Price of Fish & Chips - How Much?!?

Price of Fish & Chips - How Much?!?

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martt

77 posts

93 months

Saturday 14th October 2023
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Countdown said:
Slightly O/T - does anybody know of a decent chippy in the Northern Quarter / Piccadilly Gardens / Ancoats area of Manchester?

The Kingfisher on Tib Street used to be my "go to" place but that went downhill after a change of ownership and now they seemed to have closed up permanently

Thanks in advance smile
Try The Chip Shop on Piccadilly approach, just down from the station. Just recently opened

PositronicRay

27,028 posts

183 months

Saturday 14th October 2023
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We've a chip shed opening soon, how posh is that!

Countdown

39,904 posts

196 months

Saturday 14th October 2023
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martt said:
Countdown said:
Slightly O/T - does anybody know of a decent chippy in the Northern Quarter / Piccadilly Gardens / Ancoats area of Manchester?

The Kingfisher on Tib Street used to be my "go to" place but that went downhill after a change of ownership and now they seemed to have closed up permanently

Thanks in advance smile
Try The Chip Shop on Piccadilly approach, just down from the station. Just recently opened
Cheers thumbup

21TonyK

11,533 posts

209 months

Tuesday 17th October 2023
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£37 (up from £35) at TK's in Harrods...


anonymous-user

54 months

Tuesday 17th October 2023
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It is caught from day boats in Cornwall you know, no doubt with diamond tipped fishing rods.


wyson

2,075 posts

104 months

Tuesday 17th October 2023
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I’d kill for a day boat fishmonger round my way. Used to have one around the corner, the fish was way better, even if 3x the cost of the supermarkets.

sean ie3

2,009 posts

136 months

Tuesday 17th October 2023
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There is a proper fishmonger at a Thursday market not too far away and always has what you want, Brill, Turbot, monkfish, John Dori plus the usual, cures his own salmon at Xmas time, superb.

pocketspring

5,302 posts

21 months

Wednesday 18th October 2023
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What on earth is "cultured" butter? Does it appreciate fine wine and the arts?

vikingaero

10,338 posts

169 months

Wednesday 18th October 2023
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pocketspring said:
What on earth is "cultured" butter? Does it appreciate fine wine and the arts?
It means it's not your common garden council house living butter. biggrin

6 quid for some bread and butter?! Foxtrot!

Swervin_Mervin

4,452 posts

238 months

Wednesday 18th October 2023
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Why the hell would you want pease pudding with your fish and chips?

Milkyway

9,440 posts

53 months

Wednesday 18th October 2023
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theplayingmantis said:
i said they were not frozen, just evidences how much people lie, and feel the need to lie, both on a publicly available film (which is even odder) and the walter mittys on here.

i can perhaps understand why those of low self esteem may lie on here about certain aspects of their life, like the famous chap whose fictitious garage was called out amongst all the 'gushing fools', legendary thread believe maybe?

but why lie about f&c ffs! what do people get out of that! i guess the denigrating of a 'celeb' perhaps? eg those saying his nasty chips are frozen and the bloke who claimed they were charging 50 quid or whatever amount he made up...like the crab sandwich price on another thread on here...i dont get it!
£30ea for Fish, Chips & peas... but that was a few years ago now.thumbup

21TonyK

11,533 posts

209 months

Wednesday 18th October 2023
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pocketspring said:
What on earth is "cultured" butter? Does it appreciate fine wine and the arts?
It will be an in-house ferment of cream, yoghurt etc made into butter, to be fair it does actually taste nicer than packet stuff.

21TonyK

11,533 posts

209 months

Wednesday 18th October 2023
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wyson said:
I’d kill for a day boat fishmonger round my way. Used to have one around the corner, the fish was way better, even if 3x the cost of the supermarkets.
Don't place too much weight on the "day-boat" element. It's no indicator or guarantee of freshness only that in theory (and I stress theory) the fish was landed the same day it was caught which is just the start of a chain of events before it hits the shop front. It most definitely is not an indicator of handling or quality.

wyson

2,075 posts

104 months

Wednesday 18th October 2023
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21TonyK said:
Don't place too much weight on the "day-boat" element. It's no indicator or guarantee of freshness only that in theory (and I stress theory) the fish was landed the same day it was caught which is just the start of a chain of events before it hits the shop front. It most definitely is not an indicator of handling or quality.
Well my local mongers were great, always superb quality (before I moved away). He had his driven up the same day from Cornwall. He said his fish was max 3 days old from when it was taken out of the sea, usually same day. Much better than the thawed factory ship stuff sold in the supermarkets, masquerading as fresh fish, that might have been caught 3 months ago. You could really taste the difference.

Edited by wyson on Wednesday 18th October 20:19

TwigtheWonderkid

43,382 posts

150 months

Thursday 26th October 2023
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Weatherspoons today, £2.90 for small F&C with mushy peas, when bought alongside a 660ml bottle of Asahi lager (£4.66). So £7.56 for the meal and drink.

Now I know people are going to mock the fish, or the peas, or the patterned plate, but.......it's £2.90. Was it the best I've every tased, not even close. Was it fine, and an absolute steal at £2.90, definitely.


otolith

56,144 posts

204 months

Thursday 26th October 2023
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TwigtheWonderkid said:
Now I know people are going to mock the fish, or the peas, or the patterned plate
Nah. Just have a disinclination to put any pennies in Tim Martin's pocket. This time of year he can probably get enough by sitting on the pavement with a couple of kids.

soxboy

6,238 posts

219 months

Thursday 26th October 2023
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TwigtheWonderkid said:
Weatherspoons today, £2.90 for small F&C with mushy peas, when bought alongside a 660ml bottle of Asahi lager (£4.66). So £7.56 for the meal and drink.

Now I know people are going to mock the fish, or the peas, or the patterned plate, but.......it's £2.90. Was it the best I've every tased, not even close. Was it fine, and an absolute steal at £2.90, definitely.

I can’t mock the peas, they look the best bit.

Alickadoo

1,695 posts

23 months

Thursday 26th October 2023
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otolith said:
Nah. Just have a disinclination to put any pennies in Tim Martin's pocket. This time of year he can probably get enough by sitting on the pavement with a couple of kids.
Why is that?

Stan the Bat

8,926 posts

212 months

Thursday 26th October 2023
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TwigtheWonderkid said:
Weatherspoons today, £2.90 for small F&C with mushy peas, when bought alongside a 660ml bottle of Asahi lager (£4.66). So £7.56 for the meal and drink.

Now I know people are going to mock the fish, or the peas, or the patterned plate, but.......it's £2.90. Was it the best I've every tased, not even close. Was it fine, and an absolute steal at £2.90, definitely.

Looks fine to me.

Huge portions would only mean we have more fatsos on the street. burger


seyre1972

2,632 posts

143 months

Thursday 26th October 2023
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Wetherby whaler Outwood - fish chips and another fish plus a small curry sauce £14 something.