[Closed] Whats the worst fish and chips or meal you have had?

I'd describe effort there as casting pearls before swine...

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rudebwoy - Member

Patriotpro- will not agree on much, but will with you on the betws chippy-- the only show in town

You must be kidding. Bettws has four or five good restaurants, two of them superb. 😯

worst fish and chips.... has to be any from the north (higher than oxford) they dont know how to do it properly it seems

Worst I had was from Brighton, can't get much further south.
Backs up the cr@p seaside chippy theory too. Port towns are far better for chippies than beach towns down south too.
Best "seaside" fish and chips I had was in Southwold. Genuinely very nice.

gixer.john - look at it positively. Life's taught you a valuable lessson 😉

Worst chippy meal? On the occasions I've been, Harry Ramsdens has always been massively underwhelming experience, to say the least. Which would be ok, but for some inexplicable reason they charge restaurant prices

A restaurant* in that Canary Wharf covers everything in Mayo, no seriously it really does. It's quite mental looking down on a plate on Mushroom Risotto to find it covered in Mayo.

It went back, we walked out.

*Begins with an Sm and ends in Y's.

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So is this why we had some pretty crap ones in Cornwall then?
Having said that, the absolute worst thing I've ever had from a 'fish shop' was Scotch Pie & chips from one in Caol next to Ft William, the chips were rank mush & the pie was still frozen in the middle.
The chippy next to the pier at Saltburn is ace but thats up north so it must be crap really.

1) it's harder to find a good chippy than a bad one
2) what's worse than a bad chippy is an inconsistent chippy. at least with a bad one you know not to go back, but an inconsistent one that lulls you back because you had great fish and chips there last year a couple of times is like torture.

if anyone knows a good one in the Crouch End/ Finsbury Park/ Haringey/ Muswell Hill* area shout up

*it will have to be very good for me to go up the hill to get it.

Cougar - Member

If I ever come across something that can 'only be described as pukka', I'll have it round up and shot. I fear it's best for society as a whole.

Really, why's that, then?

Worst chips was in padstow on holiday in this really posh place, £4 for 8 chips and they were shit

Best was from Norfolk, went on holiday there with my ex we had some at a pub next to an amazing beach. They were great chips ( was an amazing holiday though, might have something to do with it)

Harry Ramsdens has always been massively underwhelming experience, to say the least.

They're frozen chips too, aren't they?

Is there a difference between the chain and the Yorkshire original, incidentally, or are they all the same?

Really, why's that, then?

Crimes against vocabulary, for a start.

Cougar - Member

Really, why's that, then?

Crimes against vocabulary, for a start.

Who's vocabulary? Yours?

... and what else?

Jambalaya - +1 to Seafare. It's not dreadful as in 'never go back' but best in the country? 😯

So where's this great but expensive chippy you speak of. I'm stuck in the US until saturday but that's saturday night's tea sorted now.

it's not correct say that something can only be described as 'pukka'. IME, 'crap' is an equally valid description

3 Chip Shops have opened in the village in the last 2 years, pre that we had none, the only one serving us was at the top of the river and that was always rammed, to be fair they were quite exceptional. Now we have 4 choices and have to say the one closest to home is the best, bit dear but best. F&C (be it Cod or Hake) £7

If you get a blank stare when you ask for “one of each” then it’s a fair shout that they won’t be very good.

Who's vocabulary? Yours?

If I could only think of one word to describe something, and that word was 'pukka', then yes.

... and what else?

IME anything describing itself as 'pukka' has turned out to be anything but.

Can we dispense the world's most tedious and pointless argument now and carry on discussing chippies?

id have eaten that fish the day i was served as my main evening meal with zero options on even going to the shop for a chocolate bar ......

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rudebwoy - Member
Patriotpro- will not agree on much, but will with you on the betws chippy-- the only show in town and its dire.

*nods*

BigButSlimmerBloke - Member

it's not correct say that something can only be described as 'pukka'.

I wasn't suggesting that "something" was "pukka". I was saying that the fish and chips at The Cape pub on the estate where I work, specifically, is "pukka".

Difference.

Unless of course, you are suggesting that if something is described as "pukka", it is necessarily "crap", therefore.

In which case, you are a devolved flibberdegibbet, most likely.

There's a new chippy just opened down the road from us. Yay!! I've heard very good things. We shall be sampling its delights at the weekend. How exciting! 😀

O.K. This place:

http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/restaurants/the-cape-bar-info-32463.html

serves really pukka Fish and chips.

Good beer, too.

Now, now boys. Stop bickering...

