Blog Tag - Fast Food Watch

Fast Food Watch: Shake Shack Adds a Little BBQ Sauce
Following their decision to put massive slices of avocado on their burgers – which was a little hit or miss in our opinion – Shake Shack has added...
Fast Food Watch: All Signs Point to Dunkin' Donuts Giving Up on Beijing
Dunkin’ Donuts’ catch phrase “America Runs on Dunkin’” hasn’t translated too well to the Beijing market – with all of the doughnut and coffee...
Fast Food Watch: Shake Shack's Hot Chicken Sandwich Brings the Heat
There are spicy chicken sandwiches – like those from KFC and McDonald’s, which, while fine as a way of sopping up all the booze in your liver after a...
Fast Food Watch: McDonald's Tries a Cheesier Cheeseburger
Cheese sauce on a burger isn’t anything new. A number of Beijing burger joints – Beersmith and Fat Tiger Burger immediately come to mind – have...
Fast Food Watch: Get a Little Green With McDonald's Limited-Time Cilantro-Flavored Ice Cream
Whoever’s in charge of marketing at McDonald’s China must be missing warmer weather, because their latest limited-time offerings seemingly want to...
Fast Food Watch: McDonald's Debuts Dapan Ji in Sandwich Form
There are few things in this world that can warm one up faster than the 麻 Má and 辣 Là found in many branches of Chinese cuisine. From the dried...
Fast Food Watch: Micky D's Has a Hit and a Miss With 'New Year Flavor' Sandwiches
Chinese New Year is almost upon us and McDonald’s is getting in on the fun with a few fusion sandwiches. They're so proud of these creations, they've...
Fast Food Watch: Can Larry the Bird Tackle the Chicken Parm Sandwich?
There are a great many people from the pages of history who I wish I could personally thank for their contributions to cuisine. The inventor of pasta...
Fast Food Watch: KFC x Duck Neck Gods Make for a Winning Sandwich
I’m not a sinew guy, or a bone guy, or a cartilage guy. I almost always prefer my meat without its skeleton and tough connective tissues. Thus I...
Fast Food Watch: McDonald's "Tea Time" Menu a Late Winter Treat
McDonald's usually presents some of its best new items during the Chinese New Year period, but it seems that this year, some of its better, and least...
McDonald's Takes on the Chinese Burger for Spring Festival
The chefs in McDonald's in China are certainly willing to give new things a try. Their results are mixed, as we saw the unholy, one-day-only Oreo-...
Fast Food Watch: Burger King Joins Growing List of Int'l Fast Food Chains Offering Plant-Based Burgers
Beijing’s plant-based community woke up to welcome news yesterday morning as international fast food juggernaut, Burger King, announced via their...
Fast Food Watch: Thank God McDonald’s Spam-and-Oreo Burger is a One Day Only Thing
When I first heard McDonald’s in Beijing was offering a special Spam-and-Oreo burger for one day only, I thought it must be some sort of parody. A...
Fast Food Watch: McDonald's Turns to Minions for Summer Snacks
Perhaps more than any other fast-food purveyor operating in China, McDonald's is willing to partner up with the wild and wacky partnerships. Now that...
R1 Fast Food Watch: McDonalds Dumps Plastic Straws
Mcdonald’s China has announced that the company will stop using plastic straws as of Jun 30 for both dine-in and take-out meals in nearly a thousand...