we wanted to find out all the differences between McDonald's in India and the US.

Joe: This is "Food Wars."

Drinks in McDonald's India come in three sizes:

regular, medium, and large.

Drinks in the McDonald's in the US, four sizes:

extra small, small, medium, and large.

Time to keep 'em honest.

Lost a couple drops. 26, 27 fluid ounces.

Whoo!

Hm.

Fries in India come in three sizes:

regular, medium, and large.

In America, our fries come in four sizes, I think.

We have a small, kids,

or kids, small —

I can't tell the difference either —

medium, and large.

The medium and large come in these really cool

new packaging where you can just open it up like that

and it's nice and easy to share.

It's a little plate.

Good job, McDonald's. Very innovative.

But now it's time to measure

and see how much we're really getting.

Joe: First things first, the large.

175 grams.

Obviously it's different per scoops or whatever.

Yeah, let's go here.

This one, almost exactly 100 grams.

This one,

80 grams.

Fry math, hang on.

This is, like...

yep, there you go.

That's a 20-gram difference right there.

So, you tell me, internet.

Is the kids and the small different sizes?

I don't think they are.

"Food Wars" is on it! We're on it, baby!

What about McNuggets?

Here in India, you can order them in three sizes:

six pieces, nine pieces, and 20 pieces.

They gave it to us in two boxes of 10 each.

Oh, is that it, India? Cute.

Our McNuggets start at four,

then you got six,

10,

20,

and not to be outdone,

booyah, 40 McNuggets.

All the mathheads watching will be quick to point out

that that is double India's largest nugget option.

The only burger that India shares with the US

is the McChicken, the humble McChicken.

Not even gonna bother with the analog scale now.

Boop!

149 grams.

Ah, just so frustrating.

Just one more gram and it would be perfect.

With the paper? I mean, we'll do this and

shave off an eighth of an ounce.

Our McChicken weighs 140 grams.

Here is everything you'll find on the menu

at McDonald's India that you will not find in the USA.

And here's all the McDonald's menu items

from the US you won't find in India.

Here in India, we can't really recreate

the iconic McDonald's Big Mac

because it's made from a beef patty,

and to keep to the religious sentiments

of Hindus and even Muslims,

we don't serve beef or pork

in a lot of fast-food restaurants.

We have something called the chicken Maharaja Mac.

As you can see, it's got three buns, two patties,

a lot of cheese and mayonnaise,

some tomatoes, onions, lettuce.

Lettuce try it now. [ba-dum tish]

Oh, my God.

That is truly a Maharaja Mac.

If you're wondering, a raja is a king,

and a maharaja is like an emperor.

So this is clearly our answer to the Big Mac.

Now let's taste the veg Maharaja Mac.

I think it's actually a very cool challenge

that a lot of fast-food restaurants here

have had to adapt to the Indian palate,

as well as sensibilities of food.

We have come up with such cool, iconic fast food

that you won't get anywhere else in the world.

Like, look at this! This is outrageous!

There's no way to eat this without being messy.

There's literally no way.

Mm!

Oh, my God. That's really good.

Yes to all that, looks really good.

Because of India's lack of beef,

all the American beef options are technically exclusives.

All right.

Big Mac.

There it is, just brimming with stuff.

My go-to for, like, 20 years.

I still get it occasionally.

The classic McDonald's hamburger.

Beef patty, ketchup, and mustard.

Of course, you can get it with cheese. Hi.

You can upgrade to a double cheeseburger or a McDouble.

What's the difference, you ask?

I'm not sure either.

So let's start with the double cheeseburger.

Look at that. Look how yellow that is.

Beef, cheese, beef, cheese, toppos.

The McDouble is beef, cheese, beef.

So it's just one slice of cheese

in the middle, but not on top.

What's the price difference? Can we get that on-screen?

And how much is a slice of cheese?

Joe's hack, get yourself a McDouble

and bring your own slice of American cheese.

Booyah. Save yourself this amount of money.

The problem with millennials today,

the reason you guys can't buy houses is

you're spending all your money at Starbucks,

you're getting your double cheeseburgers

instead of a McDouble and bringing your own cheese slice.

I mean, you guys are terrible with money!

You're eating, what, seven,

eight McDoubles a day like me, right?

And that adds up to, like, at the end of the year, $18?

10,000 years later, that's a down payment on a house.

What are you guys doing?

All right, next up is the iconic McAloo tikki burger.

You take mashed potato, and you fry it in breadcrumbs,

and you get this really delicious cutlet.

