Some people like it grilled, some people like it crispy. How do you like your fish and chips? If I am trying to be health conscious, grilled it is. But I cannot resist a good fried fish especially when the batter is light and crispy.
The epitome of a light and crispy fish AND chips are the ones produced by Fish by Moonlite at Anglesea. They are so crispy, the fish is fresh and the cooks are not stingy with the portion. Even the chips are delicious and stay crispy. They are thin fries (sorry, fat fries lovers), and one can choose to season with chicken salt, rosemary salt or sea salt at the counter.
We got a fish pack ($18) which was battered flake with chips, and battered fish of the day (blue grenadier $16 on its own). The blue grenadier was a small one so they threw in another half. It was very fair and customer minded of the cook to do that.
The batter on the fish was like the lacy crispy ones on the roadside pisang goreng (banana fritter) found in Malaysia. It was light, ultra crispy, and did not have too much visible oil oozing from the batter.
The shop only offers a pretty basic menu. Fish, battered or grilled and chips or salad. Calamari rings and potato cakes on the side. It does not need a long winded menu when the main attraction blows everything else off the table.
We were at the Anglesea shopping centre at opening time, 12pm and there were already a queue waiting for the shop to open. Be mindful to take as little time ordering when approaching the counter - look up the menu online while queueing, make up your mind and articulate the order well, otherwise the cashier will be grumpy!
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