US vs UK Fish And Chips | Food Wars | Insider Food

[@kevvigarrity9304]

I feel like a whole episode on just regional differences of UK chippies is definitely needed.

[@williebauld1007]

defiantly, chippies in Scotland have more than twice the menu items than in England

[@ryangunit84]

⁠@@williebauld1007it seems the further north you go in the uk the better the chip shops are. London’s is likely to be the very worst of traditional chippies.

[@fayesouthall6604]

@@ryangunit84I have a great Fish and Chips shop near me. Came in the top 3 of U.K. fish and chips shops. Make their own tartare sauce. Cod and chips with bread and butter is £10 to go. Sit in their restaurant it’s £13.

[@adamwhite1567]

I work at a chippy we do small haddock, chips and mushy peas for 4.95

[@fayesouthall6604]

@@adamwhite1567 nice 👍

[@anthtistic]

American fish looks like the frozen stuff you get here in the UK

[@laerwen]

That's because there's a good chance it WAS frozen. Most fast food places in the US have at least some items that are made from frozen.

[@MyKeeP81]

these are fast food spots in the usa. go to a decent restaurant and their fish and chips likely wont be

[@nahor88]

The places they went were fast food, what do you expect? We don't have "chippies" in the US. If you want good fish and chips, you have to go to a good restaurant.

[@ShadowRexxx-c1s]

Even the frozen stuff here looks better

[@pacmon5285]

I'm not sure what you meant by frozen. There's the shitty stuff, but... A LOT of fish is actually frozen even before coming to land because it would spoil otherwise. Freezing it does not inherently make it bad.

[@UncleJackOnline]

i miss the bag of scraps i used to get from me local chippy as a kid. Was the bits of batter that fell off the fish as it was placed in the top shelf to drain, sometimes you would get a chuck of tail and a handful of chips thrown in, loadsa salt and vinegar, then sittin on the kerb outside and eating it quick before the paper dissolved

[@6Metal6militA6]

They still give you scraps on your meal for free here in Yorkshire, all cooked in beef dripping of course ;)

[@natelo952]

Just ask for a bag of scraps, most chippies give them for free.

[@jasminappleby779]

Don't get scraps down where I am, which my parents still long for. I always loved the little broken bits of crispy chip you occasionally get though so scraps always sounds delicious.

[@kyzer6666]

Still do bags of scraps on the IOM.. Dabs too!!

[@mariuscheek]

When I was in Nottingham they were called 'bits' - "chips, bits and gravy please!" Delicious!

[@Lixmage]

Sorry you lost me the second you refused to try the chip butty, and its not our fault if you used the wrong bread and maybe no butter...

[@xwvr6656]

Americans really are so confused by simple foods

[@walkernick86]

It's quite funny coming from a woman who probably eats deep fried chicken and bacon with pancakes and syrup with a side of ice cream 🙈🙈🤣

[@jasminappleby779]

Two bits of white bread or a soft white roll, butter spread on generously, chips go in hot and melt the butter. Maybe a cheeky bit of sauce. Unreal food. Can't believe it was presented like that first of all, and then was said to be DRY?!

[@Lixmage]

@@jasminappleby779 IKR!

[@jaackaboytheiii1107]

@@jasminappleby779tbf you need a nice gravy as well

[@frederickvondinkerberg7721]

wow skipping the chip butty should be a criminal offence

[@kaldogorath]

I support the decision to skip it!

[@ShadowRexxx-c1s]

Typical Americans

[@S_J_banana]

he mentioned it at 14:39

[@mediavideos2176]

Yeah, at least try it before you judge it. You are not much of a food reviewer if you dont eat the food.

[@cutthr0atjake]

Lost respect for her views due to her refusal to even try the chip butty.

[@mariannetuite7411]

Definitely not just a “London thing” to be able to get fried/roasted chicken at a chippy. It’s available pretty widely at every one I’ve visited in the Midlands

[@DanielJames-wz3hd]

Started in London

[@mariannetuite7411]

That may be true 🤷🏻‍♀️ I was just pointing out that it’s not just available in London

[@mariannetuite7411]

I’m over 40 and it’s always been an option where I am in Birmingham

[@slytheringingerwitch]

And in Cornwall too.

[@fayesouthall6604]

@@mariannetuite7411 my mum always preferred chicken and chips

[@SneakyCheeseThief]

I lived in the UK for almost ten years and despite the usual snarls here in the States, I loved the food. Especially the fish and chips. The dish sucks over here. I ordered it everywhere they had it on the menu for a year or two after I got back from the UK cuz I missed it, and it was never right. Until I was driving from Phoenix to LA through a town called Wickenburg, AZ to visit a friend on the way, and she took me to some little restaurant about twenty minutes away, in the middle of the effing desert, with a lovely little patio in the back with about five tables. It was all TexMex food for the most part. I ordered the fish and chips (!?!) and it was fantastic. I always wanted to go back but my friend sadly died a year later and I have no reason to go back to that particular part of the desert. But I think about her and the fish and chips and that day a lot. Life is a damned mystery!

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

She skipped the chip butty? Also, yeah that bun she had looked harsh, better with just sliced white bread. The chippy butty is so good, an American friend moved her parents over from the US and her dad says it's the greatest food invention ever and that he wishes he'd come across it earlier in life.

[@Dragophonix]

It really wasn't a chip butty, gotta stuff them chips in a barm cake for that.

[@EwanMarshall]

it is the way the heated chips melts the butter slightly and the bread and chip oil flavours blend, nothing else quite like it.

[@afriendlycadian9857]

​​@@EwanMarshallI find that when I have a chip butty I don't even always have a need to butter it to not be dry

[@Salfordian]

I as an Englishman call the thin ones 'fries' but the thicker ones which Americans don't seem to do 'chips'

[@cainjake7940]

Correct answer

[@paradoxparade1]

Incorrect. They absolutely do the thicker ones in the US (no pun intended).

