Junk Food

American fast food that you get from a local restaurant or a street vendor in Venezuela is different from what you find at American franchises. Places like McDonald's, Subway, or Wendy's are available, but they are pretty much exactly the same except that everything is measured in metric units (One 6-inch sub = One 15 cm sub).

Here are some of the classic junk food and its ingredients:

• Hot Dogs: Bun, wiener, cheese, cabbage, onions, crushed chips, ketchup, mayonnaise, and mustard. May add extra sauces like cheese sauce, garlic sauce, etc.
  
• Hamburgers: Bun, meat patty, ham (because it's a hamburger!), cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomato, onions, ketchup, mayonnaise, and mustard. Optional or may include: a sliced boiled egg, chicken, bacon, and/or a pork chop.
• Pizza: More like Italian pizza, sometimes served in squares instead of pie slices. Anchovies are not whole, but just bits, and mushrooms are usually canned mushrooms.
  
• Nachos: Nachos? You mean Doritos? There are no nachos like the ones you get at the movie theater or a stadium in the United States.
• Sandwich: Aside from the meat of choice, it's most likely to have lettuce, tomato, a boiled egg cut in slices, ketchup, mayonnaise, and mustard.

You might want to try these versions if ever travel to Venezuela. The safest ones to try are pizza and sandwiches, but you must have an iron stomach for the burgers and hotdogs from street vendors because they're usually not the cleanest places to eat from.