A chip aboveUpon recommendations by many, we finally got to try out Chippy's on Queen St. West and I have to say I think the battered cod was the best I have ever had.

I always think I like fish and chips but then when I order it I remove all of the batter from it which I feel defeats the purpose, non? At Chippy's there was no such removals. The batter was so thin on the fish it was delicious and with each bite you could taste both fish and light batter, it was divine! I ate the whole thing quickly with no leftovers . The chips were also nice and fresh, you could see some poor girl pumping potatoes into a machine in the back - must be a hard job to do all day .

Get to Chippy's to taste some great fish and chips and see the boys in the shop moving like lightning to some great music while serving customers.

Egg on top?Kaiaua Fisheries, located on Coast Road, Kaiaua - apparently the best fish and chips place in NZ. When Robbie and Pat took me there he ordered his with an egg on top! I have never seen that done before. Kaiaua is such a small, quaint place near Waikato and the farm. The service is great and the food is even better. It is apparently Buns' favorite place to eat fush and chups (as the Kiwis say).

I had a craving for fish and chips today and perhaps next time I order it I will ask for an egg on top. I wonder if that is a Kiwi thing or they will serve it to me like that at Chippy's on Queen Street W? That is the only fish and chips place I can think of in this city.

Chippy's have a great website (look at the pic below - it makes your mouth water, non?) and the menu looks good too, will have to take the Brit when she gets here as am sure she is missing some Brit-style food on her travels. Review of Chippy's to come...