Morocco Gets Supersized with the McArabia

Posted by Queuebot in Food & Drinks on August 28, 2009 at 1:36 am


Looks like America is not the only country that needs to be weary of fast food. While not many outside the US can see the appeal of
a Big Mac, people in Morocco just love the McArabia.

This new sneaky tactic of adapting global fast food chains to the local palette is happening all over the
world from squid topped Dominoes pizza in Taiwan to KFC’s vegetarian Chana Snacker, a chickpea burger topped with Thousand Island sauce, in India.

Watch out global obesity! I see a plot for a Super Size Me sequel.



Walk into a McDonald’s in Morocco and you’ll find a sandwich you can’t get anywhere else in the world: a cumin-spiced flatbread creation called the McArabia Tagine.

“Honestly it tastes Moroccan,” said Noor El Ghoumari, 34, a man who had just paid 53 dirhams, or about $6.60, for a meal with one of the ground beef sandwiches in Rabat on a recent afternoon. “This is a local McDonald’s and obviously they have to adapt.”

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19 comments to "Morocco Gets Supersized with the McArabia"

  1. SenorMysterioso
    August 28th, 2009 at 1:41 am

    yum

  2. Joe
    August 28th, 2009 at 2:48 am

    Uh, it's not "new" -- I was eating localised McDonalds in Japan and Thailand ten years ago. And why would you call it "sneaky"?

  3. SenorMysterioso
    August 28th, 2009 at 2:55 am

    True, neither sneaky or new

    I would like the chance to try some of the international menu items at my local McDonalds

  4. Sofar
    August 28th, 2009 at 4:56 am

    That looks tasty.

  5. K!P
    August 28th, 2009 at 6:55 am

    actually, mc is doing that for years. (at least in the Netherlands.)

  6. cryptique
    August 28th, 2009 at 7:24 am

    I believe the word you want in the first sentence is "wary," not "weary."

    Although we should be weary of it, too.

  7. Gauldar
    August 28th, 2009 at 7:37 am

    @SenorMysterioso

    I agree, it would be nice if they had a special of one of their "ethnic" versions of their products over short periods of time atleast in a rotation.

  8. dutchboy
    August 28th, 2009 at 8:31 am

    Selling people what they want and like...sneaky...maybe we should have government owned fast food chains that decides what people like for them.

  9. Anonymouse
    August 28th, 2009 at 8:40 am

    WARY NOT WEARY!

  10. Gauldar
    August 28th, 2009 at 8:42 am

    @dutchboy

    Great idea, you can then get some fries to go with your McReligion.

  11. travler
    August 28th, 2009 at 9:51 am

    I went to Morocco in February and had one of these. It tasted like Mcdonalds hahaha nothing like the other food there. Also, its about 3 times the price of a normal meal at any of the awesome restaurants we ate at.

  12. Adragontattoo
    August 28th, 2009 at 10:01 am

    Having lived in Morocco for two years back in the 80's, I would rather eat the local food instead of anything from Mcdonalds.

    I loved it over there and am trying to find a job that will let me move back.

  13. Gail Pink
    August 28th, 2009 at 11:19 am

    It sounds delicious!

  14. Kalel
    August 28th, 2009 at 4:30 pm

    The primary advantage of overseas McDonald's restaurants isn't the menu, but rather it is the knowledge that you'll find a public restroom there.

  15. Kirk, Captain
    August 28th, 2009 at 8:33 pm

    Now if only KFC would realize that vegetarians aren't strictly phenomenon, I might be able to eat there! The Chana Snacker sounds edible.

  16. dutchboy
    August 29th, 2009 at 12:08 am

    Gauldar -how you make the leap to religion in this conversation is puzzling to me, we are talking about burgers,Chana Snackers and whatnot. Ever so tasty sounding treats and our right to purchase and consume them.

  17. Marilyn Terrell
    August 29th, 2009 at 10:29 am

    In Singapore, McDonalds offers the Chicken Fan-tastic, in Israel the McKebab, and in China the Taro Root Pie. More ethnic variations here:
    http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/intelligenttravel/2009/07/mc donalds.html

  18. Willo the Wisp
    August 29th, 2009 at 11:15 am

    McDonald's does not cause obesity.

  19. godzilla
    August 30th, 2009 at 1:46 am

    McArabia has been available in the Arabian Gulf for 5-6 years now.


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