i’m british and i will say, those chips are far too thin to be classified as chips really, or at least the traditional type of chip that you find in fish and chips. it is definitely far closer to french fries edit; thanks for 100 likes peeps, love from britain 🇬🇧
It’s a shame as surely the whole point is to provide British fish and chips. Why bother if you’re going to adapt it to the American palate? If I were having a New York pizza in the UK I wouldn’t want it boiled in a pot for two hours, UK style.
Problem with these branded restaurants is that the general public expecting Gordon to be in the kitchen cooking their food, but many years ago I went to McDonald's and the cook was Ronald 😄
@dlt9784 "supposed to be" Yes. You've got that right. Also this is supposed to be a British fish and chip joint. Chips is the British English word for fried chips of potatoes. Hence "chips". What I saw here were thin spindly American fries, called French fries or since 2003 and Chirac's unwillingness to join the Bush Blair Iraq invasion, "Freedom" fries. They're as British as the National Rifle Association. NRA. So Gordon Ramssy is selling some kind of mid Atlantic hodge podge that he is assuming will be a money spinner.
@@carlosdanger947 No traditional chip shop would have problems preparing fish and chips, because the prep is done in advance, and more effort is involved in skinning and filleting & then cutting as opposed to just skinning and filleting. Also, these containers are smaller than the traditional ones here in the UK, and they are not smaller because it saves money. They are smaller because of the "small plate effect". Customers subconsciously think they are getting more if the food they ordered is crammed into a smaller container, when in fact it's the opposite. Add to that the price is ridiculous. $18 for a meal that would cost a third of that in a traditional fish and chip shop and will taste at least every bit as good. Everything is about profit above all else where celebrity chefs are concerned. Small portions with a celebrity name attached isn't good value.
It's a very American approach to Fish and Chips - I've seen it in lots of places in the US when I been visiting. I suspect part of the reason is because you can cook them faster - and the US is very good at 'doing' fast food (not necessarily 'good' but fast). Cooking variable sized / variable thickness large fillets takes longer and some attention rather than just setting a timer on a trimmed piece which is a fixed size and weight and pulling it out of the fryer when the timer pings..
It takes far less skill (and less cooking time) to cook 3 small pieces than 1 large piece. This is not a restaurant but I've had some really awesome restaurant fish suppers in strange places like Hong Kong (HK rugby club with a British chef) and they tend to serve 2 or more smaller fillets than 1 large one. I think I prefer multiple smaller fillets as you get more crispy batter and it's generally cooked better, but a skilfully prepared large fillet from a traditional UK shop would still be my preference
I went there a few wks ago. Suprisingly fresh tasting fish, except it's bland screaming for a pinch of salt before taking a batter bath. However at $17.99 it's well worth it esp. in NYC just for the quality of the fish. Dame in Village has better tasting fish & chip, but is much more pricy and difficult to get a table.
I watch Rate My Take Away a UK-based youtube channel. Whenever Danny rates a Chippy, he gets the fish and chips, mushy peas, curry sauce, and gravy. The chips are thicker than fries. And the fish is like an entire fillet.
Rate my takeaway gives everything a 10 so it's pointless. The MacMasters reviews are ridiculously repetitive, the fish is always flaky, the fries always crunchy on the outer, fluffy on the inner, once you've seen one you've seen them all
Well done UA! Excellent review. You made me want to try the fish and chips. Your breakdown of the Naan bread sandwich was great. I appreciate your honest review and reactions. Keep up the great work and looking forward to your next review.
I'm glad you liked the video! Yes I will always be honest about how I feel about the food I eat. I'll give Gordon credit for the fish and chips but everything else was mediocre at best
I always prefer the local family owned takeaways than the fancy restaurants. Bigger portion and cost price although they are all overpriced nowadays(based in UK)
When I used to live in the UK I would just put vinegar and salt on my fish and chips. No need for all those fancy sauces. In the UK, foods like fish and chips, doner kebab etc are cheap and simple street food
English chips are a fair bit thicker than your French fry! Salt and vinegar is a must… We usually serve then with curry or gravy sauce. And ketchup for dip
9 bucks for a shake? When I can get a Starbucks Frappé for 6 dollars. Hell, I can get a McDonald's Shake for 3 dollars. You're just paying for the damn brand.
