Little Chip Shop of Horrors

Bringthethunder

Is it just me or is the quality of food in the towns chippers lately gone down hill? Dannys, ballybricken chipper, Frydays, Robertos in Lismore park, the Istanbul they have all really let there standards drop, the only chipper in my view which is consistently good is the cleaboy chipper.

barneystinson

Bringthethunder wrote: »

Is it just me or is the quality of food in the towns chippers lately gone down hill? Dannys, ballybricken chipper, Frydays, Robertos in Lismore park, the Istanbul they have all really let there standards drop, the only chipper in my view which is consistently good is the cleaboy chipper.

Is it just me or do you eat way too much chipper food!

Bringthethunder

barneystinson wrote: »

Is it just me or do you eat way too much chipper food!

Should have said i visited those chippers over many days maybe 6 or 7....

Dicky Pride

Haha was that supposed to make it sound better?

mccarthy37

Bringthethunder wrote: »

Is it just me or is the quality of food in the towns chippers lately gone down hill? Dannys, ballybricken chipper, Frydays, Robertos in Lismore park, the Istanbul they have all really let there standards drop, the only chipper in my view which is consistently good is the cleaboy chipper.

You need to broaden your culinary tastes and take a walk up to Rue de la Mayers Walk where Johnie Walkers serve great Poisson Frites you'll never say Fish and Chips again.

Bringthethunder

mccarthy37 wrote: »

You need to broaden your culinary tastes and take a walk up to Rue de la Mayers Walk where Johnie Walkers serve great Poisson Frites you'll never say Fish and Chips again.

You know what....i think i will! Problem solved close this thread moderator sorry for wasting everyones time!

barneystinson

Bringthethunder wrote: »

Should have said i visited those chippers over many days maybe 6 or 7....

5 trips to the chipper in 6 or 7 days is pretty much the definition of way too much chipper food!!

It gives me a couple of ideas about where your username comes from...

Bringthethunder

barneystinson wrote: »

5 trips to the chipper in 6 or 7 days is pretty much the definition of way too much chipper food!!

It gives me a couple of ideas about where your username comes from...

If i went and bought spuds everyday and had them for dinner that would be ok but going to the chipper nearly every day is frowned upon? This blatant chipper racism has to stop !!

OU812

The spuds are grand. It's the dipping them in fat & then lashing salt on them thats the problem

Delicious delicious problem...

mccarthy37

Bringthethunder wrote: »

You know what....i think i will! Problem solved close this thread moderator sorry for wasting everyones time!

Only having a laugh I love Fish and Chips meself but they ain't that cheap anymore.

Bringthethunder

mccarthy37 wrote: »

Only having a laugh I love Fish and Chips meself but they ain't that cheap anymore.

I find chipper food in general is cheaper than a few years back so to maintain there profit there cutting costs with chips, oil etc hence the decline in quality IMO

TheGormog

Bringthethunder wrote: »

If i went and bought spuds everyday and had them for dinner that would be ok but going to the chipper nearly every day is frowned upon? This blatant chipper racism has to stop !!

Don't mind him, he just has a chip on his shoulder.

Bringthethunder

TheGormog wrote: »

Don't mind him, he just has a chip on his shoulder.

Are you just trying to curry favour?

mccarthy37

At least I can feel safe in the knowledge that there is no Horse meat additive in me oul bag of chips and the bit of cod.
Well I hope its cod.
Went into the drive through at McD when I was on a visit to town during the week and got a burger. Ended up st*ting like a horse all night after it.

notfromhere

mccarthy37 wrote: »

You need to broaden your culinary tastes and take a walk up to Rue de la Mayers Walk where Johnie Walkers serve great Poisson Frites you'll never say Fish and Chips again.

jonnie walkers is crap

Kxiii

mccarthy37 wrote: »

At least I can feel safe in the knowledge that there is no Horse meat additive in me oul bag of chips and the bit of cod.
Well I hope its cod.
Went into the drive through at McD when I was on a visit to town during the week and got a burger. Ended up st*ting like a horse all night after it.

You'd be lucky to get cod anywhere these days. Most of the time its any kind of white fish.

Load of ould pollocks if ask me.

mccarthy37

Kxiii wrote: »

You'd be lucky to get cod anywhere these days. Most of the time its any kind of white fish.

Load of ould pollocks if ask me.

I don't really mind so long as it comes from the sea so long as there is no foreign additive that doesn't come from the sea.

