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A sandwich on the beach

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So here I am in Bermuda, attending a conference. Having just landed and arrived at the hotel, I figured going to down to the beach was the first order of business. Especially since I hadn’t had lunch. Lunch on the beach! So I headed down to Fairmont Southampton’s private beach, using the trolley made at our disposal to make the trek. The Cabana Bar & Grill was not really busy – it was getting close to 2 PM already. It was sunny but fresh and windy. Nevertheless, a few patrons were enjoying cocktails on the terrace. The menu was beachy, of course. Interesting items included Shrimp & Avocado Toast, the Beach Burger, the Cajun Shrimp Sandwich. Strangely, there was a Mediterenean creeping influence, with Mezza and Chicken Gyro as options. I zeroed in on the Bermuda Fish Sandwich (20 BD$). While the cocktail list was inspiring, with names such as…

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Poor Filet-O-Fish

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McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish has always been the ugly duckling of McDonald’s menu. Yet for some reason, as I looked for a quick meal at the McDonald’s on Bank at Sparks, I ended up ordering it. I can’t recall the last time I did that, and can’t really explain why I did. Perhaps it was the price? The Filet-O-Fish is the cheapest of McDonald’s big sandwich selection. At 410 calories, it is also the, ahem, healthier choice. The Filet-O-Fish was the first non-hamburger offered by McDonald’s. It was created in 1962 in Cincinnati and at first, was offered only on Fridays to attract practicing Catholics – According to church canon, Catholics being required to abstain from meat on Fridays. Along with the Hula Burger (grilled pineapple with cheese on a cold bun), McDonald’s tested the two non-meat-catholic-friendly-on-Fridays sandwiches, and clearly nobody cared much for the Hula Burger. Yet, not a lot of…

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