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Zagats Fast Food Survey 2011

FastFoodGuy — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:10:35 -0700

Current ranking from Zagats latest Fast Food survey:

FAST FOOD – LARGE CHAINS

Five Guys

Panera Bread

Chipotle Mexican Grill

Chick-fil-A

In-N-Out Burger

FAST FOOD – MEGA CHAINS

Subway

McDonald's

Wendy's

Burger King

Taco Bell

QUICK-REFRESHMENT CHAINS

Starbucks

Dunkin' Donuts

Culver's

Ben & Jerry's

Cold Stone Creamery

FULL-SERVICE CHAINS

P.F. Chang's China Bistro

Cheesecake Factory

Bonefish Grill

California Pizza Kitchen

Maggiano's Little Italy

Do you agree or disagree? You can vote in our own Fast Food Rankings

Official Fast Food Twitter List

FastFoodGuy — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:19:21 -0700

We have compiled a list of most of the major fast food companies and their official Twitter accounts. Check it out here.

Free Burger King Whopper from SaverTime.com

eliperrin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:05:05 -0700

I just wanted to let everyone know about a coupon I found on SaverTime.com. Anyone who signs up for SaverTime.com, a daily deal site, can get a coupon for a free Burger King Whopper for LA BKs mailed to them. I just got mine. : ) Enjoy!

The Great Pizza Race

DeBaunDan — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:57:00 -0700

This is what happens when you order one cheese bread from four separate pizza places....all at the same time.

Fast Food Restaurant Contacts

FastFoodGuy — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:59:28 -0700

People sometimes have major issues that are beyond the scope of our site. To make it easier to contact fast food restaurants directly, we have created a fast food contact directory. You can use it to contact most major restaurants should you have an issue.

Customer Service?

DandyDanD — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:15:12 -0700

Hello everyone!
A few friends and myself decided to start a new project and video series over this summer. It is called the "Customer Service Critics" we are basically interested in evaluating customer service and the quality of responding to different requests at a variety of fast food restaurants.

Here is our first video:

We are in need of suggestions/comments/feedback! If you have any ideas for us at all, we want to hear them!

Upgraded to the latest

FastFoodGuy — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 18:39:10 -0700

Please let us know if you encounter any issues.

Casting for America’s most passionate fast food lover!

sambroise — Wed, 18 May 2011 16:42:15 -0700

A major cable network is looking for the guy (or guys or gal) who knows everything there is to know about not just the food, but also the culture of Fast Food. To him, it’s more than just a burger and fries—it’s the people, history, and social significance fast food plays in our American landscape.

He’s a charismatic everyman (ideally around his 30s or 40s) who’s funny and likeable with a unique passion on the topic and can relay that infectious excitement about it all in a really fun and engaging way.

Must be available to travel.

Please email materials ASAP to: fastfoodguycasting AT gmail DOT com and be sure to include:
Full name
Phone number
Recent photo Resume/bio
Link to your reel
Entertaining paragraph describing why you are THE FAST FOOD GUY.

Restaurants to be added to our Fast Food Directory

FastFoodGuy — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:18:16 -0700

We are working to expand our list of restaurants we cover at Adventures in Fast Food. One of the criteria is user interest. We have compiled the following list:

Starbucks
Wimpys
Qdoba
Del Taco
Jimmy John's
Steak'n Shake
Checkers Drive-In Rally's
CiCi's Pizza
Papa Murphy's Pizza
Jason's Deli
Einstein Noah's Bagels
Captain D's
Zantigo
Taco delmar
Taco Time
Panda Express
Boston Market
Shlotsky's

We will be working through this list, but we wanted to know if there were any others we should consider. Leave your comment below.

What Our Community Thinks of Wendy's New Fries. Add Your Voice!

FastFoodGuy — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 08:33:16 -0700

At the end of last year Wendy's announced their new fries.

Well fans, it seems most have spoken, if you look at the Wendy's restaurant reviews on our site, Wendy's is getting the thumbs down on the fries. On a good note, on our Fast Food Rankings site, Wendy's is beating In-N-Out Burger which beat them on the Zagat Fast Food Survey. Unfortunately they are still lagging behind McDonalds and Five Guys in popularity.

What are you thoughts on Wendy's French Fries? Add your comments below or add your review or vote and have your voice heard.

