Current Events > Chinese people try Fish'n'Chips for the first time. Say the portions are too big

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UnfairRepresent
11/26/19 8:48:42 PM
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Scotts Fish and Chips is opening another branch in Chengdu, China. The idea came about after Chinese businessman, Jimmy Yu, approached the shops owner, Tony Webster, about opening the new branch, where the food would be made to the original shops own recipe.

Tony attended the official opening in Chengdu over the weekend and said he was genuinely surprised at how good the fish and chips was.

I was worried before I arrived but they are very, very good, he said. The one thing from the beginning with Jimmy Yu, he wanted to be authentic.

You have to tweak the menu and the flavours to the local taste so they have Sichuan sauce, for example, as well as ketchup but the core product has to be the authentic fish and chips and theyve done a bloody good job on that.

The shop started attracting tourists when Tony translated his menu into Mandarin and established a presence on Chinese social media. Soon, coach parties of tourists from China started arriving to eat there and he gained coverage in Chinese media.

They are looking to roll it out across China with already talk of two or three more sites next year, Tony said. Weve met the investors and had dinner, and theyre really excited. You never know, but it could be the start of a good partnership.

Although the locals seem to be enjoying the food, there have thought about a few adjustments.

One of the things weve found in the UK and theyre finding here is the portion is too big, Tony said. I was talking to some customers on Saturday and there were two ladies sharing one portion, so theyre going to start doing a small portion. Theyre in veg oil at the minute but Ive had words with them at the weekend to say, look, you need to try and find some beef dripping out here.


Full Article: https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/26/york-fish-chip-shop-attracts-coach-parties-tourists-opened-another-branch-china-11221937/
https://i.imgur.com/GG3jVIF.jpg

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muchdran
11/26/19 8:49:58 PM
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Where's the video?
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Lebronwon
11/26/19 8:50:07 PM
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That fish does seem kinda huge in that pic.
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UnfairRepresent
11/26/19 8:54:40 PM
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Lebronwon posted...
That fish does seem kinda huge in that pic.

That's small for a UK Fish'n'Chips fish.

Go to York or Plymouth and they would laugh in your face if you called that a huge portion of fish.
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ModLogic
11/26/19 9:18:09 PM
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JoeDangIt
11/26/19 9:27:10 PM
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I'm fat as hell but that looks like a lot of food to me.
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Lairen
11/26/19 9:31:16 PM
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Is this like a complaint? Do they mean a small portion with cheaper price?
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Tsukasa1891
11/26/19 9:31:33 PM
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As a fat American, I can confirm that portion is to big.
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DevsBro
11/26/19 9:33:35 PM
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Lebronwon posted...
That fish does seem kinda huge in that pic.


Yeah I was thinking that. Could just be that the fork and knife are tiny but it's kinda comically big. I would still do my best though. I love fish and chips.

UnfairRepresent posted...
That's small for a UK Fish'n'Chips fish.

Go to York or Plymouth and they would laugh in your face if you called that a huge portion of fish.


I think I could get used to the UK. :)

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LordFarquad1312
11/26/19 9:40:32 PM
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That's way too big.
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UnfairRepresent
11/27/19 3:03:18 AM
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Lairen posted...
Is this like a complaint? Do they mean a small portion with cheaper price?

yes
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Oatcakes
11/27/19 3:09:38 AM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
Lebronwon posted...
That fish does seem kinda huge in that pic.

That's small for a UK Fish'n'Chips fish.

Go to York or Plymouth and they would laugh in your face if you called that a huge portion of fish.


As a Brit, you're wrong
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Oatcakes
11/27/19 3:10:05 AM
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However, there are hardly any chips there.
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UnfairRepresent
11/27/19 4:09:28 AM
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Oatcakes posted...
UnfairRepresent posted...
Lebronwon posted...
That fish does seem kinda huge in that pic.

That's small for a UK Fish'n'Chips fish.

Go to York or Plymouth and they would laugh in your face if you called that a huge portion of fish.


As a Brit, you're wrong

As someone who has lived in Britain and traveled the world, I am right.

Let me guess, you live in London
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Kolibri X
11/27/19 4:14:36 AM
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That is a tiny portion there. It only looks big because there is a 80 pound chinese girl next to it.
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HagenEx
11/27/19 4:17:26 AM
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Lairen posted...
Is this like a complaint? Do they mean a small portion with cheaper price?


No, they mean a smaller portion so that they don't feel bad about throwing the rest away.

