As an American, I understand about 50% what this guy is saying, 70% of what he's eating, and 0% of why this was in my youtube queue. Hey everyone commenting to my comment, it was just a joke post and I'm really tired of all the notifications. Nothing against English food or Welsh speakers, just having a laugh. Enjoy your eel jelly and hair soup etc etc
My grandfather went here when he was on leave in London during WW1, my dad went during WW2 and my he took me here as a kid when I visited the UK the first time as a child. Over the next 35 years I went during every visit but haven't managed to get there since 2013.
I went here back in 2006 and it was my first time in London. I was alone on a business trip and was wandering around on a Sunday after dropping my bags at the hotel. Stumbled onto this place and shyly ordered a haddock and chips and sat there happily eating my first fish and chips in London.
At 6:39 you can see the flat (20 yards away )that I used to live in 40 years ago. Back then at the start of the rise of Covent Garden as a tourist attraction (200 yards away) this was just an unremarkable chip shop mainly frequented by people local to the area, no fancy frontage or tables outside, a basic chip shop menu and take away only 😄 Food was always good, 8/10 and reasonably priced. Can't speak for how good it is today , I've not eaten there for many many years as I no longer live in the area and every time I've passed by it's swarming with tourists. Glad to see they are still thriving BUT despite their longevity I'm not sure if they are the oldest chip shop in London ?
The Jews and the Italians argue about who bought fish and chips to Britain but British always think it’s a British dish when it isn’t but I hope you enjoy it if you come to the uk and don’t let people say you have to have with mushy pea’s because it’s also amazing with a decent thick curry sauce and some like tartar sauce the one thing most will agree on is lots of salt and vinegar 😂
OK correction, Rock and Sole Plaice used to be known for using Seasame Seed Oil to cook their fish and chips. Unfortunately they were sold due to the Pandemic. The new owners chose not to continue the tradition and now are a total shadow of what they previously were. They'd cheaper out massively, their quality is nothing like what it used to be.
@@brozorsi mean everything that makes sesame oil taste good not only gets ruined when you heat it to frying temperatures, it tastes awful, so what are you guys even on about would have made sense if they splashed some on after frying, like how you use vinegar are you sure you're not talking about peanut oil?
@@poziomkax5985 Canola is the worst. Stuff fried in canola is disgusting. McDonald's uses canola to make its fries. They used to use Crisco shortening and the fries were so delicious people would literally fight over the fries at the bottom of the bag. I won't even eat those nasty canola fries. Tastes like they boiled them.
I know it must take a good deal of multitasking to say hi to people chatting with you and also film the core content. But I must say, the random chats from random passersby is a big part of what I enjoy in your videos. The fish and chips look really good.
Danny says “right then let’s join the queue” and then walks straight to front 😂 what a Legend 🤝🏻 did anyone else see the look on that blokes face already waiting patiently and then Danny bowls in and gets served before him 😢😂
You're clearly clueless how these places work hahaha@@suave-rider, there was a bunch of tables and chairs behind the guy 'patiently waiting' lmfao, a queue doesn't mean standing in a perfect straight line
No seat belt again You can be fined up to £500 if you do not wear a seat belt when you’re supposed to. when it was OK to be English now they are vanishing from politics football Streets & TV
I've been away from ( Leicester ) England for 16 years. I went through a rollercoaster of taste memories watching this. Just wanted to say thank you brother!❤
Actually Fish and Chips is not a British tradition food and it’s got nothing to do with Britain at all. Fish and Chips was invented in 15th century in Portugal and the first person who brought up Fish and Chips in UK was a Jewish cook. It was in 1860s. Can name any famous British dish and it’s got nothing to with Britain. Everything has been brought from overseas.
What made the saveloy exceptional in this place was the fact that they'd soak the saveloys in hot water to keep them succulent. The old owner used to point this out to people whenever he got the chance. He was a grumpy so and so but when he'd start to recognise you he'd soften a little. It was one of the staple places you went for lunch when you worked around there, usually the 3/4 days after you got paid. The rest of the month you were eating out of No.1 Cafe on Earlham street.
It's amazing to see you are getting recognised in London as it's a big place. The fish and chips with all the other bits was a good price. I would have thought they would have cost a lot more considering the area where you are at. That piece of fish is a really good size and the chips are proper!! Look 👀 at the size of them. Hope you do some more London video's soon Danny as they have been really good viewing so far....🙂👍🏻👍🏻
@@Milllarman It's in Covent Garden. In the London suburbs you're looking at average £12-14 for that, maybe as low as £10 in some spots so north of £16 in the heart of the West End is what you'd expect it to be.
What people dont get is the business rates in London are enormous. Use to do the accounts for my company we where a firm of 12 with one floor of a small office block in the West End. the rates where over £100,000 per year! that was 10 years ago. So costs will always be higher.
Danny, about an hour ago I was watching another guy in London. He went into Harrods for fish and chips. It cost him £37 and he showed that the haddock was not very big, but was also quite thin. The chips were about the same as yours, but the gravy was watery, and the other sauces were pretty tasteless. He was quite disappointed with the whole meal. Maybe they charged him so much more was because he sat inside to eat! Your meal looked delicious and was, from the way you enjoyed it. Good for you, mate. Cheers.
The first time I ever tried fish and chips was in Mexico 😂😂 yes Mexico. It was a cold morning and there was this little place that my dad and I had never seen before. When we got there it was a father and his son we asked what they served and he said fried fish with fried potates wedges. It smelled and looked so good and the taste was unique and the batter on the fish was something I had never seen before and the fries were so crispy and delicious. We went back next week and the place was gone 😢 years later I found out how fish and chips are made and remembered that place and I get emotional.
