The best fish and chips in the world?

Mr P is a hard person to please when it comes to fish and chips. He reckons that we found the best fish and chips in the world on April 15 2009, at the Mapua Smokehouse (NW corner of NZ's South Island). http://www.smokehouse.co.nz/

Conciendently, we had partaken in the worst fish and chips in the world (without a doubt), just the day before in Picton. I am still surprised that we survived that episode. Is it possible that the Mapua f&c were merely average but we elevated them to superstar status when comparing them to the horrors of the day before. I don't think so, but who knows. My opinion was firmed when one of the bosses at work said that whenever he visits that part of the world he always makes a special trip to the smokehouse to pick up a special treat for his dear old dad.

Here is a picture of the mystical F&C - the fact that they must have been special is illustrated in that we pretty much neglected to take any other food pics on that trip (our honeymoon).