"Fish & Chips" Day is celebrated each year on the first Friday in June.
Today fish & chips is popular all over, including in Canada where it is frequently sold from ‘Chip Wagons’, and throughout the USA.
Fish & Chips …. without Chips?
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When my order came, the plate had fish and coleslaw and NO French fries (chips). I said 'where's the 'chips' and she said, well that was included in your choice of a 'side' and you said 'coleslaw'. What?! Wouldn't you assume that if you ordered a menu item that stated 'fish & chips', you'd get the French fries with it and the coleslaw or other choice would be the side?
The waitress ended up bringing me a plate of 'free' French fries for the misunderstanding, but I think she entirely missed the point. One doesn't order 'fish & chips' and get only 'fish'. Huh! :-)
Celebrate Fish and Chip Day
So, as you can see, a good way to celebrate this day is naturally by having a platter of fish & chips - order some up from your favorite restaurant (or 'Chipper' in England) or make it yourself at home. Serve with some tarter sauce (popular in America) or with a bit of mayonnaise (in Canada).
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That totally sounds like something that would happen to me! Those wonderful waitresses are so familiar with the menu and how things are served, the forget that not all of us are restaurant frequenters. And, yes! I would most definitely expect the chips to be automatically included. Glad you got you fries, but I do hate that you had any stress related to your enjoyable outing. Now, back to the subject! It is so funny, yet entirely appropriate that there is a fish and chips day! The movie looks fun too.
ReplyDeleteMy friend and I got quite a laugh over the incident, Mouse. :) And perhaps the waitress and/or restaurant learned something. (PS: we think the poor girl was new and still learning the job.)
DeleteI love fish and chips and really can imagine your surprise at getting fish and coleslaw without any chips.....lol There has to be a first for everything.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly was a surprise to get my fish & chips WITHOUT chips included, Olivia. The menu stated 'Fish & Chips', yet the 'chips' were included in the one 'side'. Strange. It WAS good, though!
DeleteI remember the first time I ate fish and chips. I went to lunch with a friend to Arthur Treacher's. Because I had no idea what I was getting myself into, she thoroughly explained exactly what to expect since I had never heard of such a thing as fish and chips (this was decades ago). I hold her responsible for converting me into a very loyal fish and chips lover, malt vinegar included! Wow, I could go through a big platter of them right now - sounds so good!
ReplyDeleteSusan, I had heard that malt vinegar is good with fish & chips. I like tarter sauce myself, or mayonnaise at home if I'd out of tarter sauce. When we were in England, we naturally had to include a meal at a 'fish&chips' place, which are numerous there. :)
DeleteI think I've only had fish and chips once -- when we were in Seattle and went out with friends. I try to avoid fried foods now, so I've not had them again. I don't like vinegar that's served with them. I prefer lemon juice.
ReplyDeleteI used to eat these more than I do now. Don't eat much fried food anymore. But they are very yummy, that's for sure. I try to save this type of food for vacations and when near a beach.
ReplyDeleteBarbara and Paula, I can understand trying to stay away from fried foods these days, but 'now and then' one might wish to indulge in a platter of fresh fish & chips! :)
ReplyDeleteColeslaw with Fish & Chips in the UK is not really common, but they do go well together. One big difference between the UK & USA is that we generally have our F&C with vinegar and ketchup, whereas in the USA vinegar is rare, and a slice of lemon is more common. I like both, depends on my mood.
ReplyDeleteTony, I agree that coleslaw is probably a dish more common in the U.S. And vinegar with the fish in America is quite rare - most of us 'Yanks' like lemon. :) Thanks for stopping by my Fish & Chips story.
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