Its easy to make bro! Im American and was able to make some SERIOUSLY good fish n chips. I have tried them in london so i know what I’m looking for. The chips is the hardest to nail down correctly for me. I suggest just using any frozen brand fries/chips. Try to get a chip brand from Belgium! Best! And the fish is very easy to make! Just make sure your batter is SUPER cold and the beer is cold n taste good.
You know, when I crossed the English Channel on the ferry to visit my daughter who lives in Belgium, I went into the restaurant on board. I had the fish and chips, and it was delicious. Nice portion and hot.
from internet - Established around 1860 - 1871, Rock & Sole Plaice is popular with locals and tourists. Our locally sourced, sustainable, British fish has been described as the best in London and is still prepared using our 152-year-old traditional recipe. We have 2 floors of cosy seating inside plus an Al Fresco dining area perfect for those warm summer nights in the heart of Covent Garden.
From 1954 through 1957 my family lived in England where my Dad was stationed. I was too young to remember much. My brother and sister were 8 and 5 years older than me. They as well as my parents talk about the wonderful greasy fish and chips they used to get from street vendors. Served in a cone of rolled up newspaper and very cheap....like a Shilling.
Think you summed it up nicely Danny. Batter looked a bit thick. The rest looked spot on. Everytime you tried something you seemed surprised it was nice.
I'll need to try this spot the next time I'm 'across the pond'. As it stands now, and having travelled all over most of the UK, my favorite fish & chips joint was in...gulp, Inverness, Scotland!
Best chips in London, I've been going there for years as I worked nearby, now I still travel there for the chips, amazing. It's called the Rock and Sole Plaice, you missed the pun.
It'll be tough to make it to south London from Indiana, US.......but if I get the chance, I'll certainly try it. All looks fantastic, and the sausage make me want to hop a flight straightaway.
Great content. i also like how you don,t mind chatting to people during your reviews.Hope to see you some day and have a pic with you. i have gone to some of the places you have rated and really enjoyed trying the only remaining coal powered chip shop food.Keep up the great work. :) you got a sub from me Buddy!
Danny the next time your in London & want Fish & chips please take yourself along to Masters fish & chips on Waterloo road near the Old Vic Theatre .The nearest you will get to proper northern fish & chips anywhere in London . Absolutely wonderful . From a person who lived on Graveleys for years. By the way you let us all down ,the mushy peas from the place you went too are tinned muck ..😂
now i'm a foreigner but i am pretty comfortable when it comes to understand english. i only could understand %10 of what he's saying and not sure if it's normal or not :(
NEW EVIDENCE has confirmed what many suspected - Mossley is home to the country's oldest fish AND chip shop. Joseph Malin opened his fried fish shop in 1860, in Bow, London - but he only sold fried fish. Oldham's Tommyfield Market claims to being the first place in England to sell fried chips - this was also
Correct I lived near Mossley. It was started by John Lees around 1860 but contested by a shop in London opened around the same time. .. I also had a chippy in the lakes for 8 years.. I had the information you gave us on my business website. The mossley chip shop is sadly a chinese take away or it was 10 years ago when i was last visited. Tommyfield Market is almost gone.. Most stalls demolished for a car park but I remember buying chips from a wooden and brick stall there when i was a kid.
Interesting to learn that tartare sauce isn't common up norf, also I like how you were eager to judge whether the gravy was up to standard as we do also enjoy gravy down south, although I guess its less ubiquitious outside of a sunday roast.
Good to see more of your eating out vlogs in London ( my area ) that Fish & Chip shop looked a good one you should try the Pie & Mash shop thats quite tasty too Danny 👍
We need more people like you in the Police forces.You have a skill to walk into any situation and people remember you for you firm respect to other's.Sending blessings
This is the first time watching you. Liked it and subscribed. Thank you for your video. They have fish & chips not far from me but it's nothing like there where you are.
Danny says down London you have to have a saveloy, reminds me of when I went to Wales and asked for Cod Roe. The fella in the fish and chip shop said, What's cod roe". Maybe a London thing?
I'm northern and lived in London in '80s when no chippies had curry sauce. The best authentic Chinese chippy curry sauce is Goldfish, you can now get it in Tesco. I do remember the saveloys which were basically bright red hot dogs. The modern version seems to have removed the food dyes. Never heard of cod roe in a chippy, but jars of pickled cockles or mussels (even eggs) are a thing up North. I only ever witnessed my uncle buying them back in 1990.
@@Drew-Dastardly sadly cockles and pickled eggs and also pickled onions are on the decline in northern chippies shame i love me a pickled egg, remember when i first went to the south west and went in a chippy and it didn't have curry or gravy, that was over 30 yrs ago and still not over it.
I've been coming to the Rock & Sole Plaice for over 30 years and it just gets better and better. love this guy's review! I tell you, it's a good job I wore me stretchy pants, 'cause I'm going back for seconds. London might not have the same ring as our beloved North, but they know their way 'round a fish supper, I'll give 'em that. Right, I'm off to find a brew now to wash it all down. Ta-ra, you lot!
Food prices are shockingly high now, all around the developed world. There is a fish & chips place near where I live in southern California. It is not a fancy place, or in a fancy area, but family run and quite decent. There is an old newspaper article from 2012 praising the restaurant and you can see a photo of the menu with prices in the background. When you look up to the current menu for the same items, everything has literally doubled in price!
That did look very good , price was also ok for the size of the fish . I find the fish and chip shops in London very hit and miss .Good review again .Enjoy London mate
As an American, I understood 70% of what was said, 90% of what was eaten and I'm glad to see this in my queue Subscribed. Oddly entertaining. Cheers from New Jersey.
I am a Londoner and there are a good few places still left, that sell fish from Billingsgate Fish Market , if you know where to go. Even all us rich London folks cant afford to pay £22. Most reviews that I see are detailed on sites for Tourists . Anyway the best that I have had is Yorkshire and Scotland. Ps Costs in London , Rent, business tax dont help.
