Nutek

I used to love this.

And this.

sir_eccles

There is a lot of bad sushi about so unfortunately lots of people have a bad first experience. You need to find one that Japanese eat at. Skip anything with a conveyor or the words "all you can eat" or that plays loud music or has rolls with beef in them.

Nutek

This sounds like a dream I sometimes have.

Uncle_Bob

I was a bit disappointed with the haddock, it was very dry. I think I'll go back to the cod which is a single fillet. The chips were spot on though as was the sausage. That was an expensive lunch $7.50 for the haddock, $3.50 for chips and $3.50 for the sausage.

Michael

I worked for a Japanese company and they said not to eat too much sushi since you can get very sick. Their assumption is that it is the quantity that makes you sick but in my opinion, the more you eat creates a greater chance of getting a bad piece.

Uncle_Bob

I wonder how many of you know exactly what scampi is? Not American shrimp scampi but the scampi they sell in the UK? typically it was the most expensive item on the chip shop menu when i was a kid.

I was chatting to the British chip shop owner here and asked if he had scampi and he said no. Like me he could remember it being sold in chip shops but had no idea what it actually was, so i had to bing it.

Nephrops norvegicus, who would have known

SultanOfSwing

I always knew it as deep fried prawns, but never knew the variety.

I'd kill for some scampi and chips right now.

Nutek

I keep scrolling back to the sausage pic.

SultanOfSwing

It did look rather good.

Uncle_Bob

Yep the codfather, the only decent place I've found here and if were closer to my work I would be in serious trouble
There are cheap fish fries that try to pass themselves off as British fish and chips but the codfather is the real deal. Although some of the pies and pasties are a bit dodgy.

Bob

Having said that, "Wasabi", in our local mall is surprisingly decent, but they don't have that much on the belt so it's a bit slow at times.

But yes, it's usually a good idea to avoid.

Quite a lot of decent places locally though, which probably helps keep the quality up.

Uncle_Bob

I pay $9.99 a lb for little neck clams here then go on vacation to North Carolina and my brothers friend goes out on his boat and picks them up for free.

The cheapest way to get fish here is to fish for it yourself. The rec centers have man made lakes that they stock with fish, trout i think. You only pay something silly like $5 a year to be able to fish. Trouble is i can't fish to save my life. i spent an hour at a lake with the kids and caught absolutely bugger all and came back with all the line tangled around the reels

rpjs

Kulu Kulu on Brewer Street in Soho was/is a kaiten (conveyor-belt) place that did good sushi, and it did often have Japanese people eating there, so it's not *always* a bad sign.

rpjs

I wonder if their thinking was to do with the amount of mercury that's present in fish/sea-food these days. I understand some doctors now recommend that pregnant women should severely limit the amount of fish they eat for that reason.

ChocolateBabz

Best Fish n Chips I have had since moving to US and we found them on our road trip last year in Phoenix. It's only about 17 hours door to door, wonder if hubby would take me tonight?