Yorkshire is the true home of fish and chips and the city which gave the world Harry Ramsdens is chippy central. But now modern Leeds has taken this culinary gem to a whole new cosmopolitan level.
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And in general the best restaurants continue to carry fish and chips on their menu. Leeds eaterie Room, one of the most upmarket in the city, is a big fan.
Sarah Huggett, head chef at Room, comes direct from London where she worked, amongst other places, at the Emporio Armani Restaurant and Tate Britain gallery restaurant.
She said “what’s great is we’ve come through all the different fashions and that phase of having lots of little fancy blobs of stuff on our plates, stuff which we cant even identify sometimes”
“But with fish and chips you know what you’re getting and people have certain expectations. Best of all, so long as you get certain things right – such as batter – you can’t really go wrong”
“It has universal appeal and it’s certainly one of our most popular dishes on our menu, particularly and this is interesting, on a Friday”
“As everyone remembers from their youth, Friday was always the day you would have fish and chips which stems back years to when the working man got paid at the end of the week and he could afford to go out and treat his family”
“So it’s nice that the tradition has stuck and, like Sunday roast, it’s a comfort food in terms of how it makes us feel physically as well as emotionally and I think that’s why Brits will always love their fish and chips, however it’s presented to us”.
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