we wanted to find out all the differences

between McDonald's in Japan and the US.

This is "Food Wars."

Hey, guys, Joe from "Food Wars."

We're doing a new season.

We're comparing the US to Japan.

In order to do that, I want to introduce you

to cohost and my man in Japan, George.

Hello, guys. I'm George.

I'm from Japan, and I like McDonald's.

So, in Japan, our McDonald's sodas come in three sizes.

This is small.

Small.

And this is Japan's medium.

Medium.

And this one is Japan's large.

Large.

In Japan, our chicken McNuggets

come in five and 15 pieces.

Our chicken McNuggets come in

four,

six,

10,

20,

or 40 piece.

Look at all those nuggets.

Oh.

They've been sitting for a while.

Japan McDonald's fries come in three sizes,

small, medium, and large.

In the US, you can get your fries in four sizes,

kids, small, medium, and large.

Look at this little guy. Look at this little guy.

George: So, this is large fries,

and I'm going to weigh them.

Joe: We are going to also weigh a large McDonald's fry.

Wow!

OK, so, so far our larges are the same.

Yeah, wow. That worked perfectly,

that thing I just did there. Great job, Joe.

Go home.

Go!

Joe: Now let's measure the medium. Why not?

Our mediums are smaller.

Huh. Interesting.

So, this is a Japanese Big Mac.

Ta-da! [trumpets playing]

Oh!

So, this is a Japanese Big Mac.

Joe: This is an American Big Mac,

and we're going to weigh it as well.

Oh, we've got a heftier Big Mac here in the US.

That's more like it.

So, in Japan, the Big Mac value set,

which is a Big Mac and medium fries and a medium drink,

comes out to 690 yen, or $6.21.

In the US, that same meal costs $8.54,

or 948.46 Japanese yen.

That's a 37.52% increase in price in the US.

What the heck?

So, here is everything you can only get

at Japan's McDonald's

you cannot get in the US.

And this is everything you can get at a US McDonald's

that you cannot get in Japan.

So, we are going to start with waffle cones, right here.

So, we got plain.

So, plain means it's, like, rich milk taste.

And next one is strawberry.

Strawberry. Personally, I like this.

Our next one is

chocolate and almond, right there.

Mm.

It's not melting.

Good job, buddy.

So, here we've got McFloats.

So, McFloats means there is soda,

and on top of that, there is ice cream.

That's it. That's it.

And this is McFloats melon.

Ooh!

[laughs]

It's too sweet.

This is grape.

Coffee McFloats.

Mm.

And the last one,

we've got Coke McFloats.

Mm.

Oh, Joe, you definitely try this.

Yes, absolutely.

I'm trying that when I go to Japan.

That looks real good.

Let me think here.

Hang on a second.

[metal clanging]

OK.

We do not have McFloats here in the US,

so I'm going to make my own.

On the way over here,

I was looking for grape soda.

It's actually harder to find than I thought.

Fanta's not very popular in the United States.

But we got this.

This is Midnight Grape Kickstart Mountain Dew.

It's grape.

Haha! Left over from the Ben & Jerry's shoot.

This stuff is frozen. There we go.

[electric zapping]

Yeah. I'm into this.

These would do well in the US.

Our cold drinks, a little bit different.

We have two exclusive slushies

that you can't get in Japan.

One is a pink lemonade.

Strawberry watermelon.

Yeah, dude.

That looks real good.

Yes, they do have McFlurries and ice cream in Japan,

but one McFlurry you can get in the US is this one.

It's an M&M's McFlurry.

Sorry, it's since melted,

but it's like those mini M&M's.

I went to one of the few McDonald's in the country

where the ice cream machine was working.

Hot caramel sundae,

and the classic

fudge sundae.

George: So, let's go with soft drinks, right here.

Fanta grape,

and here is Fanta melon.

And this one is Japanese vegetable juice.

And there is,

I guess, more than 20 or 30 vegetables in it.

And it's good for health, for sure.

Aah.

[water running] [chimes sound]

Mm.

We've got Qoo white grape.

Sokenbicha.

Sokenbicha is like a Japanese blended tea.

It's healthy.

