Best Fish and Chips in United States?
May 9, 2012, 3:53 am
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If a restaurant wants to sell battered fish and accompany it with fries (of whatever quality) then that's their prerogative - and it doesn't necessarily make it a bad meal, but "fish and chips" is a British dish where the correct preparation and cooking method of the chips is just as important as getting the fish right.
I'm sure most establishments would at least try to make some sort of effort if they had any other type of ethnic dish on the menu. You wouldn't just go and thrown fish sticks in a fish taco would you, or chicken nuggets in a Pad Thai?
May 15, 2012, 3:21 pm
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. Two favourites are Haultain and Old British when I visit but I'm sure others exist.I love the setting of Willows Galley, right near the water.
May 18, 2012, 5:59 am
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I just remembered being very impressed with the Fish and Chips at Epcot's Great Brittan Pub - especially outside at the kiosk, served up in the authentic rolled-into-a-cone newspaper. Perhaps it was because I was absolutely starving, but I thought that these were terrific.
May 20, 2012, 3:47 pm
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May 20, 2012, 4:08 pm
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Best Fish & Chips in the USA
Will be served at my house tonight. Haddock fillets about 1.5 X 5 X 3/4" thick, dipped in seasoned egg, rolled in panko crumbs, then fried in 3/4" of corn oil in a cast iron skillet. The chips will be skin-on, wedge-cut potatoes, tossed with oil, salted and peppered, then baked on a cookie sheet for about 50 minutes at 400. My homemade coleslaw rounds out the feast.
May 22, 2012, 9:47 am
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Will be served at my house tonight. Haddock fillets about 1.5 X 5 X 3/4" thick, dipped in seasoned egg, rolled in panko crumbs, then fried in 3/4" of corn oil in a cast iron skillet. The chips will be skin-on, wedge-cut potatoes, tossed with oil, salted and peppered, then baked on a cookie sheet for about 50 minutes at 400. My homemade coleslaw rounds out the feast.
Jun 16, 2012, 8:58 am
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Best fish in chips in Cape Cod, MA is Cooke's--Hyannis location. Their onion rings are really good too, and they give you a few with the haddock platter.
Best in MA on the North Shore is Lobster Bob's in Newburyport. (The fish anyway. The chips are average.)
I haven't tried Legal's spicy fish and chips, so will give that a try soon.
Best in MA on the North Shore is Lobster Bob's in Newburyport. (The fish anyway. The chips are average.)
I haven't tried Legal's spicy fish and chips, so will give that a try soon.
Jun 19, 2012, 5:42 pm
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Humpy's has opened a location at Anchorage International Airport on the "B" concorse across from the Delta gates. Great place to fill up befor one of those long, foodless red-eyes to the lower 48.
Jun 20, 2012, 11:13 pm
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Sep 17, 2012, 11:49 pm
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My favourite is the Portuguese Holy Ghost Society's Lenten Fish Fry. Stonington is home of the last fishing fleet in CT, so the fish is really fresh and they use an ultralight batter that you can taste the fish through. As Stonington is also famous for sea scallops, I recommend the fish & scallop combo 
Some other favourites for the rest of the year (mostly during the summer season) are Costello's in Noank, Evelyn's in Tiverton, Cove Fish market in Mystic and Sea Swirl in Mystic. Unfortunately most of these shacks are not 100% dependable as it really depends on who's in the kitchen and who made that batch of batter.
Further north along the coast my favourite in the elbow of the Cape is Sesuit Harbour Cafe. It has amazing water views and is located behind the Dennis Yacht Club.
Some other favourites for the rest of the year (mostly during the summer season) are Costello's in Noank, Evelyn's in Tiverton, Cove Fish market in Mystic and Sea Swirl in Mystic. Unfortunately most of these shacks are not 100% dependable as it really depends on who's in the kitchen and who made that batch of batter.
Further north along the coast my favourite in the elbow of the Cape is Sesuit Harbour Cafe. It has amazing water views and is located behind the Dennis Yacht Club.
It'll be held every Friday from the 28th through the Friday before Thanksgiving and then again for Lent. I highly recommend the Fish and Scallop Combo. In the same area, Costello's is closed for the season, but Abbott's is still open on weekends until Columbus Day weekend, Sea Swirl tentatively too on the same schedule. Sadly I can't recommend Cove anymore as the 2x I tried it this season has been extremely disappointing 