Da-Dot-Dot-Dot-Da - I'm Lovin' It!

We were a bit tired of Chinese food, even though we do like it, and decided to venture out with Gracie on Thursday evening and try one of the Chongqing McDonald's restaurants by our hotel. We packed Gracie up in the stroller that the hotel provides for adoptive families and headed out.

The first thing we noticed about this McDonald's is that you have to go downstairs to get to it. Apparently China has no "handicap accessible" laws, so we schlepped the stroller with Grace in it down the stairs to order. The best way to order food here is to point to what you want on a card that has both Chinese and English along with pictures of the food. The sandwiches and meal deals are called the same thing as in the US, but you have to be careful about thinking that what you order here is the exact same thing as what you'd get if you ordered it in the US.

A couple of days before our MacciD's adventure, DH had ordered us burgers and fries from our hotel roomservice, and I did NOT like the cheeseburger he brought back to our room at all. First off, because I don't like cheeseburgers (I've been married to DH almost 20 years, and he claims he didn't know I dislike cheeseburgers!), and secondly because the meat was very fatty and undercooked (again, DH ordered mine cooked medium, when he knows that at home I don't eat any meat that's even remotely pink inside! What was he thinking?!) So I decided to stick with something I thought would be relatively safe, a hamburger Happy Meal. Wow! I was very pleasantly surprised when it tasted just like home!!

DH had a quarter pounder with cheese, and Dad also had a quarter pounder (am not sure whether he had cheese on it or not.) Apparently, there's some kind of spicy sauce that this  MacciD's puts on their quarter pounders in China that they don't in the US, but both DH and Dad said they tasted good. So it's 2 big thumbs up for the Chongqing McDonalds!

While we enjoyed our food at one of the tiny tables in the restaurant, there was a Chinese woman with what I assume was her husband and son eating at the table next to us. This woman stared at me holding Gracie on my lap while I was enjoying my burger and fries, the entire time we were sitting there. Like before, there was no smile and nothing said to us, just a dead stare. It was a bit uncomfortable for me, but I guess it didn't bother her because she just kept on staring whether I was looking back at her or not!

After we finished our meals, we headed back up the stairs. I noticed that at the top of the stairs was a fast food window where the locals were ordering ice cream. Later we thought we should've tried it, but we didn't. That will have to be next trip!

Here are some photos. Oh, and by the way, the title of this entry is supposed to be the words to the McDonald's theme song. Just in case you didn't catch it!