Greenwood Fish Market: Ultimate Fish n Chips?
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My quest to find the best Fish and Chips in Singapore brought me to Greenwood Fish Market. This place was reputed to sell really nice cold water fish, so this should be the place to find Singapore's greatest Fish and Chips.
But before I get to the Fish and Chips, I think you might be salivating over the picture of the pan-fried sole fillet in Bechamel Sauce above. Yes it was very good. This is part of the $19.90 set lunch which comes with Salmon Salad and Coffee or Tea. But the fish I wanted was not on the set meal menu so I ended up with the ala carte meal instead.
I chose to have the John Dory which is an excellent white fish from the southern waters. The John Dory is a real Dory unlike the commonly used Cream Dory and Pacific Dory which are really catfish. I suspect they call them Dory because of more expensive and sought after fish like the John Dory.
I used to enjoy pan fried John Dory in Australia. The flesh is delicate and it has a nice flavour almost akin to the Turbot. The John Dory is a deep sea fish, so its pretty ugly to look at and its distinction is a dark spot on its body which is sometimes referred to as St Peter's thumbprint. I have never had John Dory deep fried in batter before, but since it is such a nice (and expensive) fish, I thought it might make the ultimate Fish and Chips.
Ok to the verdict. How does this $24.90++ Fish and Chips compare to a $7.50 Fish and Chips?
The fish is fresh and delicate although I don't think the John Dory has a taste as distinct as something like Black Cod. It tastes like a good white fish but the flesh is more delicate than Sea Bass or Red Snapper. The batter is crispy and thin and done quite nicely. But the problem is that you don't get 5 times more satisfaction even though you pay almost 5 times the price. 4/5
Conclusion
Great place for fresh seafood and certainly reminds me of the fish and chips shops in Australia where you get to choose the type of fish you would like for your fish and chips. I think the John Dory would have tasted better grilled and should have settled for the house fish and chips ($17.50) instead which uses a New Zealand white fish.
Greenwood Fish Market & Bistro 34 Greenwood Avenue
Singapore 289236
Tel: 6467.4950
Hours:
Fish Market 11am - 10pm
Lunch 12pm - 2.30pm
Dinner 6.30pm - 10pm
Closed on Mondays and PH
23 comments:
is it me or is it my browser or is there no ratings this time round??
no ratings mr socker ...
the fish and chips can da pao at 9.50 only and at that price i would rate it much higher ..
Sorry, I have put up the ratings. Thanks for letting me know.
can't fault it on the taste, nice crispy batter...portions are small though, would be better if they came with nice thick chippies too :)
I usually "tar pow" as it's much cheaper :)
Same portion and quality :)
i had fish and chips in london and came to the conclusion, in the end, fish and chips is just batter fried fish and chips. they have a ceiling for just how good they are and it's usually the malt vinegar and tartar sauce that has me drooling. i want to be proved wrong but for now, i don't see it happening.
the bechamel sauce in the 1st picture looks like it's split.
I spoke to a chef who worked at Gordon Ramsey's restaurant last week and he said that there is only one kind of batter for Fish and Chips and it is beer batter and preferably it has got to be Cod Fish AND the chips has got to be hand cut with some sort of potato with a French name (can't remember the name now) Now, does anyone know where to get a Beer Batter Atlantic Cod with handcut chips?
thats right beer batters are the only way to go ... hops add mild bitterness and acidity to balance up the salt and oil ... malt adds a subtle sweetness to the batter to complement the fish .. and yeast provides a light fluffy texture ... light lagers, ales or wheatbeers rock and soda water can be added to make it more crispy and less jelat ... ppl who want more jelat add egg ... hahah
Ken
There seems to be a fish & chips place thats offers a wide variety of fishes for you F&C selection.
Tried the "snow fish" set once but wasn't outstanding. maybe u might want to try the other premium fishes they offer.
the fries look like they're hand cut though.
the place is opposite central, the new shopping place and its called fisherman's wharf i think
Ieat
Southern part of England prefers cod, while the northern part (and Scotland) prefers haddock - so it depends who u talk to. There are some places which spices up a batter with curry powder. I remember seeing Gordon Ramsey using this batter with eel on tv.
Best chips I had was hand-cut, lightly dusted in flour and fried in beef drippings. Most of the cornish places does this, together with freshly caught beer-battered cod.
Locally, there used to be a place called Fryers' in Cresendo Bldg (Upp East Coast Rd) operated by a christian couple, which sadly close down 2+ yrs ago - they served the most authentic british fish n chips here, using cod, haddock or plaice and the chips are hand-cut on order. I'm still on the look-out for any news of re-opening.
Oh man, chips fried in Beef dripping is the ultimate! Sinful but seriously shiok! I don't think we can ever get that here.
Yeah I remember Fryers. They used to be working at Harry Ramsden's before they closed down. Perhaps the majority of Singaporeans do not appreciate the British style Fish and Chips?
fish and chips has to be fried in either beef drippings or leaf lard for that authentic taste ! vegetable oil just has a high smoking point and thus it can be reused multiple times ... its been shown that vegetable oil is worse than saturated fat anyway so rejoice if its drippings or lard ... and for chips the acclaimed potatoes to use appear to be lincolnshire whites or maris pipers .. yum!
have tried both fisherman's wharf and greenwood. for the price (ard 9+), fisherman's wharf is the best, fish is fresh and the chips (semi cooked with some potatoe crunch) is good - they serve both chips and fries (deep fried to a crisp)
I live less than a mile away from this restaurant, trust me if you saw what they did from the back of the restaurant, you will not eat there again! Try taking a walk at the back of the shop houses, preferbly after dinner crowd. Their stoves and many things from the kitchen are washed on the road.
Oh man! To think I paid $25 for it when I could have paid $5 to eat from a plate washed in a bucket at the hawker centre!
so is this the ultimate fish & chips? or is there better one out there? hahaha
I think the criteria for the ultimate fish and chips would have to be Beer Batter, Hand Cut fries and a good cold water white fish like Atlantic Cod or other traditional fish that the British use. Anyone knows where to get?
This recipe works for me...try this from Jamie Oliver.. :)
For the chips:
3 3/4 pints (2 liters) vegetable oil
2 pounds (950 grams) floury potatoes, like russets, peeled and cut into large chips
For the batter:
1 cup plain flour
1 cup beer
2 egg whites, whipped to soft peaks
Salt
4 (9 ounce/250 gram) fillets haddock or cod, skin on, and pin boned
Pour all the vegetable oil into a deep pan or deep fat fryer, and heat to 300 degrees F (160 degrees C.) Blanch the cut potatoes in the oil until soft, but not colored, about 4 minutes. Remove and drain.
Mix together the flour and the beer, then fold in the egg whites. Turn up the heat of the oil to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Dip the fish in the batter and fry for a few minutes with the chips until golden brown.
Big Fish at Upper East Coast Road has the best fish & chips @ $14 and if you ta pau, it costs $7.90 only. Real value for money
The service in this place is so bad that I have refused to go back after waiting ages for my food and then having to deal with a very arrogant and not particularly helpful waiter to try and sort out the confusion. Food quality was not consistent and has declined recently.
funny... i found the wait staff to be very obliging and patient. It was one of those nights, due to circumstance, we made very weird, and sometimes unreasonable request.. and they did everything with a smile.
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