{"id":308322,"date":"2025-08-01T04:23:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T04:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/308322\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T04:23:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T04:23:12","slug":"brit-orders-fish-and-chips-in-spain-and-is-floored-when-he-tastes-his-meal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/308322\/","title":{"rendered":"Brit orders fish and chips in Spain and is floored when he tastes his meal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark Danby, a UK expat who ditched Britain for a life in sunny Spain, recently found himself craving fish and chips but was left floored when he sampled an offering in Spain\"YouTuberMark Danby posts Spain-related content on his YouTube channel, Tapas Guy(Image: Mark Danby)<\/p>\n

A British man who recently treated himself to a “humongous” portion of fish and chips in Spain was left floored when he tasted it. Mark Danby, a UK expat who hails from Stockport, Greater Manchester, ditched his life in Britain for an enviable existence on the sun-kissed shores of Spain, namely Manilva, a municipality in Malaga on the Costa del Sol<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, it seems that he has found it difficult to forget some aspects of life in the UK<\/a>, particularly one of the nation’s delicacies. Luckily for him, the British favourite of fish and chips appears to be readily available in his new home.<\/p>\n

Mark, who shares his continental <\/a>exploits on his fledgling YouTube channel, Tapas Guy<\/a>, recently found himself craving fish and chips <\/a>and decided to visit a local chippy known as Marlows in CC Los Hidalgos.<\/p>\n

He decided to order a large cod and chips for \u20ac16.95 (approximately \u00a314.65) and sat outside to eat his meal. When it arrived, Mark noted the “humongous” size of the portion.<\/p>\n

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

Indeed, conceding that he perhaps shouldn’t have “gone for large”, Mark unwrapped the paper to reveal not one but two fish<\/a> in what appeared on camera to be a huge portion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Despite this, when it came to the tasting, Mark was left unimpressed. Sampling the chips first, he said: “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

Next up was the cod<\/a>, which he also described as “greasy”, although he conceded the second piece was “crispy on the top” and looked a “little bit better” underneath.<\/p>\n

He noted that it was a “bit flaky”, but it “doesn’t hold the flakiness” and proceeded to push pieces of it onto his work, but it “kind of just mushes together”.<\/p>\n

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

Yet, during his summary, Mark appeared to have softened his opinion somewhat, saying the quantity and price <\/a>were “pretty good value”, but he wasn’t a fan of the “quality” of the food, highlighting the fish in particular.<\/p>\n

He did, however, note some “mitigating circumstances”, noting that the fryer could have played a “part” if they were cooking with just one, and said the tartar sauce was “very nice”.<\/p>\n

Mark also mentioned that he ate a “fair amount” and conceded that it filled him up, and when it came to giving his meal a score out of ten, he gave the fish and chips a respectable seven or “possibly an eight”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mark Danby, a UK expat who ditched Britain for a life in sunny Spain, recently found himself craving…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[2000,299,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-308322","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-spain"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114951605683793490","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308322","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=308322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}