New Restaurant in Hatch End - Chipsy Which Seves Canadian-Style Poutine, Plus Potato (Chips in the UK, French Fries elsewhere)

 

Chipsy in Hatch End. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

You can see from their fascia that they were established in 2017.  More than six years before they appeared in Hatch End, Pinner, Middlesex. Their signs advertise BBQ (barbecue) Grill Smokehouse, and gourmet burgers. 

The seating is a hoice of bucket seats or bar stools.

The wordburger put me off and I thoough, just a dull overpriced, fast food. But when I read their website I was intrigued. First of all, a new food name, new to me, poutine, from Canada. the name means either mixture or mess or pudding. The three main ingredients are potato chips, cheese curd and gravy, usually a chicken and beef mixture. 

Several restaurants clsim they or their customers invented the dish. One restaurant claims that they added the gravy to keep the chips hot. Seveal variations are offered on their menus for the restaurant, delivey and catering. They have menus for children, and vegan alternatives.

Allergy Symbols

They have several symbols for ingredients which may affect those with allergies. Starting with cellery.

But their symbol for fish is not much use to me.I love the swimming fish with fins shown by their symbol, such as salmon, trout, cod, plaice, mackerel, haddock, cod, anchovies. 

What I cannot eat is shellfish, crustaceans, such as lobster, crab, prawns, shrimp coklesand mussels. I also steer clear of squid and jellyfish, although I have eaten and enjoyed eel. So I am keen to eat fish and chips, such as placie and chