It remains to be seen how nuanced Democratic primary voters will be when it comes to their generous menu of options for a challenger to a president they loathe (and fear) like none other in memory.
Today's politicians offer a far more generous menu: freedom from unlicensed hair-cutters, freedom from cowboy flower-arrangers and, most important of all, freedom from rogue interior designers.
The aptly named "full belly lunch menu" includes a generous portion of pasta followed by dessert and coffee, and is a steal at only €7.
You expect to see litchi on the dessert menu, and a generous selection of arcane teas, but there's also a Frenchified Key lime pie and sopaipillas, too.
Consider that the averge executive likely benefits from a 401 k -type plan with generous matching incentives, a menu of additional tax-preferred savings vehicles from tax-preferred accounts, and, because they are in the top 35 percent bracket, a 35-cent tax incentive on every dollar saved.
The lobster itself is no bargain, but order chorizo (13 E.C. dollars, or about $4.80 at 2.7 E.C. dollars to the U.S. dollar) from the tapas menu, along with a generous helping of crispy fish and chips (40 E.C. dollars).
The a la carte menu is a little more expensive (£13.95 for a generous plate of fish curry with basmati, raita and papadums) but the light lunch menu is great value: tiger prawns cooked in garlic and chilli with homemade focaccia, moules frites or crispy squid with Greek salad and aioli.
The broiled seafood platter -- a generous coterie of sea scallops (not the menu-listed bay version), shrimp, and sole -- proved to be disappointingly run-of-the-mill.
From the menu, the crab-meat cocktail, a generous portion of lump crab meat, put the standard shrimp cocktail in the shade.
In a special appetizer from a five-course tasting menu served only on weeknights, a generous chunk of sushi-grade tuna was seared with a crust of Sichuan peppercorns and topped with a grilled shiitake mushroom.
