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A GROWING NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL<br />
FAST-FOOD CHAINS ARE SETTING UP<br />
SHOP IN THE US.<br />
BY KATIE ROBBINS<br />
ILLUSTRATION BY IAN KELTIE<br />
BUSINESS 089<br />
“Do you want fries with that?”<br />
It’s a constant refrain at the fast-food restaurants dotting the highways,<br />
city streets and shopping malls of the US. But increasingly, that question is<br />
being replaced with, “Do you want kimchi coleslaw with that?” Or flan? Or<br />
duck dumplings?<br />
Around the world, America is known for her fast food, beloved for its<br />
convenience, price point, familiarity and guilt-inducing pleasure. But after<br />
decades of the global proliferation of American restaurants, foreign fast-food<br />
chains are coming stateside, serving everything from falafel to Spam sushi.<br />
Though this flavor invasion started in the early 2000s, the last five<br />
years have seen an explosion of quick-service and fast-casual chains from<br />
abroad. Nando’s, which began in South Africa and now has outposts on five<br />
continents, brought its spicy Portuguese peri-peri chicken to Washington,<br />
OCTOBER <strong>2010</strong> GO MAGAZINE
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