Sunday, July 19, 2009

MacDonald's opendoor @ 11:59 PM

Signed up for the McDonald's opendoor tour, "love the truth about our food". I thought it might be an interesting experience being able to access McDonald's kitchen without being a staff there. No photography was allowed in the kitchens, so no photos taken :( Only this one of the brochure they give us at the starting of the tour.
First stop inside the kitchen is the storage room. It is where they store their food and drinks of course :) I walked into the freezer which is about negative 18 to 23 degrees! Madness and damn cold. But nevertheless, I think the storage area is quite clean and neat. The stuff are arranged onto shelves, with the heaviest things at the bottom. This is very logical for safety reasons.

Next stop is the griller, where they grill the beef patties. They grill the patties when the patties are STILL frozen. wow-ness. And believe it or not, it was cooked within 15 seconds! This griller should be damn hot man. I will never want to cross a McDonald's staff for that.

We saw the deep fryer for the chicken patties and fish patties too. Don't worry - they store and fry the different kind of meats separately.

And of course, how can we miss out the fries deep fryer? They got this tray for collecting the frozen fries. Once you place the tray beneath the freezer storing the frozen fries, the fries will just drop automatically into the tray! Magical kitchen.

The toaster for the bread is VERY hot too. You kind of just drop the bread into the toaster, and it pops out almost immediately, baked a nice shade of golden brown. wooos~ I wish I have this kind of toaster at home, haha.

And if you are wondering how they pass your orders down from the counter, they do so by computerising the system. Once the counter staff key in your orders, your orders will then be reflected on a large LCD screen in the kitchen. The assembly line will then start to assemble your food. There you go, your food freshly made. I don't know how true is that, cos to me, it will be an awfully slow process if there's a long queue. So perhaps, when it is crowded, they just make everything without the orders coming in first? hmmm.

All in all, a very enriching experience in McDonald's kitchen. However, do note that I'm not encouraging everyone to have McDonald's everyday. It is unhealthy. Anything is unhealthy if in excess =p

Sunday, July 19, 2009

MacDonald's opendoor @ 11:59 PM

Signed up for the McDonald's opendoor tour, "love the truth about our food". I thought it might be an interesting experience being able to access McDonald's kitchen without being a staff there. No photography was allowed in the kitchens, so no photos taken :( Only this one of the brochure they give us at the starting of the tour.
First stop inside the kitchen is the storage room. It is where they store their food and drinks of course :) I walked into the freezer which is about negative 18 to 23 degrees! Madness and damn cold. But nevertheless, I think the storage area is quite clean and neat. The stuff are arranged onto shelves, with the heaviest things at the bottom. This is very logical for safety reasons.

Next stop is the griller, where they grill the beef patties. They grill the patties when the patties are STILL frozen. wow-ness. And believe it or not, it was cooked within 15 seconds! This griller should be damn hot man. I will never want to cross a McDonald's staff for that.

We saw the deep fryer for the chicken patties and fish patties too. Don't worry - they store and fry the different kind of meats separately.

And of course, how can we miss out the fries deep fryer? They got this tray for collecting the frozen fries. Once you place the tray beneath the freezer storing the frozen fries, the fries will just drop automatically into the tray! Magical kitchen.

The toaster for the bread is VERY hot too. You kind of just drop the bread into the toaster, and it pops out almost immediately, baked a nice shade of golden brown. wooos~ I wish I have this kind of toaster at home, haha.

And if you are wondering how they pass your orders down from the counter, they do so by computerising the system. Once the counter staff key in your orders, your orders will then be reflected on a large LCD screen in the kitchen. The assembly line will then start to assemble your food. There you go, your food freshly made. I don't know how true is that, cos to me, it will be an awfully slow process if there's a long queue. So perhaps, when it is crowded, they just make everything without the orders coming in first? hmmm.

All in all, a very enriching experience in McDonald's kitchen. However, do note that I'm not encouraging everyone to have McDonald's everyday. It is unhealthy. Anything is unhealthy if in excess =p