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Danny Burger King came back into Japan in June this year, unless they left already. It's was in Shinjuku.

Also the whole time I was in Japan I only saw one Wendy's, and I was really surprised to see it.

Sulk,
Thanks for the correction - post updated ^^;

I've always liked Wendy's... when I used to eat fast food. They were cool.

Never been to one. I dont think ive ever seen one in the UK, and i tend to avoid US burger chains while im over there.

I can't remember quite well, since last time I tried all three was over 10 years ago, but I think the one I didn't like the most was KFC.

I was 15 on my last trip to USA.

Well, here in Brazil we do have McDs and I think we once had Wendy's.. not shure if there's still any around... but I dropped fast food for almost 5 years (back to it now though).

Not only that, I dropped soft drinks and tried to eat stuff like potato chips and some other artificial stuff as few as I could.

I'm back full force on those now... kinda regretting it already, but meh, I needed a break.

We do have Burger Kings here though only in major cities... and Pizza Huts (love 'em).

Oh, on Brazil we do have a fast food chain (called Giraffas) that makes... we call it the everyday brazilian meal.

Rice, beans, meat of some type and salad. They have like some 10 different types of combinations, the price is pretty much the same as a McD combination, and it's healthier too.

Wendy's is still pretty popular in US, first to start $1 menu war amongst fast food chains. Big thing with Wendy's is using never frozen beef for their burgers. BK sounds like had issues in Asia few years back, I know they pulled out of Korean market, then re-entered not too long ago.

teriaki burger???????????

i wish they made a teriaki burger here..you wouldn't be able to stop me from eating there daily..sadly

the onlytime i had a teriaki burger from a fast food chain was from mcdonalds when i was stationed in hawaii for ahwile.. it lasted for..i guess a year.. small and cheep but very good.. messy with gobs of teriaki sacue and mayo.. and some letuce..loved those.. and miss them..

need to start a letter writng campain to inclue them in the $1 menu :D

there's no wendy's in singapore. heck, even burger king is hard to find here. ('~')

Mmm, Wendy's. Nice to know that they have Teriyaki Burgers since I LOVED the McDonald's ones. Mmmmmm.

I wish I was back in Japan so I could have some more! No Teriyaki love in California :9

Wendy's...good stuff o_< b. Definitely has way better food and value then Mc Donalds. Tasty and hefty burgers, so much better than Mc Donald's soggy burgers. :p Each meal comes with salad, chilli beans or fries too and a drink. It's a shame that Wendy's is dying out. There's like only one Wendy in Richmond. :/

Wendy's here taste great, so does KFC. Although eating too much of either will probably kill you from fat intake. Mickey D's is so-so, but everywhere. When I was in Tokyo ages ago I did surprisingly find a BK in Shibuya (probably not there anymore). Meat taste like I was chewin on dried rat with ketchup. What did surprise me when I was there was not the food (except the teriyaki burger), but the uniforms. Girls at Mickey D's had short skirts on. All uniforms here are pants regardless of gender. "Hey baby, nice legs. Can you ring me up a teriyaki burger?"

NOTHING tastes better than Burger King oO... And no Burger King in Japan or just a few?! WTF??? ^^;

Wendy's were closest to my office in Ebisu, but their food is comparatively fat laden and greasy, in my view. I prefer Maccas or KFC if I'm in the mood for chicken.

Their teriyaki burger I do like very much, however.

Now that I'm back in Australia, I'm Wendy'less, since they only lasted a year here back in the 80's when they tried to move in here. Now there's just an unrelated chain with the same name, but they only sell ice creams and hot dogs.

Wendy's does not exist here, plus when I went to the States the first time and tried it I didn't like it, must be because I'm more used to typical food than fast food

wendy's is actually one of the resturants i still remember in japan, its a HUGE difference from the wendy's here in calgary.
their bugers are well done, the sauce on the burger is delicious.
my mom left for japan today about an hour ago and i was very sad i wasn't able to go with her.

There's no Wendy's here in Singapore. But there's a fast food chain Carl's Jr which makes really good and gigantic burgers.

