Do YOU consider this the same as fast food? (feddit.org)

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I'm not talking about the "typical" junk food (like KFC or McDonalds), instead it's more on certain aspects of Japanese cuisine being carb heavy or features fried items such as: ramen, agepan, karage, tempura, gyudon, tonkatsu, yakitori, etc. I mean, can ramen or gyudon bowls still be deemed "fast food" even though they appear 'healthier' than American fast food.

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[-] CombatWombat@feddit.online 1 points 3 hours ago

I'm not sure if that's the only thing for me? I would feel strange saying I got "fast food" if I got a falafel from the halal food truck, or papusas from the stall at the farmers' market, even though they are inexpensive and served quickly? I could imagine a fast food karage or tempura place, but a noodle soup can't easily be carried out and eats slow enough that it would be strange in my dialect to refer to as "fast food."

[-] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 hours ago

That's "street food," which is just fast food without a permanent location.

[-] CombatWombat@feddit.online 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I think this is probably true, though I'll have to poke at my dialect a bit to make sure, but when someone says we're getting fast food, I assume they mean fast food with a permanent location, and probably a drive thru. If you say this at an event we drove to with food trucks, I'll start walking to our car, not the food trucks.

[-] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago

Yeah that tracks.

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