[@Octobersmom7]

We do have thick cut here, we call them steak cut or steak fries because they're popular in steak restaurants.

[@jongrho602]

@@paradoxparade1 Yes, we call them steak fries.

[@jthomp72]

Yeah we just call them steak fries or potato wedges here, but they do exist. Not popular though.

[@jaysmith2858]

If she thinks Dandelion and Burdock tastes like Cream Soda she needs to get her taste buds checked.

[@tinap8227]

I was thinking exactly this, nothing alike.

[@kaldogorath]

Possible your cream soda doesn't taste like our cream soda though :)

[@jaysmith2858]

@@kaldogorath Does your cream soda taste 'medicinal'? That is how some people describe what Dandelion and Burdock tastes like.

[@kaldogorath]

@@jaysmith2858 No, but root beer doesn't taste medicinal to me either.

[@lilsunny7399]

She said fking Irn Bru tasted like Cream Soda. Girl has no taste buds.

[@CraigGrannell]

UK: here is a battered leviathan and a sack of potatoes! US: here is something a child might eat at school and a handful of fries. For once, the UK comes out way ahead on this show.

[@farmermatt8237]

You forgotten about the Cadburys episode

[@iaw7406]

deep fried megalodon 🤤

[@Jmcinally94]

The one time UK portion control feels American 😂

[@kyzer6666]

I almost spat my drink out reading that

[@blackdragoncyrus]

For once? Did you see the Cadbury's episode?

[@reecedignan8365]

Chips, cheese and curry sauce is one of the best simple dishes you can make when you just want something simple. Also as a Scot I have to note. Irn Bru tastes like Irn Bru, there is no other taste but Irn Bru

[@Nubleborsky]

If you havent already, you need to try get your hands on the Sicilian soda called Spuma. Its basically a lighter, boujie version of Irn Bru and its amazing. Some specialty stores and italian restaurants will have it in the UK or its available online.

[@lucyj8204]

Irn Bru tastes of girders, canonically.

[@SeraphCrimson777]

I've had Irn Bru and it tasted like bubblegum to me.

[@diesel_dawg]

@@lucyj8204 "Barr's Irn-Bru: made in Scotland from girders."

[@ashcoggins4903]

I can't handle dandelion and burdock being compared to cream soda. I love both but they have completely different flavour's! I will say though I haven't tried that brand in particular.

[@XPLOSIVization]

That blew my mind too when she said it tastes like cream soda, because real D&B tastes nothing like cream soda lol

[@Nubleborsky]

Yeah she just has to have mixed that up with root beer in her head or something. Nobody has a palette that unrefined you cant tell the difference, its such a prominent and recognisable flavour. If she really thought that tjen i doubt she will last too long around here.

[@haydensgamingadventures]

That brand tastes like B&D it's one of the better ones, the women trying it just doesn't have taste buds clearly, didn't even listen to anything she said after that comparison

[@LilMonkeyFella87]

Lol one is vanilla flavoured and one is a sweet root extract drink 😅 itd be like saying root beer is like cream soda

[@jasminappleby779]

@@haydensgamingadventures When she couldn't wrap her head around a chip butty, I couldn't handle it. She also said that lemonade tasted like cleaning products :/ one of the best ones.

[@mikecooper2566]

"The chip butty is just confusing"... You didn't even try it so you have no right to comment. The fact you refused to eat what is considered by the majority of Brits as a chip shop staple is just dumb.

[@Lixmage]

IKR!

[@SeeDaRipper...]

She didn't even have butter on it?! (hence the bloody name) Even the brit didn't cotton onto this fact and considered it a name of a roll - oaf🤦‍♂

[@OxenOrb2]

Disgusting behaviour

[@233Deadman]

Imagine her reaction to a Wigan Kebab, aka the Pie barm It's like the chip butty, but instead of chips its an entire pie in the bread.

[@strawberrydialectics]

its chips and bread, calm down. i moved to the uk from the US 8yrs ago & i still dont understand butties. bacon butty, chip butty, they just seem like they are missing something & its never something i would choose to eat unless i had nothing else

[@Patrick-q2z]

Being from a fishing family Cod is indeed the biggest selling fish in the U.K but if you go to the historic fishing ports they all eat Haddock. Reason …it’s just so much more tasty!

[@makavelithedon]

I’m from Hull and also visited other fishing towns along the coast in East Yorkshire and every single chippy here serves Haddock, you can get Cod or Plaice at some places but Haddock is the most popular, and being on the coast it’s always fresh.

[@LilMonkeyFella87]

Its because the east side of the UK, the sea had a higher source of haddock. The other side has more cod in the water

[@BuckfastTonicWine]

and in scotland most chippys just sell haddock

[@BuckfastTonicWine]

@@LilMonkeyFella87 from south west scotland and its almost always haddock

[@LilMonkeyFella87]

@@BuckfastTonicWine I think most of Scotland's fishing ports are on the east side though

[@AmarverMinhas]

FYI the Fanta she drank used to be it's own drink called lilt.

[@moffit1]

Today I learned that lilt doesn't exist anymore

[@coreyblakee332]

@@moffit1because it’s called Fanta now not lilt

[@jasminealimousavi6624]

RIP Lilt 😢😢😢

[@essexginge9167]

old lilt and rum good god that was tasty ill have to they fanta with it

[@charlotteritchie9969]

@@essexginge9167lilt and rum???? Never tried that

[@MattMcQueen1]

I'd imagine that every fish and chip shop in Scotland also serves chicken (usually in batter), so it's not just a London thing. As well as sausage in batter, in Scotland we also do black pudding, haggis (of course), both in batter, and steak (or ashet) pie. We can also get Scotch pies. I'm not sure if it's served anywhere outside Scotland, but we have pizza in batter, also called a Pizza Crunch.

