Fish and Chips

[dizneegirl]

I have a friend who keeps asking me to go to a place that serves scotch eggs that he seems to love.

I like scotch eggs, my dh can take them or leave them. It's a hard-boiled egg, wrapped in sausage, then usually breaded and deep fried. If you like those things, they're pretty darn good together. There's often a dip/sauce of some sort, if you get them at a restaurant.

 

[team bradfield]

Every bar/resturant in my part of the world has fish and chips every Friday.

Summerhouse at DS has very good fish and chips (grouper)

 

[tvguy]

Our local chippie is a huge crowd puller. Tried it for tonight, but the queue was out the door and round the corner! Literally all they sell is fish and chips with sides. You have a choice - cod, haddock or plaice.

In the U.S. plaice is known as flounder. Most fish used in fish and chips in the U.S. is cod, but I have seen it made with salmon in Alaska. In the U.S. Fish and Chips is considered a normal menu item in pubs. Pubs also sell bangers and mash, shepards pie, burgers, and chicken wings. There are national chains like Long John Silvers, Skippers, H. Salt Esquire that sell all kinds of seafood, but their main menu item is Fish and Chips. But they sell scallops, shrimp, prawns, oysters, catfish , calms and calamari.
We have a local chain in my city with about 6 locations called Tug Boat Fish and Chips

 

[SnowBeast]

Do you have establishments that serve only fish and chips? Fish and chips is a regular menu item in many of the restaurants I go to, but I've never seen a place that only served it alone.

I’m from the north of England and to me you don’t get proper fish and chips from a pub or a restaurant, only from the chippy, which is a take away for fish and chips. Like most things in the UK, you can often guess where a person is from based on their preference of meal from the chippy. Up north, we’re partial to chips with gravy or curry sauce and even a battered sausage, where down south I know some people would be outraged at that and they’d stick to mushy peas. Either way, the chips need to be golden brown, fluffy in the middle and drenched in salt and vinegar . Round our way we also usually get a portion of sraps thrown in for free. These are the brown bits of batter that are left in the fryer that have fallen of the fish..they are brilliant.

I tried the fish and chips at the Yorkshire fish and chip place in Epcot once…they were absolutely crap…an insult to our nation really .

 

[unrequited23]

Arthur Treachers was closer. I miss it.

A new one is opening on Cedar in Cleveland Hts. Might be closer depending on where you live.

 

[mjkacmom]

There are towns close by with large Scottish/Irish decedents, I think only one fish and chip shop remains, they do cater a lot of the lent fish fries. There are also shops to get meat pies, sausages and such. You need to order weeks in advance for holidays. They do have scotch eggs.

 

[ronandannette]

Some of our restaurants do serve fish and chips, but none can compare to the fish and chips I had in Vancouver. My mouth still waters thinking of it.

Fish and chips are definitely a standard Canadian thing, except of course we need gravy for the fries and nobody likes mushy peas.

What you ate in Vancouver was probably BC wild caught halibut and that fish is unparalleled.

 

[BrianL]

I loved fish and chips when I lived in England. Have to say though my favorite are mushy peas.

I gotta say, I love fish & chips, but when I was in London a few months back, I didn't find it to be anything special. In fact, sorry to say, it was generally worse than over here. I mean, do Brits even put salt on their fries...or anything? I know that the reputation is bland food, but I always assumed it was exaggerated.

I did go to one place that had particularly good pea mash - there was something about it that made it really good. It was a little different than what I saw everywhere else. It was actually one of the best things I ate over there.

 

[Chuck S]

The US used to have several UK style Fish and Chips fast food chains, H. Salt Esq. Which has dwindled to 26 outlets, mostly in California. Arthur Treacher's, which had 826 stores, but had dwindled to 4 outlets, Long John Silvers still has 426 US outlets, but they are often paired with A&W Root Beer outlets. Long John Silver no longer uses Cod as their primary Fish and Chips, though, they use Alaskan Pollack. You can still order some Cod based meals. though. And over all, ,as it is the only Fish and Chips place near me, it is OK...nothing special. I grew up in California, and always thought H. Salt was the best.

In most areas, unless you are on the coast, local Fish and Chips shops will be very rare.

 

[disneyseniors]

Do you have establishments that serve only fish and chips? Fish and chips is a regular menu item in many of the restaurants I go to, but I've never seen a place that only served it alone.

Our town used to have Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips, and yes, that's all they served as far as I know. It was delicious - too bad they are not around anymore.

 

[easyas123]

Fish & chips common, but scotch eggs aren’t. I make them now & then as they are one of husband (and kids when they still lived at home) favorites.