@@adamkane7513 Masters superfish ,Waterloo road near the old vic theatre ..10 min walk from Waterloo station. Nearest you will get to proper northern fish & chips. By far the best in London by a country mile . I was brought up on Graveleys in Elland road, Leeds ..They are almost equal to theirs.
As a northerner, it's good to see you get around the UK, makes it more interesting. However, London is a bit of a different beast, its so multicultural now, it's not very English, which is I guess natural evolution. In 1000's of years from now London could have many races from different planets eating fish & chips. I just wish prices could be affordable for most, as the poor are sadly getting poorer.
@Chris22967 nothing unfortunate about that just imagine how dead the already bland British food would be without multiculturalism maybe stick to your haggis and battered Mars bars ay.
I’ve never come across curry or peas with fish and chips here in Oz. But …. It wouldn’t be fish ‘n’ chips for me without lemon and tomato sauce. Love your vids Danny ♥️♥️
i think Dannys a national treasure now!!! its a great pity that some people havent much of a clue what he is saying!! cuz thats 75% stuff missed!! well at least!!
I checked out their menu after watching this and I’m sure he was under charged. The curry sauce and gravy cost £2.95 each and a regular fish and chips cost £21. Then he got the saveloy which is £8. He also got mushy peas and water! He was definitely under charged. Check out the menu for yourself and see
you need to check again its 12.80 for the haddock , 2,50 for the saveloy , mushy peas 2.50, gravy 1.50, curry sauce 1,50, = 20.80 + 2.00 for the water which checks out at £22.80 : ]
Idiots are more than willing to pay 30%-50% over in store prices, and then another £10 on top for delivery from a shop only 3 streets away. The real problem is the techbro mafia insist that the independant takeaways have to sell their traditional cash sales at the same price as their vile middleman 30% tax. It looks like this shop has not signed up to that shit.
If you had 2fish and shared the chips ,which is not uncommon practice ,and dispensed with the extras ,which you didn't go for in the first place ,two of you could eat well for 15 quid
i went there years ago and had a big peice of halibut and chips with the trimmings, it was spot on. the first chippy was called malins which opened in 1860 but it closed in the 70s
I live aboard now And I miss the great British fish and chips Food that’s never gone wrong I’ve found a small restaurant run by the Brits And they made us fantastic fish and chips I am so happy again Comfort food at its best
I'm surprised they had gravy. Most of the chippy's I've been to in London didn't do gravy. They didn't fry in beef drippings either. Did you quit drinking D&B with your fish and chips Danny?
Thing is he won't care as he never reads or acknowledges comments.makes me wonder why he has so many followers. Last time I will watch. Yes I know, who cares!
Yes, we have to play it a few times to understand what he us saying. Dialects, accents are very interesting. The difference from our west coast to New England. Foreigners have that situation with us to. Makes for an interesting world, how's bouts som fishnchips mate
Thanks so much Danny for some cracking reviews down my way! Please ignore all the hateful comments, these people are just jealous of Danny, and jealous of London!!
fish and chips in London is not the same without cockney owners.. best one used to be in Upton Park Market as soon as you come out of the station and turn right :)
Hello Danny, I am a new subscriber to your channel and I really love your video's. Just wanted to know after all your travels if you have a favourite Fish & Chips restaurant/takeaway in London so far? "Please share" I would like to share what I think would be a good contender, which I really enjoyed. It's called "What The Fish" in Hammersmith. I would Really really be intrigued to hear your view of this establishment.. Keep up the good work and keep those video's coming... Martin from London UK.
I used to go there a lot during covid and I remember chatting to the owner and it sounded like they were on the verge of closing with Brexit and whatnot. It's good to see he's still open because it's the best chippy in London
@@issachunt3418 People were scared that Brexit would turn U.K into a nation of racists. Back in the 60's, people would hang signs that read: "No blacks, Irish, or fish." No idea why bigots hate fish but it got the chip shop owners worried.
@@jailewis22It’s illegal to do a lot of things these days. But the police doesn’t have the numbers or the organisational skills to enforce half the stupid laws that are in place
I live in a suburb of Los Angeles, the west end of the San Fernando Valley (think Boogie Nights) and across the street from where I worked was an English pub where I became a regular and met some very nice people from the UK and also from many other place around the world. I love fish 'n chips and The Pickwick has the best. Gravy on the fish or that hot dog looking thing, that's new to me.
It's never the same as a proper chippy. You can get fish and chips in every food serving pub in England and they just aren't the same as a proper chippy.
It's criminal to pour curry and gravy on a delicate white fish like cod or haddock. Salt and vinegar, lemon and/or tartare sauce only. The curry and gravy are for pouring over the chips, mushy peas for the side. The saveloy was a perfect "breakwater" to keep the gravy juices away from the battered fish. Alan Partridge would not approve of your philistine approach to cuisine.
as a northerner i've never quite understood the gravy on fish thing we do up here, fish and gravy seems an odd combination, i will stick to the tried and tested mushy peas and fish
@@paulmilner8452 This is because it is not usually possible to stop the mushy peas contaminating part of the fish rendering the delicious crispy batter all soggy. At least for people who eat from plates. The opportunity of using a large sausage as a breakwater has been lost here.
Have to agree, gravy was originally something used to disguise the taste of poor food. id rather taste the fish, maybe a little tartare, never gravy or curry sauce.
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"the chips are so big they might as well just give ya potatoes" made me laugh when he said that 😂
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Steak fries would freak him out.
Was amazed with the fervor in which he gargled that sausage.
Look like steak fries, which I quite like
EXACTLY! They simply throw Potatoes in the FAT, together with a whole Fish, and a big Wiener, aka Sausage! Thats not Food, thats disgusting!
As an American, I understand about 50% what this guy is saying, 70% of what he's eating, and 0% of why this was in my youtube queue.
