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Worst travel snack of all time competition: The saddest airport sandwich ever?
By Hugh Morris
The "premium ham sandwich" from Ibiza airport.Credit: AZILEF SPEERS/FACEBOOK
There are probably enough examples of low-quality, high-cost airport sandwiches that someone should start an international contest.
The most recent entrant into the competition to be crowned worst travel snack of all time comes from Spain: Ibiza Airport to be precise.
Azilef Speers posted a photo of her "premium ham sandwich" on Facebook, with a receipt showing it cost a princely €6.05 ($8.90). Its value is an altogether different matter.
The image revealed the interior of what we can assume is one half of the sandwich: a sad, slim, shiny sliver or two of ham bespeckled by off-colour shreds of lettuce.
"Ibiza airport ripoff 6.05 euros for this utter rubbish," she captioned the photo. "Made by NEWREST GROUP HOLDING. What a damned cheek."
Newrest was contacted for comment.
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Commenting beneath the photo, a number of Facebook users gave damning indictment of the snack. "Pathetic [and] lazy," was one.
But shooting to the top of the table in this competitive league is no done deal, especially when you consider the "bacon and egg bap" an air passenger bought for £3.20 ($5.90) from Edinburgh Airport last year.
"I never asked for a refund as I figured it must just be overpriced **** cause it's an airport," said that diner at the time.
Such gourmet issues are not always confined to the terminal building. It was a passenger once airborne that gave birth to one of the best complaint letters even written, addressed to Virgin Atlantic boss Sir Richard Branson.
He described a "culinary journey of hell" involving "beige matter", baajis in custard and "more mustard than any man could consume in a month".
The Telegraph, London
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