 

[rndmr2]

I live in Western NY by Rochester and here it is called a "Fish Fry" - Breaded or Battered fish, french fries, sometimes Cole Slaw. It is popular during Lent but they are served year round. A lot of places only serve it on Fridays.

 

[tvguy]

and nobody likes mushy peas.

LOL. My daughter when to College in the U.K. for a year and after she came home she would make mushy peas as a treat. So some of us like mushy peas.

 

[CdnCarrie]

Fish and chips are definitely a standard Canadian thing, except of course we need gravy for the fries and nobody likes mushy peas.

What you ate in Vancouver was probably BC wild caught halibut and that fish is unparalleled.

Yuck to gravy with fish! Vinegar only. Lots and lots of salt and vinegar.

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

Many chippies around us also offer scampi and battered sausages. Jus' sayin'

 

[clappyclaps]

I’m from the north of England and to me you don’t get proper fish and chips from a pub or a restaurant, only from the chippy, which is a take away for fish and chips. Like most things in the UK, you can often guess where a person is from based on their preference of meal from the chippy. Up north, we’re partial to chips with gravy or curry sauce and even a battered sausage, where down south I know some people would be outraged at that and they’d stick to mushy peas. Either way, the chips need to be golden brown, fluffy in the middle and drenched in salt and vinegar . Round our way we also usually get a portion of sraps thrown in for free. These are the brown bits of batter that are left in the fryer that have fallen of the fish..they are brilliant.

I tried the fish and chips at the Yorkshire fish and chip place in Epcot once…they were absolutely crap…an insult to our nation really .

Agreed. You could also go extremely Northern and have chips, cheese and gravy but that usually gets some questionable looks (not a fan of that myself). The topic of whether you have a chip butty/barm/bap/muffin is also very divisive and indicative of where you're from

I would also say that if you're going to go to a chippy in the UK, go to an actual chippy and not another takeaway masquerading as a chippy (i.e. a Chinese takeaway). Some may be decent but I've found the majority just dont do the fish & chips justice.

 

[SnowBeast]

Agreed. You could also go extremely Northern and have chips, cheese and gravy but that usually gets some questionable looks (not a fan of that myself). The topic of whether you have a chip butty/barm/bap/muffin is also very divisive and indicative of where you're from

I would also say that if you're going to go to a chippy in the UK, go to an actual chippy and not another takeaway masquerading as a chippy (i.e. a Chinese takeaway). Some may be decent but I've found the majority just dont do the fish & chips justice.

I’m a massive fan of cheesy chips but I haven’t tried them with gravy on too, but anything with gravy is good for me. Definitely a divisive question about the name for bread, round here it’s called a cob but a few miles up the road it’s a bap. Let’s not involve the yanks in that battle too though, it’s bad enough without them throwing in a load more nonsense into the argument

 

[Chuck S]

I would also say that if you're going to go to a chippy in the UK, go to an actual chippy and not another takeaway masquerading as a chippy (i.e. a Chinese takeaway).

 

[Cadiewampus]

The US used to have several UK style Fish and Chips fast food chains, H. Salt Esq. Which has dwindled to 26 outlets, mostly in California. Arthur Treacher's, which had 826 stores, but had dwindled to 4 outlets, Long John Silvers still has 426 US outlets, but they are often paired with A&W Root Beer outlets. Long John Silver no longer uses Cod as their primary Fish and Chips, though, they use Alaskan Pollack. You can still order some Cod based meals. though. And over all, ,as it is the only Fish and Chips place near me, it is OK...nothing special. I grew up in California, and always thought H. Salt was the best.

In most areas, unless you are on the coast, local Fish and Chips shops will be very rare.

Grew up in a small town in Georgia about 20 miles outside Atlanta in the 70s and early 80's. We had a Arthur Treachers and a H Salt. Actually in the same location. One went out of business and the other moved in. I just cant remember which order CRS kicking in. Anyway I always prefered H Salt as well

 

[kanne323]

I'd say most restaurants around here have fish & chips, but I don't know of a place that only sells it. In coastal New England, it's often freshly caught cod or haddock.

Ayuh, fish n' chips is wicked a thing ‘round heah—especially if ya swing through Boothbay. We got this lil’ shack called Bet’s Famous Fish Fry that sells nothin’ but fried haddock and fries, and lemme tell ya, the line's longer than Route 1 on a July weekend. No frills, just fish, chips, and regrets if ya show up late.

I'm assuming they're seasonal but I'm hoping you'll tell me they're open all year. I live about an hour from there, which means I know very well NOT to go this time of year. But there seems to be virtually no restaurant in southern Maine where I can eat fish & chips because restaurants usually use the same oil to fry shellfish... I'd love a place that makes ONLY haddock!