At long last - international recognition for the humble snack box!

The Japanese have their Sushi and the Indians have their curry while the wealthy Russians love their caviar – but for the Irish, according to one international food survey just released, the national staple is no longer bacon and cabbage. It’s now officially the Supermac’s Snack Box.

That treat in a cardboard box so loved by revellers all over the country has been recognised by one of the world’s biggest news organisations as one of the world’s top ten fast-food treats anywhere on the planet.

And if sticky chicken isn’t your thing, then no less a global authority than Fox News recommends the Curry Cheese Chips that come from the same outlet!

Fox News reporters clearly know their food, because their website has named Supermac’s as one of the ‘Ten Fast Food Restaurants You Should Definitely Know About’.

The list, compiled by The Daily Meal and featured on the American news network’s website, brings together a mouth-watering list of must-visit fast food restaurants from around the world.

And the franchise started by Galway man Pat McDonagh finds itself in exalted company – apart from the well-known Wimpy burger across the UK, there’s the roti, made with curried vegetables and meat and wrapped in wheat flour wrap from Chefette in Barbados; the California sushi box, salmon fillet, mackerel fillet, or smoked maties at Nordsee across Germany, or Mr Bigg’s in Nigeria where they just love their moin moin and ofada rice.

See full story in this week's Connacht Tribune.