After spending eight years living away from Ireland, I can confirm that my most common food cravings were; Bacon & Cabbage, Irish Dairy Milk, and chipper chips. From Macaris. On the main street of Celbridge, not the other one at the top of Celbridge. These exact specific chipper chips. Why? Cos they're delish obviously. But, I think there is also an element of the memory of the "treat" of a takeaway on a Friday when you were growing up. Invariably, most families will have their go-to takeaway, the ones the kids would readily give up any home-cooked meal for. And then you stick with that as you get older. Well, now I'm back. Those cravings are no more.
Let me tell you, I was not let down. That 2.40 euros spent on a bag of chips is the best 2.40 I've ever spent. Of course, as is tradition with takeaways in Ireland, you get about double more than you bargained for. That's standard. But these chips are perfect. Nice fat pieces of real potato, no pre-packed re-constitiuted stuff here. Potato. Sliced. Fried. Done. They are always piping hot, a good slather of salt and some vinegar and Bob's your uncle!
There are lots of other fine items on the menu - smoked cod is another whopper meal, extremely difficult to eat in one sitting! I also love their taco chips (a new, recent edition!) or garlic chips, or cheese chips - the important ingrediant here is the chips folks.
They do also deliver, but that comes from the other Macaris not on the main street. Which we've already discussed is not the one I use for lots of completely unsubstantiated reasons. read more