Fast Food Dubai Style

After finding KFC, I also spied several other fast food joints. These were all found at the Dubai Mall in Duba, UAE. They use the iconography from the West, with the Arabic Script. Check out these gems from McDonald's, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut. So all the Yum Brands are represented.

As I wandered the food court, I didn’t notice any locals eating at these establishments. I figure they must be here for the expats, holiday goers and the armies of migrant workers.

KFC in the MidEast

At the Dubai Mall in Dubai, UAE, I spied this KFC sign in the food court. Like Coach leather goods, KFC chooses to forgo English signage entirely.

The same big fat white guy (known as “The Colonel”) in the U.S. is the same big fat white guy in the UAE. Part of me wonders how this translates with the Arab locals and the vast legions of Indian migrant workers in the UAE.

Coach

In my grand tour of all symbols and signs in Dubai, I found this gem at the Dubai Mall in Dubai, UAE. Leather goods company Coach doesn’t use English on their logo at all. Coach uses Arabic signs only.

Baskin Robbins Arabia

I love logoed signs. The logo we know from the United States. But the language is different. I spied this Baskin Robbins sign at the Mall of the Emirates in Dubai, UAE.

Street Crossing

I spied this street crossing sign in Muscat, Oman. Now, most of these signs around the world use stand-up little figures. This guy is kind of squatting, almost like he’s taking a crap in his pants or something.