No worries! Nothing wrong with linking to evidence!
Note, I donât disagree that they are not great for Pakistan or that they arenât violent. I DO think they have a rationality that we can understand, though, and if we wish to do something about it, we need to actually understand how they operate, especially on drumming up support from local communities likely tired of decades of war. Understanding =/= agreement, respect, or acceptance. Iâm not defending them by any means, I promise, just pointing out that they have some internal consistency.
American Fast Food is huge there though. Pizza Hut is the biggest restaurant chain, KFC is on every corners. Not only that, the high-streets in both the main urban centers are now full of local fast-food and gourmet burger joints.
McDonalds is just terrible.
McDonalds America, IIRC, does not have a direct stake in international franchises. Local Franchisees are majority stakeholders and get the majority of the revenues. Although, I read somewhere long ago that Corporations get Corporate Welfare for spreading their brand overseas. That was druing the Bush era, or even before, and I am too lazy to confirm that.
Roadside burgers in Pakistan are lentil mash, spice and beef fried in egg batter. Surprisingly not a disgusting as it sound.
Goat(mutton) and Lamb are mostly find traditional stuff. Lamb is actually great in Pakhtoon cuisine. Nobody does Lamb better than the Pakhtoon, except sometimes the English.
Well, I have a particularly ill-advised alcoholigc ginger beer recipe that you could leave a bottle or two of under the seats if you want to do some monkey-wrenching and youâre not scared of the FBI. Itâs basically a wet firework. Shame, really. The very small bit I drank was amazing.
I remember restaurant menus in Kathmandu listing âbuff burgersâ⌠which many visitors assumed was a typo for âbeefâ⌠but no, it was water buffalo.
Iâm not surprised that people like American fast food.
I did not realize that about how the international franchises work. Probably explains how they can have such localized menus.
But Iâm not at all surprised that they get points for spreading their business model over seas. I study this same phenomenon during the Cold War, albeit I look at music and how music is produced.
You should check out both Irresistible Empire and Jihad Vs. McWorld on this topic (I havenât read the second, but itâs on my list in the very near future - itâs sort of past my time period):
This one had root ginger, red chillis and whole black & Szechuan peppercorns in it, as well as some fast beer yeast I had lying around. Which, along with a liberal amount of sugar AND honey, with hindsight, is what caused the stuff to go FWOOOOSH out the bottle and cause there to be, temporarily, a puddle on the ceiling.
Wife and I get fresh kombucha / ginger beer from the local place. They fill growlers. Try Mission Brewery here in San Diego, wonderful brewed root beer / sarsaparilla / hard sodas on tap daily. Stuff mixes very well with a spirits. You wonât want to drink a dozen, but they are great in small doses.
