# What's your favorite fast food item? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 31, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fast-food-item/607953 "2011-12-31T15:44:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fast-food-item/607953/41 "2012-01-01T15:37:17Z")
In-N-Out cheeseburger and fries. Preferably eaten on a road trip to Southern California, somehow it’s not the same if I have one here in Vegas. Recently, on a trip to San Diego, we stopped by In-N-Out and it was the best meal I’ve had in a long, long time. In Vegas, my pick is Rubio’s fish tacos. Mmmmm!! ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fast-food-item/607953/42 "2012-01-01T17:01:07Z")
Wendy’s spicy chicken sandwich with no tomato. The best ones is when they JUST take it out of the pot where they marinate it and it’s at its spiciest…oh it’s wonderful ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fast-food-item/607953/43 "2012-01-01T19:53:34Z")
Here’s one from out of left field: Jack in the Box Teriaki Chicken Bowl. A bit pricy considering how simple it is, but one of the few fast food items that seems at least marginally healthy. Their little egg rolls are pretty good as well. Otherwise, Big Mac. As traditional as it comes. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fast-food-item/607953/44 "2012-01-01T20:06:24Z")
> [@Terraplane](#): > > This, but it’s gotta be the steak enchirito. I’ve never had the steak or chicken Enchirito, just the ground beef. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fast-food-item/607953/45 "2012-01-01T20:23:59Z")
I’m surprised **Johnny L.A.** hasn’t been in here yet with a post about Jack in the Box’s tacos. …which would be high on my list of favorite fast food as well, so I guess I’ll do the job for him. ---
**Author:** ![Scholar\_Beardpig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@Scholar\_Beardpig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scholar_Beardpig)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fast-food-item/607953/46 "2012-01-01T20:38:42Z")
When I was an ESL teacher in China, I ate a lot of Pizza Hut, but that’s only 'cuz it’s mad fancy over there. My favorite treat was McDonald’s, because it was the only place in town you could get a drink that was really, really cold. For this reason, I would say that my favorite fast-food treat is the most ubiquitous of them - the Big Mac. But skip the fries. If you’re too hungry for one hamburger, just order a second one. Edit: I also ate a lot of pizza hut because they delivered, and they were the only delivery service that had English-speaking dispatchers. Otherwise I’d have to puzzle through a Chinese menu and push my imagination to the limit to figure out what a Five Treasure Chicken Sandwich might be. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fast-food-item/607953/47 "2012-01-01T20:47:40Z")
National chain - Chik-Fil-A sandwich Local-- the Pork barbecue sandwich, from the Bar-B-Cutie. $4.91 gets me a sandwich (\*good \* sandwich), a baked potato/bbq beans/fries (choice), and a soda/sweet tea. Near-sit down service & fast food speed! ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fast-food-item/607953/48 "2012-01-01T21:02:08Z")
Chipotle burrito is numero uno. After that, Five Guys cheeseburger, Chik-Fil-A nuggets with waffle fries and cole slaw, KFC chicken tenders, and Wendy’s Spicy Chicken Combo and Frosties. ---
**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fast-food-item/607953/49 "2012-01-01T21:04:09Z")
Double Western Bacon Cheeseburger from Carl’s Jr. I also enjoy the Sausage McMuffin with Egg from McDonalds. I used to like Chicken McNuggets until I ate 29 of them in a single sitting. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fast-food-item/607953/50 "2012-01-01T21:47:02Z")
Funny, I don’t consider Chipotle to be fast food, but I guess it is. The barbacoa is outstanding. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fast-food-item/607953/51 "2012-01-01T21:49:49Z")
Taco Bell bean burrito, no onions, and one mild sauce; plus a chicken burrito add lettuce and lime sauce, with a large Mt. Dew Baja Blast, no ice. Wendy’s Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger (lettuce, tomato, pickle), value fries, 20oz. Coke no ice. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fast-food-item/607953/52 "2012-01-01T21:50:59Z")
McD’s fries. Or Baker’s fries with Habanero ketchup! ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fast-food-item/607953/53 "2012-01-01T22:02:58Z")
National chains: Jack in the Box’s Sourdough Jack or Wendy’s Baja salad Local chains: Fat Mo’s cheeseburgers with lettuce, pickle, mayo and tomato or Stroud’s BBQ chopped pork plate (outside meat, please) with slaw, mac and cheese, cornbread and unsweet tea. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fast-food-item/607953/54 "2012-01-01T22:07:47Z")
God help me, I like McDonalds sausage Mcmuffin with egg. BK’s ham croissanwich is a distant second. Arby’s curly fries, with their horseraderish-sauce. Don’t like hamburgers but the McDonald’s fish sammich is OK if I must have fuel. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fast-food-item/607953/55 "2012-01-01T23:47:46Z")
Whopper Jr. No other burger will do. Barring that, a chicken wrap from McDonald’s or KFC, light on the mayo/sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fast-food-item/607953/56 "2012-01-02T13:49:15Z")
In the U.K. Fish and chips fried in lard with curry sauce. In Germany Brattwurst mitt pomme frits unt mayonaisse.(A kind of sausage, with chips and mayonaisse) In the U.S. an Arbys beef sandwich. Also I like Donner Kebabs anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fast-food-item/607953/57 "2012-01-02T20:06:58Z")
Sorry used the Brit meaning of chips, as in fries. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fast-food-item/607953/58 "2012-01-02T20:56:28Z")
Tough one. Going international, a Thuringer Rostbratwurst with mustard on a ridiculously undersized bun, [like this](http://www.maclement.de/hp/wurst1.jpg), may just be the most perfect sausage I’ve ever eaten. I first had one in a town square in Erfurt, and ever since that has become the bratwurst by which I judge all bratwursts. (And, yes, I understand different regions have different bratwurst traditions, in terms of ingredients and preparation method, but that is by far my favorite.) In the US? I think I’d have to go with a plain ol’ In-N-Out cheeseburger. ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fast-food-item/607953/59 "2012-01-02T21:54:45Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > Best breakfast? McDonald’s steak, egg & cheese bagel, with grilled onions. Mmmmm. This gets my vote. I order it without the egg so that I’m not distracted from the onions and that lovely artery-clogging sauce. If McD served these all day long I might never eat anything else. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fast-food-item/607953/60 "2012-01-02T22:05:22Z")
Arby’s mozzerella sticks. A full week’s supply of both fat and sodium, and I have to go through their drive-thru first, then around the corner to McDonald’s for a coke; but sometimes I still can’t resist. For smaller regional chains - Zaxby’s chicken strips. This is seriously the best of the best fast food - but unfortunately not available in my area. Just had some last week during a Christmas trip down South. Yummmmmmmmm. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fast-food-item/607953.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fast-food-item/607953.md?page=4)