Bake ‘n “Shark”!

I grew up at a time, and in a place, where the term “fish sandwich” was synonymous with McDonald’s — and I suspect its presence on the menu at the Golden Arches was a concession to the Catholics or Lenten observers.

Thank the Culinary Gods that we’ve evolved.  But even in whilst stuck in the middle of Teenage Wasteland, there was a part of the world that had an entirely different concept of the fish sandwich.  It was pronounced, “bake ‘n shark”, and you found it at little beachside shacks in places like Trinidad.  In the Treasure Valley, you’ll find it at Sweetwater’s Tropic Zone.

In this Behind the Menu podcast, we sit down with Sweetwater’s owner, Sue Zimmerman, and listen to her describe her restaurant’s new Spring/Summer menu.  It’s a  menu that features some dishes that make the bake ‘n shark seem almost prosaic — until, of course, you take that first bite.

Click here to listen to our original podcast interview with Sue Zimmerman on the story of Sweetwater’s Tropic Zone