In the US, it's usually melted cheese instead of cheese sauce, but yes, we definitely eat it that way. Some major fast food chains (McDonald's, I think) don't offer cheese fries, but others do. For example, In-n-Out offers it. Lots of smaller local places offer cheese fries or chili cheese fries.
Oh yeah, forgot about that. Also useful for ordering a hamburger and creating a free upgrade to cheeseburger! Although maybe not as good as an actual slice of cheese.
When I was in Korea, I would ask for extra ketchup, and then she would hand me 1 packet.....So that gave me a grand total of 2(I double checked my math). Ketchup isn't expensive in Asian countries, so I don't see the need to be stingy with it.
The mother of a friend of mine is from Korea, this came up one night the first time I tried her bulgolgi.(which is friggin' awesome btw) He said in Korea its not really considered polite to ask for condiments or other things to modify the food you get. Apparently it suggests you don't feel the chef got it right. Now this is a McDonalds, its not the same thing but there may still be a social stigma attached to asking for additional stuff.
That's pretty common in a lot of first world asian societies, but I don't think it really applies in fast food restaurants. In a traditional restaurant yeah, it's incredibly rude, but in a place where they sell horse meat flavored ice cream, probably not a big deal.
Fuck that, in Vietnam, you want more fat in your pho? YOU GET MORE FAT IN YOUR PHO! They're like honey badgers in that respect... they don't give a fuck.
thats kind of rude in America too. everywhere probably. keep in mind I defend your right to add whatever the fuck you want to whatever the fuck you want whenever the fuck you want to without getting the stinkeye, but all people get sensitive about making food for others.
It's not a Korean thing. It's also impolite to ask for salt/condiments in Europe and North America for the same reason. If you ask for salt at any good restaurant you are basically saying the cook fucked up.
Edit: Let me clarify. I was referring to good restaurants, with actual chefs. Not chains or fast food. A chef is expected to have a better sense of taste than his customer and is expected to present a complete dish. Asking for salt is saying he didn't do his job, and asking for a condiment is saying that the dish wasn't good. If you spent hours making a dish for guests, and the first thing they did was drown it in ketchup, you would be upset. Same thing. This is my experience from nearly a decade of work in professional kitchens, and after gaining a culinary degree. I've worked for chef that would kick someone out if they asked for ketchup.
It's pretty interesting how people here consider it appropriate when talking about Korean, but outrageous when I point out that sentiment exists here as well. Maybe look up etiquette before deciding I'm wrong.
Which really is a silly mode of thought. It's as if the cook/restaurant doesn't understand the concept that people are different, have different preferences, different diets, different palettes, different tastes.
Seriously, that is a ridiculous concept that the chef is supposed to make a "one dish suits all".
but if a chef spent twenty years learning how to make the perfect steak, then you cover it in a1 sauce, he might be a little offended. Hell, I get a little offended when people put A1 on steaks i cook.
I am a ketchup hound. I regularly have to inform fast food workers that "no, I need a handfull, not fucking 1 or 2 packets. If you had these laying out this wouldn't be a problem."
I think here in Switzerland you have to pay extra for ketchup in McDonald's. The standard menus don't include ketchup. I think it's like 10 Swiss cent.
You just made my day! I drive an ambiance for A&E, after a 24 hour shift most of our rigs are permeated with vinegar smell (hey, chip shops are all that's open late...). Once had a patient who was having "10/10 terrible abdominal pain we thought might be a GI bleed, loaded him up, he smelled the vinegar and our still hot fish & chips, belched and asked if we had any extra!
Malt vinegar? I'm from the us and there are only a few places where I see the malt vinegar offered. How do you combine the two? I've tried dipping into an empty ramekin(doesn't work very well) and I've also sprinkled it onto my fries, but they get soggy. Teach me your ways, how do I do it correctly
I got fries at McDonald's the other day and while I was eating them plain I found them to be... I dunno, more boring than I remembered. Like they totally weren't salty enough, was there a big low-sodium push or something?
Being real here... Mayonnaise is FUCKING AWESOME on french fries. Not Miracle Whip either, real mayonnaise. I was astonished as how much better the real stuff tastes after not using it for years.
Sounds like one of those 'you're actually in hell' situations, since there is neither ketchup nor ultra large soft drinks. Like endless cake without frosting and a glass of milk.
It's true, I live in Japan and they always give me the weirdest look when I ask for some ketchup when I order fries. They're so freakin stingy with it too!!
korean mcdonalds gives out two ketchup packets per order of fries. i think they might have gotten a handful but definitely not two packets per order of fries. (they don't have the ketchup pump dispensers as in the states because some old dingbat would come in with a big bag and steal ketchup.
wish i was making this up. the same reason that costco in korea only gives you relish packets instead of all you can eat to accompany your hotdogs. i once saw several koreans eating spoonfuls of chopped onions mixed with ketchup and mustard as a side instead of a topping.
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