Five best fast food choices in Des Moines

3. Filet-O-Fish Sandwich at McDonald’s

French cooking maven Julia Child was said to have indulged in the occasional Big Mac. My guilty pleasure at McDo (as the French refer to the franchise), is definitely a Filet-O-Fish. In my experience, nobody does a fried fish sandwich better.

What is it that makes the fried nubbly-breaded square of “whatever-fish” taste so good? Maybe it’s the way the orange “whatever-cheese” melts perfectly over it. Or the way there’s always so much tartar sauce that it tends to ooze out of the warm, squishy bun. When that extra tartar sauce that drips onto the paper wrapper that you’re using as a makeshift plate, dip those hot, skinny, crisp fries into it. It’s fast food heaven.