Their culture is very different, Chinese people expect meals to be the right amount most of the time, they hate wasting food.
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UnfairRepresent
11/27/19 4:21:34 AM
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HagenEx posted...
Lairen posted...
Is this like a complaint? Do they mean a small portion with cheaper price?


No, they mean a smaller portion so that they don't feel bad about throwing the rest away.

Their culture is very different, Chinese people expect meals to be the right amount most of the time, they hate wasting food.

I think this is less culture and more being dirt poor.

However you're right, in China it is common to eat very small amounts of food 10/11 times a day
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ColdOne666
11/27/19 4:39:56 AM
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Good sized piece of fish but hardly any chips AND NO FUCKING POTATO SCALLOPS!

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Wutobliteration
11/27/19 4:43:44 AM
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nowhere does it say they're trying it for the first time. You never heard of western food in Asian countries before?
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alimajor
11/27/19 4:53:52 AM
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HagenEx posted...
No, they mean a smaller portion so that they don't feel bad about throwing the rest away.

Their culture is very different, Chinese people expect meals to be the right amount most of the time, they hate wasting food.


although they might dress it up that way its definitely not because they feel bad about wasting food. Theyll make their portions smaller but charge the same because it saves them money.
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Oatcakes
11/27/19 7:24:25 AM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
Oatcakes posted...
UnfairRepresent posted...
Lebronwon posted...
That fish does seem kinda huge in that pic.

That's small for a UK Fish'n'Chips fish.

Go to York or Plymouth and they would laugh in your face if you called that a huge portion of fish.


As a Brit, you're wrong

As someone who has lived in Britain and traveled the world, I am right.

Let me guess, you live in London


No, Stoke.

I have lived in England my entire life and have had a chippy lots of times. That is a regular sized fish from a chippy.
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Oatcakes
11/27/19 7:27:23 AM
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https://g.co/kgs/Zo63Vk

Here's my local as an example
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treewojima
11/27/19 7:28:23 AM
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where can I get a good chippy in the US?
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UnfairRepresent
11/27/19 7:54:50 AM
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Oatcakes posted...
UnfairRepresent posted...
Oatcakes posted...
UnfairRepresent posted...
Lebronwon posted...
That fish does seem kinda huge in that pic.

That's small for a UK Fish'n'Chips fish.

Go to York or Plymouth and they would laugh in your face if you called that a huge portion of fish.


As a Brit, you're wrong

As someone who has lived in Britain and traveled the world, I am right.

Let me guess, you live in London


No, Stoke.

I have lived in England my entire life and have had a chippy lots of times. That is a regular sized fish from a chippy.

Man your chippies are shit then.

all the Places I went too were nearly twice as big
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gloBal enemy
11/27/19 8:07:14 AM
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Food portions are generally smaller in Asia.

I actually didnt mind this though because it means I get more variety as I can order multiple dishes in one sitting.

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DevsBro
11/27/19 8:12:14 AM
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Kolibri X posted...
That is a tiny portion there. It only looks big because there is a 80 pound chinese girl next to it.
Is it also a 2 inch long fork?

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Kolibri X
11/27/19 8:18:03 AM
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DevsBro posted...
Kolibri X posted...
That is a tiny portion there. It only looks big because there is a 80 pound chinese girl next to it.
Is it also a 2 inch long fork?

Forced perspective as well and it's not 2 inches. If I paid more than 10 bucks for that I'd be pissed. I can get more fish and chips at Long John Silvers for less.
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DevsBro
11/27/19 8:24:11 AM
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Kolibri X posted...
Forced perspective as well and it's not 2 inches. If I paid more than 10 bucks for that I'd be pissed. I can get more fish and chips at Long John Silvers for less.
So

Somebody put the fish closer to the camera than it looks in order to make it look big compared to the fork

Ok

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Kolibri X
11/27/19 8:27:01 AM
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You really wanna argue about this huh.
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DevsBro
11/27/19 8:32:10 AM
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Kolibri X posted...
You really wanna argue about this huh.
Honestly, the more something matters the less I want to argue about it.

Since this doesn't matter in the slightest, I don't mind so much lol.

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Superlinkbro
11/27/19 8:39:19 AM
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I haven't had fish and chips in years.

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UnfairRepresent
11/27/19 8:49:18 AM
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Superlinkbro posted...
I haven't had fish and chips in years.

what's stopping you?
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Superlinkbro
11/27/19 8:53:21 AM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
what's stopping you?
Idk I almost always find something I'm more interested in on the menu. Next time I'm at a seafood place though I'll probably get it, the one in the picture looks great imo.

