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In the last few years street food is witnessing a period of acknowledgement and glory.
Many chefs recommend their recipes of traditional street food with tourists and visitors preferring to pay a visit to a local street food stand instead of a restaurant.
Fish and chips is one of the most popular street foods on the British Isles. The recipe is quite easy: you need batter, fish, potatoes and frying oil (traditionally lard or suet were used for frying, but nowadays peanut oil is the most common choice).
In Ireland, the most common fish to fry are cod and haddock. Even if cod is the most traditional fish, haddock is nowadays having its best time. This two fish are quite similar, both have a white and juicy fillet. The haddock, though, has a stronger and sweeter taste, while the cod texture is moister and softer.
The classic condiments for the chips are salt and vinegar (a lot of vinegar and even more salt), but there are plenty of options to make your chips tastier: curry sauce, cheese, mushy peas, tartar sauce…
There are a lot of chippers (a fish and chips seller is called this in slang) around Irish cities; each city has its particular speciality and recipe for the batter or for the sauce for the chips.
But chippers don’t sell just fish. If you prefer to eat a meat, there is a vast range of choice for you to explore: you can try a battered sausage, or a battered burger, for instance.
Everything that can be fried, will be fried, no doubt about it – even ice cream is a battered with some chippers selling battered Mars Bars and Snickers.
Are you starting to feel a bit peckish?
Here is a list of Chippers all around Ireland, tested for you by our EazyCity Team:
Jackie Lennox’s
137 Bandon Road, Cork, Cork City
Open every day from 12 p.m. to 12.30 a.m. On Sunday it opens at 2 p.m.
Many people consider it the best chipper in Cork, and when it is not considered the best, it’s rated as the second best. The portions are big….really big.
KC&Son&Sons
East Douglas St, Douglas Village, Co. Cork
Open every day from 5 p.m. is opened for lunch just on Thursday and Friday.
KC & Son&Sons won for 9 years the McKenna Guides Award for the best in Ireland.
This chipper is so popular that on their site there is a queue cam, to see how many people are waiting to be served.
Dino’s
Pier Road, Kinsale, Co. Cork
Open every day from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
On the harbour of Kinsale lays this restaurant, decorated with marine theme. There’s also a take away on the left end, if you prefer to eat your meal while looking at the boat in the harbour, caressed by the gentle sea breeze. It serves also breakfast.
Vaughan’s Anchor Inn
Main Street, Liscannor, Co. Clare
Just few minute driving from the well-known Cliffs of Moher. This restaurant offers a large array of dishes, but the seafood and the shellfish are its strongest point.
Beshoff Bros.
12 Harbour Road, Howth, Co. Dublin
Open every day at 11.30 a.m. Closes every day at 10 p.m. except on Friday and Saturday, that closes at 11 p.m.
On the picturesque harbour of Howth, this chippers can be reached from Dublin just taking the Dart. Many people think that the quality of the fish and of the batter worth the journey from the city.
There are also some stores from the same franchise in Dublin city centre.