Yes those chips are definitely too thin to be chips so I’d class them as fries. It’s weird as I saw a reviewer do a Gordon Ramsey at the narrow fish & chips restaurant in London which looks like more of the traditional fish & chips to me than NYC one. Although that mango curry sauce does look interesting. Personally salt vinegar & ketchup for me with mushy peas & washed down with dandelion & burdock.
Chips are disgusting soggy not crispy abomination anw..... Especially if u do the chip butty wtf would anyone put limp potatoes between 2 untoasted bread
@lisalisala117 Yes Vimto is so good. I had to buy the diluting juice version of it so I can have it more often and not feel guilty about drinking fizzy juice haha.
I was expecting the Naan sandwich to have its bread more charred. In the end, it looked like just a bao bun sandwich typically found in Asian fusion restaurants!
Yeah it did not have the char or the clay oven flavor you typically get from a freshly baked naan. I wouldn't say it was like a bao, it was more like pita bread, but unfortunately the store bought kind from a bag.
I have not tried Gordon Ramsay's Fish & Chips. But after watching your video, I'm going to make a point to take the 7 train (I live in Queens) to Times Square.
The fries aren't hand cut. The potatoes are washed then are set in a machine that cuts the potatoes into that shape. It'd be better if they were hand cut because then they'd be thicker like british chips.
I’m from Chicago, I remember, authentic and Arthur Treacher’s Malt vinegar, but it’s very clear that Americans don’t like that combination. That’s why you got the Indian curry thingy!
I know Ramsay is British, but he's not a "British Chef". He's primarily a French chef (as in his specialty is French Cuisine) and more broadly a European Gourmet Chef. He's no more able to cook good comfort food than your typical grandmother. Heck, watching him try to make a grilled cheese once was painful. I'm glad the food was good, but all this restaurant is is a fast food place capitalizing on branding. There's nothing wrong with that, but don't expect "the best" out of it. And I bet even if Ramsay himself was in the kitchen making the food, it wouldn't be nearly as good as a standard Fish and Chips shop in Britain, because that's just not his style of cooking.
Someone has to address the fact that in the U.k. we dont call french fries "chips" if we went to McDonald's we wouldn't say " are you going to get chips with your Burger ". Fries and chips are different things. French fries are thin cut things that you get from fast food joints like mcds and chips are a different animal. Thicker cut, usually purchased from your local chippy and cut that day. If it sais fries on the menu, you are gonna get fries. If it sais chips on the menu you are gonna get chips. And all chippy's in the UK make curry sauce. Its a staple. Keep up the good work.
Oklahoma casinos have like the same type of places if you're ever there. Used to eat at them every time I went into the casinos. When I saw Gordon open one up in Vegas, I knew what was going on.
People born in Scotland are called Scottish or British and can say that they live in Scotland, Britain and/or the UK. Most people in Scotland will say they are Scottish rather than British. People born in Wales are called Welsh or British and can say that they live in Wales, Britain and/or the UK.
I just at the fried haddock and seafood platter with fried cod bites and fried white bait at Poppies in London. Was good, particularly the white bait which is little fish. I miss English fish and chips. Will try Gordon Ramsay.
As I despise Times Square, I'll pop in and try if I'm in the area. I lived in Leicester, and had some great fish and chips from local joints that would just roll them in yesterday's newspapers 🤣 In my opinion, A Salt & Battery in the West Village is probably the best in Manhattan... Check it out!
I've been fish and chips places recently, thought Gordon's was good and solid, everything was good, loved the curry sauce. Best i had NYC (and I've been several places but not nearly all) is this bar called "As Is" on the east side of town around 51st or so.
The fish and chips I had at the Caesars Atlantic City location were terrible! The fish smelled like ammonia and was cold along with the potatoes. Other food I got was okay.
A British Chip shop in Times Square, he got his way. It must have the staples of mushy peas, baked beans, sausages and gravy on the menu. Then it's a chip shop. Those chips are about the same size as my local chip shop, another one a bit further away does thicker chips but I find that the thicker chips are more greasy.
