A Former Royal Chef Opens Winston’s British Fish and Chips in Vancouver | Eater Portland

"After a 15-year tenure cooking in the kitchens of Buckingham Palace and serving Princess Diana, chef Darren McGrady opened Winston's British Fish N Chips in early March, operating out of a church parking lot in Vancouver, Washington (now open at 2711 NE Andresen Road). His vision is a true-to-form British chippy: he prizes cod above other fish and serves frozen-at-sea Alaskan cod with Yukon Gold potatoes, scratch-made mushy Marrowfat peas or curry sauce, and the customary malt vinegar, plus a house chippy sauce — a vinegar-based brown sauce McGrady says is regional to Edinburgh. The menu is rounded out by sweet-and-spicy coated wings and a house-smoked fish chowder adapted from Scottish Cullen skink (thinner than New England clam chowder); he plans to add items like battered sausage, Cornish pasties, and bread-and-butter pudding (Princess Diana's favorite). Presentation and takeaway were carefully considered — aiming to be the 'Harrod's of food trucks' with a custom takeout box, London Times tissue, and a batter formulated to stay crunchy for up to 40 minutes — and the team hopes to expand with multiple carts around Portland/Vancouver and a Dallas flagship timed with King Charles III's coronation." - Janey Wong