• Socsa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    26·
    4 months ago

    Definitely needs “chips chips chips eggs and chips” as well as “lobster thermidore”

    • cm0002@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      4 months ago

      what else was anyone expecting?

      A more efficient and proper menu board.

      Why are they listing every combination of chips instead of simply putting the gravy, cheese etc under a toppings sub section under chips with the price for each topping instead?

      • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukEnglish
        8·
        4 months ago

        A more efficient and proper menu board.

        There are many chippies most with efficient menu board design, they just won’t be worthy of doing the rounds on the Internet.

        Why are they listing every combination of chips instead of simply putting the gravy, cheese etc under a toppings sub section under chips with the price for each topping instead?

        It’s probably influenced by Chinese chippie designs where each dish is assigned a number for ease of ordering.

      • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.ukEnglish
        91·
        4 months ago

        It doesn’t add up properly for that.

        If chips are £2.20 and cheesy chips are £3, then cheese is 80p. Then if chips, cheese and gravy/curry is £3.50, then gravy or curry is 50p… except if you just get chips and gravy, it’s £2.50, so actually gravy/curry is only 30p, unless you combine it with cheese, in which case it’s more expensive.

        Perhaps the main reason is that they can stop someone asking for chips, gravy and curry sauce, which is a crime.

    • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.ukEnglish
      5·
      4 months ago

      Maybe not garlic bread, but they must have some bread options.

      I want a chips & cheese butty*

      *bun/roll/cob/breadcake/sandwich, depending on region

    • AquaTofana@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      4 months ago

      I know this is about French fries and not potato chips/crisps how I’m thinking of them, but unironically tuna salad on toasted wheat bread piled high with crisps is my go-to comfort food when I’m down. I can only imagine French fries would have a similar vibe. I’d urge you to try IF you like tuna salad anyway.

      • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        41·
        4 months ago

        Crisps / potato chips are also cold though, like tuna generally is, so they do work together. Tuna mayo with crisps works really well.

        Chips / fries are hot though, so that heat will warm up the tuna, and lukewarm fish that should be cold is just wrong. Maybe if you had a small portion that you could eat quickly, but I can’t see the appeal.

        • AquaTofana@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          4 months ago

          I could see that. Like, if you weren’t getting specifically a tuna melt, then the heat from the chips could be off putting. I didn’t consider that, I just thought “salty potatoes are great on tuna sandwiches”!

  • flamingos-cant@feddit.ukOPMEnglish
    175·
    4 months ago

    Brits really do treat chips with the same reverence as Italian and pasta, the Japanese and rice, or Americans and corn syrup.

    But cheese, chips and gravy sounds fucking mank

    • niktemadur@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      Lobster Thermidor aux crevettes with a Mornay sauce served in a Provençale manner with shallots and aubergines, garnished with truffle pâté, brandy and a fried egg on top and Chips.

  • Optional@lemmy.worldEnglish
    81·
    4 months ago

    Shh dear, don’t cause a fuss. I love it. I’m having cheese cheese cheese cheese cheese cheese cheese cheese cheese cheese cheese and cheese!

    • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
      101·
      4 months ago

      No one in their right mind would go to a chippy and order coleslaw. Half the time it’s disgusting anyway, but regardless if it’s from a chippy it’ll be soggy

  • Mike D.@lemm.eeEnglish
    6·
    4 months ago

    Are these current prices? Assuming this is from England the cost is USD $4.54.

    I can’t find chips, cheese, and gravy anywhere for that price.

    • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.ukEnglish
      11·
      4 months ago

      Depends where you live in the country - but this looks about right for where I live. The portions aren’t small, either.

      The battered fish tend to be quite expensive, but otherwise the fish & chip shop is literally “cheap as chips”.

      It’s a bit of an anomaly though - most other hot food places are more expensive, and you can even spend £2-3 on a small pre-packaged triangular sandwich from a supermarket.

      • Bob@feddit.nlEnglish
        5·
        4 months ago

        The portions aren’t small, either.

        I’ve lived abroad for a few years now but where I lived beforehand, a £3 portion of chips could feed a family of four.

  • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
    82·
    4 months ago

    Why didn’t they just have “chips” and then everything else individually listed and I can make my own combination? It’s no difficult to make, and it takes up less space on the board.

    • pro_user@lemm.eeEnglish
      9·
      4 months ago

      Let’s assume the currency is £ (but that doesn’t really matter for the example).

      Chips = £2.20

      Chips + Cheese = £3.00

      That means, that just the Cheese = £3.00 - £2.20 = £0.80

      Chips + Beans = £2.50

      That means, that just the Beans = £2.50 - £2.20 = £0.30

      Chips + Cheese + Beans = £3.50

      £2.20 + £0.80 + £0.30 = £3.30

      I guess they did this so people don’t notice they are getting ripped off…

    • letsgo@lemm.eeEnglish
      8·
      4 months ago

      Because that way you’d get people asking for unholy abominations such as gravy and curry sauce, tuna and beans, or coleslaw and bolognaise.