[@llchapman1234]

As an American, knowing the UK deep fries so many things makes me feel validated 😂😂😂

[@BSimpson1998]

The number one condiment is also brown sauce. Didn't even get a mention. Do the English not have brown sauce?

[@Bibi-bl6jz]

​@BSimpson1998 yea we def8nutely do but we don't always have it

[@GM-tw4el]

​@@BSimpson1998it's only in the east central part of Scotland. Chip shops in Edinburgh and fife will offer you salt and sauce (a vinegary brown sauce) everywhere else it's salt and vinegar. If you put brown sauce on fish in Glasgow you'd get disowned, red sauce is fine, but never brown 😂

[@IkarosWaltz]

In Scotland when I was younger the "Fish and Chicken Bars" did used to be separate, but now aren't really separated from Fish and Chip shops.

[@thomasedwards6641]

From New Zealand and fish and chips is a staple here, some fish and chips shops use newspapers to serve but have a protective layer to protect the food.

[@tanya9112]

Oh I think NZ fish and chips would be really good👍🏼

[@susansmiles2242]

When we went to NZ we visited Bluff and had battered oysters (how decadent)

[@robwainfur2073]

I feel as a Welshman I would feel at home in New Zealand. Different but the same if that makes sense.

[@Oxley016]

@@robwainfur2073lots of sheep there too innit

[@lemagreengreen]

Visited a Kiwi chippy and was impressed by the differences, sweet potato chips? shark!? It's good though, Blue Cod works well but I missed the Haddock.

[@joshtherahrah]

Pollock is just sad, that's what you get at the dirt cheap chippies over here where they just say "fish" rather than specifying the type.

[@tonycarpaccio9550]

The "Fishyness" of Cod and Haddock really depends on age and preparation and how long the fish has been left out or stored etc, neither should be very fishy. 15 years of working in fish n chips lol.

[@peterlowry6990]

In Northern Ireland, and I think Scotland too, you can order a 'supper' which basically means 'and chips'. So I would have ordered a fish supper or sausage supper growing up.

[@Someloke8895]

Yeah, I'm from the North of England (originally N.Yorks) and live close to the Scottish border. If someone said "fish supper" to me, I'd immediately assume they're after Fish and Chips. Now, Sausage supper....I might think Bangers and Mash...or... some sort of slang for something you can find on certain websites...

[@tarachristie933]

From Scotland, can confirm “fish supper” or “sausage supper” is with chips :)

[@S_J_banana]

England has that too

[@jollyjohnston1984]

Same in North West England, fish or sausage supper

[@Alec_Reaper]

Also frustrating a mini fish supper is a single fish with chips, but a single fish supper is just fish??

[@jordanrenton2495]

Saying Irn Bru is like Cream Soda is a crime. Irn Bru is elite

[@BuckfastTonicWine]

defo

[@wessexdruid7598]

Dandelion & Burdock is liquoricy, nothing like cream soda either (vanilla).

[@DeveusBelkan]

As an American, when I tried it for the first time, I also thought it tasted like cream soda... mixed with Sprite. You can have your elite soda. I will give you any and all servings I'd ever have.

[@jordanrenton2495]

@DeveusBelkan It doesn't though. It's unique in its own way. It's like comparing Apples and Pears they are completely different. Irn Bru is so unique it doesn't have a competitor. Whereas there are loads of cream soda variations.

[@DeveusBelkan]

@jordanrenton2495 You can't insist it doesn't if many people on their own come to the conclusion that it does. Maybe it doesn't to you personally.

[@joshchan2642]

Haddock!UP THE NORTH!

[@shankbacon1]

Not just the north. reason why Charltons nickname is the Addicks is because the players back in the day were treated to haddock and chips after their games by a local fishmonger. That became "addick and chips" when pronounced in a south east London accent.

[@joshchan2642]

@@shankbacon1 ooh!Chippy history in a massive mouthful!!!!!!!!!!

[@cessbuller7027]

Choice of both

[@PiousMoltar]

I prefer haddock, cod barely tastes of anything

[@Oxley016]

I live around Newcastle and we almost always have the choice of both!

[@CricketEngland]

You forgot about Squid or Calamari that you can get in most southern Chippy’s and Scraps (small bits of fried batter that fall off the fish as it fries) in more of the Northern chippy’s

[@tammullen4153]

I don't think chippys can sell scraps anymore

[@dbmikeyg255]

They are free ​@@tammullen4153

[@granttaylor9188]

@@tammullen4153still sell scraps in Sheffield, ive never heard of anywhere unable to sell them, you often get them free here if you ask

[@OxenOrb2]

@@tammullen4153They definitely do

[@tammullen4153]

@@OxenOrb2 huh I might try it

[@LittleRedKuma]

We also have scallops in the UK (not to be confused with the fish) which is basically a flattened potato fried, have them on a bun for a scallop burger. And if you're from the black country like me, we have battered chips, or orange chips, which are chips that have been dipped in battered. Taste amazing, probably not the healthiest thing you will eat though 😂

[@susansmiles2242]

My daughters partner is from just north of Brum and he always rave’s about battered chips. I can’t say I have ever tried them but we did have scallops when I was a kid

[@GeeksofMucklebee]

South West England here......Chips, haddock, salt and pepper, vinegar, curry sauce a good dolllop of tomato sauce is the way to go (plus a squeeze of lemon of the fish)! A lot of flavours, but it works!

[@YaePublishing]

Pretty much my exact order! (Scotland here)

[@DeeDeeLowryLegs]

And Pea fritters (Dorset)

[@ardgeezer4896]

Tommy sauce with curry sauce? Some of my mates love that, you’re all freaks 😂, it could be really nice but it hurts my brain to think of. I’m from St Helens im Merseyside btw home of the (most of the time but not right now) best rugby league team period.

[@AdamW77]

Chip butty a classic and so simple. Nice fresh roll, butter, chips. The roll being fresh and having enough butter makes it elite. Nice to dip it in the curry sauce too.

