Steve's Fish Bar at Etwall is on the road to Burton. Maybe as Chip Fiends travel outwards from Derby towards Burton-on-Trent the portion sizes get steadily bigger. From huge to humongous...
On the Friday evening when one of the Chip Fiends called in for a chippy tea Steve's was busy. There was quite a lot of ready prepped food in the cabinet but it was disappearing fast.
I ordered fish, chips and a pot of peas. "The small fish and chips?" I was asked. "No the large please" I greedily responded. I really meant a large fish, but it turned out that large meant the chip portion size too! The smaller carton was swapped for a shallow card box and the generous portion of chips was shovelled in. I was invited to add my salt and vinegar while the pot of peas were filled, lidded and wrapped in a paper bag.
I found a spot nearby to tuck in. The piece of cod was pleasantly steamed inside some quite thick but surprisingly light batter. The cod flakes were the largest I remember eating. This fillet must have been cut from a whale.
The chips were tasty. With a good texture between crispy and soft.
The mushy peas were excellent. Soft peas in a creamy tasting sauce. I had to stop eating the chips before I was even half way through the portion, but made sure that every morsel of peas disappeared before they were cold. I took the remaining chips home so that they didn't go to waste.
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| Stopped at this point - stuffed! |
Steve's advertises itself as Etwall's premier food emporium. Go and try it...
Ratings out of 5:
Fish (cod): 4
Chips: 4
Mushy peas: 5
Shop / service: 4
Over all: 4
Best chippy
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