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Greater Manchester chippy named among the best fish and chip takeaways in the UK

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The Fry Awards has announced the best fish and chip takeaways across the UK and some are right here in the North West. 

For the past three months, people with arguably the best job in the world have secretly dined at each outlet in the running.

They’re assessing 40 aspects of the business, including everything from the quality of fish and chips and staff presentation to front-of-house hygiene and customer service. 

The food remains the main focus, including ratings of the flakiness of the fish, crispiness of chips, crunch of batter and value for money. 

The takeaways tested needed to hit a 96% pass rate of the assessed factors, much higher than any previous years so you know they’ll all be incredible chippies. 

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Reece Head, competition organiser, comments: “Announcing our award winners couldn’t come at a better time. The industry is going through a stage of uncertainty with coronavirus impacting the lives and incomes of thousands of shops and owners.

“This is just the news we need to lift the industry so that those that are still trading can tell their customers immediately, while those that are closed have something exciting to shout about when their doors open again.

“Our award winners are all at the top of their game and are moving with the times, embracing technology such as contactless payments, online ordering, and click and collect and delivery while still ensuring the food they are serving is top quality and the customer service is second to none.”

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And the Greater Manchester borough that has managed to bag itself one of the top spots might be good at pies, but it turns out it’s also really good at fish and chips too…

Coming in the 50 Best Fish and Chip Takeaways is The Fish at Goose Green, on Clapgate Lane in Wigan!

It’s well loved by fans with a solid 4.8 out of 5 rating on Facebook and plenty of supportive customers.

One customer wrote ‘without a doubt best chippy in Wigan’ five weeks ago, and it turns out they’re not wrong!

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There are a few other North West chippies topping the list too, including The Codfather on Manchester Road in Northwich, The Fish Bar in Crewe, and Fylde Fish Bar in Southport. 

See the full list below: 

  • Auckley Friery, Auckley, South Yorkshire
  • Bishopston Fish Bar, Horfield, Bristol
  • Callaways Fish & Chips, Dorchester, West Dorset
  • Captain’s Traditional Fish & Chips, Harrow, London
  • Chish and Fips, Norwich, Norfolk
  • East Coast, Musselburgh, East Lothian
  • Drakes, Babbacombe, Torquay, Devon
  • Fiddlers Elbow Fish & Chips, Leintwardine, Herefordshire
  • Finn’s Traditional Fish and Chips, Reading, Berkshire
  • Fish ‘n’ Fritz, Weymouth, Dorset
  • Fishtastic, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
  • Fochabers, Fochabers, Moray
  • Frydales of Syston, Syston, Leicester
  • Frydays of Kendal, Kendal , Cumbria
  • Fylde Fish Bar, Marshside, Southport, Lancashire
  • Hiks, Brynhyfryd, Swansea, Glamorgan
  • Hill Top Village Fisheries, Huddersfield, Yorkshire
  • Hirds Family Fisheries, Halifax, West Yorkshire
  • Hooked@31, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire
  • Land & Sea, Sowerby, York, North Yorkshire
  • Market Hill Fisheries, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
  • Middleton In Teesdale Fish & Chip Shop, Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham
  • Mister C’s, Fulford, North Yorkshire
  • Mister C’s, Selby, North Yorkshire,
  • My Plaice Fish & Chips, Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk
  • Oysters Fish & Chips, Marlow, Buckinghamshire
  • Penaluna’s Famous Fish & Chips, Hirwaun, Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf
  • Plattens Fish and Chips, Wells-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk
  • Priory Plaice Fish and Chips, Ulverston, Cumbria
  • Proper Fish & Chip Co, Exmouth, Devon
  • Redcloak Fish and Chips, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire
  • Robinson’s Traditional Fish & Chips, Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham
  • Sandgate Friery, Penrith, Cumbria
  • Scott’s Plaice, Gosport, Hampshire
  • Smith’s Chippy, South Shields, Tyne & Wear
  • The Chip Club, Kingston-Upon-Thames, London
  • The Codfather, Manchester Road, Cheshire
  • The Cod’s Scallops, Bramcote Lane, Nottingham
  • The Esk Cafe , Carlisle, Cumbria
  • The Fish at Goose Green, Wigan, Lancashire
  • The Fish Bar, Crewe, Cheshire
  • The Fish Works, Largs, North Ayrshire
  • The Friary, Carrickfergus, County Antrim
  • The Magpie Café, Whitby, North Yorkshire
  • The Plaice To Be, Kilmarnock, Troon, South Ayrshire
  • The Real Food Café, Tyndrum, Perthshire
  • Topcatch Fish and Chips, Southampton, Hampshire
  • Towngate Fisheries, Idle, Bradford, West Yorkshire
  • Valerios Fish and Chips, Lanark, South Lanarkshire
  • Wetherby Whaler, Wetherby, West Yorkshire
  • Wollaston Fish Bar, Wollaston, Stourbridge, West Midlands

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High-end Japanese restaurant MUSU offering 30% off in March

Take advantage of vibrant Japanese dining experience

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High-end Japanese restaurant MUSU is offering 30% off in March for customers who sign up to its new free rewards programme.

The contemporary Japanese eatery, nestled in the heart of the city centre on Bridge Street, is launching its own membership rewards programme.

The scheme is free to join and will give members 30% off their food bill throughout March upon signing up.

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Rewards customers can enjoy discounted prices on menus including the Omakase – the theatrical, educational sushi experience which is served individually to diners at the restaurant’s six–seat omakase counter. 

This also includes the full Land of the Rising Sun tasting menus, which take in a range of cooking styles from all over Japan, devised by chef-patron Mike Shaw.