[@RandoRobbo87]

90% of the time Harry says England, he means London.

[@teafSAINTS]

I know all London fish and chips is awful go to the seaside (tips for all tourists)

[@Albanach-je1nk]

Most English say England when they mean UK

[@Albanach-je1nk]

Most English say England when they mean UK

[@TheDidymusBrush]

The north is definitely very different to the London chippies I've tried. Most of which suck compared to what we have up here.

[@fluffylegs8598]

I found when I lived 'down south' in the UK that they left the skin on the fish. Just yuck.

[@lilsunny7399]

Protip: if your chip shop is in or near a coast town, it probably gets good fresh fish. Mortons from my old hometown of Ballycastle Northern Ireland was right on the sea and used to have a fishmongers long before they opened the chippy.

[@Blaidd7542]

Yep I live in north Wales right near the sea, one of my siblings went to uni in Yorkshire and every time we made the mistake of getting fish and chips it was far far worse than even the chippies locals avoid back home. First time it was so fishy no one finished their meal, the other time made us all ill. The last time it was a little fishy but not bad, only to find the next morning the car honked to high heaven so bad we spent the rest of the holiday walking and using public transport and the smell lingered for weeks even after cleaning the inside thoroughly wiping every surface and even taking the seats out to clean underneath searching for the obvious dropped piece of fish rotting somewhere but there was nothing, just the act of eating Leeds area fish and chips inside almost wrote off the car.

[@diesel_dawg]

Ballycastle's amazing.

[@GCOSBenbow]

2:35 This is a massive misconception with most fish. Cod for example will be fished in the arctic circle, north of russia, around norway etc. Haddock is mostly fished from around Iceland but some can be found in the English Channel and the Celtic Sea, so if you're near the coast and its bloody early you might find good fresh haddock (as long as its from a local fisher who doesn't trawl far away). Hake is mostly caught off the coast of Portugal. So with the distance these fishing vessels have to cover and the amounts required to make a profit on a trip boats (especially Cod trawlers) can be out for multiple days at a time. By the time you try to buy the fish in a market it's more than likely a couple of days old. It is FAR better to get 'frozen at sea' cod. This means the boats themselves will partially butcher the fish and freeze them at the instant they're caught. You lose much less 'freshness' that way. After defrosting you end up with a cod that is only 12 or so hours 'old' rather than days or weeks old. In terms of 'freezer burn' that only occurs when the temperatures vary to the point the fish starts to defrost forming pockets of water and then refreezes causing those water pockets to expand and damage the fish.

[@FullwellMill-w4k]

Yep. No such thing as 'fresh' cod in the UK. It's either defrosted (so better to just buy it frozen and defrost yourself) or it's 5+ days old. I used to buy cod (both ways) for packing and sale in supermarkets.

[@jonathanbowen3640]

Indeed. Cod is from absolutely miles away way far North not a a quaint wooden fishing boat off the coast of cornwall or something like what people think.

[@kirstymullan5020]

Scottish chippies: whiting was an alternative to haddock; battered haggis, black pudding, white pudding, red pudding; deep fried steak or scotch pie; deep fried chicken half or quarter (sometimes battered); battered hamburger or cheeseburger (the cheese is in the middle); deep fried pizza (pizza crunch if battered); battered mushrooms; smoked sausage (Matthesons); chip steak, king rib, scampi, pakora, spring rolls, fritters, onion rings… then you’ve got pizzas, kebabs, baked potatoes, chicken wings and so on!!

[@Wiley_Coyote]

Pretty insulting to use Long John Silver's as a point of comparison.

[@GrahamWheatley71]

Doesn't seem like a fair fight

[@Charizarzar]

I’m not sure there is a good enough comparison tbh

[@theshig9618]

I'm guessing the idea is that as a fast food chain, it's the closest to a fish and chips shop many Americans would have access to? I know plenty of places that OFFER fish and chips, but not a single one that focuses on fish and chip, other than Long John Silvers (though I wouldn't personally consider it a fish and chip shop)

[@matthewdawson7996]

The Young's frozen range looks superior to what long John silver serves up

[@TazDev29]

I would not call that a fish and chip shop, but I don't think the USA has the actual fish and chip shop as the UK and myself as a NZ know them!

[@monkeymanbob]

My local chippy also does kebabs - their shish's are amazing. But they also do roast potatoes cooked in that pseudo KFC seasoning and are fricking fire.

[@Salfordian]

I have one near me that does them but its a Greek chippy

[@HairyNun]

Used to have a place that did the basic fish and chips stuff, kebabs, wings, and sweet and sour chicken balls. Was all fairly decent too

[@granttaylor9188]

Those roasts you talk about are at a few chicken shops etc in Sheffield too but gor sone reason we call them wedges here, still incredible though, theres nothing tastier potato wise than those. Akbars wedges from sheffield are 12/10

[@stuartlaidlaw5916]

Intesting because would you consider that a chippy or a kebab shop that does fish

[@monkeymanbob]

​@stuartlaidlaw5916 It started as a chippy and added the kebabs just over a decade ago. Whenever I'm in there the most popular dish is either a burger or meat n chips. Fish is becoming expensive

[@idcgaming518]

You muppets used LONDON chippys? Not one of them is worth going to. Any chippy further north is going to be infinitely better and more authentic.

[@nachojr5552]

He probably just lives in London mate i doubt they picked it purposely

[@iandeare1]

I belong to Arbroath, a historic NE Scottish Fishing town. However I did once get an excellent Haddock in Wapping, London (before it was fully gentrified) it was a proper old-fashioned chipper, that had probably never changed from the late '60's I will admit, this was an exception... I worked in Edgeware, London for several years, and would deliberately use shops that used frozen because it was better than 'fresh'

[@Mr_Dumpty]

"More authentic"? I thought fish and chips as a dish was created by Jews in London, no?

