McUbiquitous

Every once in while, its good to get a taste of the Golden Arches no matter where they may be, or no matter who says their food will rock your guts, and shut off about there blood vessels a big mac. So after having eaten Chinese food for so long our American palates can only be satisfied with one kind of food for so long, we made the trip to Ronald's.

It's amazingly similar. Which is saying a lot when that you can replicate a taste on the other side of the world, that brings that same taste that I enjoyed when I was a whiny six year-old all they way to last summer when I made them in Watertown to here, where some has probably never had a real American grilled burger but can give me this hot delight wrapped in plastic.
The differences are there, too. The menu mainly consists of something with chicken in it with a Mc probably slapped on the front (but I can't tell, I can't read here). The restaurants are huge here, probably two to three times as big, usually two stories. The whole feel of the restaurant is that you are coming in to get a higher class meal than usual, when in America it's, "Let's just go get some McDonald's," or "Hey, I'm going on a nug run, do you want something?"
There are some very old tactics as well, there are American faces plaster all over the walls, a blond woman laughing about something, and young couple playing outside with their children. Most have music playing outside too, a nasty little 15 note melody which digs its way into your mind and infects you with the desire to eat there or at least think about it for a long time. It reminds of some sort of sick radio propaganda tactic used during wars. Brainwashing is just good business though, I guess.

   The best difference has to be the fact that you don't have to clean up after yourself. That may sound piggish of me but here as at many other restaurants in China you don't clean up your tray after you are done. Some may try but they don't realize that they shouldn't. It's someone's job. If everyone cleaned up his own tray there are three hardworking old ladies who would out on the streets, unemployed. Sometimes efficiency isn't the best policy, especially in China.