I've visited Gibraltar a few times by car from Marbella. Best way, if you do go by car, is to park in the huge car park on the Spanish side and walk over the border. There's a local coach just over the border for the return trip into the town centre. Small anecdote: One time my wife said to the guard at passport control on the way in "Buenos Dias" and he replied "Good Morning Madam. You're in Britain now" 🙂
Fish skin is generally safe to eat . It is rich in nutrients such as protein, omega-3 fatty acids, and vitamin E, which can help with muscle growth, heart health, and skin health. My wife has been encouraged to eat fish with skin on for a serious health issue. Cheers!
We did a day trip to Gibraltar, by coach, when we were visiting Benalmádena on holiday 20 years ago and really loved it. Those fish and chips didn't look the best at all and the £21.45 price point is very overpriced in my opinion. Really enjoyed the video though. I think every Brit that visits Gibraltar is always amazed by the British shops there like M&S. We met a lovely elderly couple waiting for the coach and he was wearing a fishing jacket with lots of pockets all over it. I asked what kind of fishing he enjoyed and he told me that he didn't fish, but the jacket was good for smuggling extra pouches of tobacco over the border in! 😂 Bless'em very enterprising and a great way to top up your pension! 😊
The missus was surprised to hear that you no longer have to go across the runway to get to Gibraltar. She remembers that well (as well as the monkeys). Also well done for going from Spain to Britain and eating local. Felipe and Juanita would be proud 😉
Loved Gibraltar , done a day trip there twice from Albufeira. A 500 mile round trip , getting picked up at 4 in the morning and returning about 3. Like you we only got 5 hours there. A lot of upgrading of buildings getting done and it looks a lot cleaner now. The highlight was the apes. Another informative vlog, thank you
The look of the barber pole is linked to bloodletting, with red representing blood and white representing the bandages used to stem the bleeding. The pole itself is said to symbolize the stick that a patient squeezed to make the veins in his arm stand out more prominently for the procedure
I have seen that before soft on top crispy on the bottom to the point of being burnt and we found out it was re heated in the fat and if its been cooked before it sinks to the bottom and sticks to the bottom of the fryer ,thats what we were told by a employee in a sit down chippy in Morecombe, never again
Another great video for me. My grandad stood guard outside the Governor's House back in the 1920s when he was in the army. We then used to make a trip to Gibraltar every year when we had a timeshare in Marbella in the early 2000s so it all looks very familiar still. Prices have definitely gone up though since we were last there but definitely agree that it's a great place to go for a day. So much history there going back to the early 1700s for Britain and a shame really not to have at least seen an ape or seen some of the tunnels - hard to think that there are over 30 miles of tunnels inside the Rock! Looks like you've had a pretty memorable trip to the Costa
Looks very like the fried fish I got served up in Gibraltar at another restaurant off main street. It was advertised as cod , but looked nothing like the cod from back home in the UK. Your mate is right probably right, they serve you any kind of fish at other restaurants ! I did love Gibraltar for a few days stay, very interesting place. We flew in direct from UK, great experience to land on that runway directly in front of the rock face.
Enjoyed all your Vlogs of Costa Del Sol been up to your usual high standards Lee. I agree with you wholeheartedly about Gibraltar as it is an interesting place to visit for a day when staying on the Spanish coast. Like you I find it ant weird being in Spain one minute the going through customs and being in a small British town. Liked your tours of the back streets especially. A tip for day trippers is that you can get a trip by taxi around the Rock which takes you to all the historic sites (and Apes too!). Glad your back on fine firm and stay well.
My Dad would be in stitches watching this one. He was always game for a laugh like yours was I know. His name was Leonard Roy Watts. But they called him ROY 😂😂. WOWWWW
Was in Gib 2 days ago. Went for P & O top spec haddock and chips on the ship later. I've downloaded the vid so will watch when back at sea. In Barca now grim place heaving with tourists but they've cleared a lot of the pondlife off the Ramblas.
interesting. i went to barcelona abut 10 years back and hated it. too many theives and scumbags about, they have done the same with madrid just got rid of all the scumbag theives and its a much better place for it.
Absolutely love this video, have been waiting to see it uploaded. I used to live in the apartments beside the big car park that has only been there since about 2016, thank you so much for the memories ❤❤xo
The practice of surgery began with barbers. Which is why to this day surgeons are referred to by the title Mr. and medical doctors are Dr. These days most surgeons are also medical doctors, but originally they could give you a short back and sides along with your tonsilectony... Oh and the red and white barber pole symbolises blood and bandages.
Gibraltar is wonderful - we took a day trip there from Malaga in 2016- and i had an honest to goodness full English breakfast there - this California was living in China at the town but we traveled to Spain to visit our daughter in her study abroad there.
The batter was crispier on the skin side because the skin is waterproof and won’t leak water into the batter the fish side though leaks water from the previously frozen cod.
Jeez, we just had an Indian meal deal for 2 for only a couple of quid more than that from our local takeaway, that fish and chips was really expensive. You’d think fish would be cheap there as they are surrounded by sea.