Wendy's restaurant reviews
Vote for the best fries

Krispy Kreme's Indulgent Banana Treats Return This Spring!

FastFoodGuy — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:37:03 -0700

I'm a sucker for Chocolate, and Banana's so when I saw this I had to share:

Krispy Kreme has re-created the sweet, old-fashioned goodness of yesteryear with its nostalgic banana and chocolate offerings. So try our new simple, yet indulgent treats before they go away on April 24:

The Banana Kreme® Pie doughnut has a delicious banana Kreme filling. It is then dipped in white icing and sprinkled with crunchy NILLA® wafer pieces.
The traditional Banana Caramel Cake doughnut is made with real bananas, glazed and then drizzled with a mouth-watering caramel icing.
The Chocolate Krispy Kreme Chiller® is rich and creamy, and topped with whipped cream and a cherry.

For a list of participating U.S. and Canadian stores, please click here.

One bite or sip of our new banana or chocolate offerings will cause you to reminisce about the simple pleasures of life as you stroll down memory lane.

To Bless My Love, Please Cook This Chinese Dish

AaronNeville — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 04:17:46 -0700

Firstly, let me introduce myself. I am 28 years old, the chef of a Chinese restaurant. I have never been in love until I met her; a girl who lives across the street and usually comes to my restaurant for dinner. I will call her “Bee”. She comes at least once per week and always orders Kung Pao Chicken, it is her favorite dish.
I really do believe in love at first sight because I fell in love with her the moment she asked the waiter to call me out of the kitchen to inquire about the cuisine and the name of her favorite dish.
Three months later, I decided to profess my love for her by delivering an order of Kung Pao Chicken to her as a Christmas gift, along with several pictures of this favorite dish of hers -- Kung Pao Chicken, cooked by different chefs together with their best wishes.
I hope this “love dish” can be considered as ours.
Now, I will upload the recipe of this wonderful dish and hope that you can all upload your blessings and the pictures of Kung Pao Chicken, and that you can cook it by yourselves and I hope each and every one of you has a wonderful and delicious Christmas.

Ingredients:
3 pieces of boneless chicken thigh meat,
3 Chinese onions (the white part),
1 egg,
15ml cooking wine,
15 ml water mixed with starch,
50 grams fried peanuts,
5 grams salt,
6 dry chili peppers
10 grams peppercorns

The classic Kung Pao Chicken sauce:
15 ml soy sauce,
8 ml vinegar,
15 ml cooking wine,
15 ml sugar
30 grams starch.

Step 1: prepare 2cm long chopped onions and sauce. Cut the boneless chicken thigh meat into several 1.5cm chunks and marinate them for half an hour. In a wok over high heat, stir in 5grams salt, one egg, cooking wine and 15 ml water mixed with starch.
Step 2: put a little oil into a pot and add the marinated chicken thigh meat, cook at 40% heat. Stir gently until the meat become white.
Step 3: Add fresh oil into the pot, turn up heat to 50%, add the peppercorns, fry until you smell the peppercorns then take them out (we don’t need the peppercorns any more) then add the dry chili peppers and onions.
Step 4: Put Chicken thigh meat and ready sauce into the pot and fry quickly. Add the fried peanuts into the pot until the meat become yellow. Stir together then remove.
The Kung Pao Chicken is now done. This dish is low fat and easy to digest. This is an authentic healthy dish according to Chinese Medicine.
I have 2 “magic weapons” for mastering the quantity of sauce and other materials
Measuring glass: it can help to measure the weight and quantity of sauce

Electronic weigh scales: This tool is for solid materials. It is very important for a chef, so the best quality ones are the first choice.
This is what I use in my daily life, just for reference.
(1.7" LCD Digital Kitchen Scale (5kg Max/1g Resolution)

Bon Appétit (French for enjoy your meal) I hope each of you have a good appetite and healthy life, and also please help me to complete my wonderful Christmas dream.

A& W Big Taste Nation Contest

FastFoodGuy — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 10:03:59 -0700

A&W has a new contest called Big Taste Nation. Here's how it works, you register to be voted as President of the A&W Restaurants Big Taste Nation. You start your campaign and then tell all your friends, family, co-workers (anyone really) to vote for you based on your unique id. The election ends at midnight EST, November 20, 2010. What's really cool is the first 1000 registrants will receive a FREE A&W prize package. Get all the details here!