SubBusted

Bring back Delicatos.

lertsnim

mccarthy37 wrote: »

At least I can feel safe in the knowledge that there is no Horse meat additive in me oul bag of chips.

Horse meat is very tasty.

horsemaster

What do you think the problem is with, the chips or the fish? In a recent topic in this board, I heard a complain about the fish not being cod, etc.

mccarthy37

horsemaster wrote: »

What do you think the problem is with; the chips or the fish? In a recent topic in this board, I heard a complain about the fish not being cod, etc.

Your coding.

Trick of the Tail

I don't know if any chippers know how to do it properly.

Chips should be cut fresh from potatoes, not tipped out of frozen bags.

Should then be cooked in lard, not manky old oil.

Fish should be fresh, coated in batter then fried, and served. Not fried, left in the warm box then fried again when someone buys it.

And cod shoud be cod, haddock should be haddock, etc.

I don't think I've ever had a really nice fish 'n' chips in this country.

A.

AdMMM

Any of the Italian places do nice Fish and Chips. Not sure if there are many in Waterford but Dublin is full of them. You can be sure you're getting Cod from them as well (unless you ask for Haddock)

jennygirl

no one does chips cooked in Beef Dripping anymore - mmmmm, childhood memories. Was in a restaurant in Dublin a few weeks ago and they were a special side order with Bearnaise sauce! um!

ziedth

jennygirl wrote: »

no one does chips cooked in Beef Dripping anymore - mmmmm, childhood memories. Was in a restaurant in Dublin a few weeks ago and they were a special side order with Bearnaise sauce! um!

You can buy McCain ones from the freezer in big super markets. They are expensive for a small pack but if you deep fat fry them I guarantee they'll be nicer then the chips from Any chipper in town.

jad2007

I always go to the Marian ( by the mercy). You wouldnt meet nicer people. The Marian is a member of ITICA

http://www.itica.ie/

Its a association of tradtional Italian chippers. Angelo in the Marian loves to talk and told me all about how basically most of the old families are related to each other and came from the same area of Italy.

Last year ITICA paid for researchers to visit chippers and buy Cod and published the results. In the Marian you can get Cod and chips or fish and chips. fish and chips is cheaper but its haddock.

I always thought Johhny Walkers was overrated but I like the Marian and Dooleys in Tramore as well.

Trick of the Tail

jennygirl wrote: »

no one does chips cooked in Beef Dripping anymore - mmmmm, childhood memories. Was in a restaurant in Dublin a few weeks ago and they were a special side order with Bearnaise sauce! um!

I was in the UK last month, went in for the obligatory fish 'n' chips, and the guy was loading a massive block of lard into the fryer!

mmmm!

A.

Trick of the Tail

jad2007 wrote: »

I always go to the Marian ( by the mercy). You wouldnt meet nicer people. The Marian is a member of ITICA

http://www.itica.ie/

But in the amusing graphic on that site, there are warmer boxes full of pre-cooked fish!

I rest my case!

A.

Jason Todd

I heard a rumour before the weekend that Frydays was closing. Said I wouldn't put it up because it was exactly that - a rumour, but drove by there this morning and they were removing all the signage and the delivery van was there with all the graphics stripped from it.

Disappointing to see for a lot of reasons obviously, but I'm local to it and always hoped they would encourage a corner shop or something similar to move in next door.

7upfree

The best two in town:

* Humdingers - Dunmore Road side.

* The Marian - North City side.

spankysue

7upfree wrote: »

The best two in town:

* Humdingers - Dunmore Road side.

* The Marian - North City side.

The Marian is lovely but Humdingers is horrible! The last time I got chips in there, they were both burnt and soggy, how da fuq does that happen?

Also, because they have ridiculous dance music blaring any time I've been in there, they always get the order wrong, so you wait 15 minutes for the wrong order accompanied by manky chips, I'd never eat there again.

anonymous2013

If youre ever in limerick enzos is the place to go

martin12

If you want decent fish(cod) & Chips go to Manchester ffs

Speak Now

notfromhere wrote: »

jonnie walkers is crap

Carp

Speak Now

spankysue wrote: »

The Marian is lovely but Humdingers is horrible! The last time I got chips in there, they were both burnt and soggy, how da fuq does that happen?

Also, because they have ridiculous dance music blaring any time I've been in there, they always get the order wrong, so you wait 15 minutes for the wrong order accompanied by manky chips, I'd never eat there again.

