Fish & Chips

As far as fast food goes, I love fish and chips. Good versions in Singapore are few and far. I also have a quirk- I can’t quite enjoy it fully if there isn’t chilli sauce. Oof. I shudder to think of all the oil that goes into deep-frying stuff. I suppose that if I brush off the batter, the fish is extremely edible. It's meant to sear the fish and not dry it through. We can’t come to Perth and not have fish and chips. Managed to have two meals of fried food. Hahaha. Also, fries are always rockin'.

Squid Lips

We got back late and while nobody was starving, we needed an easy meal that was slightly more filling than an egg sandwich. Fish and chips were our answer. There would be a store that was open. It wouldn't be the best, but it would do. Fried things generally taste the same if fresh-enough oil is used.

Found fish and chips and stuff at Squid Lips in town. They only had outdoor seating; since the shop was closing, we grabbed dinner to-go. Eating at the apartment's dining table would be way more comfortable than sitting here. We lucked out because Squid Lips seemed to do a fair fry-up. Fresh-enough whiting from Augusta, so-so Spanish mackerel, fries, Cajun-spiced fried squid and a rather tasty tub of coleslaw.

Forgot to ask if Squid Lips offered sweet chilli sauce.

Blue Ocean

We drove down to Augusta on a rainy day and hopped into Blue Ocean for lunch. This came heavily recommended as one of the best fish and chips shack in the region, and that it served excellent dhu fish. Okaaaaay. We made sure we took a trip there. Blue Ocean has so many fried things on the menu and churns out the orders fast. I guess their deep fryers are seriously huge.

The eatery didn't serve hot drinks but they allowed us to get coffee from the cafe across the street. Nice. They also had many sauces for us to choose from, including a sweet chilli sauce. I was pleased. It wasn't exactly spicy, but it was much better than ketchup or tabasco or malt vinegar.

We had fish of bronze whaler shark and whiting. Gosh, they were superb! The batter was ridiculously light! Sweet chilli sauce went with everything. Fried oysters were yucky. Eh, this isn’t Japan hor. Not tempura. The friends resolutely refused to order the fried Mars bar. I asked for hash browns and fried bananas. Hahahah. Shitty hash browns rock. It was rather funny to eat a fried banana that used a long big Cavendish. Heh. Not pisang goreng!