Food review blog from San Francisco.

Restaurant: Tied House (Mountain View)
Food description: Seasonal white fish, dipped in Amber beer batter served with malt vinegar and tartar sauce, side of french fries
Food rating: 4.5 out of 10
Times ordered: 1

After all these salads and sushi lately, I was feeling the need for sumthin greasy! Next time I might be a little more careful for what I wish for though, because grease was just about the only thing I got with these fish and chips. I think the surgeon general should institute grease bomb warnings on menus for dishes like this so I can at least prepare myself next time. Ok, so you get my point that they were too greasy. Next on the list was that they were soggy. Most breading can withstand a quick squeeze of lemon without disintegrating when you pick it up. Unfortunately, this fish was so watery it must've been previously frozen, rendering the breading into a soggy mush and leaving behind a nice little puddle in its wake. The whole essence of fish and chips lies within it's crispy-crunchy-flaky factor, not in its greasy-soggy-watery lameness. I was willing to forgive all of these aspects if they could just get the fish right, but again, no such luck. The fish was not cod, which would've been fine if it actually had some taste, but it was completely flavorless (not surprising given it was frozen). I had to add a serious triple dose of salt to try to squeeze any semblance of flavor out of it. I actually enjoyed the french fries better than the fish. So after my meal of grease and salt, I felt a little gypped, because I thought the whole point of eating fried food is because it's guaranteed to taste good!