Americans React to McDonald's in Croatia 🇭🇷 | Croatia Travel Vlog

How does McDonald's in Croatia compare to McDonald's in the USA? It was a lot of fun finding out! What country will we try next? 🍟
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[@carkralj1626]

as a croat who lives in switzerland and often goes to germany i think croatian mc donalds has a lot of fresher inrediens ... but however croatian food is generally more natural healthier and tastier

[@awaytogether]

Very interesting. We loved Croatian cuisine in general. We became big fans of the soup options, and of course, on the coast, various fish dishes. Thank you for watching!

[@davorlekenik9563]

@@awaytogether try also KFC,Burger King,Subway,Dominos Pizza....

[@-Yurkey]

Local bakerys are our strong point, they are the go to quick cheap food here in Croatia. For "burek" and a yogurt cup (it goes together, believe me) you'll need 2 euros while a Big Mac combo is around 8-10 euro (average Joe in Croatia has 500 euro salary). "Megić" or MC donalds is on the expensive side for most.

[@bangchanssecretaccount1545]

Same😂i am croatian and liv in swiss

[@chese9064]

I have relatives in serbia and croatia so I have visited many times and the ingredients for any food everywhere you go there is a lot fresher than western food

[@powderskier5547]

Its hard to go to Mc Donalds in Croatia when there are so many other brilliant healthy fast food options, but at times Mc Donald's is ok

[@myflyingkidney]

Truffle burgers exist in every croatian mcdonalds, whole country has the same menu, no regional differences. The truffle burger is called zigante tartufi burger and it is quite a sad thing compared to real truffle recipes that we have here, but if people like it why not. Another thing you will notice is that almost every croatian mcdonalds has a mccafe that makes normal coffees, espressos and machiatos etc, since coffee is very important in croatia and they have to have coffee if they want to compete, in croatia you can get coffee literally everywhere, so it makes sense for them to adopt it as well.

[@awaytogether]

@myflyingkidney Makes sense. Thanks for the info and thanks for watching!

[@darkoulmer6881]

Artificial sinthetic Truffle flavor *! There is no way to eat truffles outside of a season. And there is no way to store truffle or his flavor. It must be consumed in 24-48 hours. All that, pestos, cheeses, oils with truffle flavor are using artificial sinthetic chemical compound. Of which is most notable 2,4 dithiapentane. Sulfuric derivate of crude oil, yeah that oil of which we make gas! Majority of restaurants are using that. Istria same as other truffle regions in the world has jumped on that band wagon. Idk for other regions but in Istria if you want to eat real truffles you can only in restaurants with certifikate "tartufi vero".People don't understand how rare and delicate truffle is,and that the real truffles are sooooo scarse. Hense the price, for example not even truffle hunters can afford to eat white truffle. All of the white truffles found in Istria end up in high end restaurants across the world. Majority in New York in less than 24h since there is high amount people willing to pay the price that can be up to 100k for a kilo depending of the season. To not going into all the types of truffles in Istria there is three "main" white, black winter and summer black truffle which tastes like potato and the summer one is the one in restaurants flavored with artificial chemicals. You'll know you are eating a real truffles when they serve you with pasta bianco. Waiter brings you a dish with pasta bianco (just cooked pasta with butter) and then give you to smell it, then put down on the table a digital scale and weights a truffle that he scrapes it in your dish when you say enough he weights truffle again and charges you a difference. Then and only then you can say you have eaten truffles.

[@myflyingkidney]

@@darkoulmer6881 Of course, if you eat real truffles the waiter should put them directly on your plate of pasta or whatever other dish you are eating. But you can't expect that in a fast food restaurant.

[@darkoulmer6881]

@@myflyingkidney I know my rant is kinda long, but my point is that in McD's or in any fast food or fine dining restaurant that serves "truffles" outside of a season is scaming customers, because they are using most common olive oil flavoured with synthetic chemical compound. Even when they are making summer black truffle or imported Chinese one which they buy for couple bucks a kilo they are using oil with truffle flavour. And scaming naive people.

[@mihaelajukic1314]

Not true, we don't have McD in my town, but in the closest to me they don't have it.