There are some major prizes too for the top 3 winners: First place wins a trip to their choice of LA, NYC, Las veags, Miami or Chicago. 2nd place wins a $1500 Best Buy shopping spree. 3rd place (and to me the best prize) free burgers for a year.

Eligibility: Big Taste Nation Promotion is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry.

You can now register with Open ID, Twitter, Google or Facebook!

FastFoodGuy — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:27:09 -0700

We have upgraded our forum software to make it easier then ever to enter the conversation. You can now create your own account or you can register with Open ID, Twitter, Google or Facebook. We look forward to seeing you around :)

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We are removing Facebook as an option,

KFC vs. Popeye's: Who Makes The Best Fried Chicken?

FastFoodGuy — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 20:57:05 -0700

If you look in Google, the question who makes the better fried chicken KFC vs Popeyes you will see over 115,000 results. Things certainly heated up when KFC beat Popeyes for top honors in the Zagat 2010 Fast Food survey. At the same time Popeye's claims it beat KFC in a National Taste Test.

So what's the real truth? This is one of the reason we created our own Adventures in Fast Food Rankings, so people all over the world can vote for the best. So what are you waiting for? Cast your vote and tell us who makes the best fried chicken.

Domino's Show Us Your Pizza

FastFoodGuy — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:47:07 -0700

I have to say I am very impressed by the Domino's "Show Us Your Pizza" promo. It seems like fun idea to take a pic of your pizza and get a chance to win 500$. Eight winners will be selected October 18th. Makes me have a craving for a slice. So good luck all and start taking your pics :)

What does real fast food look like? How deceptive are fast food ads?

FastFoodGuy — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:43:04 -0700

I don't know if you have ever seen this page, but I wonder if the food tastes better/ looks better if you eat it in person. I have a feeling boxes/wrappers really distort things. Surely the ads are exaggerated, but I'd hope in some part the food should be similar. What have you found? Agree or disagree? Is fast food reality really that far from the ads?

Fast Food Rankings

FastFoodGuy — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 12:24:16 -0700

We are proud to announce the opening of a new sub-site, along with the reintroduction of our fast food forum. We call it Adventures in Fast Food Ranking, where you can rank the best burgers, fries, pizza and more. You can nominate restaurants to be added and more! Check it out at http://www.adventuresinfastfood.com/ranking

Best Magazine for the Fast Food Lover

FastFoodGuy — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:02:20 -0700

If you love fast food, and the Quick Serve industry, you need to check out http://www.qsrmagazine.com/
They do an awesome job!

My Top 10 Favorite Fast Food

FastFoodGuy — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:22:58 -0700

Everyone has there own view to what the best fast food restaurants. We wanted to get our own unbiased votes from the public that's why we started Adventures In Fast Food Rankings. In my own opinion I have my favorites, which I wanted to share.

1-Best Fast Food Burger: Wendy's
2-Best Fast Food Milkshake: Wendy's
3-Best Fast Food French Fries: McDonald's
4-Best Fast Food Sandwich: Dagwoods ( a local chain) 2nd Runner up is Quiznos
5-Best Fast Food Mexican: Baja Fresh
6-Best Fast Food Breakfast: Panera Bread
7-Best Fast Food Facilities: Tim Horton's
8-Best Fast Food Service: Dagwoods ( a local chain) 2nd Runner up is Tim Horton's
9- Best Fast Food Chicken Sandwich: Wendy's
10- Best Fast Food "Proprietary item" : A& W Rootbeer

What about you? What is your top ten? If you share it, make sure your favorites also get your vote at:
Adventures In Fast Food Rankings

Are Wendy's Frosty's Milkshakes?

FastFoodGuy — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 07:17:17 -0700

I was having a discussion with a friend yesterday and we were arguing over if Wendy's Frosty is a Milkshake or Not. I say it is, a think delicious milkshake, he says it not. What do you think?

You want the latest hot deals, coupons and gift cards?

FastFoodGuy — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 14:17:14 -0700

In case you're not aware we have our own Twitter account to keep you update don the latest Fast Food Coupons. Check it out: http://twitter.com/fastfoodcoupon

Welcome to the New Adventures in Fast Food Forum

FastFoodGuy — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 13:50:17 -0700

After a devastating attack on our site, that closed this forum, we are back. Please join and tell all your friends. We hope to once again become the premiere place to talk about your Adventures in Fast Food! Look forward to seeing you around :)