[This is my Trail] Crunchwrap Supreme???

[Rachelle]

Yes, it's true, KFC (肯德基 ken de ji) in China now has something that is suspiciously similar to a crunchwrap supreme from Taco Bell. After all, KFC and Taco Bell are owned by the same company (Yum! Brands, who also own Pizza Hut, Long John Silver's, A&W, etc.). The 嫩牛五方 (nen niu wu fang-soft beef pentagons??) are pretty tasty. Just add some sour cream, cheese and taco sauce to the spicy Sichuan one and it would almost be Mexican! Don't they look pretty much exactly the same? There's also another "French-style" one (not pictured) that has beef and mushrooms--not bad either, but they always add too much black pepper in China...

According to the Yum! Brands China site (yes, they are so big in China, they have a section for international and a section for China), a new KFC is opened every day in Mainland China. That is totally ridiculous, but not surprising. Even smaller cities (more than 550 total) that no one outside of China has heard of have one (or more!) KFCs. There are also Pizza Huts in 100 different Chinese cities (Kunming has 3 now).

There are about 2,600 KFCs in China and about 2,000 McDonalds.

I just wish they would go ahead and open up Taco Bells in China!!!

Anyway, there you have your Chinese fast food facts of the day...


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Posted By Rachelle to This is my Trail at 5/13/2009 04:15:00 AM