I wasn’t confused…I knew it was only called a bar, but I had a hankering for a piece of cod.  It was fried fresh to order but was god-awful: greasy and with a bit of aftertaste that made me glad I had spent so much time imbibing antiseptics earlier in the evening.  But, say what [...]

Back in St Neots at 7:15, I wanted to catch Eastenders but was starved having survived my trip and a 10 mile run on three cookies and two cups of coffee (breakfast) and four pints spread out over the trip and the run.  Nearly back to the hotel I spotted lights that could only be [...]

The proprietress might be deranged or she might have bought into some self-loathing and outdated western stereotypes of what chinese people are like (and deranged).  I answered that no, I don’t want chips when she first asked in a comically shrieking voice;  so, imagine her surprise when I still didn’t want them the next eight [...]

There must be a thousand fish bars on the waterfront in Weston-super-Mare.  We chose a passable one at random.  Jackie had a salmon salad (because a stomach full of rich and dodgy raw fish is just what you want on spinning amusement park rides) and I had plaice and chips, cancelling the halibut when I [...]

  The next time someone talks about depletion of fish stock, point them toward the Mediterranean Fish Bar.  I ordered a piece of cod and was served up a leviathan, easily designed to breach the “don’t eat anything larger than your head” rule. Easily a pound-and-a-half, it was delicious, as well: one of the best [...]

The beer and politics at the Rat’s Castle seemed to settle my stomach a bit and with a bit of mileage beneath my belt I was starting to feel a bit peckish.  To my left as I progressed up Hatfield Road I spotted Wong’s Fish and Chips and jogged over to feast.  The fish is [...]

With a rainy run back to the house awaiting me I needed some ballast and went across to the chippy.  The large cod was not very large but cooked fresh, creamy on the inside, and otherwise delicious.  The chips were okay but there were already too many when the guy offered me even more and [...]

    The Dolphin Fish Bar looks like a standard chippy and might well be.  But, I had gone all day on a light breakfast plus a beer at each end of an hour-long run with a loaded backpack over some challenging terrain and I was really in need of sustenance before the bus back [...]

After a couple of pints and a couple of laughs at the Duke of Edinburgh, I needed to ballast up for the walk home and the evening’s real drinking.  At the Wong Kee Fish Bar, I got a huge chunk of perfectly battered cod for a couple of pounds.  Sublime, even though the place sounds [...]

The executive decision has been made to call all British fast food reviewed here a “kebab,” for the purpose of tagging.  “Fish and Chips” will also be included as appropriate, but for now if you follow the kebab links you will get anything designed to absorb alcohol and prevent or alleviate a hangover. The visit [...]