On 23Mar2022 2025, Jonathan Clark - jonathan at att.net (via tml list)
wrote:
> Additionally, in the UK and the Commonwealth, fish'n'chips are also
> very cultural.
> See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_and_chip_shop for some details.
Most 'chippies' / 'shark & tatter' shops in NZ will also offer
Chinese/Malay/Indonesian fried rice and related food, and/or Indian (but
probably not curries in the Anglo-Indian sense or traditional Indian
sense  - such a place would advertise itself as a curry restaurant),
along with burgers, and a bunch of other deep fried stuff (spring rolls,
battered sausages, battered potato rounds, etc., etc.).

However, some modern up-market chippies in down-town areas are
aggressively fish & chips only, and while they probably do a very nice
batch of fish & chips, likely with a choice of fish types, spud cuts,
sauces to go with them and so on, they won't offer the sheer range of
foods that a traditional suburban or small town fish & chip shop will.

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