[@zagrepcanin82]

You came here to eat in mcdonalds!???? Next to all the dishes and cousine we have you chose that junk food...amazing

[@myflyingkidney]

I am now generalising but he thing is mcdonalds in croatia isn't considered especially cheap food. If you take a mcmenu it will cost you around 35 to 40 kunas for a sandwich and some potatos, and at the same time you can get a proper meal for around the same price which would consist of soup, peace of meat and sides and a salad and it can be delivered to your office. Now this is Zagreb, other parts of croatia may differ, but in general no one thinks of mcdonalds a proper food, it is more of a guilty pleasure or a treat. Something you eat sometimes but not often. Very often people only take an icecream or an apple pie or something like that as a snack. If you ask most croatians a proper lunch is a piece of meat and potatoes, or a stew or a goulash or something like that that you eat out of a plate with cutlery. A sandwich is a always snack, something small you eat during the day before youget to eat real food. so mcdonalds will never have the same status here as other food does, it will always stay a non-everyday thing, something you sometimes indulge in.

[@awaytogether]

@myflyingkidney that’s very interesting. In the USA, it is generally considered cheap (although prices have gone up). We are aligned with the Croatian school of thought, though, that we’d rather have that delicious soup. We had Goulash and Čušpajz in Zagreb and loved both!!!

[@myflyingkidney]

@@awaytogether glad you liked the food :) Try a few truffle dishes if you get a chance at some point. I also loveeee truffles and I am so glad I live in a country where they exist and are traditional. Depending on where you are in the country try restaurant Vodnjanka (either locations in Pula or Zagreb) or restaurant Zigante near Motovun, Istria. A bit pricey but wonderful food. And if you have already left the country, put them on your list for when you come back . I wish you a lot of great food and safe travels :)

[@powderskier5547]

LOL a feed for Croatians is always a feast with about 10 different foods to eat. When they lay it on they really lay it on in a big way

[@myflyingkidney]

@@powderskier5547 haha not far from the truth. It is even more so out of cities, when you get to someone's house in a small town or a village. Generally the mom or the grandma will lay out around 25 kilograms of different types of food, homemade bread, soups, sides, smoked meats, sausages, nice piece of meat, vegetables that she most likely grows herself etc... and then she will say every single time "I am sorry I didn't have a lot of time to cook, so I just made a few simple dishes, I am really sorry there is nothing more" it is equally, endearing, funny and infuriating all at the same time. But yeah...

[@tihomirrasperic]

@@awaytogether I'm only 2 years late 😁 at that time McMenu was HRK 30 ($5-6) for the same money, you can go to a local restaurant and for HRK 35 ($6-7) you have a choice of "buffet table" so, soup. main course and dessert

[@kristijanEX]

I can't talk about this McDonalds location (looks like Zagreb), but in Rijeka there are 2 McDonalds locations and they both supply their meat from Gavrilović, a local Croatian meat provider, so you're actually getting fresh beef rather than the processed sludge that was exposed in an internet video like a decade ago. Ofc I can't generalize every American McDonalds location like that, you probably have some better locations than others as well where the meat is actually meat.

[@awaytogether]

That is so cool!!! This McDonald's was just outside Rovinj. Love the localized approach. In our experience, McDonald's in the USA has upped their game considerably over the past 5-10 years but it seems pretty standardized across the country. There may be some regional twists we're not aware of. Thanks for watching!

[@saddamhussein2]

I absolutley fuking love gavrilović i pogotovo čajnu i paštetu

[@kristijanEX]

@@saddamhussein2 yeah they're the best in those fields, they kind of have a rivalry with Podravka, which has them beat in other fields like soups, some other meats, seasonings and the like. Overall Podravka is bigger, but I would never go against the Gavrilović pate and salami.

[@dannyboy-vtc5741]

It's not fresh meat at all, it is locally produced, but the same frozen shit made by the strict mcd recipes like anywhere else, source - been putting those frozen lumps of minced meat on the grill in jurisiceva, also known as restaurant no1, for two years in my student days, long time ago but those things never change, buns are from klara also come in frozen, nothing is fresh there except seasonal veggies for seasonal sandwiches, french fries have expiration time of 7 minutes after frying - that's how "fresh" that food is.

