Part of travel is the enjoyment of discovering and eating new foods and flavours.
That first Paella in Spain or Bouillabaisse in France, are memorable events. We often return home and attempt (miserably) to reproduce them in our own kitchens.
Further afield we might encounter more exotic dishes, made from more exotic ingredients.
But travel as far as the globe will allow, and we come to Australia where possibly the most exotic dishes can be discovered. One such is Chips-n-fish, or is it Fish-n-chips; a dish comprising of long pieces of potato deep friend in oil, accompanied by filets of fish dipped in batter and again deep fried. The dish often arrives wrapped in paper and can be served with tartare sauce.
Here is an illustration of such a dish being enjoyed in Gold Coast Australia by my grandson Boo Boo. His discovery of this (possibly Aboriginal delicacy) obviously meets his approval.
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A compensation for moving into town when I was 7 was that we had a weekly fish&chips supper. Served in newspaper in those days!
ReplyDeleteLovely. I do remember buying chips for myself as a child, but not the fish.
DeleteA rare delicacy indeed.
ReplyDeleteNo 1 on the list of Aussie delicacies!
DeleteArguably, fish and chips originated in Portugal but the battered fish and chips we know today along with traditional fish and chip shops truly began in the east end of London in 1860 and not in Australia.
ReplyDeleteI believe it was the East End Jewish Community who first started selling fish-n-chips, but maybe they'd come from Australia.
DeleteNo, I believe they came from London, brought here by the immigrants, but the best fish and chips shops are usually run by Greeks, for some reason they do it better.
DeleteThe best fish and chips in Norwich were from the Italians who settled here before or during WW2 and my friend who I visited last week (in her bed now because of illness and old age) is a member of one of two original Italian fish and chip clans of Norwich. Their fish and chip shops are renowned in Norwich.
ReplyDeleteWe had a nearby one that was run by Chinese; it wasn't very good and closed. We're spoilt for choice here in Brighton, the whole restaurant scene is amazing.
DeleteMy Jewish friends would agree with you that fish-n-chips is another of their gifts to the cuisine of the world -- alongside onion bagels with a "smear" of cream cheese. But they disagree among themselves about the proper condiment to add: vinegar? sweet mustard?
ReplyDeleteI think salt-n-vinegar wins. Vinegar on chips is perfect.
DeleteWe had some excellent fish and chips when we were in Oz. Something we missed in VdP.
ReplyDeleteV du Pd only does Steak-n-chips (at The Commerce), and wonderful they are too!!!
DeleteFried fish and fries is a favorite meal at a seaside restaurant.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly is here in Brighton.
DeleteWhen paired with fish, chips are NEVER called fries. Fries are those skinny chips you get from Macca's and KFC.
DeleteBack in the 70s the best kiwi fishnchips were sold by Greeks who seemed to have a monopoly on these shops. Big parcels of battered fresh fish, snapper, shark all wrapped up on paper and then newspaper to keep them steaming till we got home.
ReplyDeleteLast time I was down there the tradition hadnt changed much. Still fresh fish you picked out from a glass case, real potatoes. The Greeks have moved on though. The local was owned by Maori folk.
Best takeaway meal ever
I've just been watching Rick Stein on his Weekends Away in Greece... I feel like buying a ticket tomorrow.
DeleteYour Boo Boo is a beautiful child.
ReplyDeleteFish and Chips (or Chips and Fish) is obviously a gastronomic delight that has stood the test of time. So many people have carried their love for this dish to all corners of the world and attempted to recreate it. We even have a version of it: Southern Fried Fish made with cornmeal and creole seasonings. Of course, I'm sure that they believe they are the ones that brought this delight to the world's table.
I rather like the sound of Southern Fried Fish. A bit of extra flavour could do no harm.
DeleteIt is Fish and Chips and definitely NOT Aboriginal. Although many indigenous peoples these days enjoy the dish as much as the rest of us.
ReplyDeleteI must have been confusing it with that great Aboriginal dish 'Pie and Floater'.
DeletePie floater (no 'and') and also not Aboriginal. It's a hot meat pie sitting in a bowl of thick green pea soup and topped with a squirt of tomato sauce. Very much favoured as a late night snack after the footy or the movies or even after a play at a theatre, and always bought from a roadside cart. I've never tried it and never will.
DeleteHahah! By the looks of it, they're hand-cut chips to boot, so no wonder Boo Boo's look of delight.
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