Susan Hunt knows she’s doing something right when a UK-born customer remarks that her fish and chips are the closest thing to a taste of home. It’s high praise for the owner of Sea Fish N Chips in the southeast community of McKenzie Towne. It often comes from British expats, who love their English-style battered haddock and chips. Many have become regulars at the restaurant she and husband Ian Pangborn opened in 2010.
It’s been Susan’s dream to open a fish-and-chip restaurant, and Sea Fish N Chips fits in nicely with the spirit of the neighbourhood’s main thoroughfare. High Street is also home to a British candy shop and a UK pub. “That’s why we fit so well here,” she says. “I love this area. McKenzie Towne is great.”
While most fish-and-chip restaurants offer haddock or cod served with French fries, this eatery in Mackenzie Town serves a massive variety of tasty fish and seafood. Diners can choose from haddock, cod, halibut, salmon, oyster, jumbo prawns or scallops. Although chips are the suggested accompaniment, the menu also features yam fries, onion rings, taters, mushy peas and coleslaw.
Another Brit-style fish and chip spot, Sea Fish N Chips in McKenzie Towne is also a popular stop with UK expats hungry for a taste of home. The two-piece battered haddock is the shop’s No. 1 bestseller. Enjoy a sit-down meal or have your food wrapped in newsprint to go. Burgers and wraps are also available.