Who has tried “proper” fish and chips? What did you think?

Many times, but define "proper" beyond personal taste or quality of cooking.

One of the best fish-&-chip suppers I have ever had was in a late-night farmhouse café called "Polly's", somewhere in Derbyshire's Peak District, probably 30 years ago now. I've never really found where it or was as I was a passenger in someone's van after a pint or two (oh, all right, probably four) of fine ale in the Bull I' The Thorn!

Big serving, everything cooked completely to order, thick slices of bread and butter, fresh lettuce and huge brown tea-pots of fresh tea. Yumm!