Hey everyone commenting to my comment, it was just a joke post and I'm really tired of all the notifications. Nothing against English food or Welsh speakers, just having a laugh. Enjoy your eel jelly and hair soup etc etc
RUclips put it in my q as well. Maybe, perhaps he's trending or something like that. Otherwise, I don't know ❗ Was fun watching him, anyway 👀👍❗
Yeah I didn't understand anything either. Fish looked good though. I guess he's famous in England
Same....yet here we are.
What is this doing in my queue?
As a whatever, this is 100% the saddest food review show on youtube. I have seen more positive energy from war refugees getting food aid.
My grandfather went here when he was on leave in London during WW1, my dad went during WW2 and my he took me here as a kid when I visited the UK the first time as a child. Over the next 35 years I went during every visit but haven't managed to get there since 2013.
it was a pie and mash shop up until 1991
I went here back in 2006 and it was my first time in London. I was alone on a business trip and was wandering around on a Sunday after dropping my bags at the hotel. Stumbled onto this place and shyly ordered a haddock and chips and sat there happily eating my first fish and chips in London.
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At 6:39 you can see the flat (20 yards away )that I used to live in 40 years ago. Back then at the start of the rise of Covent Garden as a tourist attraction (200 yards away) this was just an unremarkable chip shop mainly frequented by people local to the area, no fancy frontage or tables outside, a basic chip shop menu and take away only 😄
Food was always good, 8/10 and reasonably priced. Can't speak for how good it is today , I've not eaten there for many many years as I no longer live in the area and every time I've passed by it's swarming with tourists. Glad to see they are still thriving BUT despite their longevity I'm not sure if they are the oldest chip shop in London ?
People seem really calm and polite there, yet he was worried about his bag getting nicked. Maybe it's just a big city thing.
@@currentfaves65You've always gotta be on guard if you've got a bag in London
What a lovely area. I don't think I would have moved. 💖💖💖💖
Who makes THE BEST fish and chips in London? (I don’t care how long they’ve been in business)
And the owners are not British...as in most of places .......
As an American I now have a reason to visit London!That meal looks delicious!
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Make sure you go to a decent chippy, they've all gone downhill in my area in the last 20 years
The Jews and the Italians argue about who bought fish and chips to Britain but British always think it’s a British dish when it isn’t but I hope you enjoy it if you come to the uk and don’t let people say you have to have with mushy pea’s because it’s also amazing with a decent thick curry sauce and some like tartar sauce the one thing most will agree on is lots of salt and vinegar 😂
i totally agree with you it’s very difficult finding a good one ! In my town they are all rubbish
Finally!!!! A good reason to visit London, such a boring city otherwise...
OK correction, Rock and Sole Plaice used to be known for using Seasame Seed Oil to cook their fish and chips. Unfortunately they were sold due to the Pandemic. The new owners chose not to continue the tradition and now are a total shadow of what they previously were. They'd cheaper out massively, their quality is nothing like what it used to be.
that is insane considering how expensive sesame oil can get compared to canola or soybean oil.
@@brozors Not only that but also you've added a high risk allergen to the mix too 😵
@@brozors canola oil not used in UK, it has very bad reviews in UK.
@@brozorsi mean everything that makes sesame oil taste good not only gets ruined when you heat it to frying temperatures, it tastes awful, so what are you guys even on about
would have made sense if they splashed some on after frying, like how you use vinegar
are you sure you're not talking about peanut oil?
@@poziomkax5985 Canola is the worst. Stuff fried in canola is disgusting.
McDonald's uses canola to make its fries. They used to use Crisco shortening and the fries were so delicious people would literally fight over the fries at the bottom of the bag. I won't even eat those nasty canola fries. Tastes like they boiled them.
I know it must take a good deal of multitasking to say hi to people chatting with you and also film the core content. But I must say, the random chats from random passersby is a big part of what I enjoy in your videos. The fish and chips look really good.
Danny says “right then let’s join the queue” and then walks straight to front 😂 what a Legend 🤝🏻 did anyone else see the look on that blokes face already waiting patiently and then Danny bowls in and gets served before him 😢😂
yes gone are the days of the humble widower, replaced by a fat man addicted to his social media celebrity status
You're clearly clueless how these places work hahaha@@suave-rider, there was a bunch of tables and chairs behind the guy 'patiently waiting' lmfao, a queue doesn't mean standing in a perfect straight line
@@Beansswtf as I said, gone are the days of the humble widower, replaced by a fat man addicted to his social media celebrity status
@@suave-rider It seems the days of the whining, carping social media-commenting know-all have never left us.
No seat belt again You can be fined up to £500 if you do not wear a seat belt when you’re supposed to. when it was OK to be English now they are vanishing from politics football Streets & TV
I've been away from ( Leicester ) England for 16 years. I went through a rollercoaster of taste memories watching this. Just wanted to say thank you brother!❤
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Never ceases to amaze me, how come a bland union of seafood and potato turns into a delicious dish!
With a dash or two of Malt Vinegar! Yum!
It hasn't ample competition, and it's quite edible with teeth that closely resemble a rusty roll of barbed wire.
@@John-wy9tm😂😂😂
@@John-wy9tm I laughed too hard at that. much obliged.
Clearly you’ve never eaten the real thing or you wouldn’t be saying “bland” because cooked the right way it’s anything but bland. 😂
No trip to the United Kingdom is complete without eating traditional British Fish and Chips! That sausage they give you looks delicious as well!
London is not the place for fish and chips by the way. Get as close to the coast as you can. Whitby, Scarborough, etc. No contest.
It also helps to wash it down with a pint of London Pride also!
