Some of the food served to people at Vkusno i Tochka (Picture: East2west news)
This is the stomach-churning food that customers of Vkusno i Tochka – the chain which replaced McDonald’s in Russia – were served.
Rebranded as Tasty and Full Stop in English, the company was supposed to fill the void left by the American fast-food giant over the war in Ukraine.
Instead, it hit the headlines for its revolting food.
Less than a month after the grand opening in Moscow people have complained of being served mouldy burger buns and ‘insect legs’.
Ksenia Sobchak, a TV celeb and the Russian opposition’s most prominent woman politician, said on her Telegram channel: ‘Vkusno i Tochka sells mouldy burgers.
‘It looks like they do not quite honour the standards of McDonald’s, at least in terms of product quality control.
This customer found the mouldy part of the bun half way through his meal (Picture: East2west news)
Luckily, this person spotted the mould before they started eating (Picture: East2west news)
Some also discovered ‘insects’ in their not-so-happy meal (Picture: East2west news)
The quality of food has left some Russians disappointed (Picture: East2west news)
‘Today at least three cases were recorded of burgers with mouldy buns sold to customers. Two of them were for my subscribers.’
Russians were promised a new era of fast food when McDonald’s agreed to sell its local business to millionaire Alexander Govor.
The local franchisee of the chain in Siberia tool over the portfolio of roughly 850 restaurants.
Hundreds of people gathered outside McDonald’s flagship location at Pushkin Square on Russia Day, a holiday celebrating national pride, to try the new menu.
The new owners had promised ‘the same but better’, yet some customers have their doubts after seeing the revolting pictures.
One said: ‘I don’t think it’s OK when you find mould.’ Ms Sobchak urged the new management: ‘Figure it out, guys, you don’t need to poison people.’
Others complained of the lack of meat in cheeseburgers, and cheese sauces with expired use-by-dates, but some people branded the accusations as ‘fake news’.
Metro.co.uk has contacted Vkusno i Tochka for a comment.
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DeathThroe_Tull on July 6th, 2022 at 09:51 UTC »
Should have went to Tsarbucks instead
LasedandConfused on July 6th, 2022 at 09:42 UTC »
Jay to Silent Bob: "This tastes like piss and flies, don't it?"
Vlip on July 6th, 2022 at 09:26 UTC »
My guess, those restaurants ran on left over McDonald's stock, haven't been able to source their own replacement in time and are now using perished food.
That at least would explain the mouldy buns. As for the insect legs, no clue...