Question: “Want to grab a pint after work?”
Answer: “Is the pope Catholic?”
So it’s answering a question with a question but hey, that answer is never misunderstood. And this, folks, is my typical work day. Alternatively, you could answer that rhetorical question with: “Is Obama African American?”
What is of note is that there is a difference between the American pint and the British pint. The difference is 4 ounces. The proper British Imperial pint is indeed 20oz instead of 16oz. in America. This means two pints adds up to 40 ounces. Yes, as in “foety of OE, son“. What this also means is that people order the 10oz half pint. Yes, half a beer. They do it here. It is perfectly acceptable to order half pints if you don’t want to be downing another 20 ounces.
Now, this does have certain implications. It means if you are drinking with someone and they’re ordering the Skinny Bitch while you’re downing pint after pint, you should probably slow things down as you will not be able to go drink for drink with that someone. And by slow things down, I mean kick this person’s arse for ordering a Skinny Bitch…ninja style.
Rock and Sole Plaice is apparently the oldest chippie in London. Not sure if that’s true or not but it does have good fish. The menu is simple. Fish. Chips. Mushy Peas. Yeah sounds gross. Tastes OK. And by OK, I mean like baby food….like whatever a baby would tolerate in their mouth.
I take many visitors to a proper chippie when they visit London. Now, chippies are like pizza vendors in New York. There are good ones and certainly are bad ones, but for the most part, they’re all kinda similar….and there’s always someone with bad hair serving you. Chippies are the same, except replace the bad hair with bad teeth.
You have to make two decisions when you go here:
1. Takeaway or sit down. If you sit down, the fish & chips will cost you 10gbp instead of 7. It does mean you get the tartar sauce and don’t have to eat your fish next to the homeless dude on the street, but the fee for sitting seems a bit steep. And the conversation with the homeless dude might be kind of interesting.
2. What kind of fish to order. Cod is the traditional fish but because of overfishing, haddock has been the replacement fish that people are going for these days. I’ve tried plaice and rock also and I would personally say that rock is the best fish to get but then again, I also enjoy eating thousand year old eggs and chicken testicles. Different folks, different strokes.
At the end of the day fish & chips is something you or your guests have to eat while in London. At Rock and Sole Plaice, I can guarantee fresh fish and bad teeth for the full experience.
