fish and chips

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Right, I have 10oz worth of haddock fillets on the go, a smattering of chips and am about to decant half a tin of mushy peas. I have a bottle of Marynka single hop in the fridge getting a mild chill and a fancy ice cream for after.

I'm doing all right...

You certainly are ,my only thought is nt it a rather late hour for such a meal ?

Going to be up a bit yet, MJ, and added to which, the versions are doing are all doctor-friendly. I'm like a dietician's poster boy "see, you can eat well and without too much shite"

That was fantastic. I even photographed it.

NotBert wrote:That was fantastic. I even photographed it.

ha ha , post it

Sell plenty with that behind the counter

Guest wrote:

sheilalma wrote:i wish we had chippy`s over here now, i want a chippy dinner

You're the second person I've done that to this week, She - although the other in in New York, which apparently does have an English chippy...

it would be a moneymaker for sure....who is "guest" btw? xxx

morning_glory wrote:she that can be your new venture,it would go down a treat

Nobby Cheese wrote:

There are fucking PANCAKES on that menu?

It is a sign of the times and my indignation that I'm more interested in the background than the sylph-like vision in front who should fuck off if she isn't ordering

she wrote:

Guest wrote:

sheilalma wrote:i wish we had chippy`s over here now, i want a chippy dinner

You're the second person I've done that to this week, She - although the other in in New York, which apparently does have an English chippy...

it would be a moneymaker for sure....who is "guest" btw? xxx

That would have been me when I was Bert, She.

NotBert wrote:

Nobby Cheese wrote:

who should fuck off if she isn't ordering

NotBert wrote:

7/10

Nobby Cheese wrote:

Dem legzzzzzzzzzzz

Looks very good bert, hope it doesnt lie too heavy when you hit the sack though.

You can't better 7/10 at home, MJ.

Here's the 10 spot



Done pretty lightly, BOAT - surprisingly quite low in fat.

Our shop can do a ten IMO depends who's cooking

missyj wrote:Our shop can do a ten IMO depends who's cooking

That's a bold statement, MJ - they are few and far between and you don't live on the coast (you need the salt in the air too)

Well I think it tastes really good , not an expert but I am very fussy , we have some line caught haddock which tastes lush

OK, I'm going to list them.

If you're ever in these towns, find the shops listed:

West Kirby - Marigolds as above. Firstly, what the fuck are you doing in West Kirby? West Kirby has a marina, a lot of old people, a Morrison's and Hilbre Island when the tide is out. If there, you go up the river to Parkgate afterwards for ice cream at Nicholls as well. Sit down restaurant, use it. I once got a takeaway from there and was eating it on the train, almost crying because it was too much to eat but too nice to stop.

Southport - No, really. The Swan on Stanley Street. Go in, have a sit down, order some of the curry as well - classic chip shop stuff. There are a lot of hit and miss places but if you wanted chips only, the Sandgrounder on Nevil Street next to Queen Victoria does a fair bag.

Rhyl - Jan and Julie's on Grange Road. Find the football ground, it's literally over the road, opposite the Botanical Gardens next door, home of (I kid you not) the Sunny Rhyl Bowling Club. 11am to 8pm so not servicing drunks, some odd items on the menu that I'm dying to ask but they do fantastic chips and though no haddock, a rock solid cod. Take away only, cross the road and sit next to the bowling green.

Blackpool - Get a tram to Fleetwood instead, the whole town is a fucking pisspoor clipjoint.

Llandudno - Tribell's off the front, a bit back from the pier/slipway. Not as spectacular as those above IMO but at the same time, always first choice. Again, sit down.

NotBert wrote:Blackpool - Get a tram to Fleetwood instead, the whole town is a fucking pisspoor clipjoint.

Went the Swan on Thursday and they provided me with what appeared to be a haddock that had been in a fight and "not won".

There's a battered joke that I'm not going to do because the look was deceptive - it was fucking spot on, thin, crisp, red hot fresh batter, chips as tidy as ever (pale ones as well, Jonesy, but pale golden not insipidly pale off-white) and the ideal portion of decent mushies.

I will add another to the list

New Brighton - the Perch Fish Bar
There's a Flickr pic of a typical box (yes, I won't begrudge this) of fish, chips and mushy peas. Magical stuff - the place looks a bit rough and ready but it's a waterfront chippy in an English resort that like so many has had to reinvent itself to survive, let alone thrive as it did when it still had a pier and a ferry service. And unusually for me, it's cod.

They also did the best mushy peas I have ever had (seasoned to perfection) the first time we went back there last year. They've never matched them since, mind, but it was an impossible act to follow, they're still tidy.