[@fred6132]

I think I’ll order a truffle burger next time at McD’s just to hear them say…..a whaaaaaaat!

[@awaytogether]

@Fred Ichniowski let us know how it goes haha

[@ivicabajic893]

I've been to a few McDonald's in Croatia. Coming from Australia, I think for me McDonald's in Croatia is a bit better on taste, freshness and quality. Maybe because not may Croatians go to McDonald's so its not too busy and the staff pay more attention to quality. Istria is known for truffles so its probably a local thing. No truffle burger in Zagreb McDonald's 🙂

[@awaytogether]

Yea - the McDonald's we went to only had a few people. Good thought! Makes me wish we would have tried it in Zagreb too! Interesting that there are local variations. There isn't a lot of "regional specialities" in the US at our McDonald's (that I am aware of)...

[@truegamercroatia]

@@awaytogether as a Zagreb native (born and raised), i can say that you'll encounter a lot of people in our McDonald's' especially during the evening.

[@awaytogether]

@@truegamercroatia Haha did not expect that!

[@fapmashina1]

Actually truffle burger is more of a seasonal thing for McDonalds in Croatia that is available in truffle heist season but not only in Istria. For Instance I live in eastern Croatia in city of Slavonski Brod and in our McD we can also order truffles burger, one of my favorites when it comes to Maestro series burgers! You've mentioned Big Mac. Yes, Croatian McDonalds has it in regular offer just like the rest of the standard burgers.

[@t.h.u.g1219]

@@fapmashina1 You are in slavonski Brod? The world wide web is sooo big and its funny to find somebody from my hometown 😅 pozdrav

[@fapmashina1]

Actually truffle burger is more of a seasonal thing for McDonalds in Croatia that is available in truffles season but not exclusively in Istria. This extremely delicious burger is easy to find in any McD restaurant in Croatia during any autumn/winter season. For Instance I live in eastern Croatia in city of Slavonski Brod and in our McD we can also order our Istrian truffles burger, one of my favorites when it comes to Maestro burger series that also has some other uniquely Croatian burger varieties. You've mentioned Big Mac. Yes, Croatian McDonalds has it in regular offering just like the rest of the standard burgers.

[@awaytogether]

Great info. Thanks for watching!

[@oskng]

Shane c, nema hamburgera dok se ne uzme kod lokalnih trovaca, po "bajtama" 😂😂😂 kada ujutro ides kuci nakon cijele noci i ne znas dali povracas zbog konzumacije svega ili tog otrova od hamburgera. Znas i sam kako je kada ujutro ides kuci i da nam daju pregazenu macku, dobra je 😂😂😂

[@fapmashina1]

@@oskng Nije da i sam nisam milijun puta iskusio to o čemu pričaš u sitne sate nakon povratka iz grada, al ako već treba birati donekle je ipak sigurnija strogo kontrolirana i standardizirana ponuda u McD. A to da prodaju i jedni i drugi otrov to jest točno!

[@oskng]

@@fapmashina1 lega znas da se zajebavam. Ne moj shvatiti osobno. Vise mene jebe sto odlicno citam engleski, ali ga ne znam pisati. Zato sam tebi se javio, jer te znam sa drugih kanala. Iskren pozdrav i ne zamijeri

[@fapmashina1]

@@oskng Bez brige, i ja se zajebavam! I tebi sve najbolje!

[@adrianpoggers6940]

Does your mcdonalds have truffel? Me who lives in croatia: *y e s*

[@awaytogether]

Jealous! Thanks for watching.

[@endless031]

Those things look good

[@awaytogether]

They totally were! Very impressed.

[@jakovbrizic]

As a Croat, only thing I know about McDonalds, is that you could buy beer there. At least 15+ years ago you could.

[@gogi2107]

Thanks for visiting Croatia, hope u had fun

[@awaytogether]

We absolutely loved Croatia. Spent almost a month there and would love to go back some day. We loved the people, nature, and (since we ate much more than just McDonald's) the food! Thanks for watching.

