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Yes , as with the previous commended which are even farther affield,I agree one would't drive especially ,but if one's in the area , they could be worth a try !
One would think that good simple f&c's would not be hard to find, yet they certainly are here in southern Ontario , out of dozens of such shops I can recall only one good one (and that's almost twenty miles away and surprisingly owned by a Dutchman ), and one local one of mediocrity owned by Scotch people, all of the others are awful, it's of no surprise then that f&c are nowhere near as popular here as in the uk. !
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Alan, I reckon the prices quoted on the chip shop link you posted are the "eat-in" prices - the place is a restaurant, not just a chop shop. I wouldn't pay those prices for take-out F&C.
As for newspaper, F&C shops can't give you your food in newspaper anymore - made illegal a year or two back on health and safety grounds. I wonder how we all survived to our current ages without all these health & safety rules, eh?
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Yes I should have added that Alan, the paper they are served in is grease proof with cream coloured plain wrapping paper presumably sterilised.
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Someone at work told me there's a good chippy/restaurant/pub in Mellor. Not tried it out though. I'll find out the name of it and get back.
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In Anacortes, the bowling alley restuarant always wins the "Best Fish & Chips in town" award every year. I must admit they're pretty good. The big chuckle is that when you say "I'll have fish & chips" the waitress always asks "you want fries with that?"
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Does anyone remember George Cookson at the chippy on the corner of Heaton Street & Golden Hill.Frying the chips & fish with the woodbine in his mouth.Would never be allowed today.Great food though.Them steak puddings in the solid metal thingy's were awesome.
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The best place in Preston was on London Road, next door but one to the "Greyhound" pub that fell into the street one day. The number was 123. I don't think it's still a chippy, but back in the 60's, my wife's aunt and uncle owned it. They lived over and behind the shop. There were old stable buildings in the yard where the did the prep work (peeling spuds and skinning the fish). I loved those steak and kidney puddings too, Dave.
Dick used to get license numbers for his cars that had "123" as the number. I remember a two-tone green Austin A55 that was KRN 123.
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Anyone remember Umberto's on Strand Road. It used to be open till well into the morning if not all night. Don't know if it's still there.
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All this talk about f & c brings to mind having fishcake and chips in Secunderabad (India) in the 1940`s made with coconut oil, and the egg and chip banjo also made with cocnut oil. Definitely an acquired taste.!!!!
An abomination I had in West yorkshire was chips with curry poured over, the effect was devastating but not long lasting - Phwww!!!
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Having just returned from a vacation in the uk I can confirm that Umberto's is still selling f&c, although I didn't try them !
The best f&c that I had whilst over there were at the shop in the square at Great Eccleston, their plaice was delicious !