Here in India, they adapted it into this burger

with a very special sauce,

some tomato, and chopped onions.

Mm. It's just so classic.

They nailed this burger.

Next up, there is a Mexican McAloo tikki,

which I assume has some stereotypical Mexican ingredients

and flavors like jalapeño.

Yes! Jalapeño.

Mm, nice.

It's way more spicy. Good twist.

Next up, they have a McEgg burger.

McEgg. McEgg, McEgg.

I don't know why I did that.

Let's see what that looks like.

Ugh!

Sorry.

I did not expect... pesto?

Next up is a chicken kebab burger.

Every time an Indian fast-food chain tries to adapt

an Indian special food into a burger,

I take it with a pinch of salt

because this is not what we're used to seeing

when we think of kebabs,

but I'm going to try it, and let's see what happens.

Mm.

It's very, very dry.

Patty has almost a cardboard-y taste to it.

I wouldn't put those flavors together

if I was thinking kebab.

McCardboard tikki, maybe? No? OK.

That's a bit harsh. I'm sorry.

Next up is the McVeggie,

which is the vegetarian counterpart to our McChicken.

If I had to eat this versus the chicken one,

I would not be upset at all.

Really good.

Next up, we have two "American" burgers:

the American Cheese Supreme veg

and the American Cheese Supreme chicken.

My hunch for what makes them American

is that they will have a nice big square of cheese

and they will not be spicy at all.

Except they have a lot of jalapeños on them.

Joe, let me know if this constitutes "American."

That's American cheese, my man.

That's what makes it American.

I don't know about those other toppings, but,

yeah, it sounds about right.

All right, so this is what the McDonald's website

says is in this burger.

"Whole-wheat buns sourced from Maharashtra,

tangy jalapeños from Karnataka,

shredded onions grown in local Indian farms,

and cheese from Amaravati, also in India."

Quite close to home, this burger.

Currently, this would probably be my favorite order,

a McSpicy chicken, and there's the vegetarian option,

which is a McSpicy paneer, which is just leaking lettuce.

For those of you who don't know what paneer is,

it's basically cottage cheese.

We love our paneer.

We put it in curries, we eat it plain, we put it in kebabs.

It is so delicious. Let's try this.

Mm. It has just the right kick,

and it goes really well with the paneer.

Fair warning, while this may have a light kick

of spice for us, it might be a hard kick for you.

So, take everything with a pinch of chili powder.

Gonna move up to something called the Quarter Pounder,

and that's, like, their big burger.

So you can get a Quarter Pounder with cheese.

Here it is.

I mean, it looks fake, right?

Like, "Just kidding, it's cake!"

Or the new one is, "It's actually a candle!"

And then you can get a Quarter Pounder with cheese deluxe.

More veggies on it, all the junk that I brush off.

You can upgrade to a double Quarter Pounder with cheese.

Let's take a look. Oh, man. Look how thick this is!

And then you can get that same double with bacon.

Yeah!

Oh, man. Skimping on the bacon. Guys!

What we lack in beef burgers we make up for

in gourmet burgers.

That's right. Here at McDonald's India,

we have our own collection of

chef's special gourmet burgers.

Delicious.

And I think this is a rolling menu.

I think they introduce new things from time to time.

The buns themselves look a lot more gourmet.

You know, there's a nice rift down the middle.

Kind of looks like a butt, but that's OK.

We're not gonna concentrate on that.

First up, we have triple cheese American veg burger

and triple cheese American chicken burger.

Same thing. Cheese, jalapeño, some sauce, lettuce,

simple chicken patty, gourmet bun.

Does this scream "American" to you?

Next up, Cheese Lava American veg burger

and Cheese Lava American chicken burger,

again with American

and again with the strange relation

of food to volcanoes and lava.

OK.

This burger is very spicy.

This qualifies as a volcano product, for sure.

Congratulations, McDonald's.

The lava in the title of this burger works.

The McSpicy chicken premium, though,

has an egg patty inside of it.

Mm-mm.

Mm, that's pretty good.

I just feel so existential right now.

Imagine sitting here at this table

and just tasting every single burger on a McDonald's menu.

Amazing.

But also, s---.

We also have some exclusive wrap options.

We have Big Spicy paneer and Big Spicy chicken.

I think this is the same McSpicy chicken patty,

and it's wrapped around a tortilla,

which is actually way closer to an Indian chapati

than most other fast-food restaurants.

It doesn't feel as synthetic.

Our McDonald's in the US

had wraps for a brief period of time.