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Fush and chups :D

Most of North Yorkshire has awesome fish and chips. I still miss them even though it's been 15 years since I lived there.

Strange you should say that. It says on your profile that you live in Birmingham. The best Fish n Chips I had came from a chippy in Yardley.
 
Strange you should say that. It says on your profile that you live in Birmingham. The best Fish n Chips I had came from a chippy in Yardley.

Good grief, Bedder's over at Poets Corner has a good reputation (I live in Acocks Green which is part of the Yardley constituency), but most other chippies are fairly dire.
 
Good grief, Bedder's over at Poets Corner has a good reputation (I live in Acocks Green which is part of the Yardley constituency), but most other chippies are fairly dire.

I prefer greasey chips with lots of salt and vinegar and my favourite was on the Yardley Road. I haven't been there since 2006 so I have no idea if it still exists.

It was opposite a large pub and I can't believe that I've forgotten the name. I only went there for 5 years!
 
Fush and chups :D

Most of North Yorkshire has awesome fish and chips. I still miss them even though it's been 15 years since I lived there.

For shame!

Anyway, yes, Yorkshire does seem to be the best so far, although I've not spent a lot of time in Devon or Cornwall.

Sometimes there are small but important differences, like in NZ, you would never find a chip shop that would not freshly cook to order both the fish or chips. Whereas in London anyway, that is rare.
 
I prefer greasey chips with lots of salt and vinegar and my favourite was on the Yardley Road.
I go down to the States every so often in the New England area. It's funny the looks I get sometimes when I ask for some vinegar for the fries. White is okay but to get a real taste, I go for malt when I can.
 
same goes for asking for mayo for the fries, they look at you with this look like they start puking any moment LOL
 
I go down to the States every so often in the New England area. It's funny the looks I get sometimes when I ask for some vinegar for the fries. White is okay but to get a real taste, I go for malt when I can.

The only thing I've ever put vinegar in is baked bean soup. Mayo on chips?*BAZOOKA-BARF!*
 
User you realise that for the Chip King of Belgium has already put a hit out on you.

And in less than a day the world degenerates into a discussion on unhealthy foods.

(300 Spartans in Loughborough used to be OK btw)
 
I prefer greasey chips with lots of salt and vinegar and my favourite was on the Yardley Road. I haven't been there since 2006 so I have no idea if it still exists.

It was opposite a large pub and I can't believe that I've forgotten the name. I only went there for 5 years!

I'm with you on the vinegar and salt, but alas that's difficult to order in New England compared to the original.
 
Surely it's salt n' sauce?

What kind of sauce? Mayonnaise is standard in the Low Countries, Gravy is accepted in parts of the UK, brown sauce is fairly common elsewhere in the UK.
If you're talking about ketchup, then that foul abomination belongs nowhere near food.
 
Vinegar on chips is not really common in NZ, or at least, where I lived. I think though that you can easily get it, as there are enough UK expats that most chip shops will have it about somewhere on demand.
 
BEEF DRIPPING!

This is a must for frying chips. Sorry, veggies and vegans, but this is the only way to get that genuine artery-clogging flavour.
 
For shame!

Anyway, yes, Yorkshire does seem to be the best so far, although I've not spent a lot of time in Devon or Cornwall.

Sometimes there are small but important differences, like in NZ, you would never find a chip shop that would not freshly cook to order both the fish or chips. Whereas in London anyway, that is rare.
If you're after stuff being fried to order, stick to the byways and the little villages. In the towns, Whitby is good, but avoid the overrated 'Magpie' - I prefer Hadley's on Bridge Street. South Shields also has some good ones, including Colmans and Smith's, both on Ocean Road.

North Yorkshire, especially by the coast, and the Northumberland coast are both very good in my personal experience. Again, the little villages tend to have few enough customers to fry on demand.
 
What kind of sauce? Mayonnaise is standard in the Low Countries, Gravy is accepted in parts of the UK, brown sauce is fairly common elsewhere in the UK.
If you're talking about ketchup, then that foul abomination belongs nowhere near food.

There is only one kind of sauce - what appears to be a watery mixture of brown sauce and vinegar and is indigenous to the areas around Edinburgh. It is liberally smothered over everything

Traditionally chippies ask if you want it so quickly that those from elsewhere just assume that they are being asked if they want salt and vinegar, say yes and then are perturbed by what they receive
 
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