Why are there so many fat Americans?

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If you have a Five Guys near you they are at the higher end (better quality) of fast food as fast food goes.
They are also higher in price, limited menu (pretty much only burgers, fries, and beverages), and not all that fast.
I guess I should add to that the last two times I stopped at the Burger King nearest me it was slower than hell.

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The food courts of some malls have a vendor that sells health food. They seem to never get as many customers, though.
I think a lot of people eat healthier at home but pig out on junk food when they are on the go. That's what I tend to do, anyway....

Take a look at this study:
http://www.bmj.com/node/752041

Mexican cuisine is very fat, cheese cheese cheese, they put cheese in everything (and yummy spices).

In my little town we have two new fast food places,a Subway and Taco Loco.I won't go into Subway becuse once I was denied access to their restroom in Greely,Co.I have hated them ever since,I really had to go.And I'm not eating anywhere called Taco Crazy.
I'd eat at one of the locally owned cafés instead,they have some healthy stuff.Greek salads and some veggie food.One place just sells organic or local stuff,you can get an elk burger there.But to hell with that,I want biscuits-n- gravy.

I've never heard of Taco Loco. All we have around here in my part of Washington is Taco Bell, Taco Tumbres, and Taco Time.

I never heard of the last two you mentioned.Taco Bell is in most towns here and there used to be a Taco Tico but I think it's out of business.

Just about anything has to be a better alternative for tacos than Taco Bell (read that Taco Hell) and their dogfood tacos.

The last time I ate at Taco Hell was a year ago and it was nasty.The lettuce was wilted and the food was bland,except for the ever present over salting.
I've got better burritos at the little gas stations that sell pizza and stuff like that.

Do you have of those? This is Syrian Shawarma.
[img][800:765]http://i.imgur.com/EVRASvf.jpg[/img]

Looks decent. I'm assuming that what appears to be some kind of sauce in the center compartment is for dipping the Shawarma in. What is that in the left compartment that looks like mashed potatoes?

Garlic paste; it's for the chicken shawarma (one of the rows is chicken); the middle is made of tahini and it's for meat.

That does look good,and I LOVE garlic

Many of the rich/middleclass syrian refugees are opening chains of restaurants; so there are new entries of dishes.

It is worth noting that strictly speaking dishes in the Levantine region are associated with cities more than countries. So a dish might taste differently depending on whether you have it in Beirut, Sidon, Nablus, Homs or Aleppo....etc. Aleppo cuisine is the most esteemed among the Syrian cuisines.

This region was always a set of city-state cultures.

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Is that a wrap/roll or some pastry thing with shoarma in it? I haven't seen it in that form here. Here shoarma usually comes in pita bread or in a wrap. It often looks like this:




What is interesting that when you google images with "shoarma" (Dutch spelling) you get quite different results than when you google "shawarma". People usually eat it with garlic sauce, and sometimes cheese (you can usually get cheese with everything). For some reason the supermarket shoarma often has paprika slices in it too. Those pita bread/wrap shoarma are often on-the-go style too, without a plate. You can also get it without bread but with fries instead (since regardless of where you are somehow there are always fries available). I've also eaten couscous with shoarma in it.

I'm curious how much the meals you posted cost. Eating out is usually pretty expensive here. Fries are pretty affordable but anything fancier is somewhat expensive in my opinion. Eating in a restaurant as opposed to taking it home is often more expensive too. Anything with shoarma starts at 5-6 euros here. If you want a plate with shoarma and fries and salad that's usually 10 or more. For some reason kebab is cheaper than shoarma. Kebab usually (and shoarma sometimes) comes in what people here call Turkish bread.

I've never seen tahini over here. People usually eat their shoarma with garlic sauce (based on yoghurt or mayonaise or something), regardless of whether it is chicken or meat.