Hi that was an excellent video and I really love Gibraltar and have stayed there three times. The Bristol Hotel is were I have stayed on Cathedral Square. It is a great hotel with lovely friendly staff.
I been to Gibraltar and come in from Spain we went to thetop of the rock and walked down the inside of it through the caves , that was a good experience.
Hello The MacMaster I and my fella believe you are an absolute legend wherever you go we think your a legend with telling ever such a lot people not only across the united kingdom but also across the rest of the world and that really does inspire people like myself and my partner please keep up the good hard work it all pays off in the end well-done and keep working hard Kind regards Anthony & stuart from grantham lincolnshire united kingdom
Can't say much as I leaved in the army barracks there in the late 80s but 36 miles at least of tunnels so guessing that one was no longer used for military purposes
5/10. It sounds like they fried the fish earlier, then reheated it in a microwave. That explains why the fish was very hot and why the batter was crunchy on the bottom, but soggy on the top.
Used to go into there every week as diving instructor in 2007 from estepona . The road was over runway then and I would definitely visit Tarifa where med meets atlantic
Been to that chippy twice and to be fare I thought the food was good and i don't recall the skin being on the fish either, however, i'd have eaten it anyway. 😄 You've got to do a guided tour of the rock to really see everything in a day, its a fantastic place.
Was that batter or leather? I only counted around 20 chip’s including the little bits. A long way to go for what looked like pretty average fish and chips. I think the bottom had become leathery as I had been sat in the hot cabinet.
Sorry Lee for doing a late comment had booster Covid Jab that one not very good out of it for a day,many thanks for vlog on Gib good idea about not driving,that fish and chips. Well the chips and mushy peas looked ok,but the fish it didn't look right,and the service staff loved it you filming,they were everywhere well any way Lee many thanks for the vlog ❤from Richard and Tanya from Southampton
I think it's the oil they use for the colour. 100% agree with the skin. Only fish skin I like is when it's pan fried and crispy! Soggy fish skin is rank. 1/10 harsh but if it's "world famous" nope
🇦🇺 wow i learnt that the so much from this experience very really insightful about the boarder need to show a passport. Did not know it was British commonwealth wow. This place it awesome 💖🇦🇺👍😀
21 quid! You went to the wrong place, (no pun intended!) Casemates square is a rip off! Gibraltar is not cheap, but people go to Morrisons, its duty free and the only store you can have beer in the bar. I used to work there in Nelsons view, and its nice view of the straights. Gibraltar is a small but interesting place. 👨🏾🎓
Its funny i was having fish and chips from a shop i have not used before and they were bloody lovley 😊 So now to yours they looked poor and over priced The skin on the fish i like but thats just my opinion 🤷 oh and its vinegar before the salt 😮 Great vlog Lee thankyou.
A few hours isn't long enough for a visit Lee, there is so much to see and do. You could easily have a week of sight seeing and eating there. Did you have a pint with your Morrisons breakfast? Keep the vlogs coming.
Thks for bringing me so many nostalgic memories mate. So many times i have walked through those streets especially at night when i used to visit with the RFA's (Royal Fleet Auxiliary). Deing Maltese i used to enjoy meeting some of the many Maltese dicidents in Gib too. Re the fish and chips I remember good chippies as good as back in the UK which we used to pay about a pound for. The fish and chips you had I wouldm't even rate them, Chips too few Fish, soggy on the top and crispy underneath (very weird). However thks again for the memories. Keep up the good work
*Gibraltar is known for its low taxes, with no VAT, no sales tax, and no inheritance tax. This makes it an attractive destination for entrepreneurs, businesses, and retirees and MacMasters who want to enjoy a more favorable tax environment !*
Oil not hot enough. Criminal for a chippy. Can tell because the chips, even though fairly thick cut, are see through on the outside, that’s cause oil had soaked the potato for a few minutes before the outside cooks. Fish fried in shallow, not hot enough oil and never flipped, so they’re looking at the top for colour which inevitably takes forever so the bottom burns. Shockingly priced for drab well done for eating as much as you did 😂
I'm with you when it comes to skin on fish. Any chippy that does that will not get a second visit from me. Batter crisp on the bottom but soggy on top? Sounds like it's been left under the heat lamps for a while upside-down. For that price I'd expect nothing short of perfection, it's almost as expensive as a Rick Steins chippy, just not as good.
