Fry Yourself a Fish Sandwich
I remember peeking at my dad over my McDonald’s cheeseburger, as he unwrapped the pale blue wax paper hugging a Filet-O-Fish. He had been eating these sandwiches since he immigrated from the Philippines in the 1970s because it was, in his words, “cheap seafood fare”—a rare counterpoint to the usual beef and chicken of America’s fast-food landscape. He found the other franchises to be inconsistent with their breaded and fried offerings, and the Filet was undoubtedly a classic.
These days, the sandwich is still on the menu, and it comes in a sturdy cardboard box that lends itself better to stacking in a paper bag. And it’s spurred a whole new generation of fried fish sandwiches, from Popeyes to LA’s Little Fish. Perhaps it’s a stray side effect of...
