YAKIMA, Wash. -- With so many restaurants that opened in the Valley this year, some of them open with little fanfare.

Well one reader couldn’t keep the silence for long about a restaurant that opened this month on Yakima Avenue.

Al Garnet let me know about Ahoy Fish and Chips, which recently opened at 913 W. Yakima Ave.:

"They have wonderful fish and burgers along with an assortment of other items that Yakima has been lacking for awhile... Their batter is crispy and crunchy and the cod is the real deal!"

I managed to reach co-owner Peter Jun. Jun, 50, recently moved to Yakima a year ago from San Francisco, where he ran another fish and chip shop and a hamburger shop.

He decided to offer both items with his new business in Yakima.

So far Jun’s happy with the results.

“People like our homemade style,” Jun said, noting that the fish is hand-battered in the traditional English style and that he’s touched up the Ivar’s clam chowder with his own ingredients.

The restaurant’s hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. It is closed on Sunday.

-- Mai Hoang