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It's a shame how no enterprising Pole hasn't brought the chippy to Poland.
A few have tried but without much success. Most were dear, some had breaded goujons and worse, some were fancy, all had Union Jack flags around. There wasn't the market.
The best fish and chips were in that rather nice restaurant near pl Pilsudskiego in Warsaw. The guy who ran it was from London. There was Boston Port run by that guy who'd lived in America; it was always good for fish but has gone now. That was nice but not like my local fish and chip restaurant back home. That has a huge picture of Gail from Corrie in reception. Or did before the fire.
There used to be a nice smazalnia ryb that did beer and was often busy in the park by the river but when LK was Mayor he closed it and some of the other small bars in parks too. There's a tradition of fried fish, usually a bit on the tough side compared to fish & chips but still good and it's a shame to see it less popular than it was. Maybe should open a retro smazalnia with beer and tables outside.
You don't see any decent plaice here eithe
They don't distinguish between sole and plaice much. Similar enough. There's decent halibut sometimes but I wouldn't batter it or bread it at that price. We usually buy frozen. Warsaw's too far from the sea to expect much fresh. Different to Doncaster Market where the fish in the morning was swimming four or five hours earlier.