Portions look kinda small for $18 at a fast food restaurant. Best fish and chips i ever had was when I was 13 in Dover, England after crossing the channel. They came wrapped in an actual newspaper page.
As a Brit, it's actually decent, and it's certainly better than a lot of places in London, where I grew up. Unfortunately, I spent a bit of time in Grimsby, which is a very old fishing town up North, and I've had the fish and chips up there, and it doesn't come close. First, Gordon uses cod in his shop (at least in the one here in DC), which is a dirty fish. The correct fish (according to Northerners, who are the authority) is Haddock. The batter was actually surprisingly good, and definitely the best I've had since living here in the US, but again, it doesn't compare to what Northerners are having, but I don't know what the secret is. The other two oddities are that chippies, even in London, just serve you a big fuck off fish, not fillets, but I suspect this was intentional to cater to the US crowd. Chips are also about 3-4 times thicker than what they have here. Neither compromises the product though, imo. All in all, the marketing might be aimed at tourists, but it really isn't a "trap" per se, and I can say from first hand experience that it compares with what we get in the South (I include seaside towns like Brighton and Eastbourne).
The price of $18US for a relatively small order is pretty high. Granted that it's Times Square but that price equates to around $23 or $24 in Canadian currency and that's a bit much. A similar order in downtown Toronto would be around $14 or $15. I guess the Ramsey name adds a lot to the cost but not the size. The cost of rent for that location must be huge.
There’s a large Indian community in England and everyone it’s Indian food. Ramseys flagship restaurant would be the place to go, the ones around here are just like chain restaurants
I was just watching the video where you went to Gordon Ramsay’s Pub and Grill in Atlantic City and you said the fish and chips were in your top five. Why are you now saying it wasn’t good? Just curious why you’ve had a change of heart? My husband and I are big fans of Hell’s Kitchen and we would love to try some of his restaurants so we found your channel. We have friends that went to one of his restaurants in Las Vegas and they didn’t enjoy the food. They mentioned it to their waiter and they ended up getting escorted out. Somehow I don’t think that’s the whole story.😂
Cool vid mate. Surely need tons of salt and vinegar on your fish and chips. My fish is normally drowning in vinegar with a drizzle of salt before i get started, then a cheeky dollop of ketchup👍
I would buy the fast food serving frozen, not the frozen now. I went to Seattle for the Fish and ships and eat them on the boat rides. I make my own now.
If you’re ever in the UK I recommend the Magpie Cafe in Whitby, Haddock and chips, mushy peas, bread and butter, salt and vinegar and a nice cup of tea to wash it down. It’s fried in beef dripping so tastes a bit different to the regular oil taste. Dripping gets hotter than oil so the batter really crisps up and cooks quickly, lightly battered is better. There’s photos on Tripadvisor. Haddock’s a bit like Cod but it has a nicer taste. In fish and chip shops (also called “a chippy”) you can also usually ask for extra bits of fried batter for free, they’re called “scraps”. If you’re having fish and chips for early evening dinner (which is also called tea-time) some people say they’re having a “chippy tea.” Another good fish and chip shop is the Fisherman Restaurant in Settle, North Yorkshire, which is nearby to some nice places to visit and hike around in the Yorkshire Dales. A lot of fish and chip shops use oil and the fish has way too much batter which makes it a bit undercooked and soggy around the fish.
That is an average portion of fish & chips. A New York lease for that spot is most likely 20-30 thousand USD a month, and paying a bunch of employees New York City wages. How much do you think it costs to rent a fish and chips place in Newfoundland? I'm from Washington state, and even I understand this. Average fish & chips costs about $15-25 a plate here. It's called living in the real world.
Never went there yet. Looks like a nice place and the food looks really good but it's very pricey and I hate to tell you but Arthur Treacher's I'm sure tastes just as good and much cheaper. I'll try it one day to see what the hype is all about.
I hope he does hp sauce…bread and butter ,mushy peas and cups of tea… Is he frying in beef dripping ? Is there a choice of haddock or cod?.. And do the servers greet you with “ hello love”. What can i get you ? Have you checked out the kitchens? You need salt and malt vinegar not naff sauces… How many dollars did it take?
