steviedeluxe

Do you know the best place to get fish n chips in Spain?

Just to whet your appetite, here's the best 10 chippies in the UK, according to the Times

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/lif...ffset=0&page=1

jojojojojojojojojojojojo

mrs Chippys in Alhaurin el Grande!

Jo xxx

jackytoo

Everyone raves about this one

http://www.peggottysonthecosta.com/findus.html

Keep saying we will try it but haven't yet. Never heard a bad word about them. They were once featured on a Living in the Sun programme.

Up until about 10 years ago Big Al's in La Cala was the best, better than than most in the UK. He was a legend on the coast (did a great Elvis routine too). Place was a dump though. He sold and opened nearby, we went once and they wern't great, soggy chips. He said he was having trouble with the friers.

lynnxa

I love soggy chips!!


my kids reckon my fish & chips is the best in Spain

jdr

Iceland steakcut oven chips cooked to exactly how you like them, don`t eat fish cos I am allergic to it.

Fredbargate

Roy's Cod Plaice in Casemates Square

GIBRALTAR

agoreira

I guess if I were to emigrate I might fancy fish and chips, but I cannot ever remember when I last eat them in UK, must be many years ago. Not something that was ever at the top of my culinary list!

jackytoo

Before moving to Spain I never ate meat pies, sausage, rarely cod in batter but after a few years of spanish food I enjoy all of them

agoreira

It´s always the way, when it´s not available, you want it, and vice versa! Mind you, I do like sausages and the occasional meat pie, and batter if it´s properly done, nice and crunchy beer batter!
As a youngster in the Forces I spent 2 years in the Middle east, and we would often talk about getting home and having out first pint of English beer! When it finally happened after 2 years of drinking cold Tiger lager, it tasted warm and not very nice! Great disappointment, took me a few more pints to get the taste back again!

steviedeluxe

Heh, I went off the taste of lukewarm sludgey English beer many years ago, I prefer by far the German wheat beers or Belgian Abbey beers
Can't say I ever missed meat pies when I lived in Madrid, although I forgot about chicken and mushroom pie, which I do like. I was shocked one day when my flat-mate managed to get hold of a pork pie - don't you get enough pork products there anyway? I also found sausages generally to be far better quality than the standard (walls) rubbish in the UK, but obviously you can get better sausages if you have a local butcher. Having said all that, the one food I missed was sausage rolls, and that's one food you can't claim has a high quality in ingredients.
Also, I never missed fish and chips, as you'd often get a fish option for the main course on a Menu del dia. The chips were fantastic, and probably healthier as they were cooked in olive oil. Drawback was the size (miniscule) of the portions, but I find the portions are too big at British chippies. There was a place that opened up in Madrid specially selling fish n chips to the tourists, but it had a bad rep so I never ate in there (something like "Fat Eddies") Also, I don't know the name of the tapa, but there are places that fry up small chucks of fish in batter and serve as a free tapa with your drink. Those were fantastic.

Madridboy

Can you remember where it was? For some odd reason I've had a craving for fish & chips for the last few weeks yet I rarely ate them in the UK

steviedeluxe

Hi - yes, it was on one of those streets between Sol and Plaza Santa Ana, possible Calle de la cruz. Fat Tony's was the name. I don't know if it's still going (it had a bad rep when it first opened up, but maybe the quality has improved?)

It's mentioned on http://www.madrid-uno.com/blog/archive_076-080.htm

Edit - more comments here, more favourable than before: http://11870.com/pro/fat-tony-s

Madridboy

Thanks for that, I'll have a look on saturday

pip001

i dont eat fish and chips that much but when we was out in almunicar last year we went to a british bar there called the ragged rock and the landlady does a special of fish in beer batter and chips and peas it was so good def worth a visit if in the area

Tolly

Peggotty's is great - and they don't just do excellent fish and chips - the ribs are to die for - the only problem is the portion sizes - they are huge

we quite often share a meal between us - there is enough to feed two and that way we can have some sides and starter