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  • Joe: From calorie count to portion sizes,

  • we wanted to find out all the differences between McDonald's in India and the US.

  • Joe: This is "Food Wars."

  • Drinks in McDonald's India come in three sizes:

  • regular, medium, and large.

  • Drinks in the McDonald's in the US, four sizes:

  • extra small, small, medium, and large.

  • Time to keep 'em honest.

  • Lost a couple drops. 26, 27 fluid ounces.

  • Whoo!

  • Hm.

  • Fries in India come in three sizes:

  • regular, medium, and large.

  • In America, our fries come in four sizes, I think.

  • We have a small, kids,

  • or kids, small

  • I can't tell the difference either

  • medium, and large.

  • The medium and large come in these really cool

  • new packaging where you can just open it up like that

  • and it's nice and easy to share.

  • It's a little plate.

  • Good job, McDonald's. Very innovative.

  • But now it's time to measure

  • and see how much we're really getting.

  • Joe: First things first, the large.

  • 175 grams.

  • Obviously it's different per scoops or whatever.

  • Yeah, let's go here.

  • This one, almost exactly 100 grams.

  • This one,

  • 80 grams.

  • Fry math, hang on.

  • This is, like...

  • yep, there you go.

  • That's a 20-gram difference right there.

  • So, you tell me, internet.

  • Is the kids and the small different sizes?

  • I don't think they are.

  • "Food Wars" is on it! We're on it, baby!

  • What about McNuggets?

  • Here in India, you can order them in three sizes:

  • six pieces, nine pieces, and 20 pieces.

  • They gave it to us in two boxes of 10 each.

  • Oh, is that it, India? Cute.

  • Our McNuggets start at four,

  • then you got six,

  • 10,

  • 20,

  • and not to be outdone,

  • booyah, 40 McNuggets.

  • All the mathheads watching will be quick to point out

  • that that is double India's largest nugget option.

  • The only burger that India shares with the US

  • is the McChicken, the humble McChicken.

  • Not even gonna bother with the analog scale now.

  • Boop!

  • 149 grams.

  • Ah, just so frustrating.

  • Just one more gram and it would be perfect.

  • With the paper? I mean, we'll do this and

  • shave off an eighth of an ounce.

  • Our McChicken weighs 140 grams.

  • Here is everything you'll find on the menu

  • at McDonald's India that you will not find in the USA.

  • And here's all the McDonald's menu items

  • from the US you won't find in India.

  • Here in India, we can't really recreate

  • the iconic McDonald's Big Mac

  • because it's made from a beef patty,

  • and to keep to the religious sentiments

  • of Hindus and even Muslims,

  • we don't serve beef or pork

  • in a lot of fast-food restaurants.

  • We have something called the chicken Maharaja Mac.

  • As you can see, it's got three buns, two patties,

  • a lot of cheese and mayonnaise,

  • some tomatoes, onions, lettuce.

  • Lettuce try it now. [ba-dum tish]

  • Oh, my God.

  • That is truly a Maharaja Mac.

  • If you're wondering, a raja is a king,

  • and a maharaja is like an emperor.

  • So this is clearly our answer to the Big Mac.

  • Now let's taste the veg Maharaja Mac.

  • I think it's actually a very cool challenge

  • that a lot of fast-food restaurants here

  • have had to adapt to the Indian palate,

  • as well as sensibilities of food.

  • We have come up with such cool, iconic fast food

  • that you won't get anywhere else in the world.

  • Like, look at this! This is outrageous!

  • There's no way to eat this without being messy.

  • There's literally no way.

  • Mm!

  • Oh, my God. That's really good.

  • Yes to all that, looks really good.

  • Because of India's lack of beef,

  • all the American beef options are technically exclusives.

  • All right.

  • Big Mac.

  • There it is, just brimming with stuff.

  • My go-to for, like, 20 years.

  • I still get it occasionally.

  • The classic McDonald's hamburger.

  • Beef patty, ketchup, and mustard.

  • Of course, you can get it with cheese. Hi.

  • You can upgrade to a double cheeseburger or a McDouble.

  • What's the difference, you ask?

  • I'm not sure either.

  • So let's start with the double cheeseburger.

  • Look at that. Look how yellow that is.

  • Beef, cheese, beef, cheese, toppos.

  • The McDouble is beef, cheese, beef.

  • So it's just one slice of cheese

  • in the middle, but not on top.

  • What's the price difference? Can we get that on-screen?

  • And how much is a slice of cheese?

  • Joe's hack, get yourself a McDouble

  • and bring your own slice of American cheese.

  • Booyah. Save yourself this amount of money.

  • The problem with millennials today,

  • the reason you guys can't buy houses is

  • you're spending all your money at Starbucks,

  • you're getting your double cheeseburgers

  • instead of a McDouble and bringing your own cheese slice.

  • I mean, you guys are terrible with money!

  • You're eating, what, seven,

  • eight McDoubles a day like me, right?

  • And that adds up to, like, at the end of the year, $18?

  • 10,000 years later, that's a down payment on a house.

  • What are you guys doing?

  • All right, next up is the iconic McAloo tikki burger.

  • You take mashed potato, and you fry it in breadcrumbs,

  • and you get this really delicious cutlet.

  • Here in India, they adapted it into this burger

  • with a very special sauce,

  • some tomato, and chopped onions.

  • Mm. It's just so classic.

  • They nailed this burger.

  • Next up, there is a Mexican McAloo tikki,

  • which I assume has some stereotypical Mexican ingredients

  • and flavors like jalapeño.

  • Yes! Jalapeño.

  • Mm, nice.

  • It's way more spicy. Good twist.

  • Next up, they have a McEgg burger.

  • McEgg. McEgg, McEgg.

  • I don't know why I did that.

  • Let's see what that looks like.

  • Ugh!

  • Sorry.

  • I did not expect... pesto?

  • Next up is a chicken kebab burger.

  • Every time an Indian fast-food chain tries to adapt

  • an Indian special food into a burger,

  • I take it with a pinch of salt

  • because this is not what we're used to seeing

  • when we think of kebabs,

  • but I'm going to try it, and let's see what happens.

  • Mm.

  • It's very, very dry.

  • Patty has almost a cardboard-y taste to it.

  • I wouldn't put those flavors together

  • if I was thinking kebab.

  • McCardboard tikki, maybe? No? OK.

  • That's a bit harsh. I'm sorry.

  • Next up is the McVeggie,

  • which is the vegetarian counterpart to our McChicken.

  • If I had to eat this versus the chicken one,

  • I would not be upset at all.

  • Really good.

  • Next up, we have two "American" burgers:

  • the American Cheese Supreme veg

  • and the American Cheese Supreme chicken.

  • My hunch for what makes them American