# I juts had a nice plate of fish & chips **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 12, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-juts-had-a-nice-plate-of-fish-chips/734434 "2015-10-12T16:25:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MrQwertyasd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@MrQwertyasd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrQwertyasd)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-juts-had-a-nice-plate-of-fish-chips/734434/1 "2015-10-12T16:25:42Z")
With a sprinkling of balsamic vinegar, sea salt and dollop of blue cheese mayonnaise. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-juts-had-a-nice-plate-of-fish-chips/734434/2 "2015-10-12T16:55:29Z")
What kind of fish? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-juts-had-a-nice-plate-of-fish-chips/734434/3 "2015-10-12T17:13:00Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > What kind of fish? Gotta be cod, almost by definition, right? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-juts-had-a-nice-plate-of-fish-chips/734434/4 "2015-10-12T17:14:14Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Gotta be cod, almost by definition, right? Or haddock, which is better. And which I can’t find out here. ---
**Author:** ![MrQwertyasd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@MrQwertyasd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrQwertyasd)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-juts-had-a-nice-plate-of-fish-chips/734434/5 "2015-10-12T17:21:39Z")
Cod. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-juts-had-a-nice-plate-of-fish-chips/734434/6 "2015-10-12T17:23:25Z")
Halibut makes the best fish & chips in my experience. There’s a soul food restaurant out on the ass-end of town here that makes the best halibut & chips I’ve ever eaten, and they serve it with a tartar sauce they make themselves which is so thick and delicious you could just eat a bowl of it by itself. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-juts-had-a-nice-plate-of-fish-chips/734434/7 "2015-10-12T17:38:27Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Halibut makes the best fish & chips in my experience. There’s a soul food restaurant out on the ass-end of town here that makes the best halibut & chips I’ve ever eaten, and they serve it with a tartar sauce they make themselves which is so thick and delicious you could just eat a bowl of it by itself. Soul food in Olympia? I’m not sure I believe that. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-juts-had-a-nice-plate-of-fish-chips/734434/8 "2015-10-12T17:41:33Z")
Tartar sauce: a substance so vile there is no food on Earth which remains edible after touching even a smidgen of it. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-juts-had-a-nice-plate-of-fish-chips/734434/9 "2015-10-12T17:43:30Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Soul food in Olympia? I’m not sure I believe that. [Beau Legs.](http://ordering.splangomenu.com/menu/50edc75831131cb054000000/wp/) The owners moved up here from Louisiana shortly after Katrina. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-juts-had-a-nice-plate-of-fish-chips/734434/10 "2015-10-12T17:47:55Z")
> [@MrQwertyasd](#): > > blue cheese mayonnaise. So blue cheese dressing without the vinegar? Or blue cheese dressing with less blue cheese? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-juts-had-a-nice-plate-of-fish-chips/734434/11 "2015-10-12T17:50:34Z")
One order to go… to Cafe Society! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-juts-had-a-nice-plate-of-fish-chips/734434/12 "2015-10-12T18:28:05Z")
We had the best fish and chips on the Oregon coast two weeks ago (believe me, we’ve tried a lot of them). It’s a place called [Bandon Fish Market](http://www.bandonfishmarket.com/), and they offer F&C in cod (for right-thinking people), halibut, ling cod, and salmon (which just seems wrong). Fresh fish, lightly battered, fried at the perfect temperature, served with beer batter fries, and no heat lamps between you and the deep fryer. Your choice of ketchup, tartar, malt vinegar or just salt. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-juts-had-a-nice-plate-of-fish-chips/734434/13 "2015-10-12T19:18:26Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Gotta be cod, almost by definition, right? Cod from a big fish too. Great big flakes. I like haddock too. My reason for asking was that for some people, fish and chips means shark. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-juts-had-a-nice-plate-of-fish-chips/734434/14 "2015-10-12T19:26:27Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [Beau Legs.](http://ordering.splangomenu.com/menu/50edc75831131cb054000000/wp/) The owners moved up here from Louisiana shortly after Katrina. I’ll have to try it next time I’m in town. Best F&C I’ve found near Boston is at an Irish pub called The Druid in Cambridge. I hear good things about a joint called Strip-T’s in Watertown, will be checking them out soon. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-juts-had-a-nice-plate-of-fish-chips/734434/15 "2015-10-12T19:39:29Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > My reason for asking was that for some people, fish and chips means shark. Really? I’ve eaten shark, but only so I could say I had. Like brains. Shark have high levels of urea in their tissues (used as an osmotic molecule?). The idea is sort of off-putting. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-juts-had-a-nice-plate-of-fish-chips/734434/16 "2015-10-12T19:46:30Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Really? I’ve eaten shark, but only so I could say I had. We used to eat shark when I was a teen and you could buy it in supermarkets. (Maybe you still can, but I haven’t seen any in years.) I used to broil it with teriyaki sauce on it. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-juts-had-a-nice-plate-of-fish-chips/734434/17 "2015-10-12T21:08:57Z")
> [@MrQwertyasd](#): > > With a sprinkling of balsamic vinegar, sea salt and dollop of blue cheese mayonnaise. Ew. That does not sound appetizing in the slightest. Too frou-frou. Lord knows I’m not against fine dining, but there’s a time and a place, man. Fish and chips should come with _malt_ vinegar, salt, and a wedge of lemon if you’re posh. In newspaper. You only get the tartar if you’re having calimari rings on the side 🙂 My go-to fish would be hake. It’s the stockfish of South Africa, firm white flesh - with big flakes, **Mangetout**. We’re all agreed on _beer_ batter, right, men? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-juts-had-a-nice-plate-of-fish-chips/734434/18 "2015-10-12T21:10:57Z")
Best I have had is from Chicken Shack in the downriver Michigan area. It’s Catfish, actually, which may be sacrilegious. The chips are more like potato squares smothered in butter and sauce. I must go there now. It’s beyond tremendous. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-juts-had-a-nice-plate-of-fish-chips/734434/19 "2015-10-12T21:19:14Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Fish and chips should come with _malt_ vinegar, salt, and a wedge of lemon if you’re posh. In newspaper. Preferably Sarson’s malt vinegar. Sometimes HP sauce for the chips, but that’s just me… ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-juts-had-a-nice-plate-of-fish-chips/734434/20 "2015-10-12T21:22:32Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Tartar sauce: a substance so vile there is no food on Earth which remains edible after touching even a smidgen of it. Amen, sir. Amen. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-juts-had-a-nice-plate-of-fish-chips/734434.md?page=2)