Italian-style chipper in Cork?

corkgsxr · 15-09-2019 12:39pm

Chipmonger has about the nicest chips in Cork.

Dinos and lenoxes after that.

Anyone else meh

TheQuietBeatle · 15-09-2019 4:59pm

Lennox's in Middleton are very good also, voted best chipper on Ireland last year (not related to Jackie Lennox from what I've heard).

yuridwyer · 15-09-2019 5:44pm

the beer revolu wrote: »

Looney's in Blackpool does a good and cheap battered sausage. I really like their chips, too.

I'm not sure what you mean by a "proper" battered sausage, though. What do you look for in a bs?

Batter that doesn't crack when you bite into it.

sporina · 15-09-2019 7:45pm

Tasty Snacks in Churchfield do fab chips apparently

rob316 · 15-09-2019 9:08pm

O Reilly's food truck on the straight road is for me the best.

sporina · 16-09-2019 8:50am

I use to live in Drumcondra in Dublin - Fortes chips on Dorset street were (and still, are I believe) class.. proper italian style chips.. cut in-house from real potatoes..
Can't get anything like them here in Cork..
Murphy's are not the same - v greasy

Mardyke · 16-09-2019 4:59pm

"Italian style chips" is a funny one, considering chips aren't a thing in Italy at all.

Still not sure what the difference is...

[Deleted User] · 16-09-2019 5:11pm

I live in Leinster but am from Cork.
Dublin Italian style chippers are IMO utter crap, the food is rank. Not a patch on Lennox's etc.

the beer revolu · 16-09-2019 5:22pm

Mardyke wrote: »

Still not sure what the difference is...

Even the Italian person from an Italian chipper family couldn't explain the difference.

To be honest, I don't think there is any.

Good chippers, bad chippers, Italian run chippers and Irish run chippers. I don't think there is a particular connection.

[Deleted User] · 16-09-2019 5:36pm

the beer revolu wrote: »

........... I don't think there is a particular connection.

Potatoe pies seem to be a Cork thing.

Seathrun66 · 16-09-2019 5:40pm

RINO87 wrote: »

Yeah I grew up in the midlands where all of the chippers were Italian, the whole way up to dublin.... go west or south tho and they didnt really exist!

The ones in the Midlands and dublin all seem to have amalgamated and homogenized under the "Romayo's" brand. You do still find the odd "real" chipper about the place too though - Angelo's in Banagher Co. Offaly is a fine example.

Closest to these that I've found in Cork is Murphys in Blackpool.

Not exactly true. Cafollas in Ballina & Castlebar are authentic and have been running for 5/6 decades. Ballina one was opened in 1967 by the Orlandi & Cafolla families and has been in Italian ownership ever since. Good chips too.

sporina · 16-09-2019 9:24pm

Seathrun66 wrote: »

Not exactly true. Cafollas in Ballina & Castlebar are authentic and have been running for 5/6 decades. Ballina one was opened in 1967 by the Orlandi & Cafolla families and has been in Italian ownership ever since. Good chips too.

Speaking of Mayo, Danollas in Westport is class too..

RINO87 · 17-09-2019 4:27pm

^^For fish yes, I don't think Murphys even do fresh fish, only square "cod". For chips and other assorted deep fried/battered/southern fried/messy goodness Murphys wins.

RINO87 · 21-09-2019 4:33pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

I’ve never had square COD from murphys, I haven’t been in a while but it was always decent fish and chips

You're right, we treated ourselves to Murphy's last night, love big lump of fresh haddock, perfect batter and a battered sausage to wash it all down!! By jaysus their chips are unreal!!

Ludo · 21-09-2019 9:39pm

Where exactly is O'Reillys in Bishopstown? Is it actually in the petrol station?

Ludo · 21-09-2019 10:13pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

I googled that for you

https://www.oreillysfishandchips.com/about-1/

Thanks...I'm new to this whole internet thing.

bot43 · 22-09-2019 7:25pm

Was in Douglas last night so said I’d try the mythical King Creole from KCs. Absolute meh. The chips smelled funny too. Not impressed.

zilog_jones · 24-09-2019 2:59pm

I never really saw the appeal of the King Creole, probably because I'm not really a fan of mayonnaise. But they have so many other nice things on their menu that no other chippers do.

My experience of their chips isn't great either, I'd go for a potato cake instead.

Esho · 30-09-2019 12:24pm

The Golden Fry on the Ballinlough Road - lovely chips that they cut themselves.

The best burger we've ever had from a takeaway, and I saw they do a proper fish dinner on a paper plate, with a a choice of fish and peas.

they also do potato pies - first one I ate, very nice indeed

RINO87 · 21-07-2020 12:25pm

Resurrecting this as I have a confession to make -

For a long time I had assumed C.F. Lennoxes was the same as the dodgy, crap, frozen chip Lennoxes that are on McCurtain St. and Ballincollig.

How wrong I was - Had a C.F. Lennoxes from Tory Top Road on Sunday after a day at the beach - Holy God the Chips were amazing. I'm starving just thinking about them, proper beef dripping fresh chips, and loads of them too. On a par with Murphy's.

Esho · 21-07-2020 12:42pm

Great to know! I'll check them out.
The one on McCurtain street was the worst bag of chips I've ever eaten ever- how did they manage to extract the flavour from them?

After nearly a year in Cork, Dinos chips wins hands down for me.

the beer revolu · 21-07-2020 12:44pm

RINO87 wrote: »

For a long time I had assumed C.F. Lennoxes was the same as the dodgy, crap, frozen chip Lennoxes that are on McCurtain St. and Ballincollig.

