango-macadamia cheesecake- it was **so** good, & it was my go-to...
Also- we don't call them 'floats' - they're Spiders, & we do them without frozen softdrink, too- you can get them at any cafe...
We can get a coffee with our drive through meals. Australia has a huge coffee culture, we are very big on a good coffee. Actually it's been said that Australian coffees are much better than coffee in the US. We have always had beetroot on our burgers! Not just Macca's. I like the Angus meal when I go to Macca's. Thanks for your channel😊🌏🪐🌕🙏🌸🇦🇺🍀🌷🦋🐝🦉🏡🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Most of this stuff is no longer available or promotional items, great commentary mate! The wooden tablets were 10 years ago when they tried to do a fancy menu where you can create a burger from scratch, which quickly got removed.
The only problem I have with American fast food chains is the bun is rubbish, they just all apart. I would prefer if they use a traditional Australian hamburger bun. They are squarish, mostly flat and a lot tougher than American buns, so they would not fall apart.
I have never had Macca’s served to me on wooden platters or fries in wire baskets. Not once. However, table service is available in every restaurant here. I often use the service. That way, I can sit at a table and relax while waiting for the food to arrive.
I don't remember the last time I was given a food tray at Maccas, the norm nowdays seems like they just give it to you in a takeaway bag even if your dining in
hardly anyone says crikey these days unless they are doing a Steve Irwin impersonation lol
Not a fan of Macca's. I'd rather get a burger from our local burger shop. There are no Macca's. KFC or other fast food chains in our town. We had Dominos Pizza but it folded. Couldn't compete with the quality of the local pizza restaurant. I'd rather drink water than Starbucks.
She was dead wrong about McCafe. It is definitely not a separate place. It’s a separate counter inside regular Macca’s restaurants. You can order from that counter, but you can also order anything from the McCafe menu from the drive thru and the regular Macca’s counter and the self service machines.
Mccafe is in maccas stores, not a store of its own
The gourmet menu comes served to the table, the regular menu is treated the same as any fast food outlet
McCafe is not a seperate building,its a seperate counter inside Macca’s, however more recently they have introduced self serve ordering so you order in one place for all menu items and just pick up at different counters.
There were a lot of desserts shown that I have never seen in maccas. The cake and pastry desserts are McCafé items but they have been reduced to less selections where i live in western Sydney.
The meals on wooden tablets happened for a short time at some restaurants. I think it was a trial or something but it didn’t last.
Don’t go in to the restaurant very often, usually just get my coffee and toastie thru the drive thru. They didn’t mention you can get a toastie from McCafé as well.
She gets so many things wrong in this vid but she makes it funny so it kind of works
I've never seen a maccas that serves you at your table or serves on wooden platters
Yes, the do where I live
I meant they do where I live 🙄
McDonald’s apparently use Australia as a test market for new ideas. An example from this video being McCafe that has found it’s way to Malaysia.
the McCafe in Australia is not a separate cafe, it's part of a Maccas store
It's not called a Beetroot burger here... It's called a McOz Burger. 😊 its soooo good... 😋
This must be an old video, Wooden Platers 2015, Beetroot Burger 1999, the Aussie Angus is 100 per cent Aussie Angus beef, meets beetroot, bacon, cheese and lettuce, with the introduction of tomato relish and aioli 2023, McDonald's/McCafe is usually incorporated into a Maccas in most of the 1,000 sites.
So, in Australia “Macca” is a popular nickname for anyone with the surname MacKenzie, or Macdonald, or MacPhee, or …. you get the idea. Calling the franchise “Maccas” is intuitively obvious to us.
A float in Australia it’s called an Ice cream spider
the maccas one is spot on ngl, maybe not some term of endearment but its used way more than mcdonalds. ive had people look at me funny when using mcdonalds like i am too good for them 😂
Maccas is the most popular followed by KFC. Hungry Jacks( burger king) ALWAYS will get your order wrong or have a burger barely put together. So wouldn't bother with them. Next in WA is Red Rooster, Dominos or Crust pizza. Take Crust over Dominos any day. All Maccas have a McCafe in, a separate little kiosk in which sells muffins, slices, coffee and cold iced coffee/ frappe.
