A Sydney pub has outraged customers with a distinctly un-Australian feature on its lunch menu.
The pub included “fries” as a side dish on its sandwich menu, angering at least one True Blue customer.
“For a second I thought it had been a mistake and the pub had put up an English advert. They’re useless in Australia, for God’s sake,” the man said.
In the UK, the term chips is reserved for what Australians would call “hot chips”, while the packaged varieties are called crisps.
“Oh my god, I can’t believe you have to explain this,” one Australian commented on a post about the chip debate.
“I have this argument with my partner all the time,” another woman said.
But there were some Australians who disagreed: some said it was a good idea to have two different terms to avoid misunderstandings.
In the US, differentiation is made by calling the packaged varieties “potato chips” and the spicy varieties “chips.”
A Sydney pub offered a side of chips with their toast, correctly called potato chips by most Australians.
“French fries sound perfect,” one man said.
Some pointed out that the top of the sign reads “Locals Lunch” despite the very British term being used further down.
Others thought both words were fine to use, even in Australia.
“I’m Australian, I say crisps or chips, it’s my UK friends’ fault, I have a habit of saying chips for them,” said one man.
But that wasn’t the only dish on the pub’s menu that was irritating people.
Others were surprised to discover that the pub’s toasted sandwiches came with just chips rather than the usual accompaniment of hot chips that many would expect from a pub meal.
“At one place I went, the hot dog came with chips, like they were packets of chips. I felt completely ripped off. What a rip-off!” said one man.
