Ben Haines

Simpsons in the Strand are over a century old, expensive, and traditional. It is hard to believe that they serve fish and chips, use the word "yer",or emphasise quantity.<BR><BR>Ben Haines

Ben Haines

And, they are north of the river.<BR><BR>B H

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On one of my sojourns oop north, I decided on fish and chips. The chosen emporium - in a decidedly unsmart part of town - offered "jumbo" haddock (always haddock in Yorkshire, much nicer than cod IMO), which I ordered. The fish is fresh, peeled from a crate stood in the corner, dipped in batter and fried in lard. Heart attack in a paper bag. Being a "jumbo", it took a while to cook. Three elderly ladies took their chance and ordered while I waited. My fish was ready just as they were about to leave. "You're not eating THAT!" one of them exclaimed. I replied that that was indeed my fixed intention. "Yow greedy PIG!" she shrieked, accompanied by laughter from her friends. I feigned bravado, but I was secretly ashamed. I am now on a diet.<BR><BR>The fillet was roughly the length of my arm (elbow to wrist), but somewhat wider. Cost &pound;2.80 with chips. Flakes of fish the size of sliced bread. You could have written a letter to The Times on them, they were that firm and meaty.<BR><BR>So, buzz, go north.<BR><BR>PS Isn't the geography screwed up a bit on this post?

kate

I am not that interested in where you can get it or having it myself, but this has certainly be fun to read..<BR>"yow greedy pig" ~LOL!

mimi taylor

I'm with mt. I'd like to see what this speciman John G looks like, with either his monty or his charvet.

jahoulih

"Simpsons in the Strand are over a century old, expensive, and traditional. It is hard to believe that they serve fish and chips, use the word "yer",or emphasise quantity."<BR><BR>Well, they do serve Dover sole grilled or meuniere with chips, for only 23.95 pounds! At that price, I should hope for a fair amount of fish.<BR><BR>http://www.savoy-group.co.uk/simpson...ivan_menu.html

Shoulda

I wish I had read this before the first trip I took to London..I asked for fish and chips in the first pub I went to...wet greasy smelly fish parts with limp greasy chips.Yuck-what a surprise,this is fish and chips??? Now I know better, should have been reading Fodors,years ago.

DoNotPostTwice

Ben - Be patient ... Refresh and your post WILL come up soon.

one arm dick

well, when I went into the shop to get my giant portion of fish, it took the cook so long to get it ready, instead of eating a fillet the size of my arm I just ate my arm....

buzz

Gawd, I'm glad I started this lot, makes me feel as though I've made something of my day. But, still I'm confused. I take it that the grail for which I seek IS NOT SIMPSONS? If that is the case, then where is IT???<BR><BR>All this chat and now I'm so hungry I could eat horse, so long as it was no bigger than my arm. (I was going to say "leg," but then that wouldn't be a horse, it would be a calf...)

topper

Well, there is a post on the thread called "Fish and Chips?" where a poster refers to a delicious piece of fish the size of her arm at Simpson's, but it may not be the usual idea of fish and chips.

Nancy

Hi Buzz,<BR><BR>Your title cracked me up - because I thought there was another person out there describing their portion the way I did.<BR><BR>It's on a busy corner (Simpson's) of The Strand & ? Sorry I can't remember. But the locals will know. We ate upstairs and after being jet-lagged and bleary eyed we saw these 2 enormous fish plates coming at us. My friend from California told us not to bother trying to find good fish and chips in London because it didn't exist.<BR><BR>So we couldn't wait to get back and tell her about our experience.<BR><BR>Hope it's still as good.<BR><BR>Enjoy!<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>