Fish & Chips

My Favourite Food <(^-^)>

Fish & Chips

 
Fish and chips is a hot dish of English origin, consisting of battered fish, commonly Atlantic cod or haddock, and deep-fried chips.

Anything that’s been around since the 1860s can’t be doing much wrong. The staple of the Victorian British working class is a crunchy-outside, soft-inside dish of simple, un-adorned fundamentals.
Sprinkled with salt, vinegar and dollops of tartar sauce, it is simply one of the best food around.


Batter
UK fish and chip shops traditionally use a simple water and flour batter, adding a little sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) and a little vinegar to create lightness, as they create bubbles in the batter.
 
Other recipe like mine uses beer batter, where these liquid are often substitutes for water. The carbon dioxide in the beer lends a lighter texture to the batter. Beer also results in an orange-brown colour. A simple beer batter might consist of a 2:3 ratio of flour to beer by volume. The type of beer makes the batter taste different: some prefer lager whereas others use stout or bitter.


In Britain and Ireland, cod and haddock appear most commonly as the fish used for fish and chips, but cod is too expensive, so cheap alternatives are better option for me.


Nowadays, I will just go to Fish & Ço. for Fish & Chips. There was a time when I ordered New York Fish & Chips but they gave me a wrong order which is Best Fish & Chips in Town! Well, I'm just too hungry to wait for replacement so I said it's okay. Also, two of the waitresses are my type. :)