steven096 Posted September 22, 2007 Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 i thought dis wid b an interestin topic, n naebody seems tae o made een dit i kin fin so here goes! public opinion, wit do u tink is da best chipshop in shetland? weel lerwick n scalloway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlady Posted September 22, 2007 Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 We prefer the Happy Haddock as a toon chippy Cause the fish is huge an well cooked and the chips 9 times out o 10 are brill.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 I always used to think the Fort was best, Haddock as second choice, but not been in either, or the rest for a bit, so it's a kinda dated opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valhalla Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Defo the Fort, Never had a bad supper from them yet. Going to show my age here now, but does anybody remember a chip van that was run by a father and son. I'm sure they were Italian. The van used to sit opposite John Leask and son before the zebra crossing was there! They were the best chips etc ever! I found out that they used to cook everything in dripping! No wonder it taste so good! Not so good for the old arteries though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven096 Posted September 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 hmm no i canna>? personal choice though, i have to say happy haddock. I had some chips fae da fort da ider day, must of been a bad batch . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 the fort, in my opinion is unbeatable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khitajrah Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Happy Haddock.. for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Going to show my age here now, but does anybody remember a chip van that was run by a father and son. I'm sure they were Italian. The van used to sit opposite John Leask and son before the zebra crossing was there! They were the best chips etc ever! I found out that they used to cook everything in dripping! No wonder it taste so good! Was that the guy with the light blue diesel Commer van, around 77/78, or somebody else after? There were a couple who where around with a white Commer with a red roof by around '79 that sorta replaced the guy with the blue one. I think they eventually sold it to someone local who kept it on it to the 80's. Can't mind if the later couple with the white van did chips or not, but they definitely did a mean burger with onion roll. Many was the denner time feed had there during my AHS days. The guy with the blue van did his chips in fat rather than oil I do mind, they were okay, had some good feeds from there, but a few not so good ones too. I'm an awkward beggar who actually prefers my chips in oil, and the tatties he used sometimes were far for good quality, which didn't help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valhalla Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Was that the guy with the light blue diesel Commer van, around 77/78, or somebody else after I think it was light blue right enough! 77/78 was even earlier than I mind!! I thought that they were there early eighties! Mabey after a visit or two from the Thule made them taste so good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 ^^^ I can't mind exactly how long that van was on the go, it could well have lasted in to the 80's, I wasn't in the toon so much by then, so wasn't keeping up with things so well. Charlie Fordyce was involved with it I'm reasonably sure, I don't mind whether he started it up before/during the time he had what's now the Happy Haddock, after Florrie Gair sold it, and then the other guy bought it off him. Or if it was the other way round, and he bought it off the guy who started it up. I mind it starting up anyway, around '77, and it going through ownership/management changes during it's early days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencey7 Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 The Fort, hands down. On a tangent, I'm amazed Ian's chippy is still in business - Their chips are horrendous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances144 Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Happy Haddock fish can be overcooked sometimes and the chips have a funny after-taste. Ian's is terrible but their whitebait were fantastic on the rare opportunity they had 'em in. The Fort is not too bad but the chips can sometimes have a funny taste. I think, all in all, the best is the Happy Haddock, though the Scalloway Chippie used to be brilliant - 6 years ago. My partner is a decorator and he is the chip expert when he is working in Lerwick - so far, HH is the winner!!! Fx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellsbells Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 definately the fort, i'm slimming at the moment and i was droolin goin past there on friday i loooove the fish,chips,crabsticks,prawns and everything else out o there!!! omg what a thing to be thinkin of on a sunday night in the country. still even in the toon the chippie's are shut tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassermaet Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Fort, hands doon - altho it is run by relations o mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarotangel Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 Fort for me will be heading there when we get there at Christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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