[@2sik_UK]

How's that true? Go to the south west Cornwall etc, fishing towns all down there

[@Mr_Dumpty]

@@2sik_UK That's what I have heard somewhere, I'll have to look it up.

[@catherinelw9365]

I’m surprised that lady has never seen whole fried shrimp with the tail. It’s edible too, just super crunchy.

[@jmodified]

It was my favorite part when I was a kid.

[@def_not_dan]

If your haddock is fishy, it's not fresh.

[@shaundaly8202]

No haddock does more than cod. The girl got it the wrong way round.

[@wessexdruid7598]

@@shaundaly8202 I'm thinking none of her products were from fresh, but frozen.

[@gordonthomson7533]

@@shaundaly8202 I have that the other way around in my experience. In fact, I was sure HE got it the wrong way round. Odd, huh? Anyway I take my fish and chips locally, in Scotland. Haddock is probably fresher up here so that no doubt colours my perception. When I’m in London (at least half my time…) I tend to opt for cod since it tends to feel fresher here. But London fish and chips is a very poor cousin to Scottish fish and chips.

[@rosalyndhayes5222]

​@@shaundaly8202 I agree, haddock isn't very fishy but it's definitely more fishy than cod

[@ezzy525]

​@@wessexdruid7598 It's uhhh fresh frozen. From...Kalamata

[@Jambunctious]

A Salt & Battery is now my second favourite shop name. No1 is a hairdressers called *Curl Up & Dye*

[@Setsuna-omokage]

I was also thinking it was a brilliant pun 😂.

[@JaseFace1985]

My local is called Codfather. A few years ago his son opened one called Codfather 2.

[@HairyNun]

Peaky Blenders near me is a peaky blinders themed barbers

[@seansines]

Best kebab shop names Abra kebabra

[@viacheslavnovikov1657]

@@seansines Arabra Kebabra (or Avada Kebabra)

[@MrWillyMrBrightside]

I love having three people! Joe and Harry are great but Nico is a good addition and adds another perspective

[@mechmat12345]

So the girl who hates everything hates everything in the episode. What a shock. She doesn't like fish that tastes like fish? Won't even try some of the stuff? Worst food reviewer ever.

[@rebelle4503]

Agreed. Should have someone who has a good palate and wants to try the food!

[@paradoxparade1]

The f are you talking about? She doesn't "hate everything". Did you even watch her other videos or do you just pull that straight out of your bum?

[@thehessian2906]

I was actually just thinking this and went to the comments to see if anyone felt the same. All of her reviews are suspect at best.

[@yeahiagree1070]

The vibe immediately dies whenever she appears on screen.

[@tinap8227]

Can't say I enjoy her, something about her vibe.

[@jay2586j]

London prices are shocking, you can get two fish and chip meals here for £10.00

[@MillenniumDays]

That didn't even include the chips. I just checked and it's £6.50 for both fish and chips where I live (£4 for fish, £2.50 for chips)

[@CraigGrannell]

Locally (south of England but not London), you wouldn’t even get one for a tenner now. Pricing so many out of the chippy.

[@DavidLee-df888]

And where is that? Here in Bristol, we're talking maybe a couple of quid cheaper than London for the fish and a pound less for the chips...

[@saxon-mt5by]

@@MillenniumDays Tell me where! That's worth a hundred mile round trip to experience!

[@JamesLMason]

It's £5 for a small fish and £6 for a large fish at my local chippy. The chips are £2.70 for a small and £3.70 for a large. (That's in Stockport, NW England).

[@heymsaba]

absolutely crazy this wasn't released on friday!!!

[@kn5w]

Surprised Harry didn't say anything about the Fanta being Lilt until a couple of years ago.

[@DanielJames-wz3hd]

Americans take on fish and chips is so sad 😂😂😂😂

[@SaintJeimuzu]

So is London's.

[@llchapman1234]

As an American, I endorse this message 😂

[@TeUltimate]

Fish and chips by the seaside slaps

[@mechmat12345]

This girl is terrible. She hates everything.

[@sweatygoblin2335]

@DanielJames-wz3hd long John silvers is a chain fast food restaurant. They are absolutely not the average fried fish in the US, especially on the southwest coast.

[@helenakimber8052]

Another great video! I don't know if this was done already, but I would like to see a US vs. UK Thai take-out episode. 😄

[@WiktoriaKaciak-fc5ty]

Getting fish and chips from long John silvers is a crazy move

[@jasondavis6438]

I love this series … food wars and food tours ❤

[@MatthewGRedhead]

Yay, UK wins. This is a win, right?

[@pacmon5285]

Nope. They need to have a REAL comparison. Not one of the worst fast food places in the country.

[@MatthewGRedhead]

@pacmon5285 If you're saying Fish & Chips in the UK is a bad form of takeaway, I respectfully disagree. If you mean in the states, then you may be right.

[@deleted4577]

@@pacmon5285 tbf the stuff harry showed is shit quality by UK standards. London is not the place to get fish and chips.

[@Salfordian]

29.31 I had chips in newspapers in the 70s/80s but that was only the outer layer to keep them warm the inside was grease paper

[@Diamondpinkiepie]

two important things were missing from this, curry sauce and scallops

[@Nubleborsky]

There was curry sauce

[@spikeychris]

Potato scallops (i.e. fritters) or actual seafood scallops?

[@katashworth41]

@@spikeychrisprobably potato

[@susansmiles2242]

@@spikeychris potato slices battered and fried

[@spikeychris]

@@susansmiles2242 Yeah but there is also actual scallops. My local chip shop sells fritters (potato scallops) and actual seafood scallops as well.

[@thehammer9171]

Love these ❤ Thank you for making my Sunday!

[@Twirlyhead]

Lady thinks any pop she hasn't had before tastes like cream soda. I think the problem is her powers of description.

