BEST TO WORST Fast Food Franchise in Korea

Do you guys like fast food? I know I shouldn't, but I do. Today, I'll be visiting four of Korea's most popular fast food chains according to this survey and show you guys what the food is really like. I hope you guys are ready because we're headed to the first destination, Burger King. So in Korea, they often have these bundle deals, where they give you a little bit of discount if you get their new menus that they're promoting. But me, I like to choose my own destiny. By the way, if you guys thought that Koreans do horrible things to dogs, think again. We love dogs so much that we even have dog food at Burger King. These are supposed to be really good for their marbling. Just kidding, guys. Just kidding. Anyway, I got two burgers and a bunch of sides, and everything turned out to be $17.60. Kind of too much for Burger King, but I did get a lot of food. Whoa, this is dope. Now, let me show you guys what I got. Some good American Coca-Cola, blazing hot Burger King coffee. It's the Quattro Cheese Guinness Burger. Is it just me, or does it look kind of depressing? The Bulgogi Chicken Burger. Creamy mozzarella balls. Some Angry Nugget Kings. And of course, this is French fries, except it comes with a little packet of powder. You don't snort this. This is Korea. In Korea, we do something that's better than snorting it. We mix it up with the fries. And then you shake it. Well, I think we're about ready now. Let's get the party started. I got this 21-centimeter cheese stick. This is so funny. So that's like 7 inches. Pretty long. Not big enough for me. It's just like any cheese stick that you can get from a supermarket, except it's really long. The French fries itself, it's almost exactly the same as the American ones. It was pretty good, but I think I might have been better off without the powder. And here's their cheese mozzarella ball. It's not just mozzarella cheese. It's like half cream cheese. It's kind of cute, I guess. But it tasted like a really cheap frozen food, so I wouldn't get it again. As for this Angry Nugget King, it's kind of like a spicy version of a McNugget. I do feel like the surface can be a little crispier. Now, shall we move on to the burgers? This one's called the Bulgogi Monster Burger. I believe this deep-fried patty is actually chicken. Underneath it, there's a beef patty with some bulgogi sauce. I like how the sauce is slightly spicy. Good amount of protein with the chicken patty. Just gonna be honest, I'm not particularly impressed by their buns. I got better ones right here, you know? It just feels really factory-made. I want it to taste a little more buttery, you know? Let's try this Peach Black Guinness Burger. They said quattro cheese with basins. I don't see a lot of cheese in there. Oh, Jimmy, it looks completely different from the photo! Well, what can I say? Burger King's not in the business of being honest. They're in the business of making you pay for their burgers. You know one thing about their bun? It's black, so it makes it look unique. But it doesn't taste any different. Yeah, Korea has a lot of these things where they make things look special. But once you get to know, there's actually nothing special about it in its core. Oh, trust me, I'm not talking about the people. It's honestly not really worth a try. I expected a little more from Burger King. This is more like burger working class person. Perhaps I should find a different place. Now here's a place that all of you guys know about. You guessed it right, it's McDonald's! That's right, every American's painful first job. So what I noticed is that Korean McDonald's is generally the same as the American one. Except there's a few items that are original to Korea, which includes bulgogi and shrimp burger. Let's see how good these really are. Should I start with the fries? Could this be better than the American fries? Because this is Korea and we make like K-pop and stuff. I mean, this is 100% identical to the American fries. Close my eyes, I feel like I'm already surrounded by Americans. Of course, none of them's racist. One thing that I really like about Korea is the style of their packaging design. I think that's really cool. So this one's called Shushu Burger, which stands for Supreme Shrimp Burger. Pretty cute, right? And this one that I got is called Egg Bulgogi Burger. Now let's start with this Egg Bulgogi Burger. Check this out. So there's one fried egg and a bulgogi patty. So I feel like what it is is... Do you guys know the sausage