Good old British Fish and Chips

[Cowfold Seagull]

There seems to have been an absolute plethora of threads on here of late relating to fast food. We have pretty much run the complete gamut. Everything from burger and chips to curry, via Chinese, kebabs and pizza.

As much as l enjoy all of the above, l think my personal favourite just has to be the one and only, the original, the classic, British take away, which is fish and chips.

That said, if you are a fish and chips fan like me, what fish would you choose to order? For me it would be skate, deep fried in beer batter.

 

[brakespear]

I like chip shops but don't eat fish so tend to have battered sausage or saveloys. Nit really an outstanding chip shop near me atm unfortunately so only have it a couple of times a year

 

[Foul Play Rocks]

I like all fish but always go for cod from the chip shop

 

[Eeyore]

I think most people default to Cod. A light batter, and some very thick and unhealthy Tartar Sauce, make a perfect Friday fare.

 

[TheJasperCo]

Plaice or cod. Scampi if I'm in a sit-down restaurant-y type place.

 

[Goldstone1976]

Rock for me, if i can get it. It's too chavy for most places in Cambridge, so tend to have Haddock. What is good about Cambridge is that there is an award-winning chippy - The Sea Tree on Mill Road, which gets my custom about once every couple of months or so.

 

[Guinness Boy]

You can't beat a portion of grease smeared chips from Sing Li, open and covered in saw finger**
















** unless you' have a very large stick. Then you can.

 

[Hillian1]

Why anyone would take a perfectly good bit of Fish, drench it in batter then Deep Fry it is beyond me.

That said, the smell of Fish and Chips is beautiful.

 

[Quinney]

Cod, chips, mushy peas, vinegar, salt & brown sauce. Superb.

 

[Notters]

Always haddock for me, tastier than cod, I think.

 

[Norman Potting]

Battered sausage, chips and baked beans for me - the latter not applicable if being eaten out of the paper. The very bestest is from Marino's in Bexhill IMHO.

 

[surrey jim]

Bardsleys on Baker Street , fantastic chippy.

 

[Grombleton]

I'm simple - cod and chips, possibly a battered sausage (ooh err) if i fancy it. LOTs of vinegar, bleddy love the stuff.

Haven't found anywhere that stands out in Littlehampton for F&C. Any suggestions? My usual trek is to go to Fred's.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I had some Fish'n'chips at lunch. Not the type this thread is about, but the retro-tastic Burton foods Salt & vinegar flavour baked snack. £1 for a 5 bag multipack in Waitrose.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Always haddock for me, tastier than cod, I think.

And probably a bit healthier, Haddock are primarily bottom feeders, whereas cod will feed anywhere and eat absolutely anything. That said, once anything has been coated in a thick batter and deep fried, the word 'healthy' pretty much disappears.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

I had some Fish'n'chips at lunch. Not the type this thread is about, but the retro-tastic Burton foods Salt & vinegar flavour baked snack. £1 for a 5 bag multi[ack in Waitrose.

At £2 a bag, they had better be better quality than Walkers.

 

[Goldstone1976]

I had some Fish'n'chips at lunch. Not the type this thread is about, but the retro-tastic Burton foods Salt & vinegar flavour baked snack. £1 for a 5 bag multi[ack in Waitrose.

Corned beef sarnie from M&S & a "baked snack" from Waitrose? Where did you get your glass of shampoo from?

 

[Notters]

Bardsleys on Baker Street , fantastic chippy.

I was so disappointed when I went there, after years of people telling me how good it was. The chips were chewy, not crispy and the fish was greasy, and I mean REALLY greasy... and not freshly cooked either I don't think.

The best I've had in Brighton (in fact, probably anywhere) were from Frydays on Upper Hollingdean Rd, closely followed by Bankers.

 

[Ernest]

Had a nice piece of Cod and Chips at Bankers yesterday, top value with the Argus 2 for 1 coupon and my favourite sit down Chippy and you can't beat Sky High in Portland Road for a nice take away Huss or Cod and Chips, can't split them as I like them both

 

[Ludensian Gull]

Haddock & Chips is my favourite, when I lived in Scotland the local fishermen would not touch Cod, they used it as bait forvthe creels.