I remember my first day in China, I found 15c steamed vegetable and pork buns the size of my fist and was like “should I buy 10 of these? Maybe 20?” but luckily a veteran expat was nearby and assured me that they make them fresh all day, every day.

I still bought five, they were so large they lasted two days with rice.

It’s funny this greentext uses Jollibees as the example here, definitely makes sense for a first-time traveler.

Jollibees is cheap compared to McDonalds, but they still serve crappy processed burgers for 3 times the price of local hamburger stalls in the philippines that use fresh meat patties.

It’s all a learning game, and the shortcut is street food, mom-and-pops, no chains.