Fresh-caught NSW flathead or snapper in light batter, fried with thick-cut chips and a lemon wedge. Sydney's beach-and-harbour lunch staple.

Sydney fish-and-chip shops emerged with European migration in the 1920s and 30s, on every beach and inside the central food courts. Doyles on the Beach at Watsons Bay (1885) is the heritage anchor; modern Sydney chips-shops use NSW-caught flathead, snapper or whiting, often in beer batter. Sydney Fish Market at Pyrmont sells over 1 million paper-boats of fish and chips per year.

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