FAST FOOD IS AWESOME
BY TARO IKEDA
Have you ever been to a fast food restaurant in your
life? Odds are that most of you have been to these type
of restaurants. Recently, fast food restaurants are so
convenient and inexpensive that busy businessmen
and families whose parents don’t have time to make
lunch or dinner can get food easily.
blocks of ice to refrigerate food. Later on in 1930, a man
named Harland Sanders introduced “KFC”. This
restaurant opened up in front of a gas station, which
actually helped the sales of the restaurant because
people who had cars went to fill the gasoline for their
car could purchase food if they are hungry at the same
time. Last but not least, in 1940, the McDonald brothers
A senior in Shanghai Livingston American School started a drive-in restaurant serving barbecue meals.
(SLAS) named Bobby Harris from South Africa said, “The After eight years of work McDonalds was finally officially
fast food restaurant that I usually go to is “Ajisen founded in 1948.
Ramen”. My reason for going there most of the time is
because my girlfriend and I enjoy its food a lot due to A sophomore in SLAS named Hongan Nam from Korea/
its cheap prices and various choices of food. Also, I love China said, “I usually go to the McDonalds because it is
Japanese food even though Ajisen isn’t really true my favorite fast food restaurant. The reason I usually
Japanese cuisine.” Bobby’s favorite dishes in the go there is because the price is favorable and the food
restaurant are the sour and hot noodles and the is more delicious than other fast food restaurants from
lemongrass chicken. He also added, “To be honest, I my perspective.” Most of the time, Hongan goes to
always go to Ajisen with my girlfriend Sophie, and I McDonalds with his friends, but sometimes he goes
never go with anyone else. I usually just go whenever alone. He also added, “Strangely, when I am eating with
I’m in the mood, or when I can’t decide where to go to my friends, the food tastes a lot better than when I am
eat
eating alone.” At last he said, “The dish is often served
in the amount that we need and has good quality. Since
There are several brands of fast food restaurants in I often eat McDonalds, I already know how much that
Shanghai that includes: Carl’s Jr., Arby’s, Domino’s, I need to eat every time and I enjoy eating it!”
Dairy Queen, Pizza Hut, Papa Jones, McDonalds, KFC,
Subway, and etc. These fast food restaurants serve As a result, we know that people from different
dishes rapidly with high quality. Fast food has a long countries go to fast food restaurants for the
history which started from Billy Ingram. He is the convenience of cheap meals and quick service. It is a
founder of the first fast food restaurant, “White Castle”. fact that fast foods are the favorite of millions of people
In this restaurant, they sold burgers, and it quickly around the world
became the most popular burger restaurant in the U.
S. Meanwhile, 7-Eleven is the first convenient store that
was established worldwide that initially only sold
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