Fish Tram Chips, Llandudno

The Great Orme tramway is probably Llandudno's greatest tourist attraction. If you're not going to climb the Orme by hill or by car then the Victorian tram pulled slowly up the hill by means of a cable is the most stylish way to reach the summit.

Fish Tram Chips then is ideally positioned. Either for chips before you ascend, or for a charming and satisfying meal on your return to ground level.

The Chip Fiends got there just before opening time and sat on a bench outside waiting for the fat to heat up. Another holidaymaker joined us and reassuringly said "the chips are very good here!"

There's a takeaway and restaurant at Fish Tram Chips. We treated ourselves to a restaurant meal. Once the shop opened we were shown to a table and had a look at the menu.

Fish Tram Chips fry cod, small cod, haddock, hake and plaice. They also serve Whitby scampi. We ordered a small cod, chips and peas, and hake, chips and peas.

The food soon arrived and we asked for some tartare sauce to go with it. The only sauce sachets already on the table were of HP brown. We noticed a woman at the table next to us eating her fish and chips smothered in brown sauce.

The fish (which is battered to a 'secret' recipe) was very good. Pure white and fresh tasting. The batter wasn't delicate but it was light and crispy. The homemade mushy peas which Tram Chips soaks the proper way were excellent. Soft bullets cradled in an undyed sauce. The chips were cut quite thinly and served in a miniature deep-frying basket. They were good, but by no means the best thing on the plate.