# American restaurants in foreign countries other than fast food? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 24, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-restaurants-in-foreign-countries-other-than-fast-food/664417 "2013-07-24T21:13:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-restaurants-in-foreign-countries-other-than-fast-food/664417/141 "2013-08-06T12:35:29Z")
[Home Plate BBQ](http://homeplatebbq.com/) in Beijing is actually pretty good. It wouldn’t win any awards in the States but it’s run by a couple of Americans that know what they’re doing. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-restaurants-in-foreign-countries-other-than-fast-food/664417/142 "2013-08-06T15:15:25Z")
… I just thought I’d mention that in about half of the non-US countries I’ve been to, I’ve seen a Dunkin’ Donuts. Though I didn’t go in, so I have no idea if the (decent in the US) coffee was better or worse, or the doughnuts had the authentic slightly-off-tasting frosting slathered over them. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-restaurants-in-foreign-countries-other-than-fast-food/664417/143 "2013-08-06T17:05:11Z")
> [@Wolverine](#): > > [Home Plate BBQ](http://homeplatebbq.com/) in Beijing is actually pretty good. It wouldn’t win any awards in the States but it’s run by a couple of Americans that know what they’re doing. That reminds me of the [Roadhouse](http://www.roadhousebarbecue.com/) in Bangkok, which probably would win some awards. And the [Great American Rib Company](http://www.greatrib.com/), also good. ---
**Author:** ![azraiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@azraiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/azraiel)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-restaurants-in-foreign-countries-other-than-fast-food/664417/144 "2013-08-07T00:37:56Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Plus something served at a select few restaurants doesn’t count. They could just as easily be serving an “Australian style” burger. > > And where were all you guys in every other thread when we talk about how odd it is that Australians like eggs on their burgers? Sorry, missed that thread. Here, how about some not only non-chain but local and original citations for my town. One local micro-brewery offers [The Manly Stanley](http://www.brew23.com/burgers.htm). Wayne & Larry’s offers the [Breakfast Burger](http://www.wayneandlarrys.com/menus.html). Johnny’s Tavern has the [Egg Burger](http://www.johnnystavern.com/menus/Johnnys_2011_To_Go_Menu.pdf). Dempsey’s offers a burger by [the same name](http://www.dempseysburgerpub.com/burgers/). I don’t recall when I first came across an offering of an egg on a burger, but it was decades ago. Most commonly (in my experience) called a “farmer’s burger” in every roadside cafe along K-18, though not called such in any of my links. But I gotta hand it to you. When you are wrong… You are so very wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Caractacus\_Pott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Caractacus\_Pott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caractacus_Pott)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-restaurants-in-foreign-countries-other-than-fast-food/664417/145 "2013-08-07T16:10:53Z")
> [@Uther\_Penguin](#): > > Well, there is also this: [an “American” pizza by Dr. Oetker that does contain no corn.](http://www.oetker.de/unsere-produkte/culinaria/american-hot-dog-style.html) Instead it has hot dog slices, fried onions. chopped cherkins, cheese and a mustard honey sauce. :eek: > \ Hot dog pizza is nasty. Italy pizzerias have “wurstel” pizza that’s sliced hot dogs. Sometimes they’re sliced longitudinally. Sometimes it’s hot dogs and french fries. They don’t usually advertise it as “American.” Next time I’m in a German grocery I’ll have to look for that pizza, just so I can point and laugh. > [@Quercus](#): > > I just thought I’d mention that in about half of the non-US countries I’ve been to, I’ve seen a Dunkin’ Donuts. Though I didn’t go in, so I have no idea if the (decent in the US) coffee was better or worse, or the doughnuts had the authentic slightly-off-tasting frosting slathered over them. I can’t vouch for the coffee but the donuts do differ country-to-country. The Japanese locations’ donuts look like the American; they taste like they forgot the sugar. Homer Simpson would spit out the pink donut with sprinkles. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-restaurants-in-foreign-countries-other-than-fast-food/664417/146 "2013-08-07T17:00:44Z")
> [@Caractacus\_Pott](#): > > Until fairly recently, some Europeans considered corn as “pig feed.” Canned corn and drinking water from the tap instead of a bottle are “American.” Supposedly, after WWII, they asked what food was needed in Germany. There was a slight translation error. The German representative said they needed “Korn”. Sure enough - they got lots and lots of corn. Unfortunately, the word “Korn” in German means “_ **grain** _”…they were looking for wheat - to make flour for breads, etc. So when all the corn showed up, they were more than a tad perplexed as it really was something given to pigs to eat, and was practically unknown as human food in any variation. In the meantime, corn has become not exactly “popular”, but at least common enough to find in German restaurants or supermarkets as a side dish. I do know I was surprised to see corn on the cob - in a CAN - four little chopped off ears of corn in a large can. On another note: In Berlin, I would often find a “Florida burger” or “Florida pizza” on the menu - that meant it had pineapple on it - although I am not quite sure how they came up with the idea that pineapples apparently grow wild everywhere in Florida… ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-restaurants-in-foreign-countries-other-than-fast-food/664417/147 "2013-08-08T22:17:42Z")
> [@Uther\_Penguin](#): > > Well, there is also this: [an “American” pizza by Dr. Oetker that does contain no corn.](http://www.oetker.de/unsere-produkte/culinaria/american-hot-dog-style.html) Instead it has hot dog slices, fried onions. chopped cherkins, cheese and a mustard honey sauce. :eek: Never mind Dr Oetker; in Britain _Pizza Hut_ offers mustard (like French’s yellow mustard) on its pizzas. It pretty much overpowers everything else on the pizza, and is revolting. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-restaurants-in-foreign-countries-other-than-fast-food/664417/148 "2013-08-09T00:32:53Z")
In the 1980’s, Darmstadt, Germany had an American style Steak House with western decor hanging on the walls. The steaks were from Argentina, frozen for delivery and about as chewy as what I imagine a steer was like after a cattle drive from Texas to Dodge City in the 1870’s. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-restaurants-in-foreign-countries-other-than-fast-food/664417/149 "2013-08-09T01:40:12Z")
There’s the [Country Grill](http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g297513-d3330046-Reviews-Country_Grill-Abidjan_Lagunes_Region.html) in Abidjan (Ivory Coast). Despite being run by a Frenchman, their chili is actually good! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-restaurants-in-foreign-countries-other-than-fast-food/664417.md?page=7)