travelling around san jose and going into some of the larger stores that harbor all the mcdonalds, burger kings etc. i noticed a couple of things...
the lines are long
the people are larger
and the food smell disgusting
just like home
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| Author: | Glduke [ Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Fast food chains open 29 new franchises in San Jose |
Let the obesity rise more and more. http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/2010/enero/ ... 30647.html |
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| Author: | JazzboCR [ Tue Jan 19, 2010 2:12 pm ] |
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O joy!...O rapture! Didn't this kinda thing used to be called "Coca-Cola Colonialism"? And the homogenization of the world to American capitalist values and tastes rolls on... |
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| Author: | Crazyhorse0017 [ Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:54 pm ] |
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The Gulch needs an In-n-Out Burger...no Bullsh*t, I think one would do really well there. CH |
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| Author: | Haywood Jablommi [ Tue Jan 19, 2010 7:44 pm ] |
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We need the chicas to stay on a central american diet lest they start to look like the horrendous fatties one sees in the USA. |
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| Author: | BondTrader [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 4:55 pm ] |
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George Harrison: "All Things Must Pass"..... |
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| Author: | PCBill [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 5:31 pm ] |
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Crazyhorse0017 wrote: The Gulch needs an In-n-Out Burger...no Bullsh*t, I think one would do really well there.
CH I would second that. Probably the best fast food burger I have ever had. Bill |
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| Author: | BondTrader [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 5:34 pm ] |
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PCBill wrote: Crazyhorse0017 wrote: The Gulch needs an In-n-Out Burger...no Bullsh*t, I think one would do really well there. CH I would second that. Probably the best fast food burger I have ever had. Bill For me I'll take Fatburger. |
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| Author: | LAdiablo [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 7:09 pm ] |
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travelling around san jose and going into some of the larger stores that harbor all the mcdonalds, burger kings etc. i noticed a couple of things... the lines are long the people are larger and the food smell disgusting just like home
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| Author: | PacoLoco [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:04 pm ] |
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Hit San Pedro Mall food court for lunch one day, it's hard to find a seat. Yep Ticos love junk food too. 
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| Author: | JazzboCR [ Thu Jan 21, 2010 12:50 am ] |
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I haven't got a science link on this but...fat in foods is tasty and maybe mildly addicting. Have you tasted the fat-containing vs. the fat-free versions of, say potato chips? Costa Ricans, being human beings, share this weakness. Besides it's not always what you take in--it's what you don't burn off, that adds the poundage. These folks storming the health clubs, are they? I thought not. Add to this labor-saving devices like cheap taxi's and there you go--rules at venues excluding the, um, avoirdupois-challenged. I can be so cruel. |
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| Author: | Chilimike [ Thu Jan 21, 2010 1:01 am ] |
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paco we hit a movie at the mall and stopped for something to eat in the food court ......every place was packed and full trays of food on every table. Something you dont see even at lunch time in the states ....it was 3:00 on a tuesday ......not sure where all these tico's get the money but it seems they all have it ....also that KFC next to the Pres. is the best run fast food place in san jose .....or restaurant ,full service or bar food |
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| Author: | LAdiablo [ Thu Jan 21, 2010 2:05 am ] |
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avoirdupois challenged?  i'm running for the french dictionary
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| Author: | PacoLoco [ Thu Jan 21, 2010 9:26 am ] |
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Jazzbro, fat, sugar and salt are rare in nature so humans naturally crave these "delicacies". Many menu items are engineered with this in mind to taste good, for instance McDonalds was outed for spraying sugar water on their salads. Chilimike we always make a trip to the mall for lunch, yes 2 floors of food court and never a place to sit, it is amazing, no wonder 29 more restaurants are opening this year. |
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| Author: | JazzboCR [ Thu Jan 21, 2010 1:37 pm ] |
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Brother LaDiablo--OK, "fat". I'm so PC. |
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| Author: | Prolijo [ Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:22 pm ] |
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Much like the male's natural predisposition towards polygamy, mankind's natural craving for sweet, salty or fatty foods is rooted in our early prehistory. In the case of our diet, for tens of thousands of years of man's existence survival was based on high calorical pursuits like running with a spear to kill our food or sweating away all day in a field to harvest our food by hand, and even then we never knew when we would have periods where game was scarce or drought might limit our crops. Because of that, we naturally needed a high-calorie, high-salt, high-fat diet. The time period where we could effectively store food, and even produce and process it by machine, not to mention use all sorts of other labor saving devices like combustible fuel vehicles to get around is practically yesterday from an evolutionary perspective. --- Haywood, FYI, a steady diet of high starch gallo pinto isn't exactly the best prescription for weight control either (absent an active lifestyle to go along with it), which is why you see so many latinas eventually spring thick J-Lo asses and thunder thighs when they hit middle-age. JB, Labor-saving devices like taxis may seem cheap to us or to HDR chicas who just recieved cien dollares from a gringo late at night, but for most ticos earning just $20-25/day it is still an expense that is best avoided whenever possible. Of course, the public bus system that most ticos rely on is much cheaper still, but they still need to walk between where-ever they're coming and going to/from and the respective bus stops. This may be somewhat less so than it has been in times past, but the typical tico still probably has to expend more physical effort on a daily basis than their lazy gringo cousins. However, I'll agree with your larger point: in terms of laziness, these ticos are rapidly catching up with us. ---- Chilimike, Re: the San Pedro Mall food court, while it is certainly true that the place is loaded up with the junk food american style chains and that it is those places that seem to have the longest lines of ticos, there are also plenty of stalls that offer relatively good and wholesome local cuisine and it is THOSE places that I most enjoy going. Also, during the lunch rush it is certainly true that the place is pretty packed, but I don't really think any more so than any similarly popular mall food court in the US. I'm not sure what was happening when you went there at 3PM on a Tuesday afternoon, but in my limited experience at that mall the type of crowds you described is not at all the norm. By any chance, was that a Tuesday during the unusual pre-Christmas buying period? That could explain it and, again, would not be so different than what you might see at a mall in the US at that time of year. More usually, for any of us, not being locked down to a typical eating schedule while on vacation in SJ, it is not so hard to take our lunches before or after the worst of the lunch rush and at most such times a spot can always be found, even at the coveted tables on the outdoor balcony with their wonderful view of the mountains to the south. You made the mall foodcourt sound like some sort of undesirable place to go for lunch. IMHO, nothing could be further from the truth. |
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