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DevsBro
11/27/19 9:03:39 AM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
what's stopping you?
You know, in my case, it's just that there aren't a lot of places nearby that I would expect to do it well. I think the only good seafood places near me are catfish or cajun, which I love good catfish and good cajun food for sure but they don't really do battered fish.

I think the best option near me would actually be Captain D's (kinda like Long John Silver's) or maybe check and see if some hole in the wall bar and grill happens to have a good FnC.

Or, you know, make a trip of it.

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Hotel_Security
11/27/19 9:05:17 AM
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Considering that you're not even sure that half the meat you get in China is even real, I'm not sure what the gripe would be about.
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UnfairRepresent
11/27/19 9:09:20 AM
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DevsBro posted...
You know, in my case, it's just that there aren't a lot of places nearby that I would expect to do it w

How do you fuck up fish and Chips..
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BuckVanHammer
11/27/19 9:09:41 AM
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no LJS in china huh...
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DevsBro
11/27/19 9:14:22 AM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
How do you fuck up fish and Chips..
By not serving it, mostly. Or alternatively, by breading it instead of battering, which amounts to the same thing.

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Oatcakes
11/27/19 9:56:20 AM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
Oatcakes posted...
UnfairRepresent posted...
Oatcakes posted...
UnfairRepresent posted...
Lebronwon posted...
That fish does seem kinda huge in that pic.

That's small for a UK Fish'n'Chips fish.

Go to York or Plymouth and they would laugh in your face if you called that a huge portion of fish.


As a Brit, you're wrong

As someone who has lived in Britain and traveled the world, I am right.

Let me guess, you live in London


No, Stoke.

I have lived in England my entire life and have had a chippy lots of times. That is a regular sized fish from a chippy.

Man your chippies are shit then.

all the Places I went too were nearly twice as big


It appears you think "bigger = better".

Not surprised, considering you're an American
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UnfairRepresent
11/27/19 10:34:33 AM
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Oatcakes posted...
UnfairRepresent posted...
Oatcakes posted...
UnfairRepresent posted...
Oatcakes posted...
UnfairRepresent posted...
Lebronwon posted...
That fish does seem kinda huge in that pic.

That's small for a UK Fish'n'Chips fish.

Go to York or Plymouth and they would laugh in your face if you called that a huge portion of fish.


As a Brit, you're wrong

As someone who has lived in Britain and traveled the world, I am right.

Let me guess, you live in London


No, Stoke.

I have lived in England my entire life and have had a chippy lots of times. That is a regular sized fish from a chippy.

Man your chippies are shit then.

all the Places I went too were nearly twice as big


It appears you think "bigger = better".

Not surprised, considering you're an American

Not our fault we're so great

See ya at the top of the gold medal winners list next Olympics GB
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Azardea
11/27/19 10:35:45 AM
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Probably would've had to pay out the ass to get something that big here...

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Master_Bass
11/27/19 10:50:03 AM
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As a calorie counter, I appreciate smaller portions so I get the complaints about size. It's a pain to eat at some restaurants in the US since their one meal is as many calories as I can eat in a day.
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_Raich_
11/27/19 10:58:55 AM
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I've had fish n chips in london a few times. The meal itself is always massive portions.
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UnfairRepresent
11/27/19 10:59:27 AM
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Master_Bass posted...
As a calorie counter, I appreciate smaller portions so I get the complaints about size. It's a pain to eat at some restaurants in the US since their one meal is as many calories as I can eat in a day.

Work out dude

Calories in vs calories out

Bodybuilders eat like 10+ calories a day
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R1masher
11/27/19 11:00:04 AM
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Is there malted vinegar with it, if so did the have any comment?

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DevsBro
11/27/19 11:04:44 AM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
Bodybuilders eat like 10+ calories a day
Holy crap I bet they have to work out for like three seconds to burn all that off

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Azardea
11/27/19 11:22:51 AM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
Bodybuilders eat like 10+ calories a day
I would certainly hope they do.

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Funkydog
11/27/19 11:26:16 AM
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I honestly don't remember the last time a chippy I went to had different sized fish. Always just had one size (in whatever variety of whatever you wanted) and then could have small/regular/large portion of chips.
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Just_a_loser
11/27/19 11:38:26 AM
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It looks like a lot of food for her. But again she might be very small.

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