Chippers with a good reputation

Daegerty · 05-05-2011 01:37PM #1

What is it with these places, everyone goes on about how such and such a place is supposed to have the best chips within a 100 mile radius, and all these famous people go there to get chips and it's the best place ever.

Then when I go there I get served a bag full of greasy spud-like substance that is more like soggy mash with a couple of dried out ould things in there vaguely resembling a chip. and everyone else who is there also gets the same sh1te as me

Then I go into some cheap ould place that is known for serving roadkill and order some chips and they turn out to be great, now the rest of the food they serve is probably sh1te but the chips are great.

do most people prefer their chips soggy, with too much grease and a few chips that have been left dry overnight thrown in?

landsleaving · 05-05-2011 01:40PM

Famous people don't eat chipper chips. You've been lied to.

Big Nasty · 05-05-2011 01:41PM

http://www.itica.ie/

ScumLord · 05-05-2011 01:41PM

Maybe you've just become accustomed to cheap frozen chips.

FatherLen · 05-05-2011 01:41PM

never had burdocks then?

DrumSteve · 05-05-2011 01:45PM

McDonalds chips FTW

Even when they are cold they are moreish... Like heroin.

FatherLen · 05-05-2011 01:46PM

DrumSteve wrote: »

McDonalds chips FTW

Even when they are cold they are moreish... Like heroin.

nah i prefer my heroin warm.

themadchef · 05-05-2011 01:47PM

Chips, lol, dont go there, it's a Minefield.

Advice of the day: You should see your chips being cooked in front of you in a chipper.

Chips should be: Spud, chop, blanch, fry, serve. There are loads of "fúck with me" stages along that chain that makes for an inferiour end product. Good places tend to stay open though, so ive no idea how their chips can be so bad, and they stay so busy.

kfallon · 05-05-2011 01:52PM

Can't bate a good Chicken Fillet Burger and then a bag of chips and a battered sausage covered in 'sore finger'!

Rds1989 · 05-05-2011 04:51PM

If you are on about burdocks i sorta agree it wasnt as good as its meant to be, LOADS of chips though

AnonoBoy · 05-05-2011 04:52PM

McDonagh's in Galway.

bijapos · 05-05-2011 04:55PM

Burdocks? Overpriced imo.

Give me Donkey Fords chipper in Limerick, no nonsense food, best chipper in the country imo.

Mr Benevolent · 05-05-2011 04:56PM

Macari's in Belmayne. Lovely.

latenia · 05-05-2011 04:58PM

FatherLen wrote: »

never had burdocks then?

Burdocks is the biggest scam going. They serve second-rate, poorly wrapped, overly greasy chipper food that somehow makes it into every guide book because it's been there a long time and has lots of celebrity names on the wall outside. The worst is the idiots queing down the street outside when there's about 10 better places within 5 minutes walk.

Paparazzo · 05-05-2011 05:01PM

Everyone thinks their local chipper is the best. Quarter pounders from any chipper is one of the worst foods known to man. Soggy lettuce so it looks like boiled cabbage with a ton of mayo. Gross

hidinginthebush · 05-05-2011 05:02PM

MCMLXXV wrote: »

http://www.itica.ie/

Man I am seriously hungry now!

Gummy Panda · 05-05-2011 05:06PM

I prefer Thai then chipper

CHealy · 05-05-2011 05:10PM

KC's, Douglas, Cork has an unbelievable reputation, and well deserved too. The crowds that would be coming out the door is something else. Iv even heard of Norries coming down for a taste.

entropi · 05-05-2011 05:11PM

MCMLXXV wrote: »

http://www.itica.ie/

My local is part of that, best chips I've tasted in Dublin, that's for sure!

Morelli's on Thomas St.

FatherLen wrote: »

never had burdocks then?

Burdocks used to be good many many years ago, back when they used gas cookers and a different type of oil. These days its just a stop off for tourists and people passing by Christchurch.

Best I've had outside Dublin? Lennox's in Cork, somewhere near College Road...place always has customers inside it.

fee fi fo fum · 05-05-2011 05:22PM

Ninos in Templemore , nomnom , it's been a while though, dunno if it's still there

rainbowdrop · 05-05-2011 05:27PM

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

Did they get good again? They had awful chips for a while.

I had fish and chips there a few months ago (Macdonaghs in Galway) and they were savage...... Best I've had in Ireland.

No-where does chips as good as the ones you get at the seaside in the North of England though. No-where!!

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Paparazzo · 05-05-2011 05:39PM

rainbowdrop wrote: »

No-where does chips as good as the ones you get at the seaside in the North of England though. No-where!!

:pac:nom:pac:nom:pac:nom

Fish in northern England is a far higher standard than here too imho

rainbowdrop · 05-05-2011 05:49PM

Paparazzo wrote: »

Fish in northern England is a far higher standard than here too imho

Yep, I grew up 20miles from Grimsby and worked in a chipper. The fish man would deliver the fish into the shop at 11am every morning and it was as fresh as fresh could be. It would have been caught within the previous 24hours, sold at the fish market at 4am-6am and be in our fridges by 11.30am at the latest..... Bit of batter: Lovely:P

Most seaside's here only sell frozen stuff. Then again, Fish n Chips is one of the national dishes in England. They are crap at doing proper Bacon and Cabbage and Stew though!

Badgermonkey · 05-05-2011 05:50PM

Burdocks were always over-hyped and served soggy, greasy fare imo.

Haven't partaken in a long while but Liberos Deansgrange or Borza Dalkey rarely disappointed.

Milky Moo · 05-05-2011 05:51PM

Leo Burdocks has a reputation they don't deserve, either they have slipped recently or it's an emperors new clothes thing.

Best chippers is Larkins in Kilkenny, everytime I am home I stuff my face with it. They've handcut fresh chips everyday!

I think there needs to be a distinction made between chippers and places like Jo Burger and The counter as they are restaurants...damn tasty restaurants!

It's amazing not everyone has a strong opinion on Politics, Relgion, Art etc but bring up chips and everyone has an opinion

unclejunior · 05-05-2011 05:52PM

enzo's on parnell street

Kevin Duffy · 05-05-2011 06:02PM

I lived in Glasgow for a while - great city - and the sterotyped, near mythical things you can get in chippers are all there, deep fried mars bars and deep fried pizza slices among them. Hardy stuff. I'd say if you want to dispose of an incovenient corpse in Glagow you just drop it off at a chipper and they'll deep fry and distribute it for you.

Anyway, best chippers for me are Dino's in Terenure, for the food and the immortalisation in song, Dionysus in London for the same reasons. I'll buy chips for the first person that can name both songs.

Badgermonkey · 05-05-2011 06:02PM

Milky Moo wrote: »

Best chippers is Larkins in Kilkenny,

Only visited once, chips were horrible, burger like pedigree chum and the place was grotty.

Joes in Irishtown kicked its ass imo, bag of chips the weight of your own head and they were crisp etc.

Subjective topic if ever there was one though.

Paparazzo · 05-05-2011 06:05PM

Does anywhere still use lard to cook their chips?

ElleEm · 05-05-2011 06:08PM

Cafe Caira at the top if the pier in Howth, Dublin serve amazing fish and chips!

kowloon · 05-05-2011 06:10PM

Chippers in the South of England aren't great, at least the ones I've tried so far. The kebab places, however, are the worst, Abrakebabra is gourmet by comparison.

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