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A&W in Bangkok, Thailand, reportedly served a waffle fillet of fish sandwich with tartar sauce. A&W's waffle ranked in Foursquare's top 15 waffles in Bangkok.
Fast-food items can be just as strange in the US. Made with 100% boneless pork, McDonald's McRib comes with onions, pickles, and barbecue-style sauce. It is a customer favorite and has been for decades, but it's not so easy to find, as it's not always on the menu.
McDonald's has locations across the globe, and the menu items vary from country to country. Locations in France and Thailand have served a pineapple pie. Travel-show host and producer Ray Williams told Business Insider that the pie is his favorite McDonald's dessert item.
But McDonald's isn't the only chain with a menu that varies around the world. In 2012, Pizza Hut Middle East came out with a pizza crust stuffed with cheeseburgers.
And this wasn't even the first time that Pizza Hut featured an extravagantly stuffed crust. Although it debuted internationally in 2012, America got to taste this over-the-top pie, featuring a hot-dog-stuffed crust, in 2015.
International Pizza Huts are known for their obscure menu items, like this Doritos Crunchy Crust Pizza that debuted in Pizza Hut Australia in 2014. According to NPR, these extravagant pizza concoctions, while generally unappetizing to Americans, appeal to a global audience.
Pizza Hut Dubai has Chocomania: pizza dough with white and dark chocolate inside and cinnamon sugar on top. It was "scrumptious," aside from the end pieces, which had less chocolate in them, Business Insider reviewers found in 2018.
American Pizza Hut items are less obscure, but still far from the norm. This is a grilled cheese pizza. While crust stuffed with cheese is very common, Pizza Hut's unique spin includes bread crumbs, cheese, and butter, making it reminiscent of a classic grilled cheese.
Although they'll make you assemble it yourself, McDonald's secret menu offers a twist on a French classic: McCrepes. This includes McDonald's Fruit 'N Yogurt Parfait and an order of hot cakes.
The same is true for some other bizarre secret menu items at McDonald's, like the Land Sea and Air Burger, which features a McChicken, a Big Mac, and a Filet-O-Fish ...
Speaking of chicken, the cookie chicken tenders Popeyes launched in 2017 were just chicken tenders coated in shortbread cookie crumbs, and according to Business Insider reviewers, they had just the right amount of sweetness to them.
KFC is getting in on the sweet and savory mashup as well. This is a piece of boneless fried chicken sandwiched between two glazed doughnuts. According to a Business Insider reviewer sampling the creation in September, it's "surprisingly delicious."
Another weirdly good KFC menu item from the early 2010s was the Double Down. It's essentially a bacon and cheese sandwich that uses fried chicken for the bun.
No matter what you order, you'll need to wash it down, and Sonic has you covered with its mocktail slushies. They debuted in July, and they come in three flavors: Strawberry Daiquiri, Piña Colada, and Reaper Spicy Margarita.
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Joey Hadden is a travel reporter and photojournalist at Business Insider based in NYC. She covers transportation modes, alternative lifestyles, and luxury travel. Many of Joey's stories are visual features that give readers a front-row seat to her personal experiences at home and around the world.Joey graduated from St. Edward's University in May 2019 with a BA in Photocommunications. Since joining Business Insider in 2019, Joey has traveled by train in seven different countries, including overnight rides lasting up to 53 hours. She's ridden on many different train lines, including Amtrak, Via Rail, Nightjet, and the iconic Orient Express of the 21st century, among others. During her travels, she's slept in countless accommodations — five-star hotels, unique tiny homes, and private train cabins, to name a few.When traveling in North America, Joey takes readers inside the continent's wealthiest enclaves where billionaires hide away, from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to Medina, Washington. When she's not taking trains, notes, or pictures, Joey spends her time singing and playing drums for the indie-rock band Blanket Approval.
