makes the top ten in the UK, bollocks is what I say cant believe none in Whitby (possibly the Magpie) got a look in.

Fish and Chips down south (well in Cambridge) are crap, FACT and they dont do scraps!

http://food.uk.msn.com/food-for/photos. ... =153998792

The Magpie is over rated and expensive.
There's one in Tynemouth which is really good but the name escapes me.......its near the castle.

They seem to have based that upon if you have a famous name or if you source cod from eco friendly stocks.

Everyone knows the Wetherby Whaler is the best chippy in the world.

I think the other chippy in Wetherby is better near the garage, think its called the fry pan.

The Frying Pan, Mr Compo. Top quality nosh.

Fish and chips are shit.

But have they always been shit or have they just got shit in the last couple of years when really they should be a lot better?

Aren't they a see you next Tuesday?

The only decent chippie I've found south of Sheffield is in Leamington (Flaming Pig). And that's because they cook to northern recipies.

Whoever judged these is clearly a southerner.

I've been to Anstruther, who got second place - they are good but not better than Whitby or plenty of other chippies in Scotland.

The best I have ever seen/smelt/tasted was from Huntly in Aberdeenshire. I also had a superb pie from a bakers in Huntly too.

i went to whitby last month, fathers day, and the que for the magpie is about 50-100 deep all day long, one day i'll que to see what all the fuss is about.

The fish all comes from the same sea, batter is all the same, oil is all the same. Its all a load of shit if you ask me.

Tree, at times you can be correct, and probs taken the wrong way, maybe on a wind up.

I'm hoping your on a wind up here.

It's obvious to anyone with half a brain cell that fish and chips is different from different fish shops.

Away man give over.

Batter isn't all the same, neither is the oil or beef dripping

You can get nicer potatoes too, which make nicer chips.

fish & chips are shiite unless accompanied by salt & vinegar

they must also come served in a scabby old newspaper and NOT a tray or plate.

I agree, but it must be nearly 20 years since Fish & Chip shops used old newspapers to wrap them up in.

i was at haggerston castle last week and they had a big sign up saying we dont do scraps, but they had a load piled up, whats the problem?

Scraps are just called batter in Seaham, fritters are called scallops and patties are called fritters.

And a big chip buttie is called a bad hand,

What the fuck is wrong with these people?

You should get there for about 11:45 when there is no queue, thats what we do when we go to Whitby, the timing is ideal because by the time the food comes out it is just after 12 which is spot on for the littleun

Yes Tree, all chip shops are of exactly the same quality.

lol and let me guess, all fisherman are cooonts too

Anyone for mushy peas ?

I got barred out of a fish and chip shop while at uni for asking for scrpas on my chips, no we cant do them for health and saftey. In my drunk state about 5 in the afternoon I kicked up a right stink and wouldnt leave till they put scraps on my chips.

The bloke said look mate we arnt putting them on your chips and your holding up the line, if I give you a fish will you fuck off.

Dwarfs, eh?

I bet he wasn't happy.....