😂😂 i made that mistake went in by car in the evening rush hour around Christmas time biggest mistake of my life it was mayhem 😂😂 had to find the nearest car park to get out of the traffic jam's 🤯🤯
I don't mind skin on fish as long as its cooked nicely. Wow that was pricey. Not enough love went into the dish. Fish looked dry inside anyways. Yh wow. For me your judgment was right. Nothing to do with skin just the looks alone. We all been there ❤ enjoy your trip
Great video Lee, we must have been there roughly the same time last year when we went for the day... We liked it that much we are going back again next month but instead of driving down from our hotel which was in Benalmadena we are flying straight into Gibraltar and staying at a lovely hotel there, what I did want to add was that we hired a car last September from Click Rent when we touched down in Malaga who were very good and drove around all the different towns but more importantly it only took us 20 minutes getting through customs into Gibraltar and not the three hours that you mentioned, maybe we were lucky on that day, not sure but it was quite easy and we got to see a lot more of Gibraltar having the car. Thanks for the tip on Roy's Chippy, maybe we might give that one a miss, tarahhh... 🤗👍
Just thinking Lee, if you asked for the fish to be skinned before being cooked and battered if they would have accommodated for that request, always worth asking. Nothing ventured nothing gained , as you say the staff were friendly so might have seen reason and their response could have boosted your score
and the accordionist plays 'Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner'." And spending four days on the tarmac at Luton airport on a five-day package tour with nothing to eat but dried BEA-type sandwiches and you can't even get a drink of Watney's Red Barrel because you're still in England and the bloody bar closes every time you're thirsty and there's nowhere to sleep and the kids are crying and vomiting and breaking the plastic ash-trays and they keep telling you it'll only be another hour although your plane is still in Iceland and has to take some Swedes to Yugoslavia before it can load you up at 3 a.m. in the bloody morning and you sit on the tarmac till six because of "unforeseen difficulties", i.e. the permanent strike of Air Traffic Control in Paris - and nobody can go to the lavatory until you take off at 8, and when you get to Malaga airport everybody's swallowing "enterovioform" and queuing for the toilets and queuing for the armed customs officers, and queuing for the bloody bus that isn't there to take you to the hotel that hasn't yet been finished. And when you finally get to the half-built Algerian ruin called the Hotel del Sol by paying half your holiday money to a licensed bandit in a taxi you find there's no water in the pool, there's no water in the taps, there's no water in the bog and there's only a bleeding lizard in the bidet. And half the rooms are double booked and you can't sleep anyway because of the permanent twenty-four-hour drilling of the foundations of the hotel next door - and you're plagued by appalling apprentice chemists from Ealing pretending to be hippies, and middle-class stockbrokers' wives busily buying identical holiday villas in suburban development plots just like Esher, in case the Labour government gets in again, and fat American matrons with sloppy-buttocks and Hawaiian-patterned ski pants looking for any mulatto male who can keep it up long enough when they finally let it all flop out. And the Spanish Tourist Board promises you that the raging cholera epidemic is merely a case of mild Spanish tummy, like the previous outbreak of Spanish tummy in 1660 which killed half London and decimated Europe - and meanwhile the bloody Guardia are busy arresting sixteen-year-olds for kissing in the streets and shooting anyone under nineteen who doesn't like Franco. And then on the last day in the airport lounge everyone's comparing sunburns, drinking Nasty Spumante, buying cartons of duty free "cigarillos" and using up their last pesetas on horrid dolls in Spanish National costume and awful straw donkeys and bullfight posters with your name on "Ordoney, El Cordobes and Brian Pules of Norwich" and 3-D pictures of the Pope and Kennedy and Franco, and everybody's talking about coming again next year and you swear you never will although there you are tumbling bleary-eyed out of a tourist-tight antique Iberian airplane
Looked delicious to me but a bit pricey.l don't mind skin on and there used to be a top fish and chip establishment in Headingley,Leeds, called Brian's and they left the skin on and it was an amazing place 😋.lf you don't like the skin Lee ask them to skin it before they cook it 👍.l am now going to eat my fish and chips which are from the maypole,Otley.
I've crossed into Gib many times in the car and it's luck of the draw with how meticulous the border checks are, I've been through in a couple mins and also been stuck for a couple hours. Parking is also pretty expensive so that coach looks a good option. My fave parts are Ocean Village and Europa point, the WW2 tunnels are also a must-see
Hi Lee. Just came across your vids on RUclips yesterday (09/10/23) and I can't stop watching them! So enjoyable, I love the fact that you are down to earth, nothing pretentious just good wholesome stuff. The fish and chip adventures are brilliant (every time I see you eating, I just want to go and get a fish supper!!) oh and I love the skin on fish - gives it a real 'fishy' taste 😂. I would give this one a 5.5. Just one more thing, you mentioned in this vid that this is for the people of 'Britain'. Well now, you should have said the UK, cos I'm watching from N Ireland and we are 'British' too😉. So many more of your vids to watch........C'mon!
Gibraltar is a British territory. The people hold British passports. They have voted in referenda to maintain their ties to the UK, most recently in 2006, in which, apparently, the vote to remain as British citizens of a British Overseas Territory reached a staggering 100 %.
