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Maybe it's also related where you grow up and what's available there in a certain category. Anecdote: When I visited London for the first time in the 90s, they
by wink 5y ago
Maybe it's also related where you grow up and what's available there in a certain category.
Anecdote: When I visited London for the first time in the 90s, they also had these wrapped sandwiches in the fridge and they were SO MUCH BETTER than anything I had ever gotten in a German supermarket near where I lived. I am not saying we don't have proper food here and I'm not saying they don't have good restaurants there, but this quick "pop into a supermarket and find something you can eat with your hands in 5 minutes".
Someone from America recently told me about.. I think they called it "gas station food", some sort of convenience food they grew up with, on every trip (and liked it). We also used to have this at the bigger gas stations near the Autobahn in the 80s or 90s and it was simply disgusting. Everyone I know below ~45 or 50 would usually be "Thank god, finally a McDonald's or Burger King on my trip and I don't have to eat the worst Currywurst of my life for 9 EUR at a Raststation", if you know what I mean. Perspectives matter. Some things that should be at least neutral could be ok, good, or horrible where you live ;)
- subpixel 5y agoGas station food in America is, as a rule, disgusting. The worst are the corporate truck stops that have 2 liter sodas and “cheeseburger” sausages on those greased roller-heaters. That said, in parts of the country you’ll find single stores and regional chains that have things like daily-fresh egg salad sandwiches, non-frozen pizza and (oh god) amazing local beef jerky in a brown paper bag. I’ve lived in Japan and I think for the foreigner the gob-smacking nature of Japanese convenience food is just that it doesn’t suck. On one or two occasions in the US I’ve found gas stations where the owner also sold their own ethnic food: Indian in NC and Ecuadorian in VA. That’s always worth the gamble!
- tomw1808 5y agoFWIW: It's not any different in Austria. I am so happy to that there's McDonalds popping up. But hell, I'd have no problem making a massive detour on ever trip if there was a japanese 7-11 somewhere on the way...