Sea Cow innit

[woodrot]

anyone got any comment on the quality of the Sea cow F&C of the past year or two ?( before I go into one blates )

[maxxi]

dry

limp

bland

eta - with a vague taste of ammonia.

[scotslass]

Dire

[numbers]

dismal. had WORST chips EVER one of the times I ate in there, strangely enough had take-away once and they weren't too bad. (this was before I ate in). fish wasn't much cop either.

btw Masters fish & chips by Waterloo. Best I've tried in London.

[woodrot]

thats good enough for me.

Been a regugular for a long time- but tonight, one of the woodrotettes fish was rotten. Not as rotten as the one 3 months ago, which was truly lifting and gag inducing , but still well off. Cant even be arsed to slog back up and demand a refund this time

and before you start, yes I did email them after the last lot, without a response.

Theres about 4 new F&C outlets in the hood now, we will be giving each one a go

v.poor show

[numbers]

ring em up tonight and tell em you'll be in to collect a refund - at your convenience. rotten fish is just not on. ugh.

[Jah Lush]

I've not eaten there in there for at least a couple of years but I'd like to give a shout out to my local chish n' fip shop (The Two Brothers) up the other end of the Lane which in my opinion in now the best locally. Certainly the biggest improvement because it used to be seriously bad before they took over. Used to think the one on Underhill was the best but they need to up their game again. Not saying they're bad but they used to be very good. Now, it's just good. And I speak as a man who likes his fish supper on a Friday night.

[maxxi]

It has it's detractors but Emily's has always delivered for me - if you phone first he'll fry to order - will also do battered burger if you have an Irish person in the house

[Jeremy]

Master Fryer near the station is our regular.

Ate in the Sea Cow a few weeks ago and the fish was fine (albeit rather small) but the chips were a little dry and floury.

[dbboy]

I'd second Master Fryer, also Fish, Chips and More on East Dulwich Road stonking hot chips, and Sea Master on Forest Hill Road, generally ok but chips sometimes only warm.

[woodrot]

BTW, this was takeaway, so the full gag effect didnt hit us until were were back at Woodrot acres & couldnt be arsed to trudge back with the remains for a refund. Opened the dishwasher this morning to put away the breakfast dishes and the stench from the plate used for the fish last night is truly appalling - the fish was on the cusp on full blown rotting when we tried to nom it last night. Once is a mistake, twice is too much

Sorry Sea Cow, you had a good few years, but this is the end for you and me.

[Jeremy]

Yeah I like Fish Chips and More too. Never eaten in, but had a couple of takeaways and it were proper good.

[DulwichFox]

Yep 8 Curry restaurants, couple of Turkish outlets and you can still smell the Ammonia from Sea Cow..

over-powering everything else.

Foxy.

[LauraHW]

Third to fish, chips and more. Lovely owner and very generous portions

[Dopamine1979]

Had a Sea Cow takeaway 2 weeks ago and it was fine.

Will try Fish,Chips and More though. What are their prices like?

[Mick Mac]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> Yeah I like Fish Chips and More too. Never eaten

> in, but had a couple of takeaways and it were

> proper good.

Have eaten in at FC&M and it was very good and the kids loved it too.

[MrBen]

Fresh fish straight from the market was always the Sea Cow's USP wasn't it?

It's not hard to do fish and chips well. Deep fried food doesn't travel well, nor does it stand being left under a heat lamps for longer than 10 mins ish so the tricky part is doing the freshly fried thing consistently at volume....and that usually means a wait in the shop. Changing the oil regularly is also a basic but adds cost so many places cut corners and string it out. Using different oil also makes a huge difference - one reason those French campsite fries from my childhood tasted so good was because they used sunflower oil.

I know......spoken like a true Scotsman.

[*Bob*]

Do they do pizza crunch?

[woodrot]

*Bob* Wrote:

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> Do they do pizza crunch?

*bowks*

[Annette Curtain]

If you can be arsed, then theres a fekkin good fish fryer in Camberwell just off Walworth Road. Just up from Arments on Westmoreland road.

He's only a young guy, but fries his fish beautifully. Super thin batter and moist flaking fish for around ?4 a go. I sometimes make a detour to eat a piece all on its own, no chips or anything, just fish.

Love it.

[woodrot]

I did call into FC & more the other night (pre drinking )and the carton of chips were good- not those dutch pre cut ones at the seacow, but proper randomly cut ones with varying shades of brown , like olden days ones. May give it a go next time the woodrotettes need their F&C needs

[Dopamine1979]

Woodrotettes - sounds like a gothic Motown girl band.

[El Pibe]

Naaa, riot grrrl I reckon.

[susiq]

sema in underhill road is lovely, always cooked whilst you wait and lots of chips.

[Tylertoes]

The service in SC is dismal, uniterested girls clock watching, unable to raise even a smile !