Bangers are unbelievably good...I'm from Chicago and we have an import store that sells bangers!
dont forget jellied eels
Actually Fish and Chips is not a British tradition food and it’s got nothing to do with Britain at all. Fish and Chips was invented in 15th century in Portugal and the first person who brought up Fish and Chips in UK was a Jewish cook. It was in 1860s. Can name any famous British dish and it’s got nothing to with Britain. Everything has been brought from overseas.
Oh wow, My wife and I went their in Nov 2022. So cool!!! The Fish and Chips were amazing!!!
What made the saveloy exceptional in this place was the fact that they'd soak the saveloys in hot water to keep them succulent. The old owner used to point this out to people whenever he got the chance. He was a grumpy so and so but when he'd start to recognise you he'd soften a little. It was one of the staple places you went for lunch when you worked around there, usually the 3/4 days after you got paid. The rest of the month you were eating out of No.1 Cafe on Earlham street.
I love to hear these stories from Londoners
I thought all decent chippies did this. Otherwise they split open.
Makes me laugh every time you just plonk yourself down anywhere , this time by the beginning of two crossings 😂😂😂
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😂 same and with that table which is becoming infamous
Even though I cant understand 90% of what he is saying I still enjoy his videos 😂
This video makes me want to take a flight to London just to go to this Fish & Chip shop!
Same here. Why can't Greeks open a fish and chip shop 😂
In orlando fl and Vegas, gordon ramsey has a fish and Chips takeaway, tastes great
Try the Fryers Delight in Theobalds Road first!
Do it. Have yersel a bloody good scrannin!
It's amazing to see you are getting recognised in London as it's a big place. The fish and chips with all the other bits was a good price. I would have thought they would have cost a lot more considering the area where you are at. That piece of fish is a really good size and the chips are proper!! Look 👀 at the size of them. Hope you do some more London video's soon Danny as they have been really good viewing so far....🙂👍🏻👍🏻
London’s not big compared to the Internet. So not surprising he's recognised at all.
£16.60 (read the menu board) for a regular haddock n chips isn’t cheap
@@Milllarman It's in Covent Garden. In the London suburbs you're looking at average £12-14 for that, maybe as low as £10 in some spots so north of £16 in the heart of the West End is what you'd expect it to be.
It is £15 for a pizza from zizzi in london @@Milllarman
It’s an absolute rip off!
What people dont get is the business rates in London are enormous. Use to do the accounts for my company we where a firm of 12 with one floor of a small office block in the West End. the rates where over £100,000 per year! that was 10 years ago. So costs will always be higher.
Were they telephone scammers?
Dogfish used to be sold in London fish shops until around the nineties when it went out of fashion. It was known as Rock Salmon so hence the shop name
Not dog fish, it was smooth hound 👍🏽
Those chips are the boss
Didn’t go out of fashion bull Huss and smoothhound became protected I think 🤔
dogfish and smooth hound were both served as "rock salmon". Thanks for the clarification.@@riddimchef1
It was the spiny dogfish which became endangered with was also served as rock@@riddimchef1
The food looks delicious, I never knew I'd be craving for some fish and chips
I love your style of carrying your own camera - cameraman - table - fork knife spoon kit - neat - clean - hygienic - war footing ready -
This may be the oldest but not the best. My current favourite in theobalds road is the fryers delight. More traditional, and much better value.
Danny, about an hour ago I was watching another guy in London. He went into Harrods for fish and chips. It cost him £37 and he showed that the haddock was not very big, but was also quite thin. The chips were about the same as yours, but the gravy was watery, and the other sauces were pretty tasteless. He was quite disappointed with the whole meal. Maybe they charged him so much more was because he sat inside to eat! Your meal looked delicious and was, from the way you enjoyed it. Good for you, mate. Cheers.
I think that was Gary Eats, when he went to Tom Kerridge's and he got 9 chips LOL. I watched that too.
£37! Jesus Christ. For that price id expect a 400g fillet of salmon, a basket of chips and a couple pints of craft beer.
@@JameelQ 9 chips and Gary checked under the haddock to see if there were chips underneath it.
Ya, I saw that too. Gary at Harrod's.
£ 37 including the chair and table ur going to use.
The first time I ever tried fish and chips was in Mexico 😂😂 yes Mexico. It was a cold morning and there was this little place that my dad and I had never seen before. When we got there it was a father and his son we asked what they served and he said fried fish with fried potates wedges. It smelled and looked so good and the taste was unique and the batter on the fish was something I had never seen before and the fries were so crispy and delicious. We went back next week and the place was gone 😢 years later I found out how fish and chips are made and remembered that place and I get emotional.
Did you notice the customers containers of side item. Here in USA, you usually get a very small set of side sauces, etc. Bob
Next time you review a chippy and you get mushy peas get them to put some vinegar on the peas. Game changer!
Love vinegar on my mushy peas and like it Wehrmacht I have mince and chips put it on the gravy…..yummy🎉
If you meed to tell the chippy that its not worth eating at
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Put a little vinegar on it pet
@@John-cn9bq Maybe the chippy douses all their mushy peas in vinegar to begin with? Why add more watered down "non brewed condiment"?
Wiping his nose with the back of his hand that guy serving , nice 😂
I’m from London but been living abroad for 4 years and seeing that delicious fish chips and saveloy with those dips was torture for me 😢
Its easy to make bro! Im American and was able to make some SERIOUSLY good fish n chips. I have tried them in london so i know what I’m looking for. The chips is the hardest to nail down correctly for me. I suggest just using any frozen brand fries/chips. Try to get a chip brand from Belgium! Best!
And the fish is very easy to make! Just make sure your batter is SUPER cold and the beer is cold n taste good.
I think one of those self contained countertop deep fryers with the basket might help...if they haven't been banned as dangerous to thinness yet.
He's saying not bad not bad at all and we all know he's loving every bit of this 😂
Not bad = amazing. Not too bad = awful. U r welcome.