Wendy tasted bland when it was still avail in singapore, we used to have Arby's but that tasted much better...but prefer Burger Kings Double-Swiss Mushroom...:p

While Wendy's isn't as large a chain as McDonalds or Burger King we have a fair amount of them where I live and they seem to do good business. In a way thats no surprise since the food is okay and reasonably priced not to mention Ohio is where Wendy's started and the Corporate big shots still have offices here. I don't go to them to often since I have an obsession with Taco Bell.

i love Wendy's! the last time i ate Wendy's was at the Mall of Asia and SM Mega Mall in Manila in August of 2006. before that it was way back in 2004 when i used to live in Guam. it still tasted as delicious as ever.

jeez this makes me hungry ^^
and I can't choose which has the worst taste cause they all seem to taste fine here

Can't really vote for this... we don't have Wendy's here(and it's the 1st time I've heard of Wendy's, sadly) and McD + KFC is equally bland here. Burger King is still the best.

We don't have Wendy's in Belgium. We have McD and a few KFC, but also a belgian chain called Quick just like McDonalds. I like Quick more than McDonalds. McDonalds actually changed the taste of the kind of similar taste between the Big Mac and the Giant (from Quick). But I like a Giant more than a Big Mac, but if I'm in a foreign country, I take a Big Mac. But I should try Wendy's one day...

Looks yummy..never had a chance to tried it out.

theres a wendy in singapore? not sure man have not tried it ... never even heard or seen such a shop

There's a Wendy's right near my house. Perfect for a late night snack.

I've never EVER tried Wendy's in my life even though it's popular over here.

Mmmmm....Wendy's. Does Japan's Wendy's have the 100 yen menu like here in the US where we have 1 USD menu which you can order chili, side salad, chicken nuggets, shake, etc.?

Teriyaki burgers... I wonder what those taste like. How much are those anyway?

By the way, there's this theory called the "Big Mac Index" where you compare countries based on the cost of their Big Macs. Interesting stuff...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Mac_Index

If you're ever in the States, you should try the new Baconator. 1/2 pound of meat, 6 strips of bacon, and 2 slices of gooey cheese. It's a mouthful of sweet, sweet death. (And I can't stop eating it.) :]

I hardly even eat Wendy's out here in Los Angeles, considering they lack store locations where convinient, but there are a lot of Mc Donald's and Jack In The Box restaurant's.

So there's a chance i'll never eat Wendy's in Japan.

Wendy's.... not in South Africa, I think I've heard of it somewhere before, but it's definitely not here. =(

Never liked KFC... nor Mcdonald's :P

sadly i can't choose between the 3 options in the poll. I love all 3. too bad though there isn't a wendy's around here in town.

I've just realized that Wendys never did had any TV commercials at all ! Amazing ! I use to hang out at the one in Takadanobaba near my film school as a student.

wow lol at WENDY'S! long time i saw one of them here in the UK. a lot of their stores closed up after a year or so. I only ever saw 2 of them & they werent local to me either.

I like Wendy's. Plus they got the $1 Chicken Nuggets! Woot!

Oh and it's probably not popular because of the severed FINGER in a customers chili. Surprise, surprise!

Always loved the WENDY`S location close by the Eibisu train station - open 24 hours - perfect for when you come out of Eibisu Club Milk drunk & hungry at 5:30AM !!

I also used to live i9n London in the 1980`s then again in the 1990`s.

Actually , London used to have KFC, McDonalds, Wendy`s, Wimpy`s (you`ll only know that one if you`re british..)
as well as Taco Bell (!) AND ARBY`S (!!)

Sadly Arby`s has been gone for years there (they have also all closed down here in California) - wonder why they never tried to open one in Tokyo ??

Then , on the other hand Tokyo has FRESHNESS BURGER (kick ass food) and MOS BURGER (really tatsty too)

I think Tokyo has great selection - apparantly there are 50,000 restaraunts in the TOKYO area !!

Hey Danny, I will be in London for Christmas - I will MSN you, maybe you return the the U.K. to visit your family back in Hackney over the holidays?

Hope so!

Sean

well that severed finger was proven to be a hoax and the people involved were arrested..but yes that did all sorts of damage to the company...but Wendys was always the smaller of the fast food retailers. heck theres only one here, where i live vs. untold dozens of carls jr. Kfc's and McD's and 2 burgerkings...

Say how are Pizza Huts in Japan, i know it was very different in Indonesia vs. the US...here its sit where you want and when your pizza is done they will toss it on the table for you, but when i was in Indonesia it was like some high class resturant with waiters and forks, a place to go kinda place...not what i was used to at all...

