Fresh, hand-cut chips - too much to ask?

[PatG]

Until it closed, the Blue Brick Cafe in East Dulwich offered the most wonderful home-cooked chips to accompany a spot of the old egg & b. But now, sadly, it has gone.

I have searched far and wide - at enormous physical expense - for a cafe that offers non-frozen, hand-cut chips in the area but have sadly drawn a blank.

Does anyone know of anywhere that offers this simple delight? (Will travel)

Pat

[Annette Curtain]

Dear Pat

It has been gone for ages the Blue BC

Where have you been all this time ?

Mind you, when you find a nice fat hand cut chip, do let me know

Meanwhile, I make a very nice chip here at Curtain Towers

And next time i'm (double) frying, i'll think of you

Nette

[Alan Medic]

Well I do sometimes but I haven't opened as a business. I have a kitchen though. If you will travel and are happy to collect from my front door, how much are we talking about?

[KidKruger]

Maybe you can try one of the chippies which have seating - ie. the one on Northcross Rd ?

[Jeremy]

The new one on East Dulwich Rd do good chips.

Chips at The Sea Cow have never seemed quite right (although I love their fish).

[Annette Curtain]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> Chips at The Sea Cow have never seemed quite right

> (although I love their fish).

I'm with you there

They're strangely cardboardy, but the mushy peas & fish are good

The one near the Herne are quite nice too

[PatG]

Hi all,

Yes, the chippy-with-seating is often the last refuge for the chip-lover searching for a breakfast.

I have tried the Sea Cow and agree the chips are not up to scratch - very disappointing for an otherwise fine establishment.

I have not tried the one on Northcross Rd and will try it out.

The problem I find though is that while chippy chips are often good, the kitchen does not offer egg and bacon to accompany them.

I'd be interested in hearing of any cafe in London that offers this simple delight!

Pat

[PSJ]

The chips from Fish, Chips and More are best in East Dulwich, IMHO.

[Jeremy]

That does indeed sound like a specialist requirement. Good luck in your search!

[TheArtfulDogger]

I would recommend the regency cafe between Pimlico and victoria

good honest food, hand made chips and the voice of the checkout girl is something to hear !

[Otta]

Why don't you just buy a proper chip fryer and have your greatest pleasure in your own home?

[RosieH]

I once went out with a bloke who lived above a chippy. Reeked of chip fat, he did.

I don't recommend it.

[david_carnell]

How did you tell him apart from all the other men in Wigan?

[bluecanary]

You could always hot foot it to the chippy of your choice, then carefully protecting your cherished portion of chips run as fast as you can back to yours, put the chips in a pre-heated oven to keep warm, sling some bacon under the grill, fry an egg or two, serve it all on a warm plate and tuck in! Mmmmmmmm!

[RosieH]

david_carnell Wrote:

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> How did you tell him apart from all the other men

> in Wigan?

He lived in Bolton.

[LondonLogCo]

I went out with a girl who gutted chickens in a Littlehampton factory

She worked in a freezer room essentially

Ooooooh her hands were always cold & she had that fleshy meaty smell about her

Needless to say it didn't last & I moved on to the girl from the crispa-cress packers. Her odour was just fine btw

(they were lean days down there)

[david_carnell]

I understand the smell of chip fat is all-pervasive on men in Lancashire.

[RosieH]

DC, not where I lived, lambkin. I liked to slum it with a chip barm every so often, but for the most part it was puddn n pea wet for me.

[david_carnell]

A babbiesyed ? leave t?elmet on?

[RosieH]

You know it, baby!

[Tarot]

The seacow chips are fried in corn oil, quite horrible and the chips in underhill road are still vile half green warm

insulting exscuse for a fish and chip shop and a waste of money.

The best chip shop closed down years back by the police station run by the chinese family, dont know where they went

wish they,d come back,

The chip shop in North cross road cook theirs in nut oil,horrible

WANTED IN EAST DULWICH> A new fish and chip shop, that can cook traditional fish and chips, like you get down the seaside, Any new arrivals will be recieved.

[KidKruger]

The Chinese did not move away, still there.

The guy I think suffers a degenerative ailment and walks now with a stick, I see him regularly getting the bus. I think he does some kind of teaching/support for kids in Chinatown which, considering his condition, is quite a feat.

Nice guy. I generally found his chips to be soggy, but I was always a 10.30pm customer.

[Jeremy]

Dulwich Frier, between the station and Sainsburys, is a very decent old-school chippy.

[dbboy]

The chips from Sea Master on Forest Hill Road are excellent, always have been good and the fish isn't bad either. Even better eaten straight out of paper.

[PatG]

Some replies...

Yes! The Regency, off Horseferry Road, is exactly the type of establishment I mean. A classic British cafe that offers fresh, chip-shop chips. It's exactly one hour's walk from where I live, enough time to build up a hunger.

I would, as some have suggested, do my own home-chip-frying, but sometimes you just want someone to do it for you, while you have a good sit down and check the weather on your phone.

I have also, as suggested, dashed back from the chippy and hastily prepared the egg and b. at home. Can certainly do the trick, but you still have to do the washing up. My favourite chippy, FWIW, is the Herne Hill Fish Bar - http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/52/1588610/restaurant/Dulwich/Herne-Hill-Fish-Bar-London