Thanks! Great job!
i’m british and i will say, those chips are far too thin to be classified as chips really, or at least the traditional type of chip that you find in fish and chips. it is definitely far closer to french fries
edit; thanks for 100 likes peeps, love from britain 🇬🇧
Yeah we brits would call what he had fries not chips.
Agree, they need to be thicker. No mushy peas?
And a naan bread option 😂 this is Americanised fish and chips
It’s a shame as surely the whole point is to provide British fish and chips. Why bother if you’re going to adapt it to the American palate? If I were having a New York pizza in the UK I wouldn’t want it boiled in a pot for two hours, UK style.
i thought chips and fries are the same thing?
Problem with these branded restaurants is that the general public expecting Gordon to be in the kitchen cooking their food, but many years ago I went to McDonald's and the cook was Ronald 😄
Nah. The point is that it's still supposed to be his recipe and they are supposed to be trained to make it like him
That was a clown, but not Ronald.
I was hoping to see Ray Kroc cooking at the McDonalds.
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"supposed to be"
Yes. You've got that right. Also this is supposed to be a British fish and chip joint. Chips is the British English word for fried chips of potatoes. Hence "chips". What I saw here were thin spindly American fries, called French fries or since 2003 and Chirac's unwillingness to join the Bush Blair Iraq invasion, "Freedom" fries. They're as British as the National Rifle Association. NRA.
So Gordon Ramssy is selling some kind of mid Atlantic hodge podge that he is assuming will be a money spinner.
@@AndriyValdensius-wi8gw Well said
I go to the restaurants in NYC after you review them. Au cheval was one of my favorites that you visited. Keep reviewing and I will keep going. Thanks
In the UK you would NEVER get 3 small pieces, you would get one giant fillet. Not sure why Gordon went for that approach.
Probably easier to prepare smaller pieces in a very busy fast food restaurant. Also you can use smaller containers, which saves money .
@@carlosdanger947 No traditional chip shop would have problems preparing fish and chips, because the prep is done in advance, and more effort is involved in skinning and filleting & then cutting as opposed to just skinning and filleting. Also, these containers are smaller than the traditional ones here in the UK, and they are not smaller because it saves money. They are smaller because of the "small plate effect". Customers subconsciously think they are getting more if the food they ordered is crammed into a smaller container, when in fact it's the opposite.
Add to that the price is ridiculous. $18 for a meal that would cost a third of that in a traditional fish and chip shop and will taste at least every bit as good.
Everything is about profit above all else where celebrity chefs are concerned. Small portions with a celebrity name attached isn't good value.
It's a very American approach to Fish and Chips - I've seen it in lots of places in the US when I been visiting. I suspect part of the reason is because you can cook them faster - and the US is very good at 'doing' fast food (not necessarily 'good' but fast). Cooking variable sized / variable thickness large fillets takes longer and some attention rather than just setting a timer on a trimmed piece which is a fixed size and weight and pulling it out of the fryer when the timer pings..
It takes far less skill (and less cooking time) to cook 3 small pieces than 1 large piece. This is not a restaurant but I've had some really awesome restaurant fish suppers in strange places like Hong Kong (HK rugby club with a British chef) and they tend to serve 2 or more smaller fillets than 1 large one. I think I prefer multiple smaller fillets as you get more crispy batter and it's generally cooked better, but a skilfully prepared large fillet from a traditional UK shop would still be my preference
Yeah these are fish fingers, this isn't a traditional fish and chip
I went there a few wks ago. Suprisingly fresh tasting fish, except it's bland screaming for a pinch of salt before taking a batter bath. However at $17.99 it's well worth it esp. in NYC just for the quality of the fish. Dame in Village has better tasting fish & chip, but is much more pricy and difficult to get a table.
A lot of the chips in the UK are fried in beef dripping which add a whole new dimension to it
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It was a cool feeling! Hopefully the channel keeps growing!
Keep up the good work UA- liking your content a lot- you seem like a good guy !