Hi Lee, I do think 3.7 was a bit mean though, based on looks I would have given 7.5. I wouldn't knock points off for skin, as that's personal preference, not restaurant fault. When younger, I didn't mind the skin, but as I'm older, I'm preferring skinless. I find up north that cod is usually skinless, haddock skin on. Those chips, great colour, but sweetness could be the variety as you mentioned. I had some in Cornwall once that were really sweet but had a great brown colour, apparently that potato variety had a higher amount of sugar, so look great but taste a weird sweet,
Always the fussy eaters who don't try new things who don't want skin on their fish - Words from an old school mate whose parents ran a Chinese chippy. He said they did haddock skin on, cod off as cod skin is too thick. Now..... who do we know who orders the same Indian and Chinese meals every time ....... 😂😂😂 Great vid again Lee, loving the series.
I stay in Gibraltar a lot and to be honest with you, if Roy's chip shop were in the U.K. then you would go elsewhere to a proper chip shop. Because it's competition here in Gib is so weak it seems ok but it's not good and it's expensive.
living in Notts im used to having skin on the fish. It doesn't matter to me. just close your eyes and eat it and pretend its batter. You cant taste it. I cant believe how English looking Gibraltar is, but twice the price lol 👍
Well it's 2:45am here in COSTA ADEJE and I've just finished watching Gibraltar "at 1,75 speed 🤪" thought it was the Morrisons one but thoroughly enjoyed it... skin on fish? best bit... drenches the fish with vinegar... soggy on the top and crispy on the Botton? I watched with a directors eye and love the visuals... locked off camera, BRoll, Music you, my friend are a true professional (screws the top back on the gin bottle) hic...! G'Night
Skin on always! Love the saltiness that it adds to the dish. For a home-country trip I'd highly recommend popping to North Norfolk and visiting places like Wells-Next-The-Sea to enjoy French's Fish & Chips and a walk along "the bar" down to the most beautiful beach in the country, backed by a pine forest and sand dunes all the way along to Holkham. It's a beautiful, quaint town that has retained so much of it's old school beauty. Great pubs too, pop to The Globe for dinner one night and then spend a few days in the area visiting the coastal towns like Blakeney, Stiffkey, Sheringham and Cromer (instead of Great Yarmouth etc.) If you need any further recommendations, let me know!
I've visited Gibraltar a few times by car from Marbella.
Best way, if you do go by car, is to park in the huge car park on the Spanish side and walk over the border. There's a local coach just over the border for the return trip into the town centre.
Small anecdote: One time my wife said to the guard at passport control on the way in "Buenos Dias" and he replied "Good Morning Madam. You're in Britain now" 🙂
I’ll hazard that the ‘ wogs begin in Calais ‘ crowd would certainly sneer at that meal, even chucking it into the category of ‘ foreign mook ‘.
Fish skin is generally safe to eat . It is rich in nutrients such as protein, omega-3 fatty acids, and vitamin E, which can help with muscle growth, heart health, and skin health. My wife has been encouraged to eat fish with skin on for a serious health issue. Cheers!
We did a day trip to Gibraltar, by coach, when we were visiting Benalmádena on holiday 20 years ago and really loved it. Those fish and chips didn't look the best at all and the £21.45 price point is very overpriced in my opinion. Really enjoyed the video though. I think every Brit that visits Gibraltar is always amazed by the British shops there like M&S.
We met a lovely elderly couple waiting for the coach and he was wearing a fishing jacket with lots of pockets all over it. I asked what kind of fishing he enjoyed and he told me that he didn't fish, but the jacket was good for smuggling extra pouches of tobacco over the border in! 😂 Bless'em very enterprising and a great way to top up your pension! 😊
Vinegar first to get better salt adhesion to the chips and the fish.
Thanks for this Lee, I now know that i won't be going to Gibraltar anytime soon 😂😊
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The missus was surprised to hear that you no longer have to go across the runway to get to Gibraltar. She remembers that well (as well as the monkeys).
Also well done for going from Spain to Britain and eating local. Felipe and Juanita would be proud 😉
yeh i used to like walking across that runway when i went to gibraltar.
Yes me too I’ve walked across that runway
Ah the Lavanta cloud! Lived in Gib for a number of years in the 70’s as a kid and that Lavanta was a common phenomena .
Loved Gibraltar , done a day trip there twice from Albufeira. A 500 mile round trip , getting picked up at 4 in the morning and returning about 3. Like you we only got 5 hours there. A lot of upgrading of buildings getting done and it looks a lot cleaner now. The highlight was the apes. Another informative vlog, thank you
You've qualified as a skilled surgeon after that fish operation. Thanks for sharing.
"I won't whinge because of skin on the fush."
It's too late Lee, you've already whinged...😅
The look of the barber pole is linked to bloodletting, with red representing blood and white representing the bandages used to stem the bleeding. The pole itself is said to symbolize the stick that a patient squeezed to make the veins in his arm stand out more prominently for the procedure
I have seen that before soft on top crispy on the bottom to the point of being burnt and we found out it was re heated in the fat and if its been cooked before it sinks to the bottom and sticks to the bottom of the fryer ,thats what we were told by a employee in a sit down chippy in Morecombe, never again
The skin if crispy is the best part of the fish espec if dipped in that curry!
