Pajo's Fish & Chips

a lazy, sunny saturday afternoon called for a trip to steveston for good fish & chips by the docks... and boy was it worth it!!! aldo says he makes it a point to pay homage to Pajo's every single summer since he got here - and now i know why. i've had fish & chips in restaurants but Pajo's was the absolute best! it's one of those little shops that don't have indoor seats and tables... just an order counter and a pick-up window, plus wooden benches and seats where customers can happily munch away. it reminded me of the small fish & chips shop my cousin brought me to in australia's gold coast where the fish & chips are awesome too! (i can't remember the name of the shop, but it's near the Versace Hotel.)

our fish & chips were in traditional big paper cones (good thing they weren't real newspapers though!), in a wooden tray that seems to have been made for the cone things since it had big holes in it (the tables had those holes too). the fish was perfectly cooked, not too oily, but not too flat. just the perfect sort that you can hold in one hand and be sure that it won't crumble to pieces. the chips though, were not the typical frozen ones because apparently they're real potatoes... but nothing a little vinegar and salt couldn't fix!



if you ever find yourself in vancouver during the summer, make sure you visit Pajo's... it's way better than the fish & chips in Granville Island or any other restaurant here.