Right, I'm off to the fish'n'chip shop

[expat]

Yes, exactly.


I do miss steak puddings. The thing about Europe is they just dont do meat-filled pies.

Marks & Spencer in Paris once sold steak and kidney pies. They called them "ragoût de boeuf et rognons en croûte", which didn't sound quite the same.

[pzz76077]

Sadly true, although I have found a place that does savoury veggie stuff in pastry.

In France you only get sweet stuff in pastry. Well, they do a reasonable quiche and some cracking good sandwiches, not to mention les Hot Dogs - those are worth buying simply for the laughs as some young fille française tries to insert a wobbly sausage into the baguette

This place is worth a visit if you are traveling in Europe and have a sudden desire for English fish and chips. http://digg.com/food_drink/Vienna_s_...est_Fish_chips

Also this place can ship Frey Bentos meat filled pies anywhere in the world and a few other similar things as well http://www.xpatshop.co.uk/ I believe.

Still not got used to telling Euro takeaways to not to put mayonnaise all over my chips. Some guy in Amsterdam was quite offended when I left it too late recently.

PZZ

[The Lone Gunman]

Ah, but don't you live near the sea? More of an east coast visitor myself, but a seaside chippy takes some beating.

I live on the West coast. Morecambe bay. With a following wind I could piss in the sea from my bedroom. Maybe that is a slight exageration, more like I could hit a tennis ball into the sea from my front garden but it would have to clear the house opposite.

My local chippie was declared best chippie in England by no lesser mortal than Gary Rhodes who had stopped off there on his way to the IOM TT. (though he might say that about them all).

[AlfredJPruffock]

This place is worth a visit if you are traveling in Europe and have a sudden desire for English fish and chips. http://digg.com/food_drink/Vienna_s_...est_Fish_chips

Also this place can ship Frey Bentos meat filled pies anywhere in the world and a few other similar things as well http://www.xpatshop.co.uk/ I believe.

Still not got used to telling Euro takeaways to not to put mayonnaise all over my chips. Some guy in Amsterdam was quite offended when I left it too late recently.

PZZ

They do not give you Mayo by default - it costs extra - unless of course you nodded glibly when he asked you in Dutch if you wanted Mayo.

PS I prefer currysauce from the Dutch takeaways

PPS Best chippie in Scotland is located in Brassie near Troon

[pzz76077]

They do not give you Mayo by default - it costs extra - unless of course you nodded glibly when he asked you in Dutch if you wanted Mayo.

PS I prefer currysauce from the Dutch takeaways

This guy did, he plastered the dam stuff all over before I could stop him.

PZZ

[minestrone]

PPS Best chippie in Scotland is located in Brassie near Troon

*cough* The Anstruther Fish Bar. *cough*

[TykeMerc]

Let's face it there are plenty of cracking Fish and Chip shops in the UK, admittedly they're outnumbered about 3:1 by crappy ones, but you can find at least 1 good one in most UK towns.
Unlike McNoxious and Kentrucky Fried Rat they have their own local specialities too which can be great.

[portseven]

My local chippie was declared best chippie in England by no lesser mortal than Gary Rhodes who had stopped off there on his way to the IOM TT. (though he might say that about them all).

What was the chippy? I know Morecambe reasonably well, and used to work in a chippy up in Bare Lane

[BlackenedBiker]

Was out on a rare night out in Nottingham (my local large town) on Saturday.

We actually got stopped by 3 bouncers on the door of the KFC-clone that we were trying to get into.

They said it was a one-in one-out policy. LOL WTF

Now you don't get that at your local chippie, unless your a scouse.

[The Lone Gunman]

What was the chippy? I know Morecambe reasonably well, and used to work in a chippy up in Bare Lane

Atkinsons. It has changed hands a number of times since, but is still decent.

Did you drink in the Dog?