Then from April, members of the programme will be able to take advantage of a series of other rewards, including 30% off any food bill when dining at lunch time, 10% off when dining at dinner on any menu, and a 10% discount on private hire and private dining.

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The restaurant has a closed-off area for its private dining experience for guests to enjoy, which is regularly used by celebrities and food critics alike.

On top of this, members celebrating their birthdays at MUSU will receive a complimentary drink, and every reward programme member will be entered into a monthly prize draw to win a 12-course Land of the Rising Sun experience, complete with wine pairings.

You can get early access to the restaurant’s special events, like its live tuna cutting experience, where a whole bluefin tuna is carved in front of diners, while its expert sushi chefs talk you through the provenance of the fish and the skills displayed in this ancient craft.

You can sign up to MUSU’s free rewards scheme, HERE.

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A Manchester Tiki bar is giving away free cocktails for life

Free Zombies for life!!!

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One lucky winner can win free cocktails for life at a Manchester Tiki bar to celebrate 15 years of being open.

This April will mark 15 years of Hula – the Northern Quarter’s basement 1950s-style beach bar lounge – and to celebrate, the venue wants to offer one lucky winner a life-long prize to say ‘thank you’ for supporting them over the years.

Many Mancunians will have memories of being in this vibrant late night party hideout at some point, even if they are a little sketchy through a cloudy cocktail ridden haze.

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April 12th and 13th will be the bar’s official birthday weekend and they have some exciting plans for their guests.

As a special treat, Hulu is running a competition online where one lucky winner will be treated to free zombies for life.

All you have to do is visit @hulatikimcr on Instagram, like the post, follow the page and share to your stories for an extra entry.

In a post on Instagram, Hula wrote: “So… April will mark 15 years of Hula. I know crazy! Every one of us has memories of being in Hula at some point (some we’d probably like to forget)

“It may have gone through some changes throughout the years but Hula remains standing.

“April 12th & 13th will be our official birthday weekend and we have some exciting plans in place… more on that later. So as a special treat to celebrate, we thought why not give back to those who have kept us here all these years.

“We are giving one lucky winner free zombies for LIFE! Like FOREVER!”

Stay tuned for further details of Hula’s 15th birthday celebrations across April 12th and 13th. You can find Hula hidden below Quarter House and The Fitzgerald at 11 Stevenson Square in the Northern Quarter.

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Manchester restaurant serving ‘world’s hottest curry’ to anyone brave enough

It has been described as ‘like eating molten lava!’

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A Manchester eatery is daring customers to try its extremely hot curry for National Chilli Day.

This February 22nd, Zouk is creating the World’s Hottest Curry as part of the restaurant’s celebration of National Chilli Day – where courageous participants will have to eat a whole portion of it within the allocated time frame to win a prize.

The dish will feature the World’s Hottest Chilli (according to the Guinness Book of Records), the star of the show, The Carolina Reaper.

The Carolina Reaper Karahi curry – available in chicken (£15.95) and vegetable (£14.95) options – will be available Monday, February 19th to Friday 23rd as a special.

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Zouk has also created the world’s hottest kebab, the Reaper Seekh Kebab (£7.95), also made with Carolina Reaper Chillies, mixed lamb and chicken keema. 

The restaurant is offering prizes for those bold enough to take these fiery dishes on.

On National Chilli Day (February 22nd), Zouk is challenging the most daredevil customers to take on the Reaper Curry or Reaper Seekh Kebab, where if they manage to complete the task they can win prizes to be enjoyed at the restaurant at a later date.

As a menu special, there is also a devilishly good Chilli Margarita drink for guests to enjoy – although this is made with milder fresh chillies.

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The prizes for those customers with a ‘strong stomach and mind’ are:

  • Finish the full Carolina Reaper Seekh Kebab in one sitting (maximum eating time is 30 minutes and no help from companions) and you will get your kebab on Zouk, plus a £10 gift card to enjoy at the restaurant to redeem against food or drinks at a later date. 
  • Finish the full Carolina Reaper Curry (either chicken or vegetable) in one sitting (maximum eating time is 30 minutes and no help from companions) then you will not only get your Reaper Curry on Zouk, but you will also win a Brunch for two at the restaurant at a later date. 
  • Finish both the full Carolina Reaper Seekh Kebab and the Carolina Reaper Curry in one sitting (maximum eating time is one hour and no help from companions) and you will get your kebab and curry on the restaurant, as well as winning a Zouk Sunday Roast Meal for two.
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Knowing the Reaper is officially the world’s hottest chilli, it may not surprise you to learn from the chefs that even cooking this curry is a bit of a challenge. 

Owner Tayub Amjad commented: “The chillies are so hot that the chefs must be careful when handling them. You can feel them on your hands and stinging your eyes. The heat really is intense. 

“We’ve also made a vegetable karahi suitable for vegetarians and vegans. Last year we made a kebab but this year we’ve upped the stakes and made a seekh kebab reaper dish, we believe it is the world’s hottest kebab. 

“Last year only about 15 people completed the challenge and beat the reaper so I can’t wait to see who takes on this trio of Reaper dishes in 2024.”

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Anybody who finishes one of these challenges will also get a Zouk Ice Cream Sundae to help cool off those scorched taste buds! 

Zouk believes this to be the World’s Hottest Curry, so if you fancy putting it and yourself to the test, make a booking now and embrace National Chilli Day’s Biggest Challenge. 

To find out more about the challenge and prizes or book a place at Zouk, click HERE.

Zouk’s World’s Hottest Curry Challenge takes place at Zouk Tea Bar & Grill, The Quadrangle, Chester Street, Manchester on Thursday February 22nd.

*Diners will be required to sign a disclaimer before trying.

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