[@UKCougar]

Oh, and "chips served in newspaper" is the Mandela Effect. Food wrapped directly in contact with newspaper was banned in like the 1800s. What older people remember is a final outer wrapping of newspaper with it first wrapped in food-safe paper underneath.

[@diesel_dawg]

Only one chippy I know of in Belfast still uses newspapers, and they do as you said in that they wrap them in chippy paper first.

[@divarachelenvy]

You need to do an episode comparing fish and chips from Australia and the UK and USA.. Pretty please...

[@bijou2]

The problem with sausages and savaloys in London nowadays is they're more likely to be made from beef and not pork as is traditional.

[@200milesaway6]

Or even lamb, but it doesn't taste hugely lamby because of all the filler. So many things have become secretly halal.

[@8bitdiedie]

@@200milesaway6The guy in the video forgot to mention that a big reason for ‘vinegar’ not being real vinegar anymore is because vinegar has alcohol and many chip shop workers nowadays may be muslim so they can’t serve the real thing

[@jaysmith2858]

I just mentioned the same. For the same reasons it's rare to find a chip shop in London that sells skate.

[@sihollett]

@@8bitdiedie the move to cheaper non-brewed condiment happened long before that demographic change. Blame money rather than Muslims.

[@midzgaming]

They’re just buying the cheapest and selling high then. My grandad owns an award winning chip shop in the South east. The savaloys can be bought from cheap to premium quality. He buys the platinum variety which contain high quantities of pork and less fat, chicken and gristle.. the bronze however… disgusting what some people are eating

[@johamlett27]

Dandelion and Burdock is nothing like Cream Soda! All those chemicals have rotted her tastebuds 😂

[@sweatygoblin2335]

@@johamlett27 and British food is flavorless slop. See, I can say stupid things about other countries too.

[@chantal2067]

This was an interesting episode because in Canada, "fish and chips" and the style of breading, type of fish, and cut of fries vary so wildly from place to place. There is a generic restaurant-style which is usually breaded haddock but then you get places like Herbert Fisheries in Killarney who are serving trout, pickerel, all kinds of fresh water fish caught out of the Great Lakes.

In the UK it's traditionally batter, rather than breading. Is that available? Have you tried it if so?

@chantal2067 In the UK it is tradionally a wet flour batter that is used to coat the fish. Is that also available there? Have you tried it? 😋💋🤌

[@karlp8484]

That woman didn't even try the chip butty, but they put it onto that enormous piece of bread; it looked weird compared to what it should be, and it needs butter on the bread too.

[@borleh]

Yup, and I have to blame Harry a little too! His was correctly buttered but he didn't mention it...

[@Nubleborsky]

He literally said it is to be buttered.

[@InevitableVitare]

Americans always seem startled, and even put-off, by the humble Chip Butty. I can't imagine why. I know it's not something they're used to, but it's really not that strange an idea in the grand scheme of things. You like bread, you like butter and you like chips. None of the flavours clash (which is more than can be said for a lot of American flavour combinations), so what's the problem? It was starchy and dry? Joe was eating deep-fried dough the entire video! (Also it's not supposed to be dry.)

[@mechmat12345]

She hates everything and should not be in the video. Find someone who likes fish to do the fish and chips taste test.

[@mechmat12345]

​@@InevitableVitarelol. No we're not. We don't put fries on sandwiches, but they are common in burritos.

[@triscuitbiscuit]

A Salt and Battery is definitely one of the most authentic shops in the states. You guys should have made the trip across the river to The Thistle- a very very old family owned authentic Scottish restaurant

[@haley4998]

Agreed! It was my go to when I lived in the us!

[@rossikc]

Comparing a British fish and chips restaurant to long john silvers is just criminal

[@coasttocoast2011]

One thing I loved about the UK is how generous chip shops are with their chips Also we have battered sausages here in Australia, although we mainly call them battered savs. They’re my go to thing

[@porcu12345]

Cod is like the most mild tasting fish you can get, so if your cod tasted fishier than the haddock that stuff was not fresh...

[@3Axel1996]

In LA, you should have tried H. Salt Fish & Chips. Only a few locations left these days, but during this chain’s peak, they were the go-to place for Fish N Chips, Shrimp, Scallops, Clams, Hush Puppies, etc. there’s one in West LA.

[@clansome]

As a Cornishman, THAT IS NOT A CORNISH PASTY, it's a meat pie and NOTHING MORE.

[@jaycee330]

They have great pastys in Upper Michigan.

[@macieg4052]

I’m a porthleven girl, I thought I was going to have strong opinions based on the fish and chips but I was shocked to see a ‘Cornish pasty’ on a fish and chips video literally wtf even is that thing I’m offended 😂

[@diesel_dawg]

I reckon he knew that, which is why he didn't open it. lol

[@IkarosWaltz]

Some Cod Roe in the UK may come from male fish and is not pressed fish eggs, but rather the "seminal sac"... It depends on if it's hard or soft roe, soft being the male version.

[@zeeox]

Can someone please send the Ben Shaw's Cream Soda to the New York lady, please? It confused the hell out of me that she thinks the coke-coloured Dandelion and Burdock is LITERALLY like cream soda. (And the Inka Cola like bubblegum tasting fizzy, IRN BRU.) I mean, I'd say D&B is possibly closest to American root beer. Or maybe a sarsaparilla? Weird.

[@susansmiles2242]

American Root Beer is absolutely disgusting and taste’s like mouthwash (and not the minty variety) dandelion & burdock has a licorice flavour which some people may not like

[@zeeox]

@@susansmiles2242 - well, what you like or dislike is entirely up to you of course (I quite like root beer, myself), but can we at least agree that Ben Shaw's Cream Soda doesn't taste like Ben Shaw's Dandelion and Burdock? And, in which case, what does Ben Shaw's Cream Soda taste like if it isn't a cream soda then? I happen to like both drinks, but only on occasion... and my local chippy seems to have stopped doing them anyway, annoyingly. But I would certainly argue that Ben Shaw's Cream Soda has that cream-like taste you would otherwise expect... and to which you certainly don't then get from the Dandelion and Burdock flavour (which I guess is a bit licorice-y, yes). And I could only ever get sarsaparilla from Holland & Barrett when I was a kid, so it was not a regular purchase to then recall it's differences to generic root beer.

