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typhoidtimmy t1_ir90m05 wrote

Reply to comment by seanular in TIL that one of the top convenience stores in Japan was founded in Ohio, and that there are now only 2 locations open in the United States by 0wnzl1f3

Christ, I remember being in Osaka for work and my pal dragging me to one after a bar hop and telling me to trust him. Dude wasn’t wrong, easily some of the best convenience food….whoever makes their karraage must sprinkle crack in it because I wanted nothing but it for the next week.

Japan is strange….I also remember grabbing a Big Mac combo there and marveling at two things 1) The McDonalds were like medically clean…bright smiles, cute girls working the register - different enough I was waiting for someone to hop out and start filming a commercial. 2) The combo looked like the picture. No joke, it was hot and tasty and could have been a photo to advertise for it.

My friends always gave me funny looks when I tell them to go into one if they go over there….then come back and wish we had that level over in the States.

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iwanttobeacavediver t1_ir9hadq wrote

Ages ago there was a story about a man going to a Japanese Starbucks. He ordered a drink, and the general manager came over to apologize personally that it didn't exactly match the picture he'd seen because they had run out of the sauce. He genuinely got baffled by this as he probably wouldn't have known.

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pipboy_warrior t1_ir9w6em wrote

Ah man, I have so many good Osaka memories. Sometimes when I'd be doing bar crawls with friends we'd end up just heading to a Lawson's and loading up on snacks and alcohol, and then we'd chill by the Dotonbori.

But yeah, convenience stores and fast food restaurants are such an experience there. They're always clean and bright and the people working are so cheerful.

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seanular t1_ir91sso wrote

Crack in the chicken? Maybe. But definitely in the McDonald's fries lol. I can't go anymore, I got used to a certain standard lol

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