{"id":307157,"date":"2025-07-31T17:47:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T17:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/307157\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T17:47:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T17:47:15","slug":"brit-orders-fish-and-chips-in-spain-and-is-floored-when-he-tries-his-humongous-meal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/307157\/","title":{"rendered":"Brit orders fish and chips in Spain and is floored when he tries his ‘humongous’ meal"},"content":{"rendered":"

UK expat Mark Danby, who moved to Spain from Stockport, Greater Manchester, recently decided to treat himself to a large portion of fish and chips – but he was left unimpressed\"YouTuberMark Danby posts Spain-related content on his YouTube channel, Tapas Guy(Image: Tapas Guy\/YouTube)<\/p>\n

A British expat was left underwhelmed after sampling a “humongous” portion of fish and chips in Spain. Mark Danby, originally from Stockport, Greater Manchester, swapped his UK lifestyle for the sun-drenched Spanish coast of Manilva, located in Malaga<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Embracing life in Spain<\/a>, Mark seems to still hanker for some aspects of home, particularly the classic British dish of fish and chips<\/a>. Fortunately, he discovered that this staple is not hard to come by in his adopted hometown. An IT worker and running a YouTube channel, Mark moved to Spain on a digital nomad visa.<\/p>\n

It allows foreigners to live in Spain while working remotely for firms abroad or as self-employed. Mark, who documents his life abroad <\/a>on his channel Tapas Guy<\/a>, recently had a craving for the British food and headed to Marlows in CC Los Hidalgos, a local chippy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Opting for a large cod and chips at the cost of \u20ac16.95 (around \u00a314.65), he chose to dine alfresco. Upon its arrival, Mark remarked on the “humongous” size of the portion.<\/p>\n

He admitted that perhaps he shouldn’t have “gone for large” as he unveiled two pieces of fish in what seemed like an enormous serving on film.<\/p>\n

\"YouTuberMark noted the “humongous” size of the portion (Image: Mark Danby)<\/p>\n

However, the actual taste test left something to be desired. Starting with the chips, Mark remarked: “I mean, it’s okay, but it’s a little bit greasy.”<\/p>\n

“Don’t know if you can see the grease on that, but certainly not crispy. Sort of a bit soggy, bit sort of bendy. I think it needs a sauce. Not particularly tasty, unfortunately. I mean, they’re okay.”<\/p>\n

He then moved on to the cod<\/a>, which he also branded as “greasy”, though he acknowledged the second portion was “crispy on the top” and appeared a “little bit better” beneath.<\/p>\n

He observed that it was a “bit flaky”, but it “doesn’t hold the flakiness” and went on to push fragments onto his fork<\/a>, noting it “kind of just mushes together”.<\/p>\n

He added: “I’m afraid the fish is absolutely tasteless. So what you’re left with…tasteless. I’m afraid it’s tasteless fish and greasy batter. Let’s try this piece of batter. Well, I have to say I’m disappointed at this point.”<\/p>\n

\"YouTuberMark appeared to soften his opinion of the meal later on(Image: Tapas Guy\/YouTube)<\/p>\n

However, during his final verdict, Mark seemed to have mellowed his stance slightly, describing the portion size and cost <\/a>as “pretty good value”, though he remained unimpressed with the “quality” of the meal, particularly singling out the fish.<\/p>\n

He did acknowledge some “mitigating circumstances”, suggesting the fryer might have had a “part” to play if they were operating with just one, and praised the tartar sauce as “very nice”.<\/p>\n

Mark also remarked that he consumed a “fair amount” and admitted it filled him up, and when pressed to rate his meal out of ten, he awarded the fish and chips a respectable seven or “possibly an eight”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UK expat Mark Danby, who moved to Spain from Stockport, Greater Manchester, recently decided to treat himself to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[2000,299,786,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-307157","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-food-and-drink","11":"tag-spain"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114949105172554787","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}