matt, the fish & chips at the Sea Shack in wheeler (north of tillamook)= incredible

I don't know. The whole mushy peas thing really kind of puts me off. But the fish and chips, DELISH!

One word: kippers.

Those peas look absolutely horrible.

Chips look tasty though.

I know, Ritchie. We all go through about 10 years of saying, "eugh, mushy peas are disgusting." But then, you learn the true way of the mush.

Mushy peas are like the army: "You have to break a man before you can make him."

That looks fucking delicious!

As I've always said Matt, when you are done with this journalism nonsense you should open a proper fish and chips wagon in Portland.

You'd do a booming business especially if you park it near bars and are open after last call. Drunks + Fish and Chips = big profits.

I can even see the sign right now: Capt' Matty's Fish n' Chips. Perhaps your friend from the above shop to be an investor?

It seems to me a fine canti would go well with those fava beans. But a real fish and chips establishment in Portland Oregon?

It would be to sucessful and ruined by growth. We stumptown fools can't have anything of value here without someone with an agenda fu**ing it up.

Stop teasing us with the posibility even, it sucks to have a dream while living in this stinking fishless town.

Remember the soup nazi and the cheese burger, cheese burger no pepsi coke, no chips guys from SNL. How about a (3) location fish and chips stand or store for the Portland area. Only a fool would attempt such a thing but a good idea is a good idea right?

Damn you for making me hungry for something I can't have.

Regarding fish and chips in Portland Oregon -- three words: The Horse Brass

Fantastic fish and chips. No soggy peas, but I'm betting the rest will do you right.

Bring one of the curry joints back with you (preferably on NE Alberta or N. Mississippi, or even NE Broadway), and you'll have friends for life!

If this journalism gig doesn't work out for you, Matt, you'd be a smash hit at Skipper's.

Andreou’s logo would make a great entry on Suicide Food.

It's close between the Moon & Sixpence and the Rose & Thistle for best F&C in Portland. Still nowhere near as good as the real thing though.

Horse Brass = fantastic beer, inedible food. The only thing they cook well there is the breakfast. It's no wonder the Scotch Egg never caught on in the US if people think that's what it's supposed to taste like.

I loved your "Great Things about Britain" series, Matt. Well done!

For an alternate view, here is an anti-Britain blog entry from a few years ago.

Thanks for your comments, guys. The problem with the three British pubs in town you've all mentioned is: They cut the fish into little chunks before frying.

The fish needs to be fried whole, in the fillet. Or it's basically fish sticks. Evidently this is not as easy as it sounds: a piece of fried, battered cod like the one in the picture costs four pounds in the UK--that's about $8.

Also: Nowhere does mushy peas.

I may well open a fish and chip bar here--perhaps a cart downtown, if nobody else steps up to the plate. I'll be needing a few homeless people to run it, of course.

A whole halibut can be up to 450 pounds.

Of course, you could have fish and chips made with cod, which are much smaller, but that would be cod.

Yeah, cod's what the English use. But why not, a 450 lb halibut in one go!

Excellent pictures! Horse Brass etc too smokey. Small pieces just aren't the same. Mushy peas, urg that's something new, since I left. BTW - Griffin Park? Did you see any footie there?