Purrball

A) Mmmmm. Chuck a potato fritter on top, goodonya mate… and pass the Watties. Maybe a pineapple fritter for the kids.

B) Bleh. Where’s the mushy peas and haddock? Or some tartare sauce.

C) Gah. Chinese takeaway instead.

D) I'm on a diet.


Even after experiencing some of the supposed best chippies in the UK, after a day at the beach — sand in the car — quite possibly the best fish and chips in the world, might be my guess.

ChrisWilson7

When you have blue cod, who needs haddock? Good fish and chips down here, and so cheap!

barnsleymat

I still can't work out how the chippys manage to stay open charging so little for fish n chips.

You can feed a whole family for what it costs to buy 1 tomato and the supermarket.

I know a few people that have a P lab, not the illegal stuff, the mushy stuff. We cook our own!

Mark Smith

B) The fish is often battered "too southern" for my liking, but blue cod is pretty good. Agreed on the peas Barnsley mat (has tha nowt moist?).

jmh

Fish and chips and a banana fritter - yum.

BEVS

Haddock in a decent beer batter with chips. Put on own salt and vinegar if preferred....and one pot of chip shop curry sauce or tartare for me as can't stick tomato sauce. A pickled egg or gherkin for Mr BEVS

Take down to the prom. Sit on the prom wall with toes in the sand and eat the wrapped delight.

Or, pick up on the way back from a long walk over the Purbecks and scoff out in the conservatory making chip butties as you go.


Blue cod is the only fush close IMVHO but Blue Nose will pass muster. Always way too much salt even if you've asked for none.

Tom1983

My local does deep fried Mars Bars and Snickers - yum, yum!!!!

Infact you could a family feast for 4 people for just $28 there. It's brilliant

Oh and they don't flood the chips with 20,000 tons of salt like the ones around Richmond and Linwood do

Fish and Chips over here are fantastic, they closely rival Grimsby as having the best fish and chips in the world. A nice bit of elephant fish or blue cod will do me thank you. Failing that, the akaroa cod is always a tasty meal

kimilseung

I am in Seattle in the USA and the nearest fish and chips was in Portland Oregon, nearly 200 miles away, but I just discovered a Kiwi has a fish and chip shop in a small town about 2 two hours away. Each time I have been in locals hear his accent and ask if he is English, Scottish, Australian. Each time he answers by telling them 'it is called Kiwi's Fish and Chips, so where do you think I am from'

lisamct

The fish is good, the chips however are terrible. Now I haven't tried every chippie in NZ but the one's that I have have all cooked those 'fake' deep fried oven chip type chips, not a fresh cut potato in sight.

simonmarkellis

One of our local chippes, make there own fresh chips and there great.... Another one for a while did Orange Roughy and it was awesome... they've stopped doing it now

Snap Shot

This thread is making me hungry, well, it is lunchtime !

George's Fish and Chips in Wanganui is excellent. You can choose the fish you want from the chilled display in the window. I have hoki or cod. My husband loves snapper. Their chips are freshly made, so is their batter. You can see them dip the raw fish into the batter before frying it. They do not have a warming cabinet, everything is cooked to order.

Ok, they put salt on the order even if I've asked for no salt. If I'm quick, I can remind the person putting the salt on not to put any salt on. So, when I get home there's minimal salt on my fish and chips. I'll put my own vinegar on and yes, it has to be Sarson's malt vinegar, and yes, I buy it from an expat shop.

Oh, there'll be ketchup and bread and butter too. I like pickled onions but they go right through me these days so I've learned to steer clear of them.

The other fish and chip shop in town is, 'Hook, Line and Sinker' they're good too.

I got two orders of fish and chips for lunch to eat on the beach when we were in the Coromandel in February. I couldn't believe it was just from a catering industry box of frozen battered fish, reheated in the fryer. The chips were bought in too. The guy serving was English. It wasn't a proper chip shop, just some snack kiosk.

Snap Shot

I can't remember the cost of fish and chips the last time we had it but I bet it's cheaper than Britian.

vetnurse1

Good! It's on the threatened species list! http://www.forestandbird.org.nz/what...est-fish-guide

simonmarkellis

Honest... it was already dead... they didn't kill it just for me...

TommyLuck

Found a superb fush and chup shop in Mt Eden, so I'm very happy.

There's also one in Hampden that excellent.

Had an rank fish and chip in Nelson once. Win some, lose some.