The French (mange = to eat) is lost on you, eh?

BTW: over here in the US it's "sammitch" with no "d" in the pronunciation.

A public radio program here called The Splendid Table has a great segment every week about road food. It's wonderful, but many are off the beaten path.

Every busy arterial corner and freeway offramp looks the same around here, with McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy's, chicken joints, etc. When my kids were small we looked for the family restaurants with buffet so we could pick up bits and pieces that looked healthier and we knew the kids would eat. Shoneys, Bob Evans, etc. A lot of the buffet places are pretty greasy. I have found in recent years that (surprise!) Denny's, the ubiquitous pancake house 24-hour restaurant, has some very nice baked fish dishes and good sides of rice and steamed veggies. Another one like that is Applebees. They all look the same inside, and there is still plenty of junk, but you can begin to find some healthier stuff that tastes good.

SRS