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The Harry Ramsden's chain has no connection to the original, IIRC. The original chippy was excellent, the chain is crap - frozen chips!!

In Elland there is a 'chippy' called The Kais. I think they also do chinese food which should have started the alarm bells but like the OP, I was hungry that night so thought what the hell.

What the hell indeed...

When in That Harrogate there is a really good chippy on Cold Bath Road, if anyones interested that is.

There's a chinese in Barnoldswick that does a fab fish. The batter's almost Tempura-like. Chips aren't wonderful, though

I had an Indian takeaway at the weekend.

The starter - a mixed grill was fabulous. Tandoori chicken on the bone, chicken tikka pieces, tandoori lamb and a really hot seek kebab.
Devoured with vim. Delish.

Main course - beef vindaloo. The sauce was spot on but the pieces of beef were I'm sure:

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The Harry Ramsden's chain has no connection to the original, IIRC. The original chippy was excellent, the chain is crap - frozen chips!!

The chain shut the 'original' down recently (not the shed, the first restaurant)...I remember a programme trying to sort out HR's problems and it looked utterly dire.

The best fish and chip supper was from a chippy on the quay side in Poole, i can't remember the name of the plaice but they were proper bo.

Neptune Fish Restaurant in Seahouses

+1

Strangely, it was recommended as being really good in some guidebook or other, but was actually utterly dreadful.

Worst ever for me was in Ruthin

I can still remember the orange colour of that batter, and the smell of old shoes that came off it!

I wasn't suggesting that "something" was "pukka". I was saying that the fish and chips at The Cape pub on the estate where I work, specifically, is "pukka".

Difference.

Unless of course, you are suggesting that if something is described as "pukka", it is necessarily "crap",

Pukka Pies sum up the definition of pukka in my experience of sampling pukka things.

IIRC, 'pukka' is a Hindu word meaning 'solid.' Maybe that's what the pie people are referring to.

IME and without exception - yes it has been. Pukka Pies sum up the definition of pukka in my experience of sampling pukka things.

You need to expand your obviously limited horizons.

fish and chips at heston blumental's little chef was a big dissapointment.

I'm originally from the north-east so have been somewhat spoilt by good chippies, find it hard to beat a couple of them from my home town of Spennnymoor (about the only thing it's got going for it).

Generally had bad experiences in Scotland, fish always seems poor, although there's one I've been to Peebles which was quite nice.

I've been off the fish and chips for over a year - although I would only have them once a month or so.

The last two times (once in a restaurant, once from a chippy) they made me violently ill. I don't know if I got unlucky twice, or if my system had changed so that the batter just makes me ill?

As a kid, breaded and battered fish used to make me feel weak and ill sometimes - something to do with the drop in blood sugar when trying to digest fatty food perhaps?

Anyhow, I tend to have a pie n chips whenever going to the chippy now - although I am toying with the idea of trying some fish again......

The steak pie and chips here:

http://www.partyatthepub.co.uk/bars/cape-st-katherine-docks/

is also pukka, as chance would have it.

Did I mention that the beer is good also?

There's a new chippy just opened down the road from us. Yay!! I've heard very good things. We shall be sampling its delights at the weekend. How exciting!

Which one is that, Binners?

MrWoppit, do you work for them or something?

No I just like the food, which is inexpensive and pukka.

If you're in the area...

It's pukka.

Worst fish meal I've ever had was in the states in the NW. It's an area with a fishing industry which and still has a salmon run so you'd think they'd know how to do it. Salmon on a cedar plank style dish. Fish indistinguishable from the plank. Fried oysters were like breaded lead shot. I left expecting food poisoning so the nicest part of the meal was not dying (or wishing I had) during the night.

Which one is that, Binners?

dontdropthesoap - Its called Moby's. Its on Bolton Road. Looks very nice indeed, and I've heard good reports

dontdropthesoap - Its called Moby's. Its on Bolton Road. Looks very nice indeed, and I've heard good reports

Fish and chips has to be in dripping and prefrerably Haddock, not cod.
Pollock is bloody awful.
Seasonality has a lot to do with quality of chips. Some great chippies near Leeds, but a few fry the chips at too low a temperature.
Heard that seaside fish is "too fresh" to fry well. Apparently waiting a day or two avoids it being all soggy and excessivley moist.

Love fish n chips.

Coes in crossgates leeds is my fave.
Recently tried robin hood fisheries near wakefield amd though the chips were brill the fish.

The old Harry Ramsdens was recently taken over by the wetherby whaler chain, they do fairly good offering!