Im surprised no malt vinegar
Yeah I was hoping they would have some at the tables
Always a pleasure to watch your videos UA. Well done.
Thanks! Glad you liked the video!
I watch Rate My Take Away a UK-based youtube channel. Whenever Danny rates a Chippy, he gets the fish and chips, mushy peas, curry sauce, and gravy. The chips are thicker than fries. And the fish is like an entire fillet.
I love Danny. Get yer knacker Cracker away !!!!
Watch the MacMaster he’s an expert on reviewing fish and chips.
Rate my takeaway gives everything a 10 so it's pointless. The MacMasters reviews are ridiculously repetitive, the fish is always flaky, the fries always crunchy on the outer, fluffy on the inner, once you've seen one you've seen them all
@@brendan904 the pair of them are absolutely unbearable
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As the English are saying, the chips are too small and you need malt vinegar. Ps they’re chips here in Australia too.
Well done UA! Excellent review. You made me want to try the fish and chips. Your breakdown of the Naan bread sandwich was great. I appreciate your honest review and reactions. Keep up the great work and looking forward to your next review.
I'm glad you liked the video! Yes I will always be honest about how I feel about the food I eat. I'll give Gordon credit for the fish and chips but everything else was mediocre at best
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I always prefer the local family owned takeaways than the fancy restaurants. Bigger portion and cost price although they are all overpriced nowadays(based in UK)
You dont know everything is expensive now?
When I used to live in the UK I would just put vinegar and salt on my fish and chips. No need for all those fancy sauces. In the UK, foods like fish and chips, doner kebab etc are cheap and simple street food
No way fish chips cheap no chance
Correct
Were cheap, not anymore.
Yea not cheap anymore... Also, I love a bit of curry sauce too.
Just put mayonnaise on it. You will like it.
I had it in Vegas and it was really good. Nice review
I love the face you make when you bite into food, it's your signature!
Haha is it? I don't know how else to eat food!
It's not Fish n chips unless you have mushy peas on the side and malt vinegar for the chips 😋🇬🇧
You're right. Hard to find mushy peas in the US though!
Onion vinegar for me! I live in England by the sea. Fish and chips can be very hit a miss IMO
I even malt vinegar on my fish as I don't do tatar sauce.
@@uaeats yep mushy peas and Haddock.
Very generous with the salt as well please . When you cook the mushy peas you must always stir them clockwise or they won't taste right.
In England we have curry sauce with chips, some people also like gravy with their chips.
I prefer baked beans with them. It can vary depending on what part of the country you are in. Lots of tomato ketchup for the chips also. Yummy!
@@canonballkid8829 Gravy with chips seems to be more of a northern thing, but my town in Suffolk, the chip shops do sell gravy and curry sauce.
@@canonballkid8829 this has to be a northern council estate thing, surely?
@@StuartT1981 100% a northern thing
English chips are a fair bit thicker than your French fry!
Salt and vinegar is a must…
We usually serve then with curry or gravy sauce.
And ketchup for dip
Not spending almost $30 for a milk shake and frozen fish sticks
9 bucks for a shake? When I can get a Starbucks Frappé for 6 dollars. Hell, I can get a McDonald's Shake for 3 dollars. You're just paying for the damn brand.
Lighten up, if your poor, your poor. No shame in that...
Nice video. Keep up the good work😊
Thank you!
Good review. I’d definitely try this place out. Fish and chips should not be seen as a luxury food item. But fast food, great idea on Ramsey’s part.
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That fella on your right kept glancing at the camera 🤣
Haha yeah. I hope I wasn't bothering him
Yes those chips are definitely too thin to be chips so I’d class them as fries. It’s weird as I saw a reviewer do a Gordon Ramsey at the narrow fish & chips restaurant in London which looks like more of the traditional fish & chips to me than NYC one. Although that mango curry sauce does look interesting. Personally salt vinegar & ketchup for me with mushy peas & washed down with dandelion & burdock.
Chips are disgusting soggy not crispy abomination anw..... Especially if u do the chip butty wtf would anyone put limp potatoes between 2 untoasted bread
@lisalisala117 Yes Vimto is so good. I had to buy the diluting juice version of it so I can have it more often and not feel guilty about drinking fizzy juice haha.
