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Fish & Chips in Australia
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- gnyaff
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Re: Fish & Chips in Australia
MY local chippy is the best one around for miles, you can have a choice if fish, Cod, Perch, Barramundi, Flake and a few others more. You can also order them battered that's the Wee man, crumbed that's me or grilled that's the wee wummin. There is also Calamari and battered hot dogs if you want them. We don't have to queue up, we just ring them up and they tell you when they will be ready and I just drive up and there they are.
I also remember a few years ago I was camping in a place called Port Macquarie on the New South Wales coast. There was a chip shop there which only opened from 11.00 a.am. till 2.00 p.m. and from 5.00 p.m. till 8.00p.m. There was always a queue outside the door as the food was excellent. I dined in there once a day for a week.
Wee Boney
I also remember a few years ago I was camping in a place called Port Macquarie on the New South Wales coast. There was a chip shop there which only opened from 11.00 a.am. till 2.00 p.m. and from 5.00 p.m. till 8.00p.m. There was always a queue outside the door as the food was excellent. I dined in there once a day for a week.
Wee Boney
- John Donnelly
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Re: Fish & Chips in Australia
If there's one thing I miss here in NL, it's fish and chips.
They don't know it at all here.
Maybe I'll open a chippy. I'd make a fortune. - Wish now I'd thought of that when I was a bit younger.
JD.
They don't know it at all here.
Maybe I'll open a chippy. I'd make a fortune. - Wish now I'd thought of that when I was a bit younger.
JD.
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Re: Fish & Chips in Australia
At least you have Kibbeling, JD. We don't even have that here in Germany.
Irene
Irene
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Re: Fish & Chips in Australia
Mmmm kibbeling with the garlic mayo, I could go some of that.hahaya2004 wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2019 9:02 am At least you have Kibbeling, JD. We don't even have that here in Germany.
Irene
We had an "English" chippie in Hamburg Irene, never tried it though.
Those wimin were in the nip.
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Re: Fish & Chips in Australia
You can get the German version called "Backfisch" here at summer fairs or Christmas markets. No chips though.
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- John Donnelly
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Re: Fish & Chips in Australia
Hi Irene and Bonzo.hahaya2004 wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2019 9:02 am At least you have Kibbeling, JD. We don't even have that here in Germany.
Irene
Nice to know there are more Holland afficianados out there.
Kibbeling. Yes, I've been here for over 40 years and never had any. They're the left-over bits from the filleting process which are fried up. Never fancied them. What we do have are lekkerbekjies, which are fish fillets deep-fried in batter. They are very similar to our fish from the chippy, though you never get chips with them.
The literal translation is 'tasty gub.' (Gub as in shutyer ..) You buy them from the fish shop, not a snack-bar or a (non-existent) chippie.
Just when I think of it, the Dutch have some quite funny terms for things. A hangover is a 'kater' (tom-cat),
and ham and egg is an 'uitsmijter' (chucker-out / doorman).
JD.