Most Americans usually have a quick lunch. Their favourite fast food is hamburger and hot dog. The usual place to buy hamburgers and chips is a fast food restaurant. People stand in a line in front of a counter. There, they order food, Wait a few minutes, and then take the food to a table themselves. They can eat right there in the restaurants or take the food away and eat at home, at work or in a park. There fast food restaurants serve many kinds of food, such as fish, chicken, beef, rice, chips and cabbage. They also serve soft drinks. Fast food restaura n ts are very popular because the service is fast and the food is cheap. Fast service and low cost are important in the United States. More and more women with children are doing out to work. They are too busy and too tired to cook at home. This is why fast is becoming more and more important in people's lift today.