Only been to Humdingers a couple of times and thought they were grand. Has something changed there recently? Didnt notice the dance music but i havent been there is a couple of months.

notfromhere

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Carp

thanks jerry so is my spelling

7upfree

spankysue wrote: »

The Marian is lovely but Humdingers is horrible! The last time I got chips in there, they were both burnt and soggy, how da fuq does that happen?

Also, because they have ridiculous dance music blaring any time I've been in there, they always get the order wrong, so you wait 15 minutes for the wrong order accompanied by manky chips, I'd never eat there again.

Must have been a one-off. They're normally spot on.

BlaasForRafa

notfromhere wrote: »

jonnie walkers is crap

No, it isn't. Walkers and Cleaboy are the best in town.

I had fish, chips and scallops from Walkers only a couple of nights ago and they were fuppin delicious.

Finnbar01

BlaasForRafa wrote: »

No, it isn't. Walkers and Cleaboy are the best in town.

I had fish, chips and scallops from Walkers only a couple of nights ago and they were fuppin delicious.

How much did it cost you?

spankysue

7upfree wrote: »

Must have been a one-off. They're normally spot on.

Nope. Every single time I've been in there it's happened. Is it so hard for them to understand that I want a chicken wrap without tomato and no vinegar on me chips?

I honestly think they just don't listen and make up their own order.

Also, the chips are terrible all the time.

I should go in there and give them all a spanking

montec

notfromhere wrote: »

jonnie walkers is crap

I don't agree, I think its quite nice actually.
Always had good food from there.

moose3844

Johnny Walkers can be hit or miss at times. Its definatly ag good as it used to be. Now the marion but the Mercy there now thats a klass chipper. Best chicken fillet burger in the town.

One of the lads had chips from ballybricken last night and i had one and i was very surprised. They were really nice.

I think we can all agree though that Dooleys is the best. Serious Onion rings out of there

montec

Waterford is a good aul place for the chips in fairness...

Speak Now

moose3844 wrote: »

Johnny Walkers can be hit or miss at times. Its definatly ag good as it used to be. Now the marion but the Mercy there now thats a klass chipper. Best chicken fillet burger in the town.

One of the lads had chips from ballybricken last night and i had one and i was very surprised. They were really nice.

I think we can all agree though that Dooleys is the best. Serious Onion rings out of there

Dooleys across from the park isn't great imo.

dzilla

I think Waterford is good for Fish and chips, the place on the quay next to spirit spa, the marion, dooleys are lovely Imo

A little thing i notice though is if u get good fish n chips it should always come in a box with wedge of lemon and tarter sauce, i know some places do this already, its a nice touch

Outside of the city osheas in Dunmore East is out if this world, they have the blackboard with the diff varieties of fish and todays catch et al.... its also so clean, its a modern day cunninghams for me, if i was the owner id b considering acquiring the premises next door and turning it into a seating area, during the summer they would clean up doing suppers, i say this because Dunmore can bepricey for food and there is def a market for people looking for affordable comfort food after a spin out from the metropolis : )

Potential-Monke

How in hell are we 3 pages in an no one has mentioned Lombard Street? Far and away the best chipper in Waterford City. Everything takes ages, so at least you know it's fresh, and the lads in there are genuinely lovely lads. Best mince taco chip i've had in Ireland. I'm actually going to get them right now!

nkay1985

Potential-Monke wrote: »

How in hell are we 3 pages in an no one has mentioned Lombard Street? Far and away the best chipper in Waterford City. Everything takes ages, so at least you know it's fresh, and the lads in there are genuinely lovely lads. Best mince taco chip i've had in Ireland. I'm actually going to get them right now!

It does take forever though. They're nice alright but you wouldn't want to be hungry going there!

Someone said that the don't rate Dooley's by the park. I have to say I think it's the same as the one in Tramore. Their chicken is pretty tasty.

notfromhere

taco chip has to be danny,s

markfinn

Dammit people, I'm 5,000 miles from the nearest chipper and dyin for a bit of decent grub! What are you doin to me?

Creamsoda

notfromhere wrote: »

taco chip has to be danny,s

I wouldn't even count Danny's taco chip as a taco chip. The mince usually has barely any flavour and they don't even use proper taco sauce. Even a bad taco from Lombard is better than any other taco I've had in Waterford.

moose3844

Andys beside the forum do a serious taco chip. They do it either with mince or with cheese and bacon. There serious tack...