Another great video for me. My grandad stood guard outside the Governor's House back in the 1920s when he was in the army. We then used to make a trip to Gibraltar every year when we had a timeshare in Marbella in the early 2000s so it all looks very familiar still. Prices have definitely gone up though since we were last there but definitely agree that it's a great place to go for a day. So much history there going back to the early 1700s for Britain and a shame really not to have at least seen an ape or seen some of the tunnels - hard to think that there are over 30 miles of tunnels inside the Rock! Looks like you've had a pretty memorable trip to the Costa
Gibraltar is very expensive. The staff in Morrisons go over the border to Spain to shop as they can’t afford Morrisons prices x
Looks very like the fried fish I got served up in Gibraltar at another restaurant off main street. It was advertised as cod , but looked nothing like the cod from back home in the UK. Your mate is right probably right, they serve you any kind of fish at other restaurants ! I did love Gibraltar for a few days stay, very interesting place. We flew in direct from UK, great experience to land on that runway directly in front of the rock face.
Enjoyed all your Vlogs of Costa Del Sol been up to your usual high standards Lee. I agree with you wholeheartedly about Gibraltar as it is an interesting place to visit for a day when staying on the Spanish coast. Like you I find it ant weird being in Spain one minute the going through customs and being in a small British town. Liked your tours of the back streets especially. A tip for day trippers is that you can get a trip by taxi around the Rock which takes you to all the historic sites (and Apes too!). Glad your back on fine firm and stay well.
My Dad would be in stitches watching this one. He was always game for a laugh like yours was I know. His name was Leonard Roy Watts. But they called him ROY 😂😂. WOWWWW
Was in Gib 2 days ago. Went for P & O top spec haddock and chips on the ship later. I've downloaded the vid so will watch when back at sea. In Barca now grim place heaving with tourists but they've cleared a lot of the pondlife off the Ramblas.
interesting. i went to barcelona abut 10 years back and hated it. too many theives and scumbags about, they have done the same with madrid just got rid of all the scumbag theives and its a much better place for it.
What would it be like if the Spanish took over a British beach and opened up Spanish bars,only selling Spanish food and alcohol?
Stayed in Gibraltar when Sharm el sheik was bombed and had to find somewhere else loved it!!!
Absolutely love this video, have been waiting to see it uploaded. I used to live in the apartments beside the big car park that has only been there since about 2016, thank you so much for the memories ❤❤xo
It look both soggy and crisp at the same time 🤣 like a Birds Eye’s portion from the oven. I would say 4
Many runs ashore in Gibraltar during my time in the Royal navy plenty of hangovers 😅😂😅
My Daddy served in Gibraltar in the Navy way back, I was born there in 1964, lived in Edinburgh House Estate.
I was posted there also, was some experience as a 18 year old lad.
You were pretty generous on the score by the looks of the fish and lack of chips . Great video mate
The practice of surgery began with barbers. Which is why to this day surgeons are referred to by the title Mr. and medical doctors are Dr. These days most surgeons are also medical doctors, but originally they could give you a short back and sides along with your tonsilectony... Oh and the red and white barber pole symbolises blood and bandages.
Interesting 👍
The cod we get down here is (or was !) frozen Russian fish. The fresh fish and chip fish is hake which although different is very tasty.
Gibraltar is wonderful - we took a day trip there from Malaga in 2016- and i had an honest to goodness full English breakfast there - this California was living in China at the town but we traveled to Spain to visit our daughter in her study abroad there.
I used to go here often as I lived in Gibraltar. Roy's used to be the best but has obviously gone to the dogs.
Agree with your score. Awful overcooked batter on bottom and skin should be removed.
you can ask for it to be removed when you order
It's vinegar first followed by salt👍🇮🇪
Spot on 👍
Its whatever you want
I would be happy with that, skin on fish i like, all protein. Looked pretty okay for me that meal Lee, cheers.
Loved seeing Gibraltar 🇬🇮.
In the UK, Cod should ALWAYS come without skin BUT Haddock you normally have a choice. If you simply ask for Fish, you can be given any white fish!
You never ever get skin on fish in Scotland
The batter was crispier on the skin side because the skin is waterproof and won’t leak water into the batter the fish side though leaks water from the previously frozen cod.
They haven't got our best high street destinations... a Spoon's and a B&M :)
Hiya! We where on the same trip 😂 we featured quite a bit actually! Nice surprise for us. Great VLOG 👍
Hey thanks. It was pretty cool. I enjoyed it. 👍🏼
Jeez, we just had an Indian meal deal for 2 for only a couple of quid more than that from our local takeaway, that fish and chips was really expensive. You’d think fish would be cheap there as they are surrounded by sea.
I sea what your saying!
We are surrounded in the UK and it’s getting more expensive by the month
22:55 cannot beat whitby fiSh andchips or bellS at co durham they are lovely
Love skin on fish
Same
8.2 because I love the skin on fish. Some people like eating fish heads in soup lol
Hi that was an excellent video and I really love Gibraltar and have stayed there three times. The Bristol Hotel is were I have stayed on Cathedral Square. It is a great hotel with lovely friendly staff.
