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| - Already before ordering I was impressed by the menu, $5 hamburgers, $5 fish sandwich (grilled or fried) and 10 for a standard fish + chips meal? This place looked very reasonable!
The real star here is the fish. Big pieces of crispy breading, no oil or grease running off of them and a delicious intoxicatingly good smell. It tasted as good as it looked. The batter had a satisfyingly sweet and buttery crunch while the fish fell apart in my mouth. This was better than any other fish and chips I'd ever had. Not only was it less oily and less greasy, they also don't salt the fish or the fries before serving. I'm one of those weird people who enjoys having things unsalted and adding my own salt afterwards. The fries would have been ruined with a heavy salting hand. They too were crispy and golden brown with that slight hint of sweetness we've all come to know and love in Quebecois and Belgian fries.
With the meal you can have the standard homemade tartare sauce, a thai sauce, curry, paprika, etc... I ordered the Herb sauce while my fiancee got the Thai. To be honest, mine was a bit of a letdown. The thai sauce was much more flavourful. I couldn't quite place the spice in there, was it galangal, thai curry? I had to try the homemade tartar sauce. It was quite good, homemade mayonnaise, with what I think was a home-pickled relish. It could have used a little more lemon juice.
I can't wait to go back and to try their Clam Chowder, Calmari, Grilled fish sandwiches and all the other maritime bounty they have to offer.
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