[@J48298]

I feel like a compilation or marathon of sauce talk is something that we all need

[@Lukeywoodsey]

Comparing a local small shop vs American chains. Very difficult to do in the UK because every place will be different. The UK chains usually run out of everything now

[@yerfriendlyneighborhoodsco3337]

chippys all tend to be locals, and all of them will utterly eclipse any chain shop.

[@Roni-kg1sw]

10:28 I want to inform the entire planet that THAT IS NOT a Cornish pasty

[@theelmonk]

I never met a proper cornish pasty in a printed bag. Cheap nasty supermarket pasties like Ginsters always have a sort of brown mulch instead of distinct meat and vegetable pieces (actual recipe is even more specific)

[@afriendlycadian9857]

I think if you were in Cornwall and tried saying that they would make you dissappear

[@CricketEngland]

The worst thing with the US fish and chips is it Pollock which is a cheaper less quality fish!

[@rossco010]

Yeah exactly. Pollock is used in Fish Fingers here, usually the ones that are the cheapest budget ones you can buy.

[@CricketEngland]

@ I never get those I always make sure it’s cod

[@markat94]

I was born and brought up in Grimsby and taught from a very early age that people from fisherman's families mainly eat haddock and the only thing that cod is any use for is a fishcake if I explained why you would probably never eat cod again

[@SteveODonnell]

Irn Bru is NOTHING like cream soda at all! What is called Savaloy in England isnt in Scottish chip shops. We usually have smoked Sausage. As for the roll n chips, different parts of the UK have roll types. Scotland is often crispy morning rolls or soft ones. A chip butty is more chips on sliced bread.

[@wessexdruid7598]

_Buttered_ sliced bread, hence butty. Americans don't seem to butter bread, so no wonder they find it dry.

[@SteveODonnell]

@@wessexdruid7598 obviously thick spreading of butter at that.

[@michaelkirk1198]

In Fife we have a Red Pudding supper look it up

[@andrewwatson5545]

You know what, this is a different and random video i stumbled on and im all for it. We do love our haddock here though🤘🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@watcherzero5256]

Tizer's primary constituent is carrot, its a carrot soda. Proper Dandelion and Burdock is similar to Root Beer, it shouldnt taste anything like Cream Soda!!!!

[@spikeychris]

Tizer's main constituent is disappointment since they changed the recipe.

[@watcherzero5256]

@@spikeychris You mean when in 2007 they went back to the original 1924 recipe with less added sugar and more added fruit as a natural sweetener rather than the recipe they changed it to in the 80's with loads of added sugar.

[@spikeychris]

@@watcherzero5256 Yeah the pre 2007 version was much nicer (even if it was loaded with sugar) but current Tizer is just a bit naff.

[@ElDerpy]

@@spikeychris I havent even seen Tizer in 20 years. :/

[@watcherzero5256]

@Khumon_Matitz Concentrate of Black Carrot, safflower (vegetable oil derived from thistle) and citric acid are listed as the main ingredients, when Black Carrot is used for the purpose of food colouring it has to be labelled as E163 rather than carrot.

[@alexojideagu]

I'm British and from London. I didn't know the North and Scotland prefer Haddock. Although Cod is getting rarer and expensive in the south so most of us are probably eating Haddock or Pollock anyway.

[@TheWeeJet]

I have never heard anyone discribe irnbru as supposed to be citrus. Who ever told her that definitely seen the colour orange on the can and thought it was supposed to taste citrus 😂

[@Studders01]

Also D&B does NOT taste like Cream Soda. She be crazy!

[@Alan74_ynwa]

Saveloy and Pukka pies are south England. Jumbo sausage and Holland pies are northern England. Saveloys are 'banger' quality and watery.

[@rappapolex]

Incorrect, in south we always have jumbo sausages and they often show up in a chippy more than saveloys.

[@katashworth41]

And Ashworths pies in the north west. Was the bane of my life as a kid.

[@Alan74_ynwa]

@@rappapolex Incorrect?? I'm a 50 year old northerner who moved down south 30 years ago. I know what I experienced. I suppose I did say 'are' instead of 'were'.

[@Alan74_ynwa]

@@katashworth41 You hate the pies your mum made or you share a name with the pies? I left Mcr a long time ago but I never heard of that pie maker. Just read about the butter pie.... I remember that PNE story.

[@katashworth41]

@@Alan74_ynwa share a name

[@InnerTurbulencia]

You lost me at pollock, that’s regarded as trash here in the uk

[@paradoxparade1]

To be fair, if you're eating in the UK, the odds of it being trash are pretty high.

[@WookieWarriorz]

@@paradoxparade1 you guys are the one eating poverty fish lol

[@Partial2]

@@paradoxparade1The irony of this comment ha!

[@paradoxparade1]

@@Partial2 Yeah, because everyone knows that Bri'ish food is top tier. I heard even the French are insanely jealous, lmao.

[@Partial2]

@@paradoxparade1 I think I’ve touched a nerve here.

[@estarszak]

Great video. You NEED to do a Friday fish-fry in Milwaukee. The fish n chips culture is very popular, very traditional, and very competitive. So many amazing choices every Friday, Rye bread is usually on the side. Lake perch or Cod is common

[@MrSifter]

Personally, I like a fish & chip shop to be just that - a ‘fish & chip’ shop. As soon as they start diversifying into kebabs, and pizzas and burgers etc the whole place starts to go downhill. Just stick with what you’re good at - fish, chips and a few other fish shop related items - scampi, battered sausages, patties etc 👌🏻

[@makavelithedon]

I agree, the best places all focus on Fish and Chips, they then do other things like sausages etc but pizzas, burgers and kebabs do not belong on a fish and chip shop menu, if anything that is a red flag that they are shit and best avoided

[@Lixmage]

100% this! In West Yorkshire we call them fish shops and even frown on lowly chippies!

