Finding the best fish and chips in Bristol
So now we're starting in Queen Square of Bristol,
and today we're going to go
and try 3 fish and chips shops
and we're going to find
which one is the best.
But first, before we begin,
the EF school is right behind us.
So we're going to take a little look inside.
So our first stop is about a
6 minute walk away from the school.
Its called Rendezvous Fish Bar.
And we're going to try our first round of fish and chips.
What are we rating it on?
Okay, so let's rate it on crispiness.
Okay.
Texture, taste,
Yeah.
and...
fish and chipiness.
Yeah. Should we? Four?
All right, let’s go.
I've never had fish and chips, so I don't know.
And I think Matthew's excited.
I am excited. I’m hungry.
So perfect.
And, yeah.
All right.
I'm ready.
Let's go!
It closes in 15 minutes.
We’re at Pero’s Bridge.
Which is a distinctive feature of Bristol.
And it is named after Pero.
Which is the name of a man
that traveled here from the Caribbean as a slave,
but was freed later on.
The bridge was built in 1999.
All right.
This is stop one.
Let's get a small one,
cause we're going to have a few.
Yeah we gonna have 3.
I'm going to get pickles.
I have my gerkin.
Here is the golden part.
The one and only fish and chips
What is that?
of the Salt and Malt.
It looks really good.
Okay, fries?
Good start.
Cheers
I’m a little bit scared.
Why you scared?
I don’t know. It’s like "Fischchnuschperli’’.
Okay wait, actually.
That's so good.
It's really hot.
I'm a big fan.
Yeah?
I'm a really big fan.
She goes.
She's going for it
Chrispiness it’s a 10.
Yeah, yeah agree.
Fish and chipiness a 10.
The taste I give it
like a solid 9.
And the texture is really good,
and it's super juicy inside.
Also, a 10.
The chips just really good
They have salt and vinegar flavour to them, which I like.
The fish, it's really crispy.
I find that they don't have that much flavor.
It's all in the sauce.
The combination with fries and the fish and chips
Just.
Perfect.
How is the pickle?
The pickle is like a 20 out of 10.
I would say fish and chips
is most closely associated with the UK.
Right?
Yeah.
But actually, the national dish is chicken tikka masala.
Yeah.
Yeah, the national dish is curry.
It's a very international country.
Onto the next!
When I was in Manchester,
I have friends that live near Manchester.
Danielle, I miss you.
Anyway.
They eat something called.
I think it's called a butty, like B-U-T-T-Y
But I'm not sure.
Anyway, basically it's two pieces of bread
or like toast bread,
but not toasted,
with french fries in the middle,
and ketchup.
And they just like smoosh it together and eat it as a sandwich.
So, as you know, I'm not very much into the fish and chips,
but there's something I cannot pass up,
which is a Mr. Whippy
It's a British classic.
Basically, soft ice cream.
I want one too
I want one too, it's cold, but I'm ready.
It's brass monkeys.
It's brass monkeys!
So, we are at our second fish and chips spot.
It's a little bit up in the mountain
Or in the hill, or whatever you want to call it.
Just around Clifton Bridge.
Yeah. Yess.
We're in a really cute little village.
It's really, really beautiful.
So now we're going to go get our second fish and chips.
There's so much sauce.
Here we also got mushy peas.
It sounds like cornflakes in your mouth.
Okay.
Is it predictable that I give it a 10?
I don't know!
Is it as good as the one before?
I think it's a bit better.
Texture, I give it a 10
crunch is like a 12. Yeah.
I think the taste of the fish is a little bit butter-ish.
I don't know.
Overall, should we try the mushy peas?
No, have fun.
You like some weird stuff Alex.
Pickles, mushy peas
We’re gonna grab here fish and chips.
There's award winning fish and chips.
After that, I'm full, but I want to try.
I'm so full.
So is this seriously the third portion
of fish and chips you're going to eat today?
Well, I guess you're sharing, so it’s fine.
Yeah, but after that, I will have enough
fish and chips for today.
Oh, my goodness, oh my goodness, oh my goodness.
Yeah, mhm, I like this one the best.
I think the sauce overpowered the fish,
but I like it both very well.
Taste.
I'll give it a 9.5,
crunch a 9,
texture I give it a 10.
Fish and chipiness is a 12.
Overall I give this one a 9.
This was pretty good.
That doesn't add up, but it's a 9.
I give this one
crunchiness is a 10.
Uhm.
I forgot everything else, so I'm just going to say it's a 9.
Unpopular opinion
but the crunchiness isn't there as the one before.
Oh!
But the crunchiness is 7.5 out of 10.
Uhh.
Uhm.
I don’t like the fries to be honest.
You don’t like the fries?
Yeah, I mean, you can eat them,
but mine was gummy.
This fish and chips, I give it an 8 out of 10.
But the sauce overall
this sauce is amazing!
Best one we had.
Yeah.
Day one in Bristol done.
Another thing off the list.
We tried 3 different fish and chip shops.
Yeah.
Which one was your favorite?
Mine was the third one.
I think mine was the first one,
even though it didn't get the best rating.
But I think the first
Mine was clearly the second one.
Oh, okay. Divided!
How was the experience overall?
How did you like Bristol today?
Bristol is beautiful, like the city itself is really nice,
but if you go to the outskirts, close
to the bridge, it's a very beautiful little town.
So I really recommend going there as well.
No, really!
Yeah, it's really nice.
Yeah. So.
I thought they were going to be fish sticks.
Okay, cool.
But yeah, yess.
See you next time.