That fancy fish and chip place, next to the chicken shop

[Loz]

Otta Wrote:

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> Not a big fish lover as you may have guessed.

Call me Mystic Meg, but I'm guessing a fish and chip shop might not be your first choice then...

[Salsaboy]

If the fish is fresh it shouldn't smell fishy.

[Otta]

Well then I've never walked past a fish mongers (stall or shop) selling fresh fish.

It may be because my dad spent years working on a fish stall in Brixton market (when it used to be a good interesting market) so I developed something of an aversion.

If there is nothing else to eat, I can handle a bit of battered cod, because it basically tastes of very little. But that's it.

[Pickle]

I'm not a Sea Cow fan - granted the fish is fresh, and there's a good selection, but I always find it really greasy. Sem's for me, they're always happy to oblige my crispy chips request.

[DulwichFox]

The take away price for Cod & Chips at ?6.75 is the same as Semas..

I like Semas..

Only been to Sea Cow once ... when it first opened.. Take Away..

The Batter was soggy and stuck to the bottom of the box..

The Chips ?? were like baby new potatoes that were like they had been boiled and then

cooked in oil to warm the up.. Terrible.

Just a box of grease that I threw away and have never been back since..

Walk past most nights.. Strong Fishy smell.. Not right...

Best Fish & Chips -- Harry Ramsden at Blue water..

DulwichFox

[aquarius moon]

I bought some chips there 7 or 8 years ago and they tasted very fishy as if they had either been cooked with the fish or in oil that had been used for fish.

I don't know if this was a regular occurrence or a one-off but I've never been back since.

[tetris]

There's a cheap place (?4) just a bit north of the station. Fish is *pretty good*, the chips are a combination of moist and crispy(? Yeah? I kind of like it like that, but that's me...)

The guy will lie to you and tell you that he'll have your order in 5 mins, but you'll still be there 12 mins later.

Not bad though, 6/10 would recommend.

[TheArtfulDogger]

A while ago I went to a chip shop in the Black Country living museum ( http://www.bclm.co.uk ) where they cooked the chips the old fashioned way in beef dripping.

Best tasting chips ever

So my question is does any chippie around here use beef dripping when cooking their chips?

[aquarius moon]

They shouldn't do.

Chip shop chips are supposed to be vegetarian.

[keekybreeks]

veg oils last longer, are easier to use/ replace and are used in most places.Ramdens use lard IIRC. I have been in Stornaway where lard is still used

[numbers]

Have had a mixed experience there but similarly to Jah, haven't eaten in there for about 3-4 years now.

Love the fact you can have wine with your f&c and have had a great meal there. However, the last time I ate in was awful, the chips tasted like cheapo frozen ones and hadn't been cooked properly. Quite disappointing experience as who doesn't look forward to wolfing down f&c. That put me off returning.

Of course, things could have changed by now and they are consistently good.

[Loz]

aquarius moon Wrote:

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> They shouldn't do.

> Chip shop chips are supposed to be vegetarian.

Says who?

[Mick Mac]

MrBen Wrote:

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> There's a great gag insert here...but I just can't

> do it.

I think you did it.

[edcam]

The prices are ok if the food was good. It hasn't been good for a while though.

Louisa, for crying out loud. Who would go all the way to Lewisham to get a take away? You'd eat any old crap if it was cheap.

[aquarius moon]

Me!

When you buy chips you expect them to be vegetarian because potatoes are vegetables. It is pretty annoying having to ask them if the chips are cooked in veg oil. And then you just have to take their word that they are being honest.

Most chip shops that I went to over the years were ok but not so sure about local ones as I hardly ever use them.

This post is in answer to Loz!

[Mick Mac]

TheArtfulDogger Wrote:

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> A while ago I went to a chip shop in the Black

> Country living museum ( http://www.bclm.co.uk )

> where they cooked the chips the old fashioned way

> in beef dripping.

>

> Best tasting chips ever

>

Are you dead yet ?

[Seabag]

IF you're passing through Camberwell/Walworth this place is my fav

Ocean Fish Bar on Westmoreland road.

Fresh fish, thin batter and good chips

Mainly Cod but Haddock cooked to order

http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/directory/1152/170918.php

[ruffers]

TheArtfulDogger Wrote:

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> A while ago I went to a chip shop in the Black

> Country living museum ( http://www.bclm.co.uk )

> where they cooked the chips the old fashioned way

> in beef dripping.

>

> Best tasting chips ever

>

> So my question is does any chippie around here use

> beef dripping when cooking their chips?

Not that I know of so I've taken to buying these = http://www.mccain.co.uk/mccain-products/authentic-chips/gorgeous-chips/

The nearest chippy I know is Fryers Delight in Holborn.

[Lowlander]

aquarius moon Wrote:

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> They shouldn't do.

> Chip shop chips are supposed to be vegetarian.

You're lucky being so young - 20 or so years many places still used beef dripping, and it's only a handful of places that use it now.

It was the traditional way of cooking before oils became cheaper and more widespread - so if you're concerned you should ask.

Also ask about those free-range pickled eggs and if the fish is sustainably sourced :-)

[Otta]

edcam Wrote:

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> Louisa, for crying out loud. Who would go all the

> way to Lewisham to get a take away? You'd eat any

> old crap if it was cheap.

I don't think Lou was talking about take away. Otherwise she wouldn't have mentioned the atmosphere.

[Louisa]

Precisely Otta, for anyone who's been to Somehing Fishy on the high street opposite the market in Lewisham you'll know what I'm talking about. Why would I spend petrol money travelling all that way if it wasn't for something nice edcam? Surely that would offset any cost benefits I would make by going somewhere "cheap" for "any old crap" as you put it.

This place is a proper Lewisham market tradition, they've been there for decades and used to have an additional restaurant upstairs during the 70s and 80s. They have a wide ranging menu, and even serve pie and mash. It's always busy, and doesn't mix it's chip oil with everything else they fry (unlike some chip shops locally).

Louisa.

[*Bob*]

The Black Country doesn't have a lot going for it, but orange battered chips fried in beef dripping is definitely one of them.

All other chips pale (literally) in comparison.

Apart from that - it's mostly a shithole.

[Louisa]

I once had a square sausage battered and served with battered chips at chippy in Telford. Apparently that's a local tradition too. Those midlanders and their peculiar ways.

Louisa.

[Jeremy]

IMO - Sea Cow fish is normally good, chips not so great (not crispy enough and too "firm").

But the prices are really not that bad. ?6.75 for takeaway cod and chips is maybe ?1 more than normal... a little pricey, but hardly staggering. ?9 for eating in is also OK - cheaper than most pubs and almost certainly a larger portion.

Also a whole grilled Seabass... ?10.75 takeaway or ?12.50 eat in... not expensive.

[*Bob*]

Louisa Wrote:

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> I once had a square sausage battered and served

> with battered chips at chippy in Telford.

> Apparently that's a local tradition too. Those

> midlanders and their peculiar ways.

>

> Louisa.

I think you got the 'joke sausage' they give to visitors from down south.