A new vegan ‘fish’ and chip shop has opened in Manchester serving up twists on chippy classics

There’s a brand new entirely-plant based fish and chip shop open in Manchester!

Founded by 31-year-old Jess Jones, JJ’s Vish and Chips is already massively popular in Leeds. Now, Jess is bringing her vegan chippy to Manchester.

For now, you can grab vegan fish and chips for takeaway with plans to open her dream shop in the future.

Opening up a dark kitchen in Ardwick, the menu boasts chippy classics such as scampi, calamari, battered sausages, chicken nuggets and of course fish and chips – but all vegan! 

Instead of the usual ingredients, Vish and Chips uses ingredients like banana blossom and tofu with nori sheets to create a fishy taste and texture. 

Jess told the Manchester Evening News: “A lot of fish and chip shops cook their chips in beef dripping, so you can’t even get chips as a vegetarian or a vegan.

“I try to make it as like-for-like as I can as a traditional chip shop, just with a twist that there’s no meat and no fish.

“Our products are quite good replicas, I promise!”

Jess said they’ve received really good feedback so far, adding: “We get customers in who eat fish and meat but they come to us for a nice change.

“There are a lot of questions around it. People thought it’s a bit of a bizarre idea, but actually when it opened we’ve been very very busy.