Hunger strikes on a day out in Bakewell and while most of the group scatters for pasties, sandwiches and ryvita snaps, my pregnant friend declares a craving for fish and chips. Now granted we'd only eaten breakfast barely two hours earlier but who was I not to give the pregnant lady what she wants?!
So it was that she and I found ourselves queuing out the door of this place, figuring that the most popular and nice-looking place on the main street had to be good, right?! (though thinking about it, most of those in the queue looked like tourists so it may have been a case of the blind leading the blind... but anyway!)
Inefficient counter queuing system aside, the service was really friendly and with our two mini fish set to take another 5mins the guy kindly offered to split a large fish between us (= cheaper, quicker and more fish each! Boom!).
We had them 'open' rather than wrapped up, and the salt+vinegar is DIY so unlike the good old days you can avoid giving yourself a heart attack. Sadly I found the batter too thick in places, so ended up leaving much of this and just eating the fish. The chips were delicious though, as agreed by the envious, healthy-eating friends who soon came over to steal some.
There's a proper seated restaurant attached next door but I recommend queuing at the (cheaper) classic chippy counter, then scoffing it by the river 50 yards away. Pretty good value for the portion size and I didn't regret following my mate's lunch choice at all. Yeah so what if I'm not eating for two?! ;) read more