I was expecting the Naan sandwich to have its bread more charred. In the end, it looked like just a bao bun sandwich typically found in Asian fusion restaurants!
Yeah it did not have the char or the clay oven flavor you typically get from a freshly baked naan. I wouldn't say it was like a bao, it was more like pita bread, but unfortunately the store bought kind from a bag.
Looks good. How much for an order of fish and chips?
$17.99 for a fish and chips combo
As someone already pointed out - this is transatlantic fish & chips. In the uk we'd have ONE large piece of fish.
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Top review UA!
Thank you!
The tartar sauce is for the fish, rather than the chips!
Fish and Chips place on Greenwich Ave in the village is pretty good. It's called "A Salt and Battery". Also the staff are British.
I have not tried Gordon Ramsay's Fish & Chips. But after watching your video, I'm going to make a point to take the 7 train (I live in Queens) to Times Square.
The fries aren't hand cut. The potatoes are washed then are set in a machine that cuts the potatoes into that shape. It'd be better if they were hand cut because then they'd be thicker like british chips.
Enjoyed watching the facial expressions of the couple sitting behind you. I'm not entirely certain if they enjoyed being on camera. :-)
Curry Sauce is a staple in every fish and chip place in the UK
And gravy
@@markshepherd3632gravy isn’t in every fish and chip shop in the UK. Loads of places don’t do it down south
I’m from Chicago, I remember, authentic and Arthur Treacher’s Malt vinegar, but it’s very clear that Americans don’t like that combination. That’s why you got the Indian curry thingy!
Do they have any Halibut options?
01:54 really? Battered fried fish is a Portuguese tradition, chips are Belgian. All we did in the U.K. is put them together.
I don’t remember asking
Do Hush Puppies come with an authentic UK Fish & Chips meal . Also , why was there no Malt Vinegar ?
US$17.99 for fish and chips is pretty stiff. And also considering that the place looks more like a fast food restaurant.
I know Ramsay is British, but he's not a "British Chef". He's primarily a French chef (as in his specialty is French Cuisine) and more broadly a European Gourmet Chef. He's no more able to cook good comfort food than your typical grandmother. Heck, watching him try to make a grilled cheese once was painful.
I'm glad the food was good, but all this restaurant is is a fast food place capitalizing on branding. There's nothing wrong with that, but don't expect "the best" out of it. And I bet even if Ramsay himself was in the kitchen making the food, it wouldn't be nearly as good as a standard Fish and Chips shop in Britain, because that's just not his style of cooking.
Someone has to address the fact that in the U.k. we dont call french fries "chips" if we went to McDonald's we wouldn't say " are you going to get chips with your Burger ".
Fries and chips are different things. French fries are thin cut things that you get from fast food joints like mcds and chips are a different animal. Thicker cut, usually purchased from your local chippy and cut that day. If it sais fries on the menu, you are gonna get fries. If it sais chips on the menu you are gonna get chips. And all chippy's in the UK make curry sauce. Its a staple.
Keep up the good work.
It’s funny watching the people behind you watching you !!!
The guy was dressed like he should be on a shrimp boat.
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Bro you need to come to Blackpool the fish and chips are 🔥🔥
Good to know it actually lives up to the name/hype (I'd try it). I would've thought it was a typical tourist trap too.
What's up Andrew! Yeah the fish and chips was great, I definitely recommend trying it sometime. Everything else on the menu was mediocre at best.
welp, guess I'll add this place to the list of places to get food from on vacation trip. thank you!
I think it's worth trying! Just brace yourself for the Times Square and celebrity chef prices
Oklahoma casinos have like the same type of places if you're ever there. Used to eat at them every time I went into the casinos. When I saw Gordon open one up in Vegas, I knew what was going on.
Dude I’m glad you addressed the ranch mistake I was about to kick off as a British snob
Calling Scottish Gordon Ramsey "English" is a very quick way to earn yourself a slap
People born in Scotland are called Scottish or British and can say that they live in Scotland, Britain and/or the UK. Most people in Scotland will say they are Scottish rather than British. People born in Wales are called Welsh or British and can say that they live in Wales, Britain and/or the UK.
