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[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 34 points 4 months ago (3 children)
[–] Emperor 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

That'll be on the adjacent spam board. Spam fritters, spam fritters with cheese in, spam and curry sauce, etc.

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[–] dalekcaan@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago

Spam, spam, spam, spam, chips, and spam.

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[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 28 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Definitely needs "chips chips chips eggs and chips" as well as "lobster thermidore"

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

lobster thermidore with cheese beans tuna bolognaise curry and gravy please. Hold the slaw.

[–] Hupf@feddit.de 5 points 4 months ago

Chips egg sausage and chips

[–] mannycalavera 18 points 4 months ago

Oh lord that menu looks so good.

[–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

chips and tuna

That's not how you do fish and chips 🤢

[–] AquaTofana@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] Emperor 16 points 4 months ago (3 children)

It's a chip shop, what else was anyone expecting? Garlic bread?

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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?

[–] Emperor 8 points 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 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] fakeman_pretendname 5 points 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

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[–] flamingos 15 points 4 months ago (7 children)

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~~

[–] Guntrigger@sopuli.xyz 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

~~But cheese, chips and gravy sounds fucking mank~~

Pretty good chippy combo. Ask the Canadians about it.

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[–] Hossenfeffer 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (7 children)

But cheese, chips and gravy sounds fucking mank

Please report immediately to !confidently_incorrect@lemmy.world.

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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That’s HIGH-FRUCTOSE corn syrup to you, good sir.

[–] flamingos 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Apologies, the intricacies of American cuisine are lost on me.

^Also\ please\ don't\ call\ me\ sir^

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[–] shath@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

poutine hater detected, please stay put for enforcement action

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[–] match@pawb.social 11 points 4 months ago

Canada out here catching strays

[–] wren 7 points 4 months ago

gravy and cheese is a classic, I'm more concerned about the curry and cheese combo

(obv paneer masala is spectacular but British takeaway curry + mature cheddar? cursed)

[–] SaniFlush@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago

Potatoes will save the world one day

[–] Blackmist 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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[–] MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 months ago

Yes, I'll have the chips, tuna, coleslaw, & curry please.

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Good to see they have vegan options

[–] wren 7 points 4 months ago

beans are a very honourable uk vegan staple

[–] mdd@lemm.ee 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] MadBob@feddit.nl 5 points 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.

[–] shath@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago
[–] echodot 7 points 4 months ago (3 children)

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.ee 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 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.ee 10 points 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.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 points 4 months ago

This sounds suspiciously like trying to make people do math

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 7 points 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!

[–] phuntis@lemm.ee 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

torn between chips & curry or chips cheese & curry

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[–] AquaTofana@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Maybe I'm too American to understand, but cheesy coleslaw sounds absolutely diabolical.

[–] echodot 9 points 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

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 5 points 4 months ago

But cheese coleslaw is brilliant.

[–] generic_computers@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 months ago (3 children)

"Chips, Cheese and Gravy"

So, poutine?

(I'm not Canadian, I just live in the USA near Canada)

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[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 5 points 4 months ago

I've always been of the mind that anything over fries/chips fucking rules, but you guys need to chill out.

I want some carne asada fries now.

[–] Hello_Kitty_enjoyer@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

13 historic Bri ish dishes

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[–] radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'll have a slice of strawberry tart without so much rat in it.

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