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Late last night with grandpa, I had the best fast food experience ever.

We went to Jack in the Box for a couple of the Steak & Cheddar Ciabatta sandwiches.

First, the drive through person was perfect - repeated things clearly, understood what I wanted, all good. Not repeating everything, just what was needed, e.g. “coke and diet coke. Anything else?” The food was ready ASAP at the right temperature. And the sandwich itself; quite possibly the pinnacle of the fast food genre. It’s a melange of artificial flavors and textures that hangs together well. Soft, easy to chew, but with a bit of tooth to the steak, with a touch of a creamy peppercorn mayo and a ciabatta that’s not too crusty but has some actual form. The drinks were right, they got the onion ring substitution.

Mmmm, just yummy and perfect.

It was funny, normally gramps is pretty chatty, but he just sort of shut up and ate it, and while I was thinking about how good it was, he said once or twice, maybe three times, “that’s a good sandwich.”

Didn’t hurt that I had munchies from earlier, but in any state, it would have been a superior experience. I made sure I saved the receipt to do the survey, not because I think I’m going to win the $10,000, but because I actually want to rave about how great it was.

1,530.7 calories of perfection (including rings and drink)

yum.