And Japanese people drink this on a daily basis.

So, next one,

we've got Earl Grey iced tea.

Let me show you.

Wait, there is something.

[beep]

There's a mosquito.

I have to make a complaint, Japan McDonald's!

Next one, we've got

oolong tea.

So, this is not actually Japanese tea.

It's a Chinese tea

that's good for health as well.

For health, we do have

a mango pineapple smoothie

and a banana strawberry smoothie.

Smoothies have fruit in it, right?

Oh, yeah.

I can just feel the nutrients coursing through my veins!

So, let's start with this Hawaiian menu.

This is limited.

This one right here is Cheese Loco Moco.

Ooh, it's messy.

It's a demi-glace sauce. Man.

And it's also got

round egg, right there,

beef patty, and some cheese.

I'm hungry, actually.

Mm!

Oh, this is good!

Oh!

[laughs]

This is [speaks Japanese],

which means really, really delicious.

All right, so, next one, we've got garlic shrimp,

and it's also got interesting bun.

There is sesame on there.

And deep-fried shrimp.

Hawaiian barbecue potato and beef.

Demi-glace sauce again.

It's gonna be good.

This is called barbecue burger, right?

But I don't taste barbecue at all.

All right, so, next one,

we've got Hawaiian pancake

with triple berry sauce.

Two pancakes.

Hello!

Mm, smells so sweet. Ooh.

Let's go.

Ooh.

Too sweet.

McFizz blue Hawaii.

Wow.

It has bright blue color.

This is McFizz cassis and orange.

I would get this. I would get this.

So, congratulations,

this is the worst.

OK. Breakfast time.

This is a breakfast burrito.

Ugh.

Neon-yellow egg, Mexican-style salsa.

Not to be confused with, what, Canadian salsa?

This is actually the same burrito

from the US-UK thing we shot over a year ago. So.

Let's go on to these breakfast sandwiches here.

Japan does have the McGriddles,

which are a favorite of mine,

so unfortunately we will not be talking about those today.

Sad face.

I love you, McGriddles.

So, what they don't have,

and also the UK did not have,

were our breakfast biscuit sandwiches.

I don't know how to describe a biscuit,

other than it's dry,

it's baked.

Maybe they're made with cornmeal?

According to the internet,

this is not a scone, so there you go.

Sausage, egg, and cheese.

Our egg is like

this fluffy, folded scrambled-egg egg.

So theirs are, like, sunny-side up?

Ours are scrambled.

I can tell this was folded over.

You can see the fold lines there.

This is how we do it in the US.

Bacon, egg, and cheese.

Is there a better breakfast combination in the world?

I don't think there is.

Then they just have a sausage,

no egg, no cheese,

just sausage and biscuit.

We have regular-sized hotcakes,

and we have a hotcake-and-sausage combo.

And, of course, comes with syrup

and butter.

Very natural pose.

Very natural feeling right now.

♪ Always up for a pour, yes! ♪

Breakfast is served.

Oatmeal.

On the side, to be mixed in,

cranberries and raisins

and

diced --

oh!

Diced apples.

[slurps]

And here we've got Mega Muffin.

Pork patties.

That's huge one.

Mini pancakes.

Oh, cute.

It comes with apple cream sauce.

Ooh.

Ooh, this is perfect for breakfast.

I would get it.

Bacon egg McSandwich.

So, it's got bacon

and round egg

and cheddar cheese.

That's it.

And you might be surprised,

we've got Filet-O-Fish.

Ta-da!

So, Filet-O-Fish is on the breakfast menu.

I guess Japanese people tend to

eat fish for breakfast.

Three exclusive burgers here in the US

are variations on the Quarter Pounder with cheese.

Yes, we've all seen "Pulp Fiction,"

we know about the whole Quarter Pounder thing.

Does not exist outside of the US,

I don't think.

So, probably why they don't have

Quarter Pounders in Japan.

The classic Quarter Pounder with cheese.

Look at this guy.

I mean, this was maybe my go-to one for a decade.

The Quarter Pounder with cheese deluxe.

I don't know.

I feel like this is pretty close to a Whopper.

I'm not a big Whopper guy,