patty in McMorning's with this so-called bulgogi sauce? Just so you guys know, bulgogi in real life doesn't taste anything like this. I guess the color of the sauce is kind of similar. It tastes somewhere between soy sauce and barbecue sauce. It seems that every burger franchise in Korea has bulgogi burger. And it hurts me to say this to you guys, but they're like all right. Now let's get a taste of this Shushu Burger. So it seems to have some peanut butter-based sauce and a deep-fried shrimp patty. Let me take a bite now to show you guys what it looks like on the inside. Man, can you imagine if you can tell what a person's like on the inside by biting? Then I'd be biting everyone. So I thought it might be kind of a ground shrimp patty. This actually has chunks of shrimps. I wanted to find out how many shrimps are in the patty, so I decided to tear it apart. Okay, there's a few shrimps, but I feel like it comes with more than half of the stuff you don't really want. Like a conversation with my parents. This is just my personal opinion, but I felt like these burgers weren't as good as at regular burgers like Big Mac. You know what I also like about McDonald's? They still give you straws. Yeah, I mean sea turtle lies matter, but it doesn't matter that much, you know? It's a paper straw, but I suppose it's enough to take out a sea turtle. Oh, by the way, this is Hallabong Chiller. It's kind of like orange smoothie. Given that it's less than two dollars, I think it's kind of worth it. Chill as ****, boy. Now let's make this more interesting and try fast foods from non-American franchises. Hello guys, I'm here in Seoul Station. There's one franchise that's been popular for generations in Korea, and it's called Lotteria. Lotteria is actually a Japanese company, but it's the first burger franchise to open in Korea. They're supposed to have this really unique burger that you can't find anywhere else. Let's go check it out. This is nostalgic. I remember coming to Lotteria with my hard-earned allowance, aka school material money, just to get one burger without my mom knowing. Now I'm old enough to get a bunch of things without my mom knowing. It's the Korean burger. So let's start with something that's more burger-like. This is Hanwoo Mushroom Burger. You guys probably know by now, but Hanwoo is a Korean breed of cow, and it's like insanely expensive. Also insanely tasty too. Is this gonna live up to Hanwoo's reputation? Let me try this. Wow, I quite like the mushroom sauce that's on this. You know like one of those canned mushroom soups? The sauce is exactly like that, and I kind of like it. Now I'm not trying to give you a biased opinion because I'm Korean. I just feel like the buns that they have here is also fresher and puffier than McDonald's and Burger King. It's true. Now before I move on to my next burger, let's do a quick review of their fries. So this to me feels like a less crispy version of McDonald's fries. Not as salty. I don't know about you guys, I'm cool with it. So this is squid rings. So I'd say this is like calamari rings, but it's like super thick. Came with the sauce. I want to say nice things about it. I think the batter could be crispier. And the squid is like really fishy. They only gave us three pieces, and these are like too gifty. So I feel like I got robbed. I'm upset now. Let me take a sip of this Diet Coke. It helps me wash down the bitter taste in my mouth, you know? Every time a girl abuses me, I drink a bunch of Diet Coke. Makes me feel a lot better. So this is cinnamon pastry kkwabaegi. So this is like some kind of pastry. It looks really crispy. They just deep fried it. This is like donut, but without any sugar. Only like $1.50 or so. So it's not a bad deal. Now I hope you guys are excited because here in my hands, I'm holding a burger that you can't find anywhere else. It's called rice burger. In Korea, we call it rice burger. What it is, is instead of bread bun, they actually have rice. Now this used to be a thing in Korea like 10, 20 years ago. But recently, they brought it back. So the rice portion of the burger seems to have some purikage-like materials mixed in. So that should give it nice flavors. First rice burger since I was a little child. This is exciting. You know what it's like? If you scoop up a bunch of rice and you eat like a sausage patty, that's just what it's like. So it's not bad. It doesn't have like a special like flavor to it. Definitely worth a try. Especially this being so affordable. I like how they gave me a pinch of lettuce. It's