[ungruntled]

I remember eating at Burger King in a German airport about 20 years ago. I ordered some sort of crispy chicken sandwich with coarse breading. I think it was some sort of local special. The whole thing looked very similar in quality to these advertisements. The lettuce and onions and tomatoes were good and the chicken seemed almost real. The bread was like from a bakery. Haven't had a sandwich like that ever since and I think about it randomly. It seems possible to achieve the standard in their advertisements. People seem to be gradually tolerating lower quality food such that they can get away with what they actually serve today. But I’ve noticed this trend outside of fast food.

[brailsafe]

By contrast, as a Canadian, I visited Germany last year and noticed a strange amount of BKs. We don't have many of them on the West Coast, perhaps because in comparison to Canadian A&W and Wendy's, BK might as well be cat food. Either way, I decided to try one at the train station, and it was surprisingly similar, if not identical, to what's served here; not competitive.

Fwiw, I did also try McDonald's over there, and it was also indistinguishable, which is better than BK per dollar, though still not ideal. (McDouble)

I think BK legitimately has one of the worst quality burgers on the market, but I did enjoy the Stackers when they came out as a kid. Not to rag on your personal experience btw, I just hate that they can get away with serving literal garbage for the same price as much better fast food.

[joshstrange]

The quality of most fast food chicken sandwiches has fallen off a cliff. If you get even a 50% chicken to breading ratio you’re lucky and the chicken inside the thick breading is often gross. Very few fast food places even offer grilled/non-breaded chicken anymore. And it goes without saying that the product you get has zero bearing on the pictures on the menu/ads.