When it comes to fast food, my opinions carry no special weight. No purveyor of fast food is out to impress me or my critical brethren. Forget pride, creativity, authenticity, patronage of local producers. Fast food chains are targeting the lowest common denominator, and the bar is set so low Gumby couldn't limbo under it. The verdict is yours, and apparently, my protests lost in the chorus, McDonald's serves the best fast food.
Fast food is likely to be of modest nutritional value.
It will win no gourmet awards. And it may be fast-acting. There are even chains named Fat Burger and In 'N Out Burger. The prospect of subsisting on fast food for several days was somewhat daunting. Through years of reviewing fine restaurants, my stomach had become a Stradivarius, a delicately-tuned instrument which had to be protected from foul environments and rough handling.