MAY 2017: Fish and Chips (ala McDonald's)

photoed by D. Liongson

Every customer of McDonalds most likely have a favorite "usual" to order.  My usual is Filet-O-Fish meal with OJ (That's orange juice and not OJ Simpson. Hee-hee-hee... :-)

This fish-wich is quite popular in Lenten Season. Maybe it is an all year round popular thing because it hasn't left the menu yet.

What is in this sandwich? You have a bun (warm soft and firm to the bite) with cheese (golden and lightly salty), tartare sauce (creamy and tangy), and fish patty (steamy, square, succulent, crisp, and boneless). As Huey Lewis and the News would sing, it's hip to be square. ;-)

Then there are the chips. The McDonald's menu would call them "fries". Some would like to eat them with ketchup, others would like them with mayonnaise. It seems like the popular choice is ketchup. (I eat the fries either with ketchup or as is, how about you?) If you want mayo but the resto doesn't offer it, perhaps it would help to eat a chip after every bite of the fish-wich to have a smidgeon of tartare with each chip.

Chips are best eaten hot. Eating them cold can be such a wet blanket.  Sorry, they can't be fixed by stove, oven, or microwave. But if you're a fan of cold chips, then that's not a problem.

If traditional fish and chips is a piece of fish with fried potato sticks served with tartare sauce, McDonald's serves the fish+cheese+tartare in a bun and fries with optional ketchup. 

As like every sandwich, purpose of the bread is to keep your hands off the sticky elements inside it. It is a concept created by the 4th Earl of Sandwich. No kidding. :-)

Is Filet-O-Fish your McDonald's thing or your Lenten Season thing? It is my McDonald's-before-and-after-the-breakfast-menu-thing.

--D.L.