Canadian tangent. Halibut has become very expensive and harder to source, and the premium is often $5 or more, relative to haddock or cod. The better fish and chips spots usually offer a choice of halibut, haddock or cod. Occasionally lake perch, freshwater pickerel or freshwater whitefish are available if the fish and chips place is near a Great Lake.
My local chippy in London, Ontario is charging $15.75 CAD (8.86 GBP) for Haddock and chips, $16.75 CAD (9.42 GBP) for Cod and Chips and $21.95 CAD (12.34 GBP) for Halibut and Chips, which is quite close to the current British pricing. 13 percent sales tax is added to these prices in Ontario.
My two nearest chippies, both takeaway only
Cod & chips - 10.85GBP
Unspecified Scottish fish & chips - 11.40
Your posts are influencing my cravings. Iām going to try one or 2 takeaway spots in Toronto soon.
We had a home delivery lunch from the one with the indeterminate Scottish fish the other day. Have to say it was very underwhelming. Fish was fine. Chips were soggy. Mushy peas were pretty much liquid.
My two nearest chippies (takeaway only)
Deep Blue (a chain):
Regular cod: Ā£9.99
Large cod: Ā£11.69
Haddock 20p cheaper for both sizes
Regular Chips: Ā£4.59
Large chips: Ā£5.49
The Chippy:
Cod (size unspecified): Ā£9.00
Haddock (size unspecified): Ā£10.00
Chips (size unspecified): Ā£3.00
I havenāt had fish and chips from a takeaway in so long I canāt remember what the sizes are actually like! Nowadays we just make do with frozen versions from the supermarket made in the oven at home. Scratches an itchā¦
Actually, your mention of mushy peas just reminded me: the best way to scratch my fish and chips itch is to remember to visit my NHS hospital canteen on a Friday lunchtime. Fish, chips and mushy peas always on the menu. I try to be good and just have the fish and mushy peas, which comes to a very reasonable Ā£4.00 with my staff discount! Donāt know what the fish is and it clearly isnāt fried to order but if the dinner lady is nice sheāll let you choose the piece you like the look of from under the heat lamp.
I remember driving from Dublin to near Cork some years back. We stopped in some small town cos weād spotted a sign for an open chippy (and hadnt really seen anywhere else for lunch). Gobsmacked when the guy opened the freezer, pulled out two almost rectangular battered slabs and threw them in the fryer. Awful.
I used to volunteer at the local hospital and used to have lunch there after my volunteering session. It was all pretty decent food. Then it was privatised (or the contractor changed). The new contractor got an agreement to downsize/downgrade everything - including food quality. So, like many folk, I stopped having lunch there.
My hospital canteen used to serve hot food 24/7 but then the new powers that be decided it wasnāt making enough money so now it closes at 5:30pm with a vending machine dispensing microwave meals parked next to the canteen with a sorry little microwave next to it.
At least they still seem to make the food from scratch for breakfast, lunch and tea.
One of the best fish and chips I ordered was near the Cliffs of Moher 11 years ago. I looked it up when a friend was in Ireland last week. This restaurant is now mentioned in the Michelin guide, and is probably on the pricier side for that part of Ireland.
Vaughanās Anchor Inn in Liscannor, 20 Euros for the main course fish and chips at lunch
24 Euros for the larger portion at dinner, with table service inside.
Itās a lovely place.
Same at ours. I think itās a poor do that itās now all there is for staff on night shift. Of course, it may be even worse now. I stopped volunteering in 2017 when I got the cancer diagnosis - just too much hospital
We now have a 24/7 Costa coffee shop in the hospital. But even if you can get a toastie there, itās like Ā£6 for a Costa hot sandwich, versus Ā£4 for a proper hot meal from the canteen. I just bring my own meals in now and heat up in the staff room microwave.
Well, thatās the cozzie livs for you! 
I read the article. It was weird. Most of it was in English but there were parts that were incomprehensible. Thankfully, I do not know anyone who would be able to interpret that for me.
Isnāt that more of a reflection of delivery - fries/chips get soggy very fast when not eaten immediately and are kept in a delivery box
Chips are also soggy if theyāre fried in oil that isnāt hot enough.
In South Africa, soggy, flabby chips are the normātheyāre called āslap chipsā. (Slap is pronounced āslopā.) My wife often bemoans that she canāt get them like that in the US.
I know what you mean.
Dizzying!