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@@3DMAX. they are all English 😆
Dude might be born in Scotland but he has no Scottish accent.
@@Irv350hahaha. Or tomato tomato (i reversed them)
I had a great time watching the reaction of the lady sitting behind your right shoulder. :)
I just at the fried haddock and seafood platter with fried cod bites and fried white bait at Poppies in London. Was good, particularly the white bait which is little fish. I miss English fish and chips. Will try Gordon Ramsay.
As I despise Times Square, I'll pop in and try if I'm in the area. I lived in Leicester, and had some great fish and chips from local joints that would just roll them in yesterday's newspapers 🤣 In my opinion, A Salt & Battery in the West Village is probably the best in Manhattan... Check it out!
Thanks for sharing your experience eating fish and chips in the UK! I have heard good things about A Salt & Battery. I'll try it!
In the UK that fish will be called something like cod Bites or something tiny not fish and chips lol
Great Review.
My daughter asked me yesterday that she wanted to try this. Now I know what not to order.
I like your food reviews 💯👍
Fish and chip shop which doesn’t serve cod, haddock, rock, skate, plaice fish is not British fish and chip shop
skate isnt all that common in fish n chip shops, certainly not daaaan saaaaffff
Unfortunately seafood whether fast food or fine dining terms to be loud more expensive than meat in the u.s.
I've been fish and chips places recently, thought Gordon's was good and solid, everything was good, loved the curry sauce. Best i had NYC (and I've been several places but not nearly all) is this bar called "As Is" on the east side of town around 51st or so.
The fish and chips I had at the Caesars Atlantic City location were terrible! The fish smelled like ammonia and was cold along with the potatoes. Other food I got was okay.
I'm from New York City born and raised! All of manhattan is a big tourist trap now! Lol
UK fish and chip shop don’t have potato skin left on the potato
Well since he’s not cooking the food, it’s not if he’s over rated but if his restaurants are over rated .
A British Chip shop in Times Square, he got his way. It must have the staples of mushy peas, baked beans, sausages and gravy on the menu. Then it's a chip shop.
Those chips are about the same size as my local chip shop, another one a bit further away does thicker chips but I find that the thicker chips are more greasy.
Portions look kinda small for $18 at a fast food restaurant. Best fish and chips i ever had was when I was 13 in Dover, England after crossing the channel. They came wrapped in an actual newspaper page.
As a Brit, it's actually decent, and it's certainly better than a lot of places in London, where I grew up. Unfortunately, I spent a bit of time in Grimsby, which is a very old fishing town up North, and I've had the fish and chips up there, and it doesn't come close. First, Gordon uses cod in his shop (at least in the one here in DC), which is a dirty fish. The correct fish (according to Northerners, who are the authority) is Haddock. The batter was actually surprisingly good, and definitely the best I've had since living here in the US, but again, it doesn't compare to what Northerners are having, but I don't know what the secret is.
The other two oddities are that chippies, even in London, just serve you a big fuck off fish, not fillets, but I suspect this was intentional to cater to the US crowd. Chips are also about 3-4 times thicker than what they have here. Neither compromises the product though, imo.
All in all, the marketing might be aimed at tourists, but it really isn't a "trap" per se, and I can say from first hand experience that it compares with what we get in the South (I include seaside towns like Brighton and Eastbourne).
Gordon isn't gonna f around in time Square.
I'm sure he's got serious quality control
Its more like Battered fish fingers and fries. Serve this in the UK you would quickly go out of business
The price of $18US for a relatively small order is pretty high. Granted that it's Times Square but that price equates to around $23 or $24 in Canadian currency and that's a bit much. A similar order in downtown Toronto would be around $14 or $15. I guess the Ramsey name adds a lot to the cost but not the size. The cost of rent for that location must be huge.
