Revealed: Secrets to UK Fish & Chips Obsession 

"Real vinegar comes from wine. Or something..." lol Always nice to hear people knowing exactly what they're talking about. if they're using pre-bought vinegar, you can be sure that they're using pre-bought batter mix as well and have little idea about what it contains or how to make it from scratch...

The point about fish and chips - which no one seems to understand - is that it was Britain's first fast-food. With railways it was possible for fish to be delivered fresh anywhere in the country. The method of cooking used isn't easy at home so 99 percent of fish and chips is bought from shops. It was popular because it's filling.

I remember when I was a kid my fish & chips or potato scallops were wrapped in newspaper. Tasted great. Don't know how healthy that was but what lovely memories.

the other reason for eating fish n chips on a friday is because thats when you got paid, in the north west uk, we call it a chippy tea, some people take plates to have their meal put on, when you go into the chippy, you hand them the plates and they put them to warm in the display.

The taste and the fact it fills you up and keeps you full.

It's a pitty he didn't tell us if he uses Beef dripping or the synthetic oils, they seem to use these days. It's hard to find an authentic chippy. As one of the commenters suggest, Whitby and Scotland still use Beef dripping, which is the old way and by far the best tasting.

I love the comedy subtitles.

I can remember the last coal fired fish n chip shop in the north east, 40 years ago, they were superb. Love fish n chips, but think they are a bit cheeky with the price of chips, anybody else agree?

Wikipedia says that Dickens mentions a "fried fish warehouse" in Oliver Twist, published in 1838.

Be sure to turn your volume down significantly right before 3:16. Volume goes up like crazy there.

i prefer to have the vinegar sprinkled first that way the salt stick to the food rather than just fall off, this is why i always put ketchup on my fires first before i sprinkle with salt so it adheres otherwise it's just falling to the bottom of the plate and same for the fish , this also reminded me of my trips to cuba where i would roll my eyes in disappointment when the bartender made was putting my coke in the glass first then pouring in the rum which would then float on the top instead of the rum first then the coke so as to properly mix

In terms of what I like to put on my fish and chips, it's all about salt, ketchup (fries only), tartar sauce (fish only), and malt vinegar. The vinegar is key. It HAS to be malt vinegar. Accept no substitutes.

I oh so miss UK fish and chips!! Last time I had any was in 1975 when I was stationed in Holy Lock, Scotland. The fish and chips were wrapped in newspaper and I used to think that it was the ink that made them taste so good. lol I cannot find anywhere in the US fish and chips that come close to any I've had in the UK. :

Not impressed that he got frozen cod, clearly that's about convenience for him, but fish tastes soo much better fresh, there's no doubt about it, and the chippies use fresh fish.

a lot of cardiff fish shops recook chips from nite before

What oil do they use.

When i come back to the UK, first thing I want to do is eat some Fish and Chips :)

I like mine with peas and gravy, but it is nice to see he is using Cod, as the last time I bought that at a premium price , it was Pollack and not in the same league. Years ago they used to sell a cutlet of Hake which was more expensive but nicer with a Tri -bone in the middle, but sadly have not seen that for years.

I do need to remember that every so often my friend.

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This is a really funny when you put the sub-titles on!

Oh man i want some fish& chips now

Perfect food , and delicious , plus you can get it to go . I visited your country it was my favorite meal . Don't forget the malt vinegar .

Can't not have mushy peas?

LOVED IT!!!

Oh! I'm drooling.

@Rami Gold - i can't believe you wrote that, but i'm glad you did :)

nothing beats good old fish and chips wrapped in used news paper as I grew up in Wales england

I might do a day trip just to get this guys Fish'N'Chips :()

HOW DO YOU MAKE YOUR BATTER?

I also like to immedaitely salt the fish and fries just after frying and at a good, golden brown color and use a malt vinegar, lemons good too which I also like in my chowder

Subtitles are amazing!

It would have taken 2 seconds to explain what the batter mix is, the type and temperature of the oil!! Also you could have shown how the chips are made!!!!!!!!

Best chippy I went to was in North Shields right opposite the fish Quay, can't get fresher fish than that.

He reminds me of the news reporter from The Simpsons :)

Those subtitles are wild!

i've tasted both frozen and fresh and i can't tell the difference at all. they taste damn good that is all.

He did the salt and vinegar wrong its always vinegar then salt so the salt sticks to the chips becuse if you do the vinegar last it washes the salt off

I had my fish and chips wrapped in news print once, actually it was the joke pages. The food ended up tasting funny.

No, in the u.s. they dont often make them as longer fillets, or have mushy peas. I do like clam chowder with it tho'!! (Maybe I could try split pea soup sometime tho' :P ) I understand the original u.k. recipe used a dark brew for the batter.

In reply to comment from New Zealand.. We don't cook our fish in advance and put it in a warmer at Cowbridge Fishbar, all our fish is cooked fresh to order. In our opinion it makes a difference sufficient to be worth the wait.

oh what joy...the subtitles are pure comedy

holly cow that looks really good even with a bunch of salt like that.

Miss that in Canada. They do have it but does not taste the same.Love me fish and chips. Thanks.

I want some fish and chips now.

MMM, fish and chips..my favourite 'naughty' meal. Not many of those places here in Vancouver, Canada

I like that famous grouse t shirt he was wearing..and of course cod and chips 🤓

Frozen fish and fake malt vinegar. Not the behaviour of a man waited ten years for the right chippy.

