March 13, 2011
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American Things in China
are better than American things in America. Granted they are relatively expensive, but they cost the same monetary value in USD as in RMB, but a Like It at Coldstone costs just about the same as an entree at a sit down restaurant.
But who cares? It’s SOO much better here in Shanghai. Take for example Coldstone Creamery. Coldstone has sakura flavor, green tea flavor, and other flavors not available in the US that replace all the flavors that suck. It still keeps the classic cake batter and sweet cream flavor here in China though. It has the best of the United States and super tasty Asian flavors. And on top of that, they have soo many more toppings than the United States locations do. There are strawberry bits! That’s all I can remember because I got sakura ice cream with strawberry bits and white chocolate syrup. By far the best Coldstone I’ve ever had.
Also, Pizza Hut is a respectable restaurant here. And oh my god, it is so good. The pizzas are all “exotic.” They have all sorts of seafood on their pizzas, and all sorts of stuffed crusts. Also they have delicious pastas, salads, drinks, what have you. It’s all tasty tasty.
I did in fact take that picture above.
KFC and McDonald’s are both food staples here in China, and they also have more delectable options than the United States. I have yet to venture into MCD’s but KFC is pretty noms. Their normal American sides like mashed potatoes sort of suck though.
I figure I’m probably going to end up taking a shit ton of pictures of food, so I created a Flickr, mostly so I can share pictures with my family without the means of Facebook. If you’d like to follow along my journey, flickr.com/photos/marypham.
Comments (8)
See, Asians really DO do it better than we can here in the US
Pizza Hut really was like a true sit down restaurant in HK! I think I had a crab topping pizza when I was there. Yummy!
I think i understand why when my friends come back from China/ HK, they always look a bit chubbier.
McDonald is pretty good there too! it’s so much different than the one here in the US
i’ve had the pleasure to eat pizza hut in Hong Kong lol and it had scallops lol
gimme some dumplings!!!
I’m drooling now …
I love Shanghai! I went over there twice already and I want to go again. They do have really great American food which I love. They also have Starbucks as well. My family and I bought ice cream from a McDonalds too many times to count. It was just too good and really inexpensive!Love it.