[@susansmiles2242]

Fish and chip shops have sold pies and puddings for a long time but I agree that pizza and kebabs (along with curry sauce) are an abomination

[@MrColllie]

The Boddingtons in this gave me some crazy flashbacks I had no idea you could even still get it! especially in America of all places I'm from Manchester where the boddies brewery used to be which shut down a very long time ago and it just became kind of impossible to find sadly I used to love it

[@ElDerpy]

Every year I'll suddenly grind to a halt for a moment as the haunting tones of "Bye eck - ya smell gorgeous tonight petal!" rings through my skull from that old advert.

[@Salfordian]

It was Chapel Street, City of Salford

[@susansmiles2242]

@@ElDerpy or the iconic “Tarquin do you know your trollies are on back to front” while punting down the canal 😂😂

[@susansmiles2242]

@@Salfordian indeed it was and you could always tell when they were boiled up another brew because you could smell it right up to Piccadilly

[@ArielK1987]

Without saying a single word from Harry and Joe. We all know that the UK has the better Fish and Chips.

[@mechmat12345]

Lol. Maybe try fried fish in New Orleans or Massachusetts or Florida or anyplace that's, you know, on a coast and famous for food seafood. Long John Silver's is just cheap fast food.

[@deleted4577]

@@mechmat12345 I have a lot of love and respect for American food but I can guarantee you that the UK is better in this one, and the food Harry was showing is pretty shit. No proper chippy sells burgers lol the fish and chips on the east coast of England are the best in the world

[@pinkpolly88]

Should go to the Black Country and get the orange chips - they have a thin batter on that makes them so crispy and yummy.

[@Paul-yh8km]

Mushy peas are made with a specific type of pea and they don't need mashing up, they do that naturally when cooked.

[@jaycee330]

Specifically, marrowfat peas, which are uncommon in the USA, hence the lack of mushy peas option.

[@KitamiK11]

3:52 I do not know who you are but thank you for appreciating haddock. It's the real everyman fish.

[@jackmainwood8119]

No pineapple fritter!?

[@Blasian89]

The best Fish & Chips I've ever had was near Lake Michigan. They not only had Cod, but they also had Salmon and a handful of other fish as well, including smoked fish. Everything was goddamn delightful.

[@orewing]

no mention of ketchup in the chip butty section?! 😱 it's a must for me!

[@philharnett2884]

Do an Aussie burger with the lot. Not a fancy one, but one from a classic Aussie take away. 😊

[@seanbutler3394]

Some wild opinions on british drinks 🤔

[@Salfordian]

And no Vimto

[@seanbutler3394]

@@Salfordian I know ye , The disrespect!

[@yaziyo]

A UK vs US Fried Chicken episode would be interesting. London Fried Chicken shops are an absolute staple, but are definitely a more downmarket option.

[@jaycee330]

Yeah. The UK has the superior chippies, but we have the best fried chicken (and I'm not talking about KFC).

[@brianartillery]

My local chip shop serves nine different types of fish - I usually get Lemon Sole, or whitebait - and everything is cooked from fresh. Nothing, not even chips, sits around cooling down. They will show you the raw fish before they cook it - you can, therefore, ask for a larger or smaller piece. You have to wait 15-20 minutes whilst they cook it, so not really 'fast food', but it's always, always excellent.

[@dannyking4138]

As a Scotsman what did they do to that battered mars bar? That’s not how it breaks a apart

[@MattMcQueen1]

They somehow made it worse.

[@Apollonufc]

Probably because it went cold

[@FullwellMill-w4k]

It had obviously gone stone cold, which defeats the main point - making the centre all melty.

[@DemonBakon]

the big idea behind a non brewed condiment isn't just the money saving aspect, it also respects cultures who disallow alcohol as a brewed vinegar will contain small amounts of it.

[@vampalan]

I've been to Golden Chippy, its in Greenwich, London. It's really good, staff are full of energy. Original owner is still pottering about, and is managed by his son now.

[@amigang]

Ideas for future food wars: uk soups vs USA. Crackers, Bread, bubble gum, ice cream.

[@JustMe-dc6ks]

Dear British people, Joe neglected to mention hush puppies are fried balls of cornmeal batter with some spring onion and seasoning. Corndogs also use a cornmeal batter, sometimes plain sometimes slightly sweet depending on the brand, in case you were wondering about the name. And hot dogs do not come in jars or cans, as sausages go they’re small skinny bologna.

[@thechippytour]

Interesting. I'm a bit of an authority on fish and chips here in the UK, with a mission to promote and support our traditional chippies. I hope at some point to get over to the US to sample some chip shop fare for myself 🤙

[@pedrettigfscenes2707]

Please get representatives for all of the uk. Harry only speaks on London. We need people to speak on Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. They are in the uk as well and are very different experiences to London.

[@ElDerpy]

Anywhere north of Essex in fact. :/

[@gordonthomson7533]

@04:20 I agree and believe he might have mixed them up. UK here and cod/haddock are simply distinctive. Cod is lighter than haddock, and fishier.

[@lordpembridge303]

I'm from the UK and haddock is a far more superior fish compared to cod.

[@jmurray1110]

It’s very much a personal preference thing but I won’t complain about either

[@polarisnorth4875]

I'm from the UK and you're wrong

[@dealbreakerc]

Cod tastes like paper. Haddock any day, any time.

[@saxon-mt5by]

That's just a personal choice; I much prefer cod to haddock, although if it's available I'll go for halibut every time!.

[@saxon-mt5by]

@@dealbreakerc You need to go to a different chippy!