Helen Martin: Vote for your favourite chippie!
Excitement is building for the Evening News Chip Shop of the Year 2018 – and that’s a prized and important award.
We all have different tastes they have to accommodate. I hate cod, love haddock. Hate breaded fish, love it battered.
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Hide AdChippies offering pale, yellow, flaccid chips rather than firm and golden, or a thin sloppy batter rather than crispy crunch, will not get my vote.
Fish that’s been left on a hot shelf for 15 minutes? No, serve it fresh from the fryer.
Hailing originally from the west, I loathe the eastern “brown chippie sauce” and some fryers give me a funny look when I ask for salt and vinegar.
Winning Edinburgh’s Chip Shop of the Year is almost equivalent to an Oscar or a Michelin star among chippies and is a boost for their local business. Worth a vote.