"I could really go for some authentic American food"

This is an outstanding idea.

I like the idea, but why the fuck is Hank cooking on a charcoal bbq? Does he want to taste the heat and not the meat?!?

Yes but it's actually a Mexican guy dressed in a pilgrim costume.

Have the full experience with Accent and flags. It might sell.

I went to a western restaurant in Japan that was “stereotypical USA” themed and there was mainly kitschy shit all over the place like advertising memorabilia (stuff m&m character statues) and of course american flag themed stuff (but iirc no actual flag)

It was a long time ago but I remember the menu was like burgers, hotdogs, mac and cheese, etc and the food was super mid. Main thing I do remember was the mac and cheese was 100% kraft dinner which was so disappointing. the burger was also weak which is inexcusable because japan has serious burger game

I was dragged to a country western bar in Japan so, it’s not impossible?

Doesn't yakitori exist already?

One of the subtler jokes in Arrested Development is Little Briton having an "American-style" restaurant where the whole plate is covered in fries.

I like this a lot better than the standard American [insert meme here] where everybody has like 5 guns. Such a tired trope.

Well, there is this guy

TBH I'd much rather have Thai food lol.

I want to see Buc-ee's and the fast food chain Cookout go international. That's authentic American food, and it's pretty damn tasty.

If your normal diet consists of healthy food like many Japanese diets do, eating authentic American food is NOT a good idea, especially southern food. I say this from experience.

No, they do KFC

I used to work down the street from another building that had a small cafeteria, but on Fridays the chef would set up a big grill outside and cook up sausages, hot dogs, burgers, chicken, and grilled veggies. It was just like going to a backyard BBQ. Those were some good Friday lunches when we made it over there.

It would surprise me little if there was at least one, given how well KFC does overseas.

There are a couple of "real" BBQ places, but none that I know of that would have sufficient lawn for lawn chairs. There are plenty of grill-your-own places here, most of which are Korean-style BBQ, but some of which let you grill other things. As I think about it, I don't think I've seen the type of lawn chair (like oven "fabric" style) that I was used to here; it's all just plastic molded chairs these days.

God I wish

I always wonder how culturally authentic these gimmicky restaurants are. Like realistically hardly anybody in America grills food in the backyard. I do it maybe 3x/year and only in the summer. I've seen my dad multiple times grill with snow on the ground, but he was an outlier.

South Korea has American restaurants

They have authentic American food all over the world.

It’s called McDonalds and its authenticity highly processed and commercialised. Even prepared by children to give it that true American experience.