Fish and chips

[Jameshow]

On another site there is a discussion about the rising cost of fish and chips; since I was planning to eat fish and chips as my main meal of the day on my upcoming LeJog (off a food truck or a chippy if possible), the costs quoted are absurd, so what is the alternative, bangers and mash, or what ...?

What do people find to eat reasonably in towns and villages when cycling and on a budget these days?

Co-op meal deals are good + two Belgian buns will get me through the day.

Also get the pasty as the snack and it's another meal in itself!

I usually ride a few miles before breakfast it breaks up the day tbh.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

one of the drawbacks of touring and staying in hotels, GH's and B&B's is that breakfast is often served too late

Just how far are you riding each day? Most places will serve breakfast no later than 8am, some as early as 7am. Meaning even a 100 mile day will be finished by 6pm or so. If you truly are leaving too early, most will leave some breakfast items out for you.

 

[fossyant]

OP, you aren't thinking fish and chips each evening, surely ? I think you need to plan LeJog better and find out where you can eat. You'll pass shops etc. Camping or B&B ? Friends did Lejog a few years ago, but they planned well and ate like kings - just plan where to stop.

I've done a few off road bike packing trips with friends, and we've always planned stops, as there isn't much when you are miles from roads and towns. We were well fed. At one overnight camp stop, we knew we'd arrive after the pub finished serving food (a few hours later) so we just stopped at a Co-op and grabbed some food (sandwiches, snacks and drinks). It's not hard.

If you don't know how much fish and chips have gone up, I guess you don't but it often. We probably go once a month, but we split two fish between three and one large chips will do three of us. the price of fish has gone up, just like beef has rocketed.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

OP, you aren't thinking fish and chips each evening, surely ? I think you need to plan LeJog better batter and find out where you can eat. You'll pass shops etc. Camping or B&B ? Friends did Lejog a few years ago, but they planned well and ate like kings - just plan where to stop.

Edited for accuracy.

 

[dicko]

Fush n Chups in New Zealand is the finest we have ever tasted.

 

[dicko]

Do you order your sit down Fish n Chips, in a chip shop restaurant, like the olden days with bread and butter and mushed peas?

 

[blackrat]

I believe I have always eaten my fish and chips in the paper, either standing or walking - they used to be wrapped in newspaper and we would take used newspapers to the chip shop for them to use - and often eaten with bread and butter, but never with mushed anything - except the chips were mushey sometimes.

 

[steveindenmark]

One of the few things I miss not living in the UK is fish and chips. But it has to be local chippy, seaside fish and chips and eaten in the fresh air with fingers.

My 2 recommendations are:

Mr Chips on Wick Lane, Harwich
I went there in 2014 while collecting a motorbike to bring to Denmark. I have just checked. The chippy is still there.

Golden Haddock, Queen Street, Withernsea. East Yorkshire.
Family owned for over 35 years. But has been there much longer.

 

[Chris S]

I believe I have always eaten my fish and chips in the paper, either standing or walking - they used to be wrapped in newspaper and we would take used newspapers to the chip shop for them to use - and often eaten with bread and butter, but never with mushed anything - except the chips were mushey sometimes.

Chips served in a polystyrene container taste different. They don't stay as warm either.

 

[annedonnelly]

Chips served in a polystyrene container taste different. They don't stay as warm either.

Some places do them in cardboard boxes now.

At one time you could get them in specially printed imitation newspaper. I don't know if that still happens anywhere.

 

[FrankCrank]

Yup, I do miss my fish & chips, and a decent roast dinner, and a proper English curry.
Kebabs are way better here though, and the street food is delicious and cheap as chips, but minus the cod

 

[Ming the Merciless]

One of the few things I miss not living in the UK is fish and chips. But it has to be local chippy, seaside fish and chips and eaten in the fresh air with fingers.

My 2 recommendations are:

Mr Chips on Wick Lane, Harwich
I went there in 2014 while collecting a motorbike to bring to Denmark. I have just checked. The chippy is still there.

Golden Haddock, Queen Street, Withernsea. East Yorkshire.
Family owned for over 35 years. But has been there much longer.

Bit of a long winded LEJOG to visit those.

 

[stephec]

Chips served in a polystyrene container taste different. They don't stay as warm either.

That's one of the things that stopped me going to the chippy, once they've been in the box for a few minutes they seem to trap condensation and go soggy.

 

[briantrumpet]

Slightly different of teh topic

but over the last week or so I have found that 2 F&C shops that used to do Gluten Free no longer do

to complicated to have a separate fryer I assume

but it damn annoying!!!

There's a good one in Dawlish Warren, The Chip Thief.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

There's a good one in Dawlish Warren, The Chip Thief.

Thanks

think they might be cold by the time I drive to Widnes though!