I've brought this up before and I can't get to the bottom of it.

I've had chips from Lennox's, McCurtain Street maybe 4 times over the last 4 or 5 years and every time they were fresh cut, "proper" chips. Each time I commented on how good the chips were - cooked properly - not the flaccid, pale chips that so many Irish chippers dish out. Really good quality. I know the difference between fresh cut and frozen chips.

What I can't understand is why more than one poster here has mentioned the crap, frozen chips from Lennox's McCurtain Street.

Do they change their chips regularly and I've always been lucky and been there when they have fresh cut chips?? Not very likely.

To be honest, the only explanation I can come up with is a xenophobic/racist bias because the operators appear to be from the Middle East.

I'd love for someone who has never been there before and who knows about food to go there, order chips and report back.

[Deleted User] · 21-07-2020 1:02pm

the beer revolu wrote: »

..........
I've had chips from Lennox's, McCurtain Street maybe 4 times over the last 4 or 5 years and every time they were fresh cut, "proper" chips. Each time I commented on how good the chips were - cooked properly - not the flaccid, pale chips that so many Irish chippers dish out. Really good quality. I know the difference between fresh cut and frozen chips......................

I'd love for someone who has never been there before and who knows about food to go there, order chips and report back.

I'd agree with you.
I imagine folk say it's sh1te is because it's common enough knowledge that CF Lennox just "sold" the name to the folk who operate that shop.

It's been a few years since I've had grub from McCurtain Street "Lennox" but the chips aren't "dodgy, crap, frozen chip Lennoxes that are on McCurtain St. and Ballincollig"

PreCocious · 21-07-2020 1:30pm

the beer revolu wrote: »

I've brought this up before and I can't get to the bottom of it.

I've had chips from Lennox's, McCurtain Street maybe 4 times over the last 4 or 5 years and every time they were fresh cut, "proper" chips. Each time I commented on how good the chips were - cooked properly - not the flaccid, pale chips that so many Irish chippers dish out. Really good quality. I know the difference between fresh cut and frozen chips.

What I can't understand is why more than one poster here has mentioned the crap, frozen chips from Lennox's McCurtain Street.

Do they change their chips regularly and I've always been lucky and been there when they have fresh cut chips?? Not very likely.

To be honest, the only explanation I can come up with is a xenophobic/racist bias because the operators appear to be from the Middle East.

I'd love for someone who has never been there before and who knows about food to go there, order chips and report back.

I've had chips there just the once. They were crap. Really disappointing especially with the name over the door which suggested a higher quality of chip than most places.

It wasn't Xenophobia - I don't have a thing that only Cork people can cook chips (the Russian ladies in Denny's do a decent chip) - it was just poor quality.

the beer revolu · 21-07-2020 1:32pm

PreCocious wrote: »

I've had chips there just the once. They were crap. Really disappointing especially with the name over the door which suggested a higher quality of chip than most places.

It wasn't Xenophobia - I don't have a thing that only Cork people can cook chips (the Russian ladies in Denny's do a decent chip) - it was just poor quality.

I just can't get my head around why I have such a different experience to this chipper than others. I'm genuinely puzzled.
How were the chips crap?

DuffleBag · 21-07-2020 1:42pm

https://lovin.ie/amp/news/feature/this-is-where-to-get-the-best-bag-of-chips-in-every-county-in-ireland

Cork – Sorrento
Midleton Street, Cobh
AHHH, you thought we were going to say Lennox's, didn't you?
People appeal for Sorrento's number so frequently in Facebook groups that they screenshotted one comment and put it on the side of their delivery van.
Gas.
And their chips are gorge.

the beer revolu · 21-07-2020 1:46pm

DuffleBag wrote: »

https://lovin.ie/amp/news/feature/this-is-where-to-get-the-best-bag-of-chips-in-every-county-in-ireland

Cork – Sorrento
Midleton Street, Cobh
AHHH, you thought we were going to say Lennox's, didn't you?
People appeal for Sorrento's number so frequently in Facebook groups that they screenshotted one comment and put it on the side of their delivery van.
Gas.
And their chips are gorge.

That article also says that Supermacs have the best chips in Galway.
Not so sure I trust a word of that article.

[Deleted User] · 21-07-2020 1:50pm

........ you could argue Cobh isn't Cork anyway :pac:

RINO87 · 21-07-2020 1:51pm

the beer revolu wrote: »

To be honest, the only explanation I can come up with is a xenophobic/racist bias because the operators appear to be from the Middle East.

I really don't know what to say to this... what nonsense. Fair enough we can disagree about trivial items such as chips, but to say there's a racial bias to liking one chipper over another? Really?!

For what its worth I have not had chips from McCurtain st in over two years after being burned twice - both times with friends who were down in cork visiting and still slag me over it - We had a Supermacs knock off back home, and they compare it to that. Perhaps they have improved.

the beer revolu · 21-07-2020 1:57pm

RINO87 wrote: »

I really don't know what to say to this... what nonsense. Fair enough we can disagree about trivial items such as chips, but to say there's a racial bias to liking one chipper over another? Really?!

For what its worth I have not had chips from McCurtain st in over two years after being burned twice - both times with friends who were down in cork visiting and still slag me over it - We had a Supermacs knock off back home, and they compare it to that. Perhaps they have improved.

But people aren't just expressing an opinion on whether or not they like the chips. More than one person (not just on this thread) claimed that they serve frozen chips, while, in my experience, this just isn't true.
I'm trying to figure out why.
There is an obvious bias against this chipper.
I'm simply looking at reasons why this might be.

Italian-style chipper in Cork?

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