{"id":30228,"date":"2014-11-01T12:46:47","date_gmt":"2014-11-01T04:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=30228"},"modified":"2014-11-02T12:11:20","modified_gmt":"2014-11-02T04:11:20","slug":"jollibee-is-thrillists-best-global-food-chain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/11\/01\/jollibee-is-thrillists-best-global-food-chain\/","title":{"rendered":"Jollibee is Thrillist\u2019s &#8216;best global food chain"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_21201\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21201\" style=\"width: 466px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Jollibee-1-e1407495786349.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21201\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Jollibee-1-e1407495786349.jpg\" alt=\"Photo courtesy of www.jollibee.com.ph\" width=\"466\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Jollibee-1-e1407495786349.jpg 466w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Jollibee-1-e1407495786349-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of www.jollibee.com.ph<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 Filipino fast food chain, Jollibee \u2013 best known for its Pinoy-style burgers and crispy fried chicken \u2013 is pleasing palates across the world. The home of the big red bee weighed in as the world\u2019s best international food chain, according to US website Thrillist.<\/p>\n<p>On October 26, Thrillist\u2019s Adam Lapetina wrote that Jollibee is \u201cone of the most recognizable figures in the Philippines, and with good reason.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis guy slings Filipino comfort food (tuna pies!! SPAM sandwiches!! Spicy fried chicken!!)\u2026 worldwide, including a few locations stateside. Look out, Grimace,\u201d Lapetina commented, in reference to Jollibee\u2019s well-known big red bee mascot and Mc Donald\u2019s purple mascot.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the Thrillist\u2019 ranking, Jollibee bested 15 other international restaurant brands. Rounding out the top ten were:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 2nd &#8211; Japanese ramen chain Ippudo<br \/>\n\u2022 3rd &#8211; Al Baik of Saudi Arabia<br \/>\n\u2022 4th &#8211; Oporto of Australia<br \/>\n\u2022 5th &#8211; Hamburguesas El Corral of Colombia.<br \/>\n\u2022 6th &#8211; South Africa\u2019s burger ad ribs resto, Steers<br \/>\n\u2022 7th &#8211; Giraffas of Brazil<br \/>\n\u2022 8th &#8211; Supermac\u2019s of Ireland<br \/>\n\u2022 9th &#8211; Wagamama of United Kingdom<br \/>\n\u2022 10th &#8211; Telepizza of Spain<\/p>\n<p>Burger Ranch of Israel, weighed in as the 11th placer; Quick of France took the 12th spot; Kungfu of China came in at 13; ranked 15th was Nordsee of Germany; while Toast Box of Singapore, held the last spot at 16.<\/p>\n<p>Thrillist\u2019s poll was based on a referendum of its staff members\u2019\u201cinternational friends.\u201d\u00a0 The survey did not include popular restaurants like Mc Donald&#8217;s, Wendy&#8217;s and Taco Bell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 Filipino fast food chain, Jollibee \u2013 best known for its Pinoy-style burgers and crispy fried chicken \u2013 is &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":21201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,69],"tags":[8432,8431,6662,8430],"class_list":["post-30228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-food","tag-best-food-chains","tag-fast-food-chains","tag-jollibee","tag-thrillist","mauthors-angie-duarte","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}