Fish & Chip SHops

[smidsy]

Where I live we have 4 fish and chip shops fairly close by- it's a tourist area.
Last night I went to the premium joint who have their own trawlers and also sell fresh seafood - and charge accordingly.
They have a sign up saying they cannot guarantee boneless fish - the first time I have EVER seen such a sign I might add, in any chippie, in WA, Qld, Vic, Tas & NSW.
I didn't finish my snapper after finding nine bones in the first 4 mouth fulls -yet the snapper I my neighbour gave me caught on his boat was a bigger fillet and completely boneless.

Am I being anal and asking too much of the chippie or am I getting stiffed because they don't want to go to the expense of boning fish properly?
Cheers

[Cliff Rogers]

Sounds like laziness to me, I'd be voting with me feet & maybe send them a postcard telling them that you did so.

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

More likely they don't want to pay someone who knows how to bone a fish properly... and are paying minimal wages to some 17yo who has TAFE "certifications" in boning instead.

[fenderbelly]

Totally agree with cliff.

Sounds like he's trying to save money.
Talking to the local fisho last week he told me it's $29 dollars a kilo for filleting King George Whiting

[Bob38S]

Agree with the above.

With the "modern fish & chippie" there is also the problem of substitution - in many cases when the fish is processed and cooked identification can be difficult.