School of Fish

Portions are small (small fish&chips comes with a tiny fish) but it tastes good. considering the portions, the price may seem expensive, but they keep to their ocean-​wise certification, which is well worth the price in my opinion.
All things aside, the darn thing tastes great when fresh. It’s located beside Irving library’s side doors.

«School of Fish» is a food truck, and its operated by UBC Food Services. Now, for those of you who know me well, UBCFS hasn’t really impressed me that often and i call them out frequently, mostly because their brick & mortar locations such as SB/​Timmys/​TripleOs are horrendous. But at least there’s a saving grace for them, their food trucks. I think at the time of this writing, there should be at least 5 – 6 UBCFS trucks currently operating on campus.
To start off, their menu is quite simple, and revolve around fish. Duh~ there is a fish taco, small/​large fish and chips, a chowdar, etc. Pretty reasonable price for campus food i might say, but just a tidbit too expensive. 9 $ for Fish and chips sounds alright but when the portion of the fish is just a bit smaller than an average chicken drumstick, overloaded with fries, and house made «saffron» tartar sauce, it doesn’t strike me as fair. Then again, nothing on campus for food is really considered fair. The batter was very crispy but it was quite thick that when I bit into it, all the fish fell out like it was a hard shelled capsule. The fries are hand cut, very crispy, and seasoned well. The «saffron» tartar sauce, i think personally, is a gimmick, because you cant really taste the saffron at all with all that fat and sodium inside that box.
Problem I have with UBCFS is that they are the only ones who approve and operate food services on campus, and when there is no «real» competition on campus, there is no one to keep them honest. Because, if there is a non-​UBCFS affiliated fish & chip shack down the street offering 2pc cod and chips for 10 $, people would be flocking there everyday non-​stop. I always thought that. «What if Meat & Bread were to open a location on campus?» Im pretty sure it would be a sell out and profit maker, guaranteed, but alas, we students are unfortunately limited to eat what they call «reasonable» and delicious food. Ill agree with delicious, but not reasonable.
School of Fish is a fabulous food truck, their Fish & Chips are good, their menu looks great! but the only reason why they get a 2 is unreasonable prices and portion sizes.
A regrettable Two, out of Five.