I been to Gibraltar and come in from Spain we went to thetop of the rock and walked down the inside of it through the caves , that was a good experience.
It does make me laugh when those folk passing you by give you strange looks
"what's the weirdo doing? " 🤣
At least you ' Give peas a chance'!😂😂
Them cheeky little monkeys woud love your fluffy mic Lee😂
Hello The MacMaster I and my fella believe you are an absolute legend wherever you go we think your a legend with telling ever such a lot people not only across the united kingdom but also across the rest of the world and that really does inspire people like myself and my partner please keep up the good hard work it all pays off in the end well-done and keep working hard
Kind regards Anthony & stuart from grantham lincolnshire united kingdom
Can't say much as I leaved in the army barracks there in the late 80s but 36 miles at least of tunnels so guessing that one was no longer used for military purposes
5/10. It sounds like they fried the fish earlier, then reheated it in a microwave. That explains why the fish was very hot and why the batter was crunchy on the bottom, but soggy on the top.
Spot on
Used to go into there every week as diving instructor in 2007 from estepona . The road was over runway then and I would definitely visit Tarifa where med meets atlantic
Been to that chippy twice and to be fare I thought the food was good and i don't recall the skin being on the fish either, however, i'd have eaten it anyway. 😄 You've got to do a guided tour of the rock to really see everything in a day, its a fantastic place.
Lol Mac. You're description of being dark in Gibraltar yet light in the UK cracked me up! Haha man you are funny!!
As a graphic designer surely the font on the shop front says it all about the quality…
Was that batter or leather? I only counted around 20 chip’s including the little bits. A long way to go for what looked like pretty average fish and chips.
I think the bottom had become leathery as I had been sat in the hot cabinet.
you could have gone by car but park at La Linea and then walk over into Gib
Sorry Lee for doing a late comment had booster Covid Jab that one not very good out of it for a day,many thanks for vlog on Gib good idea about not driving,that fish and chips. Well the chips and mushy peas looked ok,but the fish it didn't look right,and the service staff loved it you filming,they were everywhere well any way Lee many thanks for the vlog ❤from Richard and Tanya from Southampton
I think it's the oil they use for the colour. 100% agree with the skin. Only fish skin I like is when it's pan fried and crispy! Soggy fish skin is rank. 1/10 harsh but if it's "world famous" nope
🇦🇺 wow i learnt that the so much from this experience very really insightful about the boarder need to show a passport. Did not know it was British commonwealth wow. This place it awesome 💖🇦🇺👍😀
Skin doesn't bother me, I normally eat it, but it's easy enough to flake the fish away from the skin, no need to make an issue of it imho :)
Nice one Lee enjoy your vids have a great weekend 🙏🍺🙏
You always get that cloud when you get a easterly wind
21 quid! You went to the wrong place, (no pun intended!)
Casemates square is a rip off!
Gibraltar is not cheap, but people go to Morrisons, its duty free and the only store you can have beer in the bar.
I used to work there in Nelsons view, and its nice view of the straights. Gibraltar is a small but interesting place. 👨🏾🎓
Its funny i was having fish and chips from a shop i have not used before and they were bloody lovley 😊
So now to yours they looked poor and over priced
The skin on the fish i like but thats just my opinion 🤷 oh and its vinegar before the salt 😮
Great vlog Lee thankyou.
A few hours isn't long enough for a visit Lee, there is so much to see and do. You could easily have a week of sight seeing and eating there. Did you have a pint with your Morrisons breakfast? Keep the vlogs coming.
The horse Rock of Gibraltar won 🏆 the English Derby 🐎 about 20 years ago . Had a good few quid on it as he was favourite 🤩
Thks for bringing me so many nostalgic memories mate. So many times i have walked through those streets especially at night when i used to visit with the RFA's (Royal Fleet Auxiliary). Deing Maltese i used to enjoy meeting some of the many Maltese dicidents in Gib too. Re the fish and chips I remember good chippies as good as back in the UK which we used to pay about a pound for. The fish and chips you had I wouldm't even rate them, Chips too few Fish, soggy on the top and crispy underneath (very weird). However thks again for the memories. Keep up the good work
*Gibraltar is known for its low taxes, with no VAT, no sales tax, and no inheritance tax. This makes it an attractive destination for entrepreneurs, businesses, and retirees and MacMasters who want to enjoy a more favorable tax environment !*
Oil not hot enough. Criminal for a chippy. Can tell because the chips, even though fairly thick cut, are see through on the outside, that’s cause oil had soaked the potato for a few minutes before the outside cooks. Fish fried in shallow, not hot enough oil and never flipped, so they’re looking at the top for colour which inevitably takes forever so the bottom burns. Shockingly priced for drab well done for eating as much as you did 😂
Great video 👍
Definitely a tourist trap !!! The fish eat all the chips 😂
Thats a kids portion of chips.......
