Fish & chips: beer-battered halibut & haddock ($18.90++ + $22.90++)!
UK-style fish & chips: beer-battered halibut and haddock with chunky chips, lemon and tartare sauce. $41.80++.
Dinner with BB at a UK-style fish & chips spot, going for the twin order: beer-battered halibut ($18.90++) and haddock ($22.90++). 🐟😋
What was on the table:
- Halibut: a long beer-battered fillet on blue-and-white striped paper, with chunky chips, a lemon wedge and a ramekin of tartare sauce
- Haddock: two folded beer-battered pieces, same chunky chips, lemon and tartare
This was proper chippy-style fish & chips, the kind that gets the details right. The beer batter fried up exactly as it should, light and puffy and crisp, bubbled and golden, peeling back to reveal the white fish underneath. The chunky chips are the rare treat here: thick-cut, fluffy inside and crisp outside, a world away from the usual shoestring fries most places serve.
The two fish made a nice comparison. The halibut was the firmer, slightly sweeter one, holding together in meaty flakes. The haddock was the British classic, flakier and a touch smokier in flavour, and the pricier of the two (it is mostly imported from the North Atlantic). A squeeze of lemon and a dab of the caper-flecked tartare sauce on each, and it was a tidy, satisfying plate.
At around $49 after service it is premium pricing, but the batter and those chunky chips earned it.
Overall: 4 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Light, crispy beer batter and proper chunky chips, with firm halibut and flaky, traditional haddock. Solid.