There’s a large Indian community in England and everyone it’s Indian food. Ramseys flagship restaurant would be the place to go, the ones around here are just like chain restaurants
Ramsay has no shortage of ego 😂👏🏻
I was just watching the video where you went to Gordon Ramsay’s Pub and Grill in Atlantic City and you said the fish and chips were in your top five. Why are you now saying it wasn’t good? Just curious why you’ve had a change of heart? My husband and I are big fans of Hell’s Kitchen and we would love to try some of his restaurants so we found your channel. We have friends that went to one of his restaurants in Las Vegas and they didn’t enjoy the food. They mentioned it to their waiter and they ended up getting escorted out. Somehow I don’t think that’s the whole story.😂
Love your reviews!!!!! 😍 Please keep providing this wonderful service to those of us watching..it means so much!!🙏🏻❤️
Chips in England are 2-3 times thicker. In pubs in England usually only get tartar sauce.
Cool vid mate. Surely need tons of salt and vinegar on your fish and chips. My fish is normally drowning in vinegar with a drizzle of salt before i get started, then a cheeky dollop of ketchup👍
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The bloke looking at the camera the whole time made me laugh! xD
I prefer vinegar for fish and chips.
The best Fish n Chips is in New Zealand mate, the English came up with the concept,but we perfected it.
that dude inthe background was staring at the camera the whole time lol
lol it's not uncommon for that to happen. Hope I wasn't bothering him!
Salt and malt vinegar is a must with fish and chips!
They offer small malt vinegar packets
I would buy the fast food serving frozen, not the frozen now. I went to Seattle for the Fish and ships and eat them on the boat rides. I make my own now.
If you’re ever in the UK I recommend the Magpie Cafe in Whitby, Haddock and chips, mushy peas, bread and butter, salt and vinegar and a nice cup of tea to wash it down. It’s fried in beef dripping so tastes a bit different to the regular oil taste. Dripping gets hotter than oil so the batter really crisps up and cooks quickly, lightly battered is better. There’s photos on Tripadvisor.
Haddock’s a bit like Cod but it has a nicer taste.
In fish and chip shops (also called “a chippy”) you can also usually ask for extra bits of fried batter for free, they’re called “scraps”. If you’re having fish and chips for early evening dinner (which is also called tea-time) some people say they’re having a “chippy tea.”
Another good fish and chip shop is the Fisherman Restaurant in Settle, North Yorkshire, which is nearby to some nice places to visit and hike around in the Yorkshire Dales.
A lot of fish and chip shops use oil and the fish has way too much batter which makes it a bit undercooked and soggy around the fish.
Yep. Beef drip. The only way.
Your enthusiasm and the faces you make while eating food is what make your videos fun to watch.
Thanks for the kind words!
Gordon Ramsay needs to.come to "Newfoundland, Canada" to learn what fish &chips what really taste like, and to learn what portions are...
That is an average portion of fish & chips. A New York lease for that spot is most likely 20-30 thousand USD a month, and paying a bunch of employees New York City wages. How much do you think it costs to rent a fish and chips place in Newfoundland? I'm from Washington state, and even I understand this. Average fish & chips costs about $15-25 a plate here. It's called living in the real world.
I haven’t tried his restaurant here yet, but I have been to the one in Las Vegas and it was good. I enjoyed it.
Ramsay is known in all his restruants same with all famous chefs small portions at extortionate prices I mean its like £50 for a meal.
Oh wow, if they really use peanut oil, do you know if it’s refined peanut oil at all?
17.99 for a relatively small portion of fish and chips. Maybe for half the price i would buy it. Noy for 18 bucks, no way.
Malt vinegar and salt is what goes on the chips
A lot of fish & chips places in the UK have curry sauce.
Sticky toffy shake? Is that the same as a biscoff shake?
Never went there yet. Looks like a nice place and the food looks really good but it's very pricey and I hate to tell you but Arthur Treacher's I'm sure tastes just as good and much cheaper. I'll try it one day to see what the hype is all about.
Time square has morphed into stg as cheap and pathetic as Hollywood blvd. and that speak volumes
I hope he does hp sauce…bread and butter ,mushy peas and cups of tea…
Is he frying in beef dripping ? Is there a choice of haddock or cod?..
And do the servers greet you with “ hello love”. What can i get you ?
Have you checked out the kitchens? You need salt and malt vinegar not naff sauces…
How many dollars did it take?