steven096 Posted October 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 far i ken Scalloway Does Them. Donno aboot da toon chip shops tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roachmill Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 ^^Ta for that. Will take a spin out there next time me guts feel up to the task Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooks Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 I seem to remember Da Fort doing them at one point (deep fried mars bars). Real onion rings are a lot better than the frozen stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambie Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 Yum! Deep fried Mars Bars are the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twerto Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 I went for a sit in chippy and the fort today.. and I have to say it no as great as a takeaway.. portions were smaller and service was unfriendly to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickB Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Just bought a haddock supper with 2 crab sticks from the fort. Cost me five pound exactly. It may be better than some but that doesnt excuse the prices! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Styles Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 I find da fort a bit over rated. I find all the chippies a total hit or miss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Just bought a haddock supper with 2 crab sticks from the fort. Cost me five pound exactly. It may be better than some but that doesnt excuse the prices! Just got back from Orkney. Haddock supper with a large portion of chips (not asked for, it's the way it came), 2 bread rolls & a small bottle of juice. Enough for two for £4.65Pretty decent quality AND the staff were pleasant and quite 'chatty'.. By contrast, I find the local chippies offer a very indifferent 'couldn't care less' type of service, are overpriced (given the size of portion) and the quality of the food on offer varies wildly. As an aside..Has anyone else noticed that the Fort chippie has a label on the salt and vinegar dispensers telling customers not to handle them as they spread bacteriaI find it quite amusing as the staff seem quite happy handling your fish etc. with their bare hands..The batter is kept in an open bowl and just about everything fried in batter is dunked in it first.The chips are kept in a large open plastic bucket.The staff do not wear any hair covering. I am NOT saying that the Fort chippie is unhygenic. (Quite the opposite is true, I ALWAYS find it is clean and well kept). Just pointing out a pretty dumb restriction on using what is, effectively, a sealed container. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooks Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Not really. If the customers touch the salt and vinegar containers and then the staff touch them whilst handling food it will spread germs. If the staff make sure that they wash their hands frequently then they shouldn't be passing any nasty germs onto the containers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 What about Glynn's tasty takeaway? That used to be ace, although I think he closed it about 10 years ago... Ian's is getting a bit of a slagging, but I always quite liked it. Fort is alright, followed by the happy haddock, although I'll wager that being captured, sold, skinned, gutted, battered, deep-fried and then consumed is unlikely to make even the most up-beat fish particularly happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkinlang Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 I mind on a peerie auld wife wi a reddish/mauve berret servin chips for trippince oot o a hatch at da corner o da cross.Da queue wiz across da rod tae Andersons shop at denner time...dat wis da best ..noo it haes tae be da fort and Jim Manson... double helpings sometimes too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogling Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 Does anybody ken- do the Happy Haddock & Ians still fry their chips in Lard?Or do they use Veg oil now? The Fort has used oil for quite some time What about the Scallowa chippie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleJoannie Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 What about the Scallowa chippie? It's closed at the moment. Rumour has it that the same person has bought both the chip shop and the old post office on the street and plans to move the chip shop to the old post office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McMess Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 As far as I know Ian's and the Happy Haddock still use lard (correct me if I'm wrong). When scalloway was open it used vegetable oil. On deep fried Mars Bars - most chippies won't do them on a regular basis as it ruins the oil (molten chocolate will taint it). Separate fryer needed for it, or if you catch them just before they change the oil you could ask nicely:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmalade Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 Ian's is getting a bit of a slagging, but I always quite liked it. Fort is alright, followed by the happy haddock, although I'll wager that being captured, sold, skinned, gutted, battered, deep-fried and then consumed is unlikely to make even the most up-beat fish particularly happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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