How to Eat Good French Fries in Restaurants

A gastropub, which is now such a funny term, used to be the most exciting word in food. The fries are done really well, but they were so thick and so potato-y and pulpy that I did not like them with my burger. They call it sandbagging in restaurants, right? Where you're like, I'm pre-cooking on my food. And then when people order it, just drop it again.