You know, when I crossed the English Channel on the ferry to visit my daughter who lives in Belgium, I went into the restaurant on board. I had the fish and chips, and it was delicious. Nice portion and hot.
from internet - Established around 1860 - 1871, Rock & Sole Plaice is popular with locals and tourists. Our locally sourced, sustainable, British fish has been described as the best in London and is still prepared using our 152-year-old traditional recipe. We have 2 floors of cosy seating inside plus an Al Fresco dining area perfect for those warm summer nights in the heart of Covent Garden.
Have they changed the oil yet.
@@figgerhead , No they want to keep the recipe Genuine , they still fry in that oil for 152 years
Where are you from? I love listening to you talk. I'm from America, what a beautiful part of London.💖💖💖💖💖💖
Hello Belle, how are you doing today
In Australia we have the saveloy battered. We call it a "Battered Sav" and if it is not Battered its a Frankfurt. Those chips are amazing.
meh......... no-one cares.
@momus231 Your rudeness is showing and I don't see the point of you commenting if you don't care
@@aussiejohn5835battered savaloys are common in most London chippies
@@jep1912 - Oh troll off dude! 😲
@@jep1912 You clearly cared enough to comment.
I thought that was Peter Kay for a second…Brilliant video and a first time viewer…Thanks
Good to see Danny in London - for central London that is a good price - you easily pay that where I live down in Surrey.
From 1954 through 1957 my family lived in England where my Dad was stationed. I was too young to remember much. My brother and sister were 8 and 5 years older than me. They as well as my parents talk about the wonderful greasy fish and chips they used to get from street vendors. Served in a cone of rolled up newspaper and very cheap....like a Shilling.
Think you summed it up nicely Danny. Batter looked a bit thick. The rest looked spot on. Everytime you tried something you seemed surprised it was nice.
The gravy in that place is almost northern. It's a work of art.
Prices are about right for the area.
I'll need to try this spot the next time I'm 'across the pond'. As it stands now, and having travelled all over most of the UK, my favorite fish & chips joint was in...gulp, Inverness, Scotland!
Best chips in London, I've been going there for years as I worked nearby, now I still travel there for the chips, amazing. It's called the Rock and Sole Plaice, you missed the pun.
It'll be tough to make it to south London from Indiana, US.......but if I get the chance, I'll certainly try it. All looks fantastic, and the sausage make me want to hop a flight straightaway.
Great content. i also like how you don,t mind chatting to people during your reviews.Hope to see you some day and have a pic with you. i have gone to some of the places you have rated and really enjoyed trying the only remaining coal powered chip shop food.Keep up the great work. :) you got a sub from me Buddy!
he's friendly with his fans since he started it's nice to see
Watching from Detroit. You’re a joy to watch and listen to. If you have a situation that lands you in Detroit… the food’s on me!
Danny the next time your in London & want Fish & chips please take yourself along to Masters fish & chips on Waterloo road near the Old Vic Theatre .The nearest you will get to proper northern fish & chips anywhere in London . Absolutely wonderful . From a person who lived on Graveleys for years. By the way you let us all down ,the mushy peas from the place you went too are tinned muck ..😂
Mushy peas are a good indicator of quality. That said, some places do decent fish & chips but just cba doing the sides properly.
Thanks. I live in London so I will try this soon. I wonder how it compares with my favourite. The Fryers Delight in Theobalds Road.
now i'm a foreigner but i am pretty comfortable when it comes to understand english.
i only could understand %10 of what he's saying and not sure if it's normal or not :(
Go Danny❤❤❤ in Scotland we call it a fish supper 😂🎉❤
Same here in Ireland,can’t beat a fish supper on a Friday…
Isn’t it called Fush n’ chups then up north then? 😮
My favourite chip shop in London,always take any visitors there.🎯
NEW EVIDENCE has confirmed what many suspected - Mossley is home to the country's oldest fish AND chip shop. Joseph Malin opened his fried fish shop in 1860, in Bow, London - but he only sold fried fish. Oldham's Tommyfield Market claims to being the first place in England to sell fried chips - this was also
Maybe that was Dannys great great grandad?
Correct I lived near Mossley. It was started by John Lees around 1860 but contested by a shop in London opened around the same time. .. I also had a chippy in the lakes for 8 years.. I had the information you gave us on my business website. The mossley chip shop is sadly a chinese take away or it was 10 years ago when i was last visited. Tommyfield Market is almost gone.. Most stalls demolished for a car park but I remember buying chips from a wooden and brick stall there when i was a kid.
Don’t they have saveloys up north 🤔
Heathens 😂
@@riddimchef1No saveloys anywhere in the north. Nearest available is a butchers 100 miles south of here in the midlands
😮 I wonder why 🤔😢
Interesting to learn that tartare sauce isn't common up norf, also I like how you were eager to judge whether the gravy was up to standard as we do also enjoy gravy down south, although I guess its less ubiquitious outside of a sunday roast.
Good to see more of your eating out vlogs in London ( my area ) that Fish & Chip shop looked a good one you should try the Pie & Mash shop thats quite tasty too Danny 👍
There's a vid of Danny and t'cameraman at M. Manze on Tower Bridge Road for pie, mash and the other stuff.
@@grahamross6397 Cheers Graham will look that one up 👍
Love him just plotting up in Covent Garden with his folding table and chair. Legend 😂
We need more people like you in the Police forces.You have a skill to walk into any situation and people remember you for you firm respect to other's.Sending blessings
He’s a good man, he’s the man every police force lacks nowadays.
Never seen anyone bring their own table and chair. lol No reservations needed. 👍
This is the first time watching you. Liked it and subscribed. Thank you for your video. They have fish & chips not far from me but it's nothing like there where you are.
Danny says down London you have to have a saveloy, reminds me of when I went to Wales and asked for Cod Roe. The fella in the fish and chip shop said, What's cod roe". Maybe a London thing?