Macca's is said probably 7 times to 1 on McDonald's from my experience
Yes Australia doesn't have a 'Value' Menu, however, it does have a 'loose change' menu which intrinsically the same.
The frozen coke float doesn't exist in Australia, it's a Coke Spider.
Maccas def do great coffee. I’m a big fan of their Dirty Chai’s. And yes McCafe is inside of most Maccas buildings, but usually separate from the counter that you get your burgers from. The Angus is my fav burger, and yes beetroot on your burger is boss.
Mcafe is not normally a stand alone store they are inside Macca’s
In Australia for years everyone with the last name Mc was called Macca .
8:20 McCafe is not separate. It's in the same building, just an aside area.
I can never get a good Coffee in Maccas.
It always ends up being "luke warm milk" instead of Strong Flat White.
Hungry Jacks is a bit better, but still not Dome cafe standard.
It's kinda true they don't tend to do value meals. But KFC do. Macas do sometimes have a burger for $2 but often not available acording to the app
no in our Australia Mc Donald's you don't have a buy a meal. I have just gotten a burger or ice cream, no one can tell you how to spend your money and being that us Aussies will call BS on anything we believe is wrong , I know no one will try and tell you want you can and can't do
Yeah soft drink with ice-cream would be called a spider in oz
We do have ranch and honey mustard and did have ranch, but they got rid of it. We have vegemite because you can get plain English muffins so one condiment or topping for the in same vain as jam on toast
Rarely eat at Maccas (simply an abbreviation) but as far as I know Vegemite cannot be found there. Condiments are like everywhere else, served as part as the meal. McCafes are usually part of a Maccas restaurant but maybe there are some that are standalone. No seen one. A traditional basic Australian burger is beef patty, tomato, lettuce and beetroot. To that can be added egg, bacon, cheese and so on to taste and budget. McDonalds and the Australian Burger King (Hungry Jacks) offer burgers in the Australian tradition in addition to their regular burgers such as Big Macs (with the foul gherkin) and Whoppers. Despite Maccas and Hungry Jacks there remains many independent takeaway food shops selling traditional Australian burgers. In my small town we have two of those but no fast food franchises.
I don't know what McDonald's is like in America, but I have heard that food quality is a fair bit lower. The reason is Australia on a whole has a lot higher food regulations that the USA, so I have heard. McDonald's has to live up to those food regulations, so that is the first thing.
And yes, I feel like Australia has higher health levels, even in fast food, partly because I have heard America shoves more sugar in everything than most of the rest of the world, but also I don't know how common the salad bowls that have gained places on a lot of takeaway menus (not just Macca's, but also KFC and [Burger King]).
But I will note, McDonald's has developed a habit of having at least a few local cuisine choices. Like the beetroot (I am not sure there is a burger right now that has it), which is a hugely common pickle in Australia, and other countries have their own things. I have heard of Scandinavian salmon burgers, but as for firsthand experience, I have seen and eaten a few of the items of Chinese McDonald's, like their chicken burger (a thigh fillet in a common soya-and-oyster sauce) and the chicken rice bowl which uses the same type of chicken, and I know they sell congee (rice porridge) on the breakfast menu, plus selling iced tea, and I believe they had pineapple pies when I was there.
You can get little packets of vegemite. It’s mostly used if you order pancakes
I'm sixth generation Australian, and I've always known it as McDonald's.
McCafe is at almost any eat in McDonalds resteraunt in Aus now. The coffee isn't bad but sometimes it tastes burnt. So a bit hit and miss.
prefer to go to OTR service/fuel stations now as I have never had a bad coffee from them. But these are all also not run by Australians either so the local coffee shop will always be the most satisfying coffee. And I'm happy to walk in and wait a bit longer and usually get an egg and bacon roll too :)
No, food is not served up on a wooden platter. No, fries don't come in a wire basket. No, you do not have your food brought to you at a table. You check the menu out at either a self serve machine or at the counter, make your choice, be allocated a number and wait for that number to be called (there's also an app you can use to order). The coffee at McCafe's isn't bad ... much better that Starbuck's. McDonalds is known as Maccas or the Golden Arches.
We do have all of those things, but only at specific stores. It's by no means standard, but I know from experience that they exist.
