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Fish and Chips in London
Forty years ago when I lived in London, I was poor, and I have fond
memories of spending my last few shillings for hot, tasty fish and chips, sprinkled with vinegar and salt, and served in a newspaper. Do such simple, old-fashioned fish-and-chips stalls still exist, and if so, were are the good ones? I will be returning to London this summer, and staying in Russell Square. |
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wrote in message ups.com... Forty years ago when I lived in London, I was poor, and I have fond memories of spending my last few shillings for hot, tasty fish and chips, sprinkled with vinegar and salt, and served in a newspaper. Do such simple, old-fashioned fish-and-chips stalls still exist, and if so, were are the good ones? I will be returning to London this summer, and staying in Russell Square. They aren't served in newspaper any more,, health regulations and all that. But otherwise you can find fish and chip shops throughout the entire UK. Except at Harry Ramsdens ;-) |
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wrote in message ups.com... Forty years ago when I lived in London, I was poor, and I have fond memories of spending my last few shillings for hot, tasty fish and chips, sprinkled with vinegar and salt, and served in a newspaper. Do such simple, old-fashioned fish-and-chips stalls still exist, and if so, were are the good ones? Look for ones where you have to wait for the fish to be fried for you. The quality is always better than at places where the fish is left on a hot shelf, waiting for customers to come in. However, these days, they come in food grade paper, rather than newspaper, and you need to check that the vinegar is not 'non-brewed condiment' instead. Colin Bignell |
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"Forty years ago when I lived in London, I was poor, and I have fond
memories of spending my last few shillings for hot, tasty fish and chips, sprinkled with vinegar and salt, and served in a newspaper. Do such simple, old-fashioned fish-and-chips stalls still exist, and if so, were are the good ones? I will be returning to London this summer, and staying in Russell Square" Pubs are your best bet for fish and chips. These neighborhood chip shops tend to serve really greasy, low-quality stuff. |
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"Neighbourhood chip shops are your best bet for fish and chips. Pubs
tend to serve dry, low-quality stuff." That wasn't my experience. Just avoid chain pubs and pubs in tourist areas. |
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Mark:
Except at Harry Ramsdens ;-) Not entirely fair - Harry Ramsden's in Inverness was judged best chippy in Scotland not long ago. I have eaten in some of the ones it narrowly beat, and if it's better than them, I'm impressed. |
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