I actually tried the one and only burger king (which pulled out and returneded), it's kinda on the way/at Ikebukuru's Sunshine city, near the Mac Donald's -- it's pretty tasty. The Wendy's at Ikebukuru area is not impressive tho -- burger was cold and fries were old! (Maybe we just went to a bad branch :P)

Oops apparently there's one at Shinjuku too? (Should have scrolled all the way down :P) And I forgot to mention, Wendy's here is so so, (burgers are bigger than in Japan, but kinda not very tasty =_=) there's an A&W near our home which is YUM tho :P

I'm such a fast food junkie ^^;;;;

Wendy's??? YUM! Unfortunately here in Sydney we don't have them, We got Hungry Jack or Burger King, & some local burger franchise, last year when I went back to Indonesia & Singapore, I went to Wendy's & A&W, they even have dairy queen! plus our all time favorite Yoshinoya (Japan & US a bit different).
Too bad its getting harder to find Chicken express & Red Rooster here, they kept closing down and too any Mc/KFC poping up. :(

Wendy's isn't popular here but i'm glad it isn't
it has become my friend's little hand out.. which most people use Mikky D's for..I haven't eaten McDs for awhile.. almost since a year..I ate there last week..

my friend was reluctant to go.. i pondered why.. and found out why when we got our comboes..the bread was hard,
the cheese was suspiciously solid.. but the best part was the fries..

our burgers came in a small box ,instead of those wrappers everyone else uses.. my friend took a small mini fry and asked me to examine it.. yes it was a real fry.. hard.. but a fry..
next thing i knew she took the fry.. and impaled it right through the burger box.. instantly sending me in a frenzy of laughter!

say has anyone seen a CFC around? i saw one in Padang Indoniesia, its a California Fired Chicken...oddly enough I(living in California) have never seen one here in the states...

there are a lot of Wendy's around here i live I know of at least 3

Whats with the "6" sign? O_O

Here in New York, Wendy's is pretty popular. There's one by my college and one by my old high school.

Wendy's do have TV commercials Danny. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeEPoRkGM_c

I had a wendys back when I was a kid and my family went over to the US of A for a holiday. They were actually really good, but I didn't think much of their chances in other markets when their tag was "Americas 4th favorite fast food chain"

For me, KFC rules the roost and then it's Burger king. Wendys would be above BK if there were any in the UK and i just avoid McD like the plague

Is that the Wendy's in Ginza? Eating in there reminded me of my lunches at primary school, probably it was due to the small chairs.

During the summer I remember having a hot dog set from their menu, which was really dry despite a horrendous amount of ketchup on it. Other then that, the 'tomato chicken sand' set was alright. Not the best when compared to the filth that McD's brings us (─▽─)

Back in the 80's we had a Wendy in Brussels ( I used to have a student pass :))but it closed..competition between McDo and Quick ( our local stuff ) was too fierce...no burger king also no KFC...
But when in japan I'll go and re-taste a Wendy...count on it

Can't answer your question...because we don't have Wendy's here in Holland. >.

I eat neither of the three or any fast food for that matter. My roomate eats Wendys and loves it. Around the area where I am at a new Wendys opened up so it must be popular. I do enjoy their frostees ocasionally though...

Except for sandwhich joints like potbellies, subway, jimmy johns and hot dog joints, I've stopped doing fast food. Too much fat and calories for my taste. The one thing I miss is the Angus with bacon from burger king, really tasty.

Whatttt, no Baconator!?!?!?

Lol, way to leave it up to the Americans to come up with something that has enough fat to 1-bite kill people.

Fast food just isn't for me.

Wendys in the Philippines have shrunken burgers. their burgers are about half the size of a regular burger. I remember during one of my trips to California. A food attendant was so suprised when I ordered two burgers for myself. as for me, I got suprised when I recieved the burgers. ^^;

I remember going to the Wendys outside Yokosuka naval base. After a year an a half stationed at Camp Zama, it was great to have a Frosty. I quickly ordered a large frosty with my burger and fries.

That's when I got my reminder that I was still living in Japan. My LARGE Frosty was the same size as a child sized Frosty in the US.

But man it was really really good :)

Danny, I'll see your Wendy's and raise you a Popeyes Cajun Fried Chicken. Unfortunately, their franchises are only on American military bases including Camp Zama, Atsugi, Yokosuka, and Yakota.

Wendy's is the only fast food place I have ever eaten in the past five years. I dont eat there often, but when I do its perfect to satisfy a quick craving. Chicken nuggets, 1/4 lb.er with cheese, maybe a small frosty. mmmmmmmmmm ... AAAAAHHHH Asuka mental image!!!!!

