Hi there I'm new to the board and I was wondering if anyone knows where to get a good chip booty? We are off to London in a few days and my son has heard of this and is dieing to have one!I myself haven't heard of it but I'm sure some of you have. We are staying at the Citidines Aparthotel near Trafalgar Square so any info would be aprreciated as Chris is determined to find a good one. Thanks Michelle

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Originally posted by Mlroberts:
Hi there I'm new to the board and I was wondering if anyone knows where to get a good chip booty? We are off to London in a few days and my son has heard of this and is dieing to have one!I myself haven't heard of it but I'm sure some of you have. We are staying at the Citidines Aparthotel near Trafalgar Square so any info would be aprreciated as Chris is determined to find a good one. Thanks Michelle

I think you mean a chip butty??? You can get one anywhere, fish and chip places, pubs, cafes, etc..

Try to go to The Sea Shell in Lisson Grove. It's a very good Fish and Chip restaurant. Order fish and chips with bread and butter because you have to make your own. The bread must be sliced white, NEVER anything posher. Just place some chips (fries in foreign) on one slice of bread and top with another slice and eat.

There are deep cultural arguments about the merits of adding tomato ketchup (mainly for children) or HP brown sauce (for grownups).

It's more of Midlands/Northern England thing, though I've no doubt that you'd find it in London, More info here.

Your spelling looks like an approximation of how they'd say it 'oop north': in London, butty is pronounced the way it's spelled.

And I'd second Robert's recommendation of the Sea Shell - a regular for me when I lived in NW2.

Jonathan

Hola.

The definitive Chip Butty....

Now, you can't get a chip butty from just anywhere. There exsists only two establishments that can make this delicacy to the proper standards.

The British fish and chip shop is one. A proper fish and chip shop mind. Not one of those fast food chains that has popped up over the last few years. No, A fish and chip shop that sells chips, saveloys, fish, fish cakes and chicken and mushroom or steak and kidney pies. If its a good one you won't need a map to find it. The aroma on the wind will alert you first and then you will see the queue!..Ahhh nothing like a Queue in a chip shop........Brings back fond memories. This is a place where "real" potatoes are made into chips. (not American chips what we call crisps but real chips made from real potatoes).

Any way back to the chip butties (note the use of plural here. its the butties that are plural not the chips).

Probably you will have to buy the chips and bread separate and assemble the butty yourself so here are some guidelines...

First, the 2 pieces of bread have to be thick sliced white bread. (mighty white was always my favorite).

Butter....Real butter not margerine!!! or "spread" This is an intrinsic part of the butty and must not be ignored.

Lay the chips out side by side on the first piece of bread until you can't see the bread.

Add salt and vinegar to taste (but not too much salt because that is bad for you)

At this point you can add either tomato sauce or daddies brown sauce. Daddies brown sauce is by far the most superior of the two.

Plonk on your next piece of bread and squash it down quite hard...

Never drink pop or fizzy drinks with chip butties...Always a nice cup of tea with milk and sugar...Never and I mean never any of that coca cola stuff......


And there you go a chip butty...

Oh yes the only other place you can get a chip butty is when your mum makes it for you when you come in for your tea after playing out...A quick and nutricious meal for a growing child...hahahaha

My mates mum made the best chip butties in the world which was the only reason I let him hang around with me when we were kids. I never really liked him but his mum was beautiful and always gave me more chips than him!

Have a good holiday Michelle and Chris....

Clive

Thanks for the info everyone! I can't wait now to try one!! And Clive if you have your friends mom's address I'll take that too!! Michelle

We ate at The Sea Shell a few times when we lived near London in the late 80s (and really liked it) - a friend from London told us about it. Good to hear it is still there!!

I love the idea that after smearing two pieces of highly processed sliced white bread with butter, then covering the same with a layer of chips fried in lard, uou are then warned "Not too much salt as it is bad for you" :-)

Personally, I feel chip butties are overated - whereas a bacon butty is just the food of the Gods
(The non Kosher Gods obviously !)

Don't forget, though, that for best results, you ought really to wait until it's been a miserable cold, wet day, and you've had double maths and an afternoon running pointlessly up and down a rugby pitch - or something similar. You need to wear yourself out a bit, to the point of really needing that grease-and-carbohydrate lift.

Hola.

Oh god...Double maths..I forgot about double maths....How is it possible to forget about something as bad as that....

Still there was the chip butties to take away the stress of the mental cruelty....

Clive

Way back when, I had an apartment mate who hailed from norhern Britain somewhere, I can't now remember. He made us chip butties as a special treat one day, and they were the most disgusting thing I ever ate. And I eat everything: I like tripe sausage. Graham claimed they were perfect. The result was a slimy wad that felt the size of a basketball torturing my guts for hours.

Your mileage may vary.

Hola.

I want a chip butty update!

Clive.

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Originally posted by BuckyE:
Way back when, I had an apartment mate who hailed from norhern Britain somewhere, I can't now remember. He made us chip butties as a special treat one day, and they were the most disgusting thing I ever ate. And I eat everything: I like tripe sausage. Graham claimed they were perfect. The result was a slimy wad that felt the size of a basketball torturing my guts for hours.

Your mileage may vary.

How did I miss this thread. It's a scream!

My husband speaks dreamily of chip butties from his years of deprivation up north. But he draws the line at tripe.

Hola.

Living in Andalucia has its drawbacks...

Oh yes I hear you scoff. here I am lounging around in my shorts and flip flops without a care in the world.

There is no such thing where I live as beef dripping! Without beef dripping you can't make proper chips. The bread here is like iron. No wonder all my neighbours have no teeth!

Also I think when chip shops started using "veggie" oil things started to go down hill.

My god I want a chip butty. One like I used to queue up for all those years ago in rainy cold damp kidderminster.

Clive

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Originally posted by TimW:
I love the idea that after smearing two pieces of highly processed sliced white bread with butter, then covering the same with a layer of chips fried in lard, uou are then warned "Not too much salt as it is bad for you" :-)

Personally, I feel chip butties are overated - whereas a bacon butty is just the food of the Gods
(The non Kosher Gods obviously !)

I can't remember the last time I tasted proper bacon....

Chip butty, bacon sandwich (note the word sandwich is used if in between the bread lies bacon) and a huge mug of tea from the greasy spoon place....

Clive

Maybe this is a bit oop-market but I like to make them with a soft white roll and slices of butter. The chips should be large and unevenly hand sliced and about as crispy as the bread. Daddies, HP or A1 sauce are all good.

Yes, you do require the right atmosphere to eat them. We don't get much call for them in the australian sub-tropics, but they would be great in a Hobart winter after a climb up Mt Wellington.

'Daddies brown sauce is by far the most superior of the two.'

Sorry Clive, have to disagree, HP Brown Sauce is the only one for me. Otherwise correct in every detail, down to the cup of tea.

Double Maths, no, no, a chip butty is best when sat on the step of your granddads caravan looking out over the grey north east coast watching the rain clouds coming in and sorting out the contents of your bucket - starfish, crab legs, mermaids purses, sea weed etc. Bliss.

Bridget