[@JennandLeon]

We love to try Subway and KFC in every country we visit...McD's ends up being there too! Happy travels guys

[@awaytogether]

Great minds think alike! Thanks for watching!

[@saddamhussein2]

Here in croatia(well in split) theres no subway here in split but there are burger kings, ofcourse mcdonalds and kfcs

[@mihaelajukic1314]

Subway was made twice in Croatia and failed miserably both times. By the look of it, it's not something we are into.

[@Koalabrothers]

wait till you go to Australia everyone says we have the best

[@BassMessiah100]

Not a big McD fan but from where I eat it it goes like this: Croatia >Germany>Spain>France>>>>>>>>>>>> Netherlands.

[@linnea9017]

When traveling like you I think it is hard to do the consistancy. One meal should set the standard. In Norway it is the same all over as it ought to be. Same in Spain as well.

[@funkyribar2301]

Smart girl :D Hugs and kisses from Zagreb, Croatia.. and how about this video goes to the Craotian McD management sector ;) :D

[@vristeciorao]

You should get medal for finishing that truffle burger. I really tried and I couldnt eat it.

[@awaytogether]

Haha. You know what's funny? For some reason this was one of our first successful videos. Once it did well we thought "well, we've got to do this a few more times". We ended up filming 5 more McDonald's videos and I have to say, Croatia won. By the end of the trip I couldn't fathom setting foot in a McDonald's again (it never was my cup of tea), but I truly remember enjoying these burgers on our way into Istria (where we got to continue eating amazing food - the soup in Motovun was some of the best I'd ever had).

[@666maiden5]

New sub you two are great 👍 keep up the good content 🇮🇪🤘🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@awaytogether]

Thanks so much!

[@Kivas_Fajo]

Your food laws, if you want to call them that, allow to use meat glue and scraps to "create" patties and that's exactly what McDonald's does. In Europe this is outlawed, the patties are made from 100 % ground beef and it's not the scraps. That's why you had the impression, that the patty was somewhat different, juicier, fresher...oh and the same laws go for the UK as single country that did not want to obey some of the European laws. They won't be missed! They mix the drinks with syrup and water. Therefore the taste of the local tap water is essential for a good coca cola. Croatia has very good water, so...:-)

[@maryt-we573]

Haha my husband and I also try McDonald’s in each new country we visit 😂

[@apartmentsmiroslavvojnovic3302]

Hoping that you tried local Croatian cuisine 😊👍

[@awaytogether]

OH MY GOSH, DID WE EVER!!!!! We filmed a whole food tour in Zagreb where we tried all of the traditional cuisine. Allie's favorite was the various truffle dishes in the Istrian Hill Towns. My personal favorite was all of the soups!!

[@apartmentsmiroslavvojnovic3302]

Oh great! Happy that you experienced local tastes...in general, Croats prefer local food over fast food. I will check Zagreb video 😊👍. Kind regards from sunny Dalmatia that has premium Mediterranean cuisine!

[@awaytogether]

@@apartmentsmiroslavvojnovic3302 Trust me, so do we!!! When we first made this McDonald's video, we were kind of doing it as a joke! Had no idea it would get over 11K views LOL. We also loved the Dalmatian coast and plan to return someday! Great to meet you!

[@apartmentsmiroslavvojnovic3302]

You are welcomed 😊👍! Wishing you all the best, lovely greetings!

[@damirhlobik6488]

when I see mcdonalds, I move to the other side of the street because of the stench

[@kmcphotographytx6396]

McDonald’s everywhere but the US looks way more satisfying. I’d totally eat those burgers. Here….not so much. Also, the fact that you can get a truffle burger for a couple bucks there is crazy! ETA: I’m with Allie on the McDonald’s breakfast. Team Nik on the rest of the day.

[@awaytogether]

@Kim McConniel know what you’re saying! Mickey Dees breakfast slaps.

[@ferata9409]

I wish that junk food never came to my country.

[@ivantomasek]

oh man, that is the worst burger in McD in Croatia. I think this is the second or third year they introduced it. Enjoy truffles in Istria with some pasta and meat ;) Don't judge by this burger.

