For this Bermudian-owned restaurant, winning the Bermuda Tourism Authority’s Best Fish Sandwich competition has bought nothing but success.

One year later and Rosa’s, located on Front Street, is still serving its popular sandwich daily, keeping up with demand.

Lindsay Durham, the manager at Rosa’s, told The Royal Gazette: “The Bermuda’s Best Fish Sandwich competition was an amazing experience and I was really blessed that my family’s recipe was able to beat 44 other restaurants.

“We don’t have an exact number of how many fish sandwiches we’ve sold over the year, but what I do know is that Pamela Quarterly, the owner, made a report and we found out that the fish sandwich from August to December sold the most out of any item between Chopsticks and Rosa’s, and it is still the most popular item we have on both menus.”

The restaurant even took their famous fish sandwich to Cup Match this year, setting up a stall on the Somerset Cricket Club grounds on both Thursday and Friday.

“The first day was slow so we were a little worried, but the second day proved much better.

“We had a lot of people visiting and we sold a lot of fish sandwiches.”

The restaurant participated in the America’s Cup event held on Front Street last year and, according to Ms Durham, it was the most-visited stand, selling a record amount of the giant sandwiches, which are stacked between two slices of homemade raisin bread, tartare sauce spread, topped with fresh local snapper, cheddar cheese, coleslaw, lettuce, tomato and onion.

Asked whether people were sceptical about a Mexican restaurant winning the competition, Ms Durham said “you would simply have to try it out for yourself.”

“It is a Mexican restaurant, but I’m Bermudian and I created it, not our chefs,” she explained.

“It does have that Bermudian flare to it — we went to Zaki’s Bakery and got homemade bread from there, used snapper and were able to create an awesome fish sandwich.”

A customer, Paul York, was trying out the sandwich for the first time and gave us his first impressions.

“This is definitely the best fish sandwich I’ve ever had.

“I am thoroughly enjoying this meal with my co-workers. I will definitely be coming back to Rosa’s.

“I have to say I may not be able to finish the whole thing but I will take what’s left over back home with me and enjoy it there.

“A great fish sandwich; thank you Rosa’s.”