/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>6683614
what part of the usa?

Fazolis goes in all fields.

>>6683614
If you're West of the rocky mountains, go for an In-N-Out. Fatburger is good too, but it costs more than In-N-Out. Chipotle is probably the best burrito you can get from a ubiquitous fast food place (although visit a Cafe Rio if you're lucky enough to find one).

>>6683618
LA and NYC

>>6683614
All of those corporations want to kill you slowly while feeding on your comparatively small income,

go to a local mom and pop restaurant,
plz bby, i luv u...

>>6683632
Dawg when you're in LA you'll be in range of the Manhattan Beach Cafe Rio. Go there. It's like Chipotle if Chipotle fucking cared, it's vastly superior and the tortillas are everything a tortilla can be.

>>6683614
>Applebee's
Not fast food

>>6683637
Also ask for more meat when they serve you. Don't ask for double meat, just ask if they can add a little more. They probably wont charge you. Get their barbacoa burrito.

>>6683614
The only places I would go to on that list are Starbucks (if there were no other source for espresso and I wanted one) and In-N-Out (once every few years). Maybe a bean burrito at Taco Bell if I were hungry and the only other options were other fast food chains.

5 Guys, Roy Rogers and Waffle House

Disregard the list, it's just a random picture. I'll also hit up restaurants, mom&pop places++. Katz deli is definitely on my list.

Thanks for all the suggestions so far.

Sonic Hedgehog
Chipotle

>>6683632

In LA, go to In N' Out.

Don't get fast food in NYC. Get pizza, go to a Jewish deli, have a dirty water hot dog, visit a food truck.

>>6683768

One more thing, Jack in the Box. Go there and get tacos.

Do it, faggot. Really. Do it.

>>6683614
>1. The Hat
>2. Dairy Queen
>3. Little Caesars
Fight me nerds. Point out anything wrong with my choices.

>>6683695
Didn't really enjoy Katz personally, waiter was rude, I guess it's supposed to be part of the "NYC package".

Now for even more subjectivity and opinion:
From your list (and I've only tried a tiny portion, I have only been to the US a couple time), I'd disregard most "real fast food" places (Wendy's wasn't bad tho) and focus on "Roadside, America" food, my own private Bill Bryson-esque expectation of the US.

That'd be Denny's, Johnnie Rockets and IHOP.
Starbucks for your caffeine fix (I don't see a coffee bean and tea leaf or Costa Cafe in your list) and Krispy Kreme for guilty pleasures.

Where are you from BTW?

>>6683695
>Katz deli
In NYC hit these as well:
Vanessa's Dumplings
Fuku
Shake Shack
A roast pork bun at any Chinatown bakery
Mamoun's Felafel
Papaya King hot dogs

and anything on this list:
http://ny.eater.com/maps/nyc-cheap-eats-best

>>6683783
Can't you get better coffee than starbucks for the same price literally anywhere in NYC?

Also you guys, is Dairy Queen good? How does it stack against Baskin Robbins and Cold Stone? Can you get something better at local ice cream shops?

>>6683614
>good
chipotle
chickfila
denny's
krispy kreme

>shit
the rest

>>6683614
when I was in the U.S. I tried out Sonic. Insantly fell in love with it. Sooo fucking good.

>>6683889
You literally have the worst taste ever.

>>6683919
Oh, com on. This Anon >>6683653 suggested Waffle House. Doesn't get much worse than that.

>>6683614
>>6683630
>Chipotle
>fast food

>>6683614
1. Taco Bell
2. Carls Jr.
3. Popeyes

>>6683966
Eh, they call it "fast casual"

Like half a step up

>>6683614
>Premade foods
>The best for you
You can only have one unless you wanna be a fucking liar. Made your own food, faggot. I bet you won't cut corners when you can see it manufacturer to table.

>>6683966
If you're in the industry you can try to sell people on the idea of "fast casual". To the rest of us it's just more expensive, marginally better fast food.

