Fish and Chip/Chinese Takeaway fusion...

[XmisterIS]

I do love a battered sausage, me ...

(careful, Fnarr!)

 

[beanzontoast]

+1 on the chips from the Chinese takeaway. One of my favourite meals from our Chinese takeaway isn't actually Chinese at all, but roast chicken in gravy with chips. They make it to perfection and the chips are really top notch.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

That's generally been my experience - and the opposite to some people earlier. Chinese take-aways tend to have the oil hotter, they change it more often, and their chips tend to be lighter and crispier as a result.

Oil? Nooooo ... the only thing to use for frying fish and chips is beef dripping.

 

[gavintc]

The one thing that really makes me shudder is gravy and chips.

The Canadians have a thing for gravy and cheese curd mixed and then served over chips; poutine. It is actually nicer than it sounds, but my kids would not touch it when we lived there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poutine

 

[darkstar]

Hmm well it seems that it's a mixed bag, the one other member from Liverpool has agreed that the standard is pretty low, so maybe it depends on location... Cheers Bobg, I'll be sure to look out for the Harry Ramsdems

 

[upsidedown]

Won't be eating any of those Chinese chips. I want my chips battered and cooked in beef dripping as RT says until they're bright orange then served with faggots and mushy peas.

Always wondered what a Chinese take away omelette's like though.

 

[guitarpete247]

Can't get on with Harry Ramsden's but do like seaside fish and chips. Audrey's in Bridlington, the Magpie in Whitby are two of the best. At the Magpie you can smell the sea that the fish came from and probably see the boat they were caught by.
Went to Padstow a couple of years ago to Rick Stein's chippy, they were good but I still prefered the Magpie.

 

[darkstar]

Went to Padstow a couple of years ago to Rick Stein's chippy, they were good but I still prefered the Magpie.

When you head to 'Padstein', walk 5 minutes away from Steins chippy, half the price and just as nice (and bigger portions)

 

[yello]

Late on this thread but, yes, fairly common place ime. I'd even go so far as to say you want to avoid a chippy for chips (certainly in London anyway) and, again ime, the best chips are from somewhere that sells other stuff - be it kebab or Chinese.

But, actually, chips are one of those things that I'm not really a fan of. I can have a craving for chips, get halfway through my purchase and remember that I don't really like them. Mars bars too... au natural that is, never tried them Glasgow chippie style.

 

[Archie_tect]

Ah Chinese Takeaway Fish and Chips.... the smell of over-heated oil in the air- the translucent flaccid, greasy chips, accompanied by the 1/2 inch thick oil soaked batter parcel, on still wet, grey fish.

Not a fan of fusion aka imitation F+C shops.

But then in the NE we have some fantastic traditional fish and chip shops,and some excellent Chinese takeaways.... it's just a matter of being discerning.

 

[XmisterIS]

Won't be eating any of those Chinese chips. I want my chips battered and cooked in beef dripping as RT says until they're bright orange then served with faggots and mushy peas.

Always wondered what a Chinese take away omelette's like though.

When I was a student (the first time round, at the Uni of Birmingham), I remember we all got Chinese takeaway on the Bristol Rd. One of my mates was horribly drunk and when we got home, he sat in the corner, poking at the omlette he'd ordered, repeatedly saying, "dush ... dyush ... d ... dush anyone want the Engliscshchsh bit? I don like it ... 'ssss nasty!". He then vomited all over "the English bit", collapsed forwards and pissed himself.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Can't get on with Harry Ramsden's but do like seaside fish and chips. Audrey's in Bridlington, the Magpie in Whitby are two of the best. At the Magpie you can smell the sea that the fish came from and probably see the boat they were caught by.

Nowhere - and I mean nowhere - does fish and chips better than Yorkshire.

 

[dan_bo]

The one thing that really makes me shudder is gravy and chips.

I always knew there was something wrong with you.

 

[dan_bo]

Nowhere - and I mean nowhere - does fish and chips better than Yorkshire.

Never been to fleetwood then?

 

[cisamcgu]

I found the same when I moved up from London to Liverpool here in the 90s.

1. Chips and Gravy ... yuk ... however No4 son who was born here is astonished at the looks he gets when he asks for gravy on his chps now he's at uni in Stafford
1. The huge amount of salt that's automatically sprinkled
3. The enormous portions
4. The lack of pickled onions or "whally's"
5. There was a branch of Harry Ramsdens near Queens Dock, that was excellent but I've not been there for afew years now... try that maybe..
6. Fish becomes unidentifiable.... ask for cod and you get "fish", ask for plaice and you get "fish" etc. Its become catchphrase in our house " "you wa.. fi.."

Oh, and you cant get the chinese dish without chips or rice or half and half. I persisted once and was told that I could have it on its own but I'd have to pay for the chips/rice ...

Bob ... try Mike's chippy at the end of Myers Road East ... best fish and chips on the planet