like they didn't really want to give it to me. And they're like, fine, you can have it. Also, I'd like to change my opinion on the pastry. It's like one of those things that doesn't impress you at first. But the more you have it, the more you like it. It's like one of those girls that are like, I don't know about this girl in the beginning. But the more you know about her, the more charming she is. So there's only two Lotteria branches that has rice burger. So I came a long way just to try it. Was it worth it? Yeah, I think so. Now I feel like I need to explore just one more Korean franchise. Just one more. I'm on my way to Mom's Touch. It's supposed to be the most highly rated fast food restaurant in Korea. Well, highly rated by the public doesn't mean jack shit. Let's see if Uncle Jimmy can approve it. So Mom's Touch is kind of like Korean Popeyes. And they're known for their fried chicken based items. So I feel like Mom's Touch is kind of a weird name. The only times when my mom touched me, it was when I got my spanking treatment. All right, the food is here. It took like 15 minutes. Kind of too slow for a fast food, but I'm not gonna complain. Here's what I got. I got this cheese buchi fries, a pair of balls that didn't come from me, a white garlic chicken burger, and the meatball burger. Dang, that's a lot of balls. Are you guys ready for this? Because I am. The sweet caramel ball. It's kind of an appetizer, right? It's like $2 for two of these pieces, which I believe is a little too expensive. Is this actually good? Let's find out. So I thought this would be like super soft, but it's actually kind of hard. It's very crispy. And these little pieces on the outside, it's kind of like dried up deep fried peanut butter. It's really good. It was very good, but for two pieces, I feel like it's still a little too expensive. Now let's talk about the cheese buchi fries. So it stands for cheese sprinkled fries. So sprinkle is this powder seasoning that got really popular in Korea. It is a little gimmicky. It tastes very artificial. It's like sweet and savory at the same time. A lot of people like it. I'm not a huge fan, but I'm not gonna be so quick to dismiss the idea of this. This is actually kind of addicting. Oh, this is far better than what I had at Burger King. Let's move on to the burger. It's a white garlic burger. Is it actually good though? So it has some slices of ham, the garlic based sauce, and the deep fried, I believe that's chicken breast, which makes it a little dry and tough. I don't mind it. This burger is very minimal, clean. Everything feels fresh. I like it. And the garlic sauce, it goes so well with the onions in there. Pretty impressed. All right, let's get a little fancy now and have this meatball burger. So the meatball, it's like one of those frozen meatballs. It's good, but there's nothing really fancy about it. The chicken patty that's in this is not chicken breast. It's actually chicken thigh. So I would say the taste and the feel of this chicken thigh patty, it's very similar to the chicken sandwich at Popeyes. So I tried four of Korea's top rated fast food franchises. And here's my ranking, personal opinion. Ranked at fourth or the worst is Burger King for me. Their buns kind of look like zombies. And the side menus were pretty much a supermarket frozen food section. I also got a really bad stomach flu after this meal. When I called them, they claimed it's not their fault. A good king would have known this thing called accountability. Number three, McDonald's. They're trying to be original, but not original enough. Also, can we see some more shrimps in there for F sake? I'm allergic to shrimps, but I didn't even get allergic reactions. Number two is Lotteria. Their burger patties are all right, but they have some things that are original, which delivers some pretty good quality as well. I think that makes it at least worth a visit. And the first is obviously Mom's Touch. At the end of the day, it's still a fast food. So it's not like it blows away its competitions. But I like how their chicken patties didn't have a lot of filler ingredients. And overall, the food felt really fresh to me. I mean, remember, it's still fast food and it can only be so good. But if you have a chance to visit Korea, you might want to try some of these places. I'll be going to Japan soon. So hope you guys are ready for that too. Thank you guys so much for watching and have an amazing day. Oh, God, what am I going to do in Japan? It's going to be so unbelievably fun.