I'm with you when it comes to skin on fish. Any chippy that does that will not get a second visit from me. Batter crisp on the bottom but soggy on top? Sounds like it's been left under the heat lamps for a while upside-down. For that price I'd expect nothing short of perfection, it's almost as expensive as a Rick Steins chippy, just not as good.
😂😂 i made that mistake went in by car in the evening rush hour around Christmas time biggest mistake of my life it was mayhem 😂😂 had to find the nearest car park to get out of the traffic jam's 🤯🤯
❤ur vids lee thanks mate take me away for a few mins 👍👍👍👍❤❤
I don't mind skin on fish as long as its cooked nicely. Wow that was pricey. Not enough love went into the dish. Fish looked dry inside anyways. Yh wow. For me your judgment was right. Nothing to do with skin just the looks alone. We all been there ❤ enjoy your trip
Great video Lee, we must have been there roughly the same time last year when we went for the day... We liked it that much we are going back again next month but instead of driving down from our hotel which was in Benalmadena we are flying straight into Gibraltar and staying at a lovely hotel there, what I did want to add was that we hired a car last September from Click Rent when we touched down in Malaga who were very good and drove around all the different towns but more importantly it only took us 20 minutes getting through customs into Gibraltar and not the three hours that you mentioned, maybe we were lucky on that day, not sure but it was quite easy and we got to see a lot more of Gibraltar having the car. Thanks for the tip on Roy's Chippy, maybe we might give that one a miss, tarahhh... 🤗👍
Just thinking Lee,
if you asked for the fish to be skinned before being cooked and battered if they would have accommodated for that request,
always worth asking.
Nothing ventured nothing gained , as you say the staff were friendly so might have seen reason and their response could have boosted your score
Gib is lovely Lee, i'd recommend The Rock Hotel & i'd say a 4 to five night stay is ideal definately enough restauraunts to review
Why oh why do you put salt on first? Vinegar first, because the salt then sticks and dissolves where it lands! Goodness gracious sir.
I was in Roy's yesterday and I pointed out your video to him, he replied "Oh yes...I remember him"
and the accordionist plays 'Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner'." And spending four days on the tarmac at Luton airport on a five-day package tour with nothing to eat but dried BEA-type sandwiches and you can't even get a drink of Watney's Red Barrel because you're still in England and the bloody bar closes every time you're thirsty and there's nowhere to sleep and the kids are crying and vomiting and breaking the plastic ash-trays and they keep telling you it'll only be another hour although your plane is still in Iceland and has to take some Swedes to Yugoslavia before it can load you up at 3 a.m. in the bloody morning and you sit on the tarmac till six because of "unforeseen difficulties", i.e. the permanent strike of Air Traffic Control in Paris - and nobody can go to the lavatory until you take off at 8, and when you get to Malaga airport everybody's swallowing "enterovioform" and queuing for the toilets and queuing for the armed customs officers, and queuing for the bloody bus that isn't there to take you to the hotel that hasn't yet been finished. And when you finally get to the half-built Algerian ruin called the Hotel del Sol by paying half your holiday money to a licensed bandit in a taxi you find there's no water in the pool, there's no water in the taps, there's no water in the bog and there's only a bleeding lizard in the bidet. And half the rooms are double booked and you can't sleep anyway because of the permanent twenty-four-hour drilling of the foundations of the hotel next door - and you're plagued by appalling apprentice chemists from Ealing pretending to be hippies, and middle-class stockbrokers' wives busily buying identical holiday villas in suburban development plots just like Esher, in case the Labour government gets in again, and fat American matrons with sloppy-buttocks and Hawaiian-patterned ski pants looking for any mulatto male who can keep it up long enough when they finally let it all flop out. And the Spanish Tourist Board promises you that the raging cholera epidemic is merely a case of mild Spanish tummy, like the previous outbreak of Spanish tummy in 1660 which killed half London and decimated Europe - and meanwhile the bloody Guardia are busy arresting sixteen-year-olds for kissing in the streets and shooting anyone under nineteen who doesn't like Franco. And then on the last day in the airport lounge everyone's comparing sunburns, drinking Nasty Spumante, buying cartons of duty free "cigarillos" and using up their last pesetas on horrid dolls in Spanish National costume and awful straw donkeys and bullfight posters with your name on "Ordoney, El Cordobes and Brian Pules of Norwich" and 3-D pictures of the Pope and Kennedy and Franco, and everybody's talking about coming again next year and you swear you never will although there you are tumbling bleary-eyed out of a tourist-tight antique Iberian airplane
Looked delicious to me but a bit pricey.l don't mind skin on and there used to be a top fish and chip establishment in Headingley,Leeds, called Brian's and they left the skin on and it was an amazing place 😋.lf you don't like the skin Lee ask them to skin it before they cook it 👍.l am now going to eat my fish and chips which are from the maypole,Otley.
You working with that fish, was like watching an old episode of Quincy.
