"Miche" wrote

>> >> He means 'authentic' as in asian, not england.
>> >
>> > Oh? I wasn't aware fish and chips was "authentic Asian". Which part
>> > of
>> > Asia?
>>
>> No part, it's a translated name in english of an asian version that uses
>> rice flour.
>
> Oh, okay.

Order a 'chesse pizza' in an authentic Japanese place, and you get a
quesadilla. Order 'fish and chips' and you get tempura (both fish and the
potatoes, and the potatoes may not be white types).

>> > Oh, sure. I've just never heard of anyone using rice flour for fish
>> > and
>> > chips.
>>
>> Not in the england version, but the asian 'fried fish with possibly fried
>> potato wedges' do this all the time.
>
> Yeah, probably. Not what I think of as "fish and chips", though.

Nor me really, but it works and it is served with vinegar. Just not
'malted' vinegar ;-)