Yes we have wooden platters, yes fries are given to you in a wire basket and yes it's brought to your table. You just need to go to a maccas that actually does it! Most of them in my area offer it!
They dont have a "Dollar menu", we have what they call a Loose change menu which is the same bloody thing. $1 frozen cokes, $2 hamburger, $3 small sundae etc
I just googled Aussie Maccas and they are pretty much they way they are described.
Campos in Sydney or Pellegrinis in Melbourne or the Block Arcade.
McCafe is not seperate. It’s not on its own. It’s a tiny little section that extends from the Maccas restaurant. Several times I’ve gone into Maccas and ordered a coffee from the same register taking orders for food. It’s not totally separate
The video you watched kinda misrepresents McCafe a little. It's the same here as you have in Malaysia, in that the McCafe section is within the same building (they aren't an entirely seperate cafe in a different building, which is how they make it sound). Also, the coffee made in the store is all the same, so if you go through the drive through you're getting the same coffee they'd make at the cafe - going back to before McCafe had spread throughout Australia (it was spearheaded in 93' but I can't remember it reaching where I live until the 00's) they always had coffee but it was crap drip filter coffe whereas now the quality is near on par, but not quite, as quite a few cafes and that's saying something considering how coffee mad Australians are. I know I can find better coffee if I want to, but I'm never upset with a flat white from McDonalds and the convenience of being able to order it on the go through the drive through, is a big selling point.
Also worth noting: the video is a few years old now, most of the claims and items were true at the time but a few things have changed. We no long have the 'Loaded Fries' menu, which was the gravy and sour cream and sweet chili sauce items (that's gone) and 24/7 breakfast was removed. We also at one point had a 'Create Your Taste' premium menu where you could build out custom burgers - you did pay more but it was probably the best tasting thing they've ever had, but apparently the return in terms of how long it took to make your order vs the cost, didn't work out so they scrapped that too (was great while it lasted). That's where you had your wire rack fries basket and the wooden plank for a plate (they tried to make a more upscale experience for those meals, but it didn't work out).
Actually, I lie, the best thing they've ever had is the El Maco Shaker Fries, which they bring back every once in a while for a limited run.
maccas coffee is actually really good depending on the barista on at the time and while its a spin off its still usually inside the mcdonalds just has its own area away from the burgers etc. and the value menu isnt always true they do sometimes have promos that are burgers for a dollar or 2 but much less often lately and i feel like its simply because the quality in AUS is usually better than the quality in US from what i saw. those wooden platters were a limited thing before we brought the angus burgers on permanently there was a fancy style burger menu but table service is still available
The "Value Meal" bit, yes you can buy individually the items, but it is only when there's a promotion that some things may be sold at very cheap prices. Ie. $1 cheeseburgers, that being said you can add additional items at a discounted price to a meal, eg. 1 large Cheeseburger meal ($8.60) + 1 cheeseburger (3.20) + 1 small coke ($2.40) = 2 cheeseburgers, 1 large fries, 1 large coke, 1 small coke. ($14.20)
You know you can buy a hamburger and add cheese for $2.90? That's how much a cheeseburger should be.
@@SmartDumbNerdyCool sorry admittedly pulling prices out of my butt.
@@PiersDJackson No it's a hack. The normal price of a cheeseburger is $3.20 or $3.40
If vegemite was ever at Maccas it was probably a limited time special. As you can tell Maccas are good at innovating ways to get more customers into their doors. That's a good thing. However, it can still feel a bit cheap if the restaurant is dirty or the hamburger isn't well made. At least by aesthetic they make an effort to go higher class even if it doesn't work out. The wooden boards aren't a thing either. Maybe it was part of a gourmet menu but I don't remember getting one.
McCafe can be inside the regular Maccas restaurant with its counter adjacent to the fast food counter. At least the McCafe counter can look like a normal cafe counter, as in it doesn't come across as cheap.
Vegemite comes with McMuffins in the morning, and come in a small pack like the butter does.
The only other country which drinks more coffee than Australia is Finland. We drink a lot of coffee
At our Mcccas( and yes we call them that) the McCafe's are in the stores... But you will find the coffee is a very good quality that a lot of people will go there just for the coffee and the Mccafe's products......🙂🙂🙂🙂