Jul 29, 2005 04:07 PM
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(Updated Jul 29, 2005 04:10 PM)
Hello folks…I’m back again!!
Now I do acknowledge that the previous statement may have confused quite a few MSian’s on a number of levels, namely:
1) Who am I…
2) Where did I go…
3) And finally…why did I bother coming back?
To these profound questions my limited intelligence can only answer
1) Who is anyone anyway?
2) Where would you have liked me to have gone?
3) And finally…I never left (just took an extended break), and thus, I can’t really come back if I was always here to begin with.
Yes friends, my answering of questions with questions, and if that fails, providing circuitous and confusing answers, is my way of preparing for the day I lose my mind and decide to become a politician. Indeed, in recent months it has been made abundantly clear to me that in order to become a politician, the most stoutly enforced requirement is indeed the loss sanity. ANYWAY…enough babble, on with the review!
Subway – an American sandwich bar which has taken the world by storm is possibly the most succinct way to describe this new fast food phase. Indeed, Subway has been luring customers through their doors by the bucket load with the promise of healthy food, a green and gold décor, and Jared – an average fat American who claims to have lost weight by simply heating from Subway stores. If this wasn’t enough, Subway also offers their customers the opportunity to decide exactly what they want on their Subs, a statement which every Subway customer can verify as they watch, with hawk eyes, all the condiments that enter their sandwich.
At a Subway restaurant, there are several choices to be made. Firstly, how to ensure you get the most generous/best looking Subway employee to serve you, what kind of bread you want, type of filling, choice of cheese, which salads best complement your filling, which sauce best complements your salad, whether you require salt and pepper, and finally, in typical fast food chain style ‘would you like a drink with that?’ Indeed this barrage of questions can be almost exhausting to your inexperienced Subway customer, but persevere, and I assure you will be left with a very decent sort of sandwich.
I still recall my first experience at Subway…I was intimidated by all the choices, and when asked which salads I wanted in my sandwich, I replied vaguely ‘Oh…a bit of everything thanks…’ and when I sat down, I snootily removed all the carrot, onion and pickles from my sub. Regardless, I was delighted with my new discovery of healthy fast food and was quick to go back again. These days, I can confidently enter any Subway restaurant breezily order a chicken breest fillet sub on a parmesan oregano roll, with lettuce, capsicum, tomato, cucumber and avocado – and when prompted – no salt and pepper thanks!!
With obesity rates growing continuously in Australia, and the entire nation being revoked for getting porky, Subway has emerged as a savior to a nation of fast food addicts. These days, members of the population carrying MacDonald’s and KFC lunch packs are found hiding in alleyways, furtively licking their grease and salt laden fingers, while Subway customers walk down main streets and talk loudly (and in most cases, lie openly) about going to the gym after work.
There is a satisfaction, nay, smugness in eating healthily. To clarify this sentiment allow me to use personal example. When walking down the street with a sub in my hand, I feel satisfied with my healthy eating choice. If I chance upon a person biting into a juicy burger, my mind automatically flashes to an image of our respective aortas. Mine would be healthy and pink, allowing me to run freely and live a long life. While theirs would be clogged with yellow fat, prompting them to be put on a restrictive diet by their doctor. Perhaps now you can appreciate my interest in healthy eating, and this ‘smugness I referred to earlier.
Nonetheless, when it comes to eating, I am certainly no saint. While Subway offers a broad range of healthy eating options (so long as you like sandwiches and salads!), they also sell incredibly delicious, and terrible fattening cookies. I, being the way I am, cheerfully enter a health food store and get addicted to the only junk food they offer! But, such is life!
In short, my dear MSian’s make a healthy choice next time you’re after fast food, and try out your local Subway – and then you too can feel satisfied and smug .
Disclaimer: I have not written on this site in a long while, so please excuse the rustiness of this review. If you are feeling particularly helpful, perhaps you would be kind enough to comment and give me a reason to polish my writing skills!!!