I know what it is but i've never seen it in a Chippy (not that i would be looking for it)
My local chippy does it I'm in Suffolk.
I'm northern and lived in London in '80s when no chippies had curry sauce.
The best authentic Chinese chippy curry sauce is Goldfish, you can now get it in Tesco.
I do remember the saveloys which were basically bright red hot dogs. The modern version seems to have removed the food dyes.
Never heard of cod roe in a chippy, but jars of pickled cockles or mussels (even eggs) are a thing up North. I only ever witnessed my uncle buying them back in 1990.
@@Drew-Dastardly Goldfish is a lovely curry sauce, just don't get any on your clothes! 🙂
@@Drew-Dastardly sadly cockles and pickled eggs and also pickled onions are on the decline in northern chippies shame i love me a pickled egg, remember when i first went to the south west and went in a chippy and it didn't have curry or gravy, that was over 30 yrs ago and still not over it.
I've been coming to the Rock & Sole Plaice for over 30 years and it just gets better and better. love this guy's review! I tell you, it's a good job I wore me stretchy pants, 'cause I'm going back for seconds. London might not have the same ring as our beloved North, but they know their way 'round a fish supper, I'll give 'em that. Right, I'm off to find a brew now to wash it all down. Ta-ra, you lot!
Stretchy😂
Making the camera man earn his wage, carrying your chair 😂
Danny looking after cameraman's gearbag though. Even Danny thought it would get half inched.
Food prices are shockingly high now, all around the developed world. There is a fish & chips place near where I live in southern California. It is not a fancy place, or in a fancy area, but family run and quite decent. There is an old newspaper article from 2012 praising the restaurant and you can see a photo of the menu with prices in the background. When you look up to the current menu for the same items, everything has literally doubled in price!
Its due to rent prices in london, its hardly expensive to buy potatoes and fish.
That did look very good , price was also ok for the size of the fish . I find the fish and chip shops in London very hit and miss .Good review again .Enjoy London mate
As an American, I understood 70% of what was said, 90% of what was eaten and I'm glad to see this in my queue Subscribed. Oddly entertaining. Cheers from New Jersey.
06:11 carrying plates like this is an absolute skill and I always admire it when I see it.
We have saveloys with pease pudding what my nan and grandad used to eat l love it
I thought he was carrying a painting 😮then realized he was carrying a portable table. Nice.
Did you have to pay £12.50 ULEZ to take that suitcase into london 😂😂
no
I am a Londoner and there are a good few places still left, that sell fish from Billingsgate Fish Market , if you know where to go. Even all us rich London folks cant afford to pay £22. Most reviews that I see are detailed on sites for Tourists . Anyway the best that I have had is Yorkshire and Scotland. Ps Costs in London , Rent, business tax dont help.
Can you name a few London F&C outlets you would personally recommend?
I will be coming to London soon.
@@adamkane7513 Masters superfish ,Waterloo road near the old vic theatre ..10 min walk from Waterloo station. Nearest you will get to proper northern fish & chips. By far the best in London by a country mile . I was brought up on Graveleys in Elland road, Leeds ..They are almost equal to theirs.
That is some tasty looking fish! The only decent fish around where I live here in the U.S. is Red Lobster
As a northerner, it's good to see you get around the UK, makes it more interesting. However, London is a bit of a different beast, its so multicultural now, it's not very English, which is I guess natural evolution. In 1000's of years from now London could have many races from different planets eating fish & chips. I just wish prices could be affordable for most, as the poor are sadly getting poorer.
Unfortunately mate it's not just London that's not very English, its the whole of the UK.
@@Chrissy-boywhy would the rest of the uk be English? 😂😂
@@ultmtuzer6006 God I'm a divvy, I'm Scottish as well 🤣but I know what I meant.🤣
@Chris22967 nothing unfortunate about that just imagine how dead the already bland British food would be without multiculturalism maybe stick to your haggis and battered Mars bars ay.
@@danielcunningham6727 so edgy
I’ve never come across curry or peas with fish and chips here in Oz. But …. It wouldn’t be fish ‘n’ chips for me without lemon and tomato sauce. Love your vids Danny ♥️♥️
I loved my year in oz but hard find a good chipper 🇮🇪
tomato sauce in put on top of the fish and chips? is that an Australian thing?
Tha doesn't know what tha missin
We will stick t our gravy curry and peas thanks, you keep your ketchup pal 😂
@@jiggitydazzle84 - Yes, that's quite common in Australia.
i think Dannys a national treasure now!!! its a great pity that some people havent much of a clue what he is saying!! cuz thats 75% stuff missed!! well at least!!
I checked out their menu after watching this and I’m sure he was under charged. The curry sauce and gravy cost £2.95 each and a regular fish and chips cost £21.
Then he got the saveloy which is £8. He also got mushy peas and water! He was definitely under charged. Check out the menu for yourself and see
I think the menu online is for eating in the restaurant with table service as I looked too.
you need to check again its 12.80 for the haddock , 2,50 for the saveloy , mushy peas 2.50, gravy 1.50, curry sauce 1,50, = 20.80 + 2.00 for the water which checks out at £22.80 : ]
Idiots are more than willing to pay 30%-50% over in store prices, and then another £10 on top for delivery from a shop only 3 streets away.
The real problem is the techbro mafia insist that the independant takeaways have to sell their traditional cash sales at the same price as their vile middleman 30% tax. It looks like this shop has not signed up to that shit.
£8 for a Saveloy? Got to be having a laugh even for London
@@Lost_scotsman ye the saveloy is £2.50 you can see at the time frame 2:19
Is Saveloy not that stuff you put on cuts ?