Did you know John Lennon and yoko Ono got married in Gib
Love it looks so clean and not a Dinghy Diver to be seen anywhere…❤
I've crossed into Gib many times in the car and it's luck of the draw with how meticulous the border checks are, I've been through in a couple mins and also been stuck for a couple hours. Parking is also pretty expensive so that coach looks a good option. My fave parts are Ocean Village and Europa point, the WW2 tunnels are also a must-see
2019 spent six months working in gib shop fitting at Morris ons loved it.
I spent years going back and forth to Gib working at Morrisons after they bought out Safeways. Great place
Watch tonight's vlog it's Morrisons in Gibraltar. :0)
I was shocked by the price.
Hi Lee. Just came across your vids on RUclips yesterday (09/10/23) and I can't stop watching them! So enjoyable, I love the fact that you are down to earth, nothing pretentious just good wholesome stuff. The fish and chip adventures are brilliant (every time I see you eating, I just want to go and get a fish supper!!) oh and I love the skin on fish - gives it a real 'fishy' taste 😂. I would give this one a 5.5.
Just one more thing, you mentioned in this vid that this is for the people of 'Britain'. Well now, you should have said the UK, cos I'm watching from N Ireland and we are 'British' too😉.
So many more of your vids to watch........C'mon!
Thank You. Comments like yours make it all worth while. Thank You.
Didn’t like the look of them fish and chips.😒
I’m American and I was not impressed. The British do it best
Gibraltar is a British territory. The people hold British passports. They have voted in referenda to maintain their ties to the UK, most recently in 2006, in which, apparently, the vote to remain as British citizens of a British Overseas Territory reached a staggering 100 %.
@@Albert-Arthur-Wison225 while you are correct what did you think of the fish and chips?
@@Albert-Arthur-Wison225correct but we are having a referendum on whether Roy should claim he’s world famous and also how shite the fish Was
Really that's the bomb around here girls😂😂
Hi Lee, I do think 3.7 was a bit mean though, based on looks I would have given 7.5. I wouldn't knock points off for skin, as that's personal preference, not restaurant fault. When younger, I didn't mind the skin, but as I'm older, I'm preferring skinless. I find up north that cod is usually skinless, haddock skin on.
Those chips, great colour, but sweetness could be the variety as you mentioned. I had some in Cornwall once that were really sweet but had a great brown colour, apparently that potato variety had a higher amount of sugar, so look great but taste a weird sweet,
If that’s world famous then I’m Gordon Ramsey
The fish looked a good size but skin.. Hmm.. Glad I had a great fish here a couple days back 🎉
I'm from Australia. DONT pay a tip for fish and chips. The price was too much Lee. Good grief! Love your videos❤
When are you bringing out the 'good grief' merch Lee?
Thank you 🕶️
Was on a cruise in 92,eating posh nosh on board,was craving fish n chips,and our 1st port of call was Gibraltar, back then,fish n chips were brilliant
Always the fussy eaters who don't try new things who don't want skin on their fish - Words from an old school mate whose parents ran a Chinese chippy. He said they did haddock skin on, cod off as cod skin is too thick.
Now..... who do we know who orders the same Indian and Chinese meals every time ....... 😂😂😂
Great vid again Lee, loving the series.
Don't forget the FRIDGE MAGNETIC 😅😅😅😅
I stay in Gibraltar a lot and to be honest with you, if Roy's chip shop were in the U.K. then you would go elsewhere to a proper chip shop.
Because it's competition here in Gib is so weak it seems ok but it's not good and it's expensive.
living in Notts im used to having skin on the fish. It doesn't matter to me. just close your eyes and eat it and pretend its batter. You cant taste it. I cant believe how English looking Gibraltar is, but twice the price lol 👍
Well it's 2:45am here in COSTA ADEJE and I've just finished watching Gibraltar "at 1,75 speed 🤪" thought it was the Morrisons one but thoroughly enjoyed it... skin on fish? best bit... drenches the fish with vinegar... soggy on the top and crispy on the Botton? I watched with a directors eye and love the visuals... locked off camera, BRoll, Music you, my friend are a true professional (screws the top back on the gin bottle) hic...! G'Night
Thanks Tim. Hopefully see you soon for a few colabs and cold ones. 🎥🍺🕶️🎬🍺
World famous for being absolutely dreadful! They were a rip off and looked horrible. Keep up the absolutely fantastic work ❤❤
Skin on always! Love the saltiness that it adds to the dish. For a home-country trip I'd highly recommend popping to North Norfolk and visiting places like Wells-Next-The-Sea to enjoy French's Fish & Chips and a walk along "the bar" down to the most beautiful beach in the country, backed by a pine forest and sand dunes all the way along to Holkham. It's a beautiful, quaint town that has retained so much of it's old school beauty. Great pubs too, pop to The Globe for dinner one night and then spend a few days in the area visiting the coastal towns like Blakeney, Stiffkey, Sheringham and Cromer (instead of Great Yarmouth etc.) If you need any further recommendations, let me know!