[@awaytogether]

We didn't! We had our fill of authentic Istrian food after this meal, trust me! :)

[@mariovidmar7]

I guess I'm the only one who likes it than

[@mariopticar4344]

Nah. Mcdonalds is definitely not representative of Croatia. Truffle Burger or not.

[@horcruxcr4948]

Is rovinj mcdonald's?

[@awaytogether]

Haha yes! Good eye

[@jati4706]

Hmm lets go around the world and eat mc donalds LOL

[@fiditenemini2452]

"A new study published in Nature reveals that phthalates, a chemical used to keep plastics soft, and similar chemicals were found in food purchased from McDonald’s, Burger King, Domino’s, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and Chipotle."

[@awaytogether]

Probably not the healthiest option! ;)

[@j.p.9295]

As Croatian living in London I don't eat in Mc Donald's or any fast food. Once I was very hungry and late at night bought McDonald's burger but throw it in the bin after few bites . 🤮 yuck always .

[@javierespana2807]

Traveling all the way to Croatia to eat at .. McD. Is it american narcissism?

[@awaytogether]

Hi Javier. We spent a month exploring Croatia and sampled a diverse amount of traditional and authentic Croatian cuisine (the soups especially were our favorites). We put together a food tour in Zagreb that shows a little more of the actual Croatian food side. Trying McDonald’s was a bit of an experiment to see if it might be different from what we can get ‘back home’. And since we are traveling for 6 months, an experiment we can apply to many many countries. Just for fun. Thanks for watching!

[@HrvojeBan]

@@awaytogether I understand your "experiment", but I guess Javier also has a point in a sense that there is a common prejudice that Americans abroad almost everywhere have the option to go to McD if they don't feel comfortable trying local cuisine and just want to have a burger and fries. And I guess some of them do that and go to McD which in a way defeats the purpose of travel and seeing new places, meeting different cultures, cuisine and people but hey, to each his own. I switched to a healthier diet a year ago and I think I haven't been to McD since, but seeing this video kinda makes me wanna go there again, at least for some fries. 😁

[@awaytogether]

@@HrvojeBan Hey we completely understand that! I studied abroad in China years ago and was disheartened by a large number of other students in my group only wanting to eat chicken strips! Eating our way through a new city or country is one of our favorite ways to experience that culture. Good for you for sticking to a healthier diet! Thanks for watching.

[@kretenizam]

Bruh it's literally all same.Rats in kitchen,same taste, BUT Croatian is smaller

[@BassMessiah100]

Its not. Try Dutch McD, never had anything more vile and disgusting.

[@kretenizam]

@@BassMessiah100 mah its Croatia its more disgusting

[@Kokolo-ze2cp]

Croatia is superior in every way, kid please

[@kretenizam]

@@Kokolo-ze2cp 'kid please' bro stfu honestly,i know whats there

[@I_Love_Boobs]

saw a mask. stopped watching the video

[@osmaks1518]

Americans- let's travel to experience new things! Oh there's McDonald's, let's stuff our face with bottom quality shit called "food" just like we do in America! My God...unbelievable..

[@awaytogether]

Lol you seem nice We spent a month in Croatia and loved the actual authentic food there. Fell in love with the soups, and especially the truffle dishes in Istria. We thought it would be interesting to use a single meal to see how something so ubiquitous (albeit unhealthy) might be different from country to country. Trust me, by the end of our trip, I was upset at myself for ever coming up with the idea (because I don’t actually like McDonald’s).

[@osmaks1518]

@@awaytogether It wasn't the point or attempt to offend anybody, it is just unbelievable to me because McPoison is below the line of "horrible" food you can eat in Croatia. I mean you can find the worst possible street food in Croatia and it would be still way better than McD..( and I know McD very well after a decade spent in Canada) I do understand that we are all culturally programed one way or the other, but Croatia, America and any other country has way more to offer than that. And I'm glad you had a chance to try out some other foods while you were here. Tip- if you want to eat, and I mean really eat like royalty, visit central/western/southwestern Bosnia or central/northern Serbia, and thank me later!