I remember Malaysia used to have Wendy's when I was a wee lad. I was reaquainted with it in Indonesia when i was there for a project this year. OMG it was awesome. I like how simple but tasty it was. Definately tastes better than McDonalds generic stuff.

But if I were to make a choice, Carl's Jr. has got to be da best. Those bacon strips are to die for.

Don't think Singapore ever had Wendy's, I've seen it in Malaysia though, don't know if they still have it there.

Where I'm at the McDonald's is surprisingly actually quite good, while the Wendy's sucks horribly. Everywhere else I've ever eaten at a McDonald's or Wendy's it was the complete opposite of that.

Actually I love Jack In The Box's Ultimate Cheeseburger. Wish they had it here or in Japan. "We don't make it till you order it".

KFC is pretty good, cant say much about wendy's, and McDonalds is total crap.

Wendy was the preferred fastfood burger place amongst my friends while I was in college. The quality of KFC and Micky D is very inconsistent from store to store outside cities here in the states based on my personal experience.

despite the fierce fastfood competition especially with the burger chains like jolibee and mcdonalds, wendys is still here and i think they are tied with burger king ^^

i love their cholesterol inducing burgers especially their Big Classic burgers lolz XDDD

The only thing that makes my girlfriend a little scared about moving too Japan is there might not be Mexican Food there. I'm a little scared about that too. So is there like a Taco Bell or something? There's got to be!

That looks tasty. Wendy's has been my favorite out of the burger places, followed by Burger King. McDonald's ranks low.

And American Wendy's could so profit from a teriyaki burger.

Thanks Danny!
I've always wanted to know the menu of a Japanese based fast food restaurant cause my friend from Japan always told me they had awesome stuff (like the teriyaki burgers).
I think the reason McDonalds fares so well is subliminal advertising of the older generation and the fact there are so man advertisings/commercials of them, even though the food sucks.

nice wrapping and menu...

To me, it seems that the menu, for fast food chains, in Asia are a lot better than what's in the states...

It's all a matter of tastes and places but I would go the same way as Crisu.
Wendy's first, BK second. To me Mc Do wins points here because they make delicious deli sandwiches (guess it's Canadian exclusive).

Since I don't eat fast food on a regular basis (it's even exceptional to me), I'm fine with it.

Nothing beats fast food with traditional values and homestyle cooking/preparation.

I don't even find Wendy's anywhere in Singapore. But Mcdonalds is bad here. They once had a teriyaki chicken burger and it was bad. really bad.

I always like to see what overseas fast food chains offer that they don't offer in America. When I was there over the holidays, I didn't eat any fast food, but I noticed some advertisements for tamago burgers and other items that sounded interesting.

Good to see Wendy's is as good as it is here...there aren't too many Wendy's around compared to McD's and KFC, but you can find them if you look.

Wendy's is very Popular as everybody that lives or has visited the US agrees. I like the quality of the Meat and the overall freshness of their other ingredients. Here in the western part of the US are other chains that have the best Burguers. For me it's a toss up between
"Carl's Jr." and " In-n-Out Burguers" Simply the best!!!!

Hope you get lucky and they'll open some in Japan soon.

Only thing that McDonald's has better than the rest are their Fries (That's it).

Now I'm really hungry x_x'

Wendy's in Japan is not-so-bad, and well, it's cheap! (Which can be important too)

I do my ranking:
1- Burger King
2- Wendy's
3- Moss Burger
4- McDonalds
5- KFC

i decided to follow some advice which did sound nice at the time
"get out of the hotel, avoid mcdonalds and eat what the locals eat"
i did exactly that and ended up with food poisoning...
luckily here in california- we have in and out- the best fast food burger out there
it has to be good because the selection is burger or cheeseburger lol

I love Wendys! To be honest, I think they are pretty much the best fast food burger joint in town. Their food is always fresh (unlike McDonalds and Burger king) and it is really reasonably priced. I don't know how good Tokyo's Wendys is compared to where I live but I imagine it is somewhat simliar.

HAHA that is too funny :P

baconator!,baconator!......i eat at wendy's for lunch at least 3 times a week, for the food, and this cutie that takes my order...lol

For some reason, McDonalds in Japan taste a little strange to me, but Wendy's never let me down. I used to hit up the ikebukuro location after the closing shift at Nova. Usually, it was a nice topper to an otherwise crappy day.

Wendy's is my number two fav of the big chains. Number one would be Harvey's, char broiled goodness. Do you have any in Japan?