Chippie?

sash561 · Aug 22nd, 2009, 21:08

Anyone know of a good fish and chips joint in town?

Nick-H · Aug 22nd, 2009, 21:11

I don't think you'll find classic f&c fish such as Haddock or Cod anywhere in India...

(just watch someone prove me wrong!

)

sash561 · Aug 22nd, 2009, 21:54

Thanks mate, Been told you get good Tuna steaks at the local fish market.Dont know how true that is though. Haddock, Cod i suppose would be flown in if at all.

Nick-H · Aug 22nd, 2009, 22:04

Tuna is easy: our cats eat it every day!

sash561 · Aug 22nd, 2009, 22:07

Fresh or the canned ones?

Haylo · Aug 22nd, 2009, 22:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nick-H

I don't think you'll find classic f&c fish such as Haddock or Cod anywhere in India...

(just watch someone prove me wrong!

)

Sorry Nick, I'm going to prove you half wrong.

Both our housekeepers, who each used a different set of shopkeepers, served us with fish which was white and flaky. I'm sure that it wasn't cod or haddock, but it looked and tasted very similar to cod.

Can't tell you what variety of fish it was though, as it was totally unpronounceable and therefore instantly forgettable.

Nick-H · Aug 22nd, 2009, 22:18

Bass is available, which is soft, white, flaky and Mmmmm.... delicious! When we get it I just pressure cook it for a few minutes in a total absence of spice or other flavour

Other white fishes are also available, for instance shark.

There is one other fish, I don't think it was shark, that I had a few weeks ago, that I earmarked as being suitable for a fish pie (cheesy sauce, potato topping).

But... did the fish you had have those big, firm flakes, typical of fish that we are determined to wipe out by buying them for our f&c?

sash561 · Aug 22nd, 2009, 22:27

Bass is Da bomb!!!....slurp...slurp....mm mmmmmm....Disconnect

Nick-H · Aug 22nd, 2009, 23:00

... The one that got away!

Haylo · Aug 22nd, 2009, 23:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nick-H

But... did the fish you had have those big, firm flakes, typical of fish that we are determined to wipe out by buying them for our f&c?

Yes, just like cod, but hopefully not so brutally overfished...

Being Delhi, where you can get pretty much everything quite easily, it might even have been something imported frozen - but it did have a hindi name, "unpronouncable machli", which is what made me think that it might be something Indian.

Nick-H · Aug 22nd, 2009, 23:59

Interesting!

sash561 · Aug 23rd, 2009, 01:51

Just wanted you guys to know,i went in this evening to a restaurant which advertised fish and chips, but the fish was more like fish cakes and they are called "fish Cutlets".

I asked the steward what kinda fish was it and couldnt quite get what he said. Anyways now i know what to ask for when i feel like some fish cakes.

Nick-H · Aug 23rd, 2009, 02:03

You can get fish, and you get chips, and you can get them on the same plate, in many restaurants... just don't expect anything like the UK equivalent!

Haylo · Aug 23rd, 2009, 02:09

Just rememberd this, how could I have forgotten! Having acquired a taste for British fish and chips, dukkha ordered fish and chips in a rather "disorganised" hotel restaurant in Mussoorie which advertised fish and chips as their speciality; the fish was exactly as you'd expect, in gorgeously crispy batter. The chips were a pile of crisps!

Nick-H · Aug 23rd, 2009, 02:14

Chips... yes, of course, chips mostly means crisps. Is that the American usage?

Perhaps if you'd asked for French Fried?

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Aug 22nd, 2009, 21:11	#2
Nick-H This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 36,194	I don't think you'll find classic f&c fish such as Haddock or Cod anywhere in India... (just watch someone prove me wrong! )

Aug 22nd, 2009, 21:54	#3
sash561 Get ready for the bad guy Join Date: May 2009 Location: England Posts: 714	Thanks mate, Been told you get good Tuna steaks at the local fish market.Dont know how true that is though. Haddock, Cod i suppose would be flown in if at all.

Aug 22nd, 2009, 22:04	#4
Nick-H This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 36,194	Tuna is easy: our cats eat it every day!

Aug 22nd, 2009, 22:07	#5
sash561 Get ready for the bad guy Join Date: May 2009 Location: England Posts: 714	Fresh or the canned ones?

Aug 22nd, 2009, 22:18	#7
Nick-H This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 36,194	Bass is available, which is soft, white, flaky and Mmmmm.... delicious! When we get it I just pressure cook it for a few minutes in a total absence of spice or other flavour Other white fishes are also available, for instance shark. There is one other fish, I don't think it was shark, that I had a few weeks ago, that I earmarked as being suitable for a fish pie (cheesy sauce, potato topping). But... did the fish you had have those big, firm flakes, typical of fish that we are determined to wipe out by buying them for our f&c?

Aug 22nd, 2009, 22:27	#8
sash561 Get ready for the bad guy Join Date: May 2009 Location: England Posts: 714	Bass is Da bomb!!!....slurp...slurp....mm mmmmmm....Disconnect

Aug 22nd, 2009, 23:00	#9
Nick-H This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 36,194	... The one that got away!

Aug 22nd, 2009, 23:59	#11
Nick-H This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 36,194	Interesting!

Aug 23rd, 2009, 01:51	#12
sash561 Get ready for the bad guy Join Date: May 2009 Location: England Posts: 714	Just wanted you guys to know,i went in this evening to a restaurant which advertised fish and chips, but the fish was more like fish cakes and they are called "fish Cutlets". I asked the steward what kinda fish was it and couldnt quite get what he said. Anyways now i know what to ask for when i feel like some fish cakes.

Aug 23rd, 2009, 02:03	#13
Nick-H This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 36,194	You can get fish, and you get chips, and you can get them on the same plate, in many restaurants... just don't expect anything like the UK equivalent!

Aug 23rd, 2009, 02:09	#14
Haylo Structural Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Middle East and heading Easter Posts: 5,804	Just rememberd this, how could I have forgotten! Having acquired a taste for British fish and chips, dukkha ordered fish and chips in a rather "disorganised" hotel restaurant in Mussoorie which advertised fish and chips as their speciality; the fish was exactly as you'd expect, in gorgeously crispy batter. The chips were a pile of crisps!

Aug 23rd, 2009, 02:14	#15
Nick-H This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 36,194	Chips... yes, of course, chips mostly means crisps. Is that the American usage? Perhaps if you'd asked for French Fried?