A comment on this earlier AskLemmy post inspired me to ask this question. I think there’s lots of delicious British food/it really depends on how you cook it, as with any cuisine.
A comment on this earlier AskLemmy post inspired me to ask this question. I think there’s lots of delicious British food/it really depends on how you cook it, as with any cuisine.
Fish n chips hands down 100% final answer lock it in.
To anyone whos been to both places can you get “proper” fish n chips the world over? I’ve asked a few americans on xbox a few times and they tell me that its “fish and steak fries” and its basically the same thing, but it doesnt sound like it will be the same.
Chippy chips are a very specific thing and its incredibly difficult to explain that to someone who hasn’t experienced it and just understands.
I lived in the US for a while and never once had proper fish and chips. Even the ‘English themed pubs’ didn’t do it right.
But there’s some amazing American food and if you’re just looking for British fish and chips while abroad you might as well go on a package holiday.
It’s weird, even americans who actually try hard don’t do fish and chips as well as brits who look like they’re barely trying.
Its no good to me now, but my dream was to get a big van and go touring other countries selling proper fish n chips. Get a social media presence showcasing peoples reactions and announcing my next stops like a tour.
If everywhere else already has authentic chippies then its fairly dead already. I don’t know if they do or don’t without doing the traveling that that career was going to provide though.
Got to have mushy peas with it to complete a proper fish n chips.
In America, the best approximation we can get to chippy chips are our steak fries. It’s the cut of potato that’s most similar, but there is a whole spectrum of doneness that one is rolling the dice on when ordering steak fries.
And you’re right. There ain’t nothing like chippy chips. I’m over here chasing a dragon when I should just be buying a plane ticket.
Oddly enough, the fast food Greek place here (not a chain) gets the closest to what I had in England.
You’re right, US fish and steak fries are not in the same league as authentic UK fish and chips.
Midwest fish fry at a supper club?