If you had 2fish and shared the chips ,which is not uncommon practice ,and dispensed with the extras ,which you didn't go for in the first place ,two of you could eat well for 15 quid
Oi, Oi, Savaloy.
Used to have these chips on my lunch break when I worked in Covent Garden. Were banging!
i went there years ago and had a big peice of halibut and chips with the trimmings, it was spot on. the first chippy was called malins which opened in 1860 but it closed in the 70s
Any relation to Danny?
@@littlebigman6957 ??
@@mitchellbooth8435 it was a joke . Danny's last name is malin.
I live aboard now And I miss the great British fish and chips Food that’s never gone wrong I’ve found a small restaurant run by the Brits And they made us fantastic fish and chips I am so happy again Comfort food at its best
I'm surprised they had gravy. Most of the chippy's I've been to in London didn't do gravy. They didn't fry in beef drippings either. Did you quit drinking D&B with your fish and chips Danny?
Love this British accent- and fish and chips.Very nice.Missing London...
So, did you just barge in there and skipped the queue in front that French guy in his trench coat? He looked well pissed at you 😂
I was wondering why he seemed so hostile lol I didn’t even notice he was waiting in the cue, thought he just had issues
He definitely skipped the q.. Rude
maybe but they go in before and tell them if its ok to film and the camera man probably acted as the queue for Danny whilst he walked in
Came here for this comment!!!
Thing is he won't care as he never reads or acknowledges comments.makes me wonder why he has so many followers. Last time I will watch. Yes I know, who cares!
Solid 10 - nice one Danny, Cameraman, Editor & passers-by. 👍😊
Don't know what is but Danny never quite himself down south
Yes, we have to play it a few times to understand what he us saying. Dialects, accents are very interesting. The difference from our west coast to New England. Foreigners have that situation with us to. Makes for an interesting world, how's bouts som fishnchips mate
Who in this world, has gravy with fish.
I put a few pounds on everytime I visit your Channel 😂😂😂👍👍
Thanks so much Danny for some cracking reviews down my way! Please ignore all the hateful comments, these people are just jealous of Danny, and jealous of London!!
Did the savaloy have that old snap on the coating? Hard to find now.
They're called Steak fries in the U.S. They are usually double-fried so they are extra crispy!
Called chunky chips here in UK lol
Steak fries does sound better, But would be confusing because we call thin cut chips - fries.
fish and chips in London is not the same without cockney owners.. best one used to be in Upton Park Market as soon as you come out of the station and turn right :)
I know its "That Lunnon", but those fish & sauce prices are exorbitant!
ignorant thing to say
I wonder where the gravy line is? At which point heading north does it start to appear on most menus?
Give me a shout out mate should come up sunderland and try a few takeaways
Hello Danny, I am a new subscriber to your channel and I really love your video's. Just wanted to know after all your travels if you have a favourite Fish & Chips restaurant/takeaway in London so far? "Please share" I would like to share what I think would be a good contender, which I really enjoyed. It's called "What The Fish" in Hammersmith. I would Really really be intrigued to hear your view of this establishment.. Keep up the good work and keep those video's coming... Martin from London UK.
I used to go there a lot during covid and I remember chatting to the owner and it sounded like they were on the verge of closing with Brexit and whatnot. It's good to see he's still open because it's the best chippy in London
How the hell brexit would impact on their business ? Explain
@@issachunt3418They sell fish
@@issachunt3418 People were scared that Brexit would turn U.K into a nation of racists. Back in the 60's, people would hang signs that read: "No blacks, Irish, or fish." No idea why bigots hate fish but it got the chip shop owners worried.
@@issachunt3418 Yeah Brexiters know better, why few millions people are using food banks and it's not because of Brexit.
So food banks don't exist in the rest of Europe then? Only the UK and it's the fault of Brexit? Give your head a wobble.
All i understood was "dripping gold"... You gotta love this guy for his passion and humbleness
This one went better than the last one. Better area of London.
You still have plastic cutlery?
We're stuck with bamboo here in Australia. Those chips look good
It’s illegal to sell takeaway food with plastic cutlery in the UK.
So what, are the communist police service going to turn up and shut them down for it. Don’t make me laugh mate
No it isn't.
It's illegal to sell polystyrene containers.
@@jailewis22It’s illegal to do a lot of things these days.
But the police doesn’t have the numbers or the organisational skills to enforce half the stupid laws that are in place
They can use up their supplies as I understand it. Otherwise they'd just be dumping them in the bin anyway.
What !!!
No-one, except you, is going to travel all the way to London from up north to 'come down and try it out'. Made me laugh.
With table and chair 😂
I live in a suburb of Los Angeles, the west end of the San Fernando Valley (think Boogie Nights) and across the street from where I worked was an English pub where I became a regular and met some very nice people from the UK and also from many other place around the world. I love fish 'n chips and The Pickwick has the best. Gravy on the fish or that hot dog looking thing, that's new to me.
It's never the same as a proper chippy. You can get fish and chips in every food serving pub in England and they just aren't the same as a proper chippy.
It's criminal to pour curry and gravy on a delicate white fish like cod or haddock. Salt and vinegar, lemon and/or tartare sauce only. The curry and gravy are for pouring over the chips, mushy peas for the side.
The saveloy was a perfect "breakwater" to keep the gravy juices away from the battered fish. Alan Partridge would not approve of your philistine approach to cuisine.
as a northerner i've never quite understood the gravy on fish thing we do up here, fish and gravy seems an odd combination, i will stick to the tried and tested mushy peas and fish
@@paulmilner8452 This is because it is not usually possible to stop the mushy peas contaminating part of the fish rendering the delicious crispy batter all soggy. At least for people who eat from plates.
The opportunity of using a large sausage as a breakwater has been lost here.
Have to agree, gravy was originally something used to disguise the taste of poor food. id rather taste the fish, maybe a little tartare, never gravy or curry sauce.