When i was kid, the adults got fish, us kids got a Savoloy...... BUT now as an adult, I enjoy trying fish and chips from all over the Plaice( pun intended). For me its the best take-away, as long as its from a shop that really does think of the end result, Quality over quantity. For me, i would LOVE to sea(another intented pun) more sustainable fish on offer, for instance Pollack has a great meaty fish texture like Cod &Hoki. But my point is, if your not LOVING your Fish and Chip supper, You need to explain why? If you dont, how will they know, they are NOT mind readers. Support your local Chippies, especially NOW more than ever, For them great feed back in this day and age, means new customers. Being able to say hey "chippie" that meal was amazing, Just as a suggesion, a slice of Lemon would of been the icing on that fish, or, Having Whole Roticery Chicken twice a week would be amazing!............... Opps sorry @Seafish I was rambling on a bit there. Just to end i would advise, ALL tourist, for a great British Fish and Chips, Go to a Proper Fish and Chip shop, NOT a fast food shop or a Kebab shop, as they are usually pre cooked battered fish and french fries. We NEVER have french fries, if they are on the menu, look to another shop. Happy GOOD fish and chip shop hunting oxooxoxoxo

Frozen cod. Weighing fish. Chips into a polystyrene tray before wrapping them. Far to much portion control. A chipper to avoid.

Fish are too small.

Fresh Frozen fish is a much healthier choice today, unless you are able to go from actual water to fryer on same day. Most trawlers are a week at sea before they unload. 🤔

Hands down the best food to come out of the UK.

Why do they thaw out the chips before cooking and it's something I've noticed they do in Australia too ? Quality chips are always taken frozen and straight into hot oil or they become soggy and absorb the oil. Never allowed to thaw out over cookers

Mouth watering, an i heard The Cowbridge Fish Bar is the finest fish bar in UK.

Just for couple of Quids , you get the best fish & ships , how can I ever forget the shop at the Green street , Upton Park , East London, lots of salt and vinegar on the top , yummy

Wish we had lots of fish and chips places like this here in the US! It's very hard to find fish and chips places here, much less GOOD ones.

Cod the most lastless fish in the ocean, come down under and get so much variety,we used cod as bait for crayfish pots and bait for fishing..

I wish they would develop Star Trek style transporters so I could pop over there from Australia for that fantastic looking fish and chips

Checkout our video. Papas Barn are regional Winners for London and the South East 2015 in the Independent Fish and Chip Awards

who did the subs?

The subtitles are hilarious

Aye, as always, Anglocenterd. And what of the Italians in Scotland?

when I was growing up a bag of chips for 60p wrapped in newspaper those were the days

Enjoy

Fish and chips are good when done right. But there are lots of shops in england that also do it wrong.

Great fish

soo good with batter fish

You say how your wife has all this education bla bla , still only ended up frying chips for you ! You must of held her back ,bless her !!!

I remember back in day there was a plain paper layer and newspaper on outside to keep warm was best but pure newspaper was a bit silly and unhygienic I think! That’s what I didn’t like about old days chips!

Halo England. I'm just a Yank, though I am very impressed by your LightNiks. I am trying to get something straitway on the up and up with The LightNik Movement here in The United States of America. Please send any willing ready and able LightNiks on Holiday in the States. P.S. Please also remember the fish n' chips

batter YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! not cornmeal

Fish and chips look fantastic. I used to work in a fry place in the summer at the beach. I know my fries. Not so much with the fish.

Salt in brown sauce with vinegar in

yummy...I missed this...

This is one of the reasons why I could never leave the UK....no one does chippy like us and Id likely go into withdrawl from the amount I eat :)

My favrte food

great vido my friend

That's a bad practice frying fish with sausages in the same pan

i rather my home made fish n chips any day .all the fish shops in my area are horrible and i dont understand how people can eat the food ? honestly its bad . maybe some people eat it so often that they dont know how bad the food is ? everytime ive tryed the local fish shops its ended up in the bin i always stick to my own cooking now nomatter how tierd i am

Eating fish and chips in the UK ruined me for fish and fries everywhere else. Often I’ll see fish and chips on a menu here in the US and I’ll order some hoping that it’ll come close to what I had in Oban and Edinburgh. Sad to say but nothing comes close. So unless I travel back to the UK, I guess I’ll have to learn to make my own. Darlington, South Carolina USA

in New Zealand, we cook to order, so it's different to see them cooking they're fish ahead of time and having it stored in a warmer. i'm not saying it's bad, not at all, it's just i've never seen that style until i started watching how the Brits do it. i'd love to travel to the UK to taste the original style chippy, i'm sure it'll be damn good.

The FRYER look Nasty!!!!

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I think the reviewer at the end was being ambiguous when he described the taste as "beyond description". He probably didn't appreciate the huge dumping of salt.

7.34 yum yum..............

To me I got to have tarter sauce. You can have the viniger.😀

Nice chippy.

say what??? vinegar is brute originally...completely crazy.

That's me local chippy

frying sausage with the fish?

He's like a cross between Marco Pierre White and David Brent.

The subtitles tho

Yo, WHERE'S THE TARTAR SAUCE ???!!!!

I'm hungry now

Fish and chips should always be served in paper

is that car oil or cooking oil

Beauty xxxx they look perfect golden crispy batter on fish .... decent potato .... there's nothing worse than a chippy that under cooks the chips and there's no taste ... the chips and the fish look too pale and don't taste ... Is there a reason for this ?

2018 southern Poland. People still don't eat meat on friday. Only fishes. Still catholic traditions.

Fish and chips isn't really a "traditional" UK dish. fried fish came from the Portugese Jewish immergrants who came to the UK via Holland back in the 16th centery. The first person who invented Fish & Chips as we know it today was infact Joseph Malin (Ashkenazi Jewish immigrant) who opened the first "fish & chip shop" in Cleveland Street, London around 1860.