What I Order - Part 1

Whenever I go to fast food restaurants I’m often presented a difficult choice. Do I order the new or special food items that’s available or do I go with the food item I know and love.  I got to thinking about this, and it made me wonder what is my go to order at most fast food restaurants. Obviously I have different choices depending on the restaurant, but I think each and every restaurant has a go to item for me. I’m not saying it’s the best item or the most popular. I’m just saying that this is the flavour I associate with this restaurant, and maybe you might have something else.

So here’s part one of my choices. Keep in mind that I haven’t included a few fairly popular restaurants, and that’s mostly because I’ve either never eaten there, or at the very least haven’t eaten there in the last 3 years. There also might be a few restaurants that you don’t know about, it could be because I’ve been living in Asia for the last few years so there are a few that are only common in this part of the world. I’ve only done fast food restaurants, which I describe as places were you either commonly get takeout (pizza mostly) or places that require a tray.

1 A&W

My go to burger at A&W is the Mozza Burger. I have tried a few of the other burgers there, but each and every time I regret not getting the Mozza Burger. It’s a weird burger to be a favourite since it’s the only one that doesn’t seem to go with the burger family theme that they have. I’m pretty sure the mozzerella cheese is supposed to be the focus, but I think the sauce (a thousand island dressing like sauce) is my favourite part.

2 Burger King

I have a love hate relationship with Burger King. I’ve had many bad food experiences at various Burger King restaurants around the world. Burger King is also the place where I see their specialty burgers in commercials or billboards and wonder if maybe this time it’s actually going to work. Honestly it rarely does for me at Burger King. I really only go to Burger King if it’s the only option, and when I do I go for the single Whopper most of the time. That is unless I’m enticed by one of their special burgers.

3 Harvey’s

I think Harvey’s is a Canadian chain, so it’s totally possible that only a few of you reading this will know what I’m talking about. The gimmick with Harvey’s is that they let you pick the ingredients you want added to your burger and fix it up in front of you. The burgers at Harvey’s are okay, however if you get a really good burger topping person it can be greatly improved. I normally get a single burger and load it up with ingredients. I should also note that they’re deep fried pickles while expensive are really good too.

4 Jollie Bee

Jollie Bee is a chicken restaurant chain that’s only recently become fairly international. I’ve had it in two locations, once in the Middle East and a few times in the Philippines (where it started). I will say that the Philippines locations are much better than the Middle East locations. While most people go here for the chicken, I actually prefer the spaghetti (I know it’s weird, but it’s a thing). The spaghetti is done in the Filipino style with a sweet tomato sauce, and it actually pairs really well with fried chicken. I’d also highly recommend the peach and mango pie as well.

5 KFC

KFC is another fast food restaurant that I’ll rarely seek out, but every so often I get a whiff of their chicken and I’m hooked. Main dish wise I actually gravitate towards their chicken sandwich (not the spicy one) rather than the pieces of chicken. The key however is that I always get a salad either macaroni or the green coleslaw. As an additional bonus, their gravy can also be some of the best gravy out there.