A Villager's Experience at McDonald's drive thru
About this video
Tribal People Try sits the tribe down with McDonald's fast food. It's filmed in the village, not a studio, and what you see is what happened on the day.
What is fast food?
Fast food means the chains: McDonald's, KFC, Burger King, Subway, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and the rest, with menus that taste the same in Lahore and Los Angeles. Most of these videos are the tribe's first visit to one, or the menu brought out to the village.
McDonald's began as a single restaurant in San Bernardino, California in 1940 and became the world's largest burger chain after Ray Kroc started franchising it in 1955. The Big Mac dates from 1967. It opened in Pakistan in 1998, in Lahore.
What to watch for
The packaging gets as much attention as the food. Then the food is judged the way everything is: is there enough spice, is the bread fresh, is the meat real. Fried things win; sweet sauces lose.
The comparison they always make
Pakistan has had KFC since 1997 and McDonald's since 1998, mostly in cities. For people from a village a few hours away, the brand is known and the taste is not.
This episode
Tribal People Try has covered fast food 24 times; this one is number 11, and the first was "Tribal People Try McDonalds for the First Time" back in September 2020. The most-watched fast food episode is "Tribal People Try McDonalds for the First Time" (3.7M views). The video runs about 5 minutes, went up in August 2022 and has 344.1K views and 19.5K likes.
Frequently asked
Who are the people in Tribal People Try?
Villagers from rural Punjab, Pakistan. They're families from the same area, not actors, and they've been part of the channel for years.
What is fast food?
Fast food means the chains: McDonald's, KFC, Burger King, Subway, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and the rest, with menus that taste the same in Lahore and Los Angeles. Most of these videos are the tribe's first visit to one, or the menu brought out to the village.
Did the tribe like the fast food?
Watch to the end — nothing is scripted, and when something doesn't suit them they say so. Pakistan has had KFC since 1997 and McDonald's since 1998, mostly in cities. For people from a village a few hours away, the brand is known and the taste is not.
Have they tried fast food before?
Yes — this is the 11th of 24 fast food videos. The first was "Tribal People Try McDonalds for the First Time" in September 2020.
Is there McDonald's in Pakistan?
It opened in Pakistan in 1998, in Lahore.