>>6683632
If LA go to In-n-Out.
Other than that, go to non-chain restaurants, honestly.

>>6683632

Other posts have said it ill say it

>in and out burger
>get the monster fries
>and a chocolate shake

>not as good but not in other parts of the country
>jack in the box

>>6683614
1. Sonic
2. What the fuck Fudruckers isn't fast food
3. Bojangles if you're down south

Oh wait, you're not, LA New York. New York doesn't have Sonic, dunno about LA. Do try In-n-Out in LA and Shake Shack in NY.

I've been to every restaurant in OP's picture. Ask me anything.

>>6684691
There's a sonic in suffolk county on long island (horrible) and I'm pretty sure there is one in queens

>>6683966
LMFAO it's fast food dummy. You walk up to a counter, tell some college kid in a stupid hat making minumum wage what kind of meat you want, and they wrap up a burrito for you in two minutes. Unless you live somewhere where the food at Chipotle is made to order and served to you by a waiter you're fucking mistaken. People who think Chipotle is "too good" to be fast food are plebs.

>chuck e cheese
>fudruckers
what the fugg :DDDDD

>>6683768
this.
>>6683771
not this.

>>6684704
>I'm pretty sure there is one in queens
Nope. There is one not TOO far from NYC on the mainland though, but even then, it's far enough away to definitely not be worth the drive.

>>6684751
The only time I ever visit Jack in the Box is if it's 1AM and my sober friend is driving me and my drunk friends around. I don't usually eat fast food or anything with process cheese in it, but fuck me ordering a munchie meal in the wee hours of the morning when you're drunk as absolute fuck is a spiritual experience. If OP plans on getting wasted even one night in America, he should try one of those abominations.

>>6683805
This anon knows what's up.

Shake Shack and Mamoun's are simply the best. The best, OP. Don't you want the best?

Also if you can find a Wafels and Dinges truck around you won't regret it. The best waffles I've ever had. I believe they have a storefront in the lower east side, too.

>>6683968
Ah the "on the toilet all night" option, not bad. Doritoslocostaco/10

>>6683873
>better coffee, same price

Absolutely. I recommend Intellegentsia, but I have yet to be disappointed by a non-chain coffee shop in NYC.

Dairy Queen is pretty good, their ice cream is some of my favorite soft serve. I think it depends on your tastes. I wouldn't compare it to Baskin Robins or Cold Stone because those specialize in hard ice cream and DQ is all soft-serve based shit.

I think you can find something better in both NY and LA. I personally enjoy Amorino Gelato near Washington Square Park in NYC but if you do a search you can find a number of local ice cream places all around Manhattan and such.

Chick Fil A, In n Out burger, Five Guys.
also johnny rockets is fast food?

>>6685158
Johnny Rocket's is a diner last I checked.

Finally, an excuse to post this.

>>6684704
>horrible
Is that meant for sonic or LI faggot

>>6685199
All Tim Horton's has is pathetic wraps and doughnuts.

>>6685299
Right? I don't know how the fuck the creator of that thought Tim Hortons is the only good choice you have in Canada.

>>6685279
I was referring to the sonic

>>6685317
What's /ck/'s opinion on Triple O's?
Discovered them in HK, turns out they are canadian, so fucking good imo.

Is Ihop really fast food?

>>6686508
Ihop does a pre-fast food style of cooking that you used to find in diners. The term used to be "short order", meaning everything could pretty much come from the griddle station.

Today's fast food pretty much evolved from adding a deep fryer to the griddle station.

>>6685299
Excuuuuse me, Tim Hortons's has a lot more than Donuts and Wraps. What about their superb coffee and their Grilled Cheeses and English Muffins.

>boston Pizza
>fast food
the fuck? Do you know what fast food is?
"chain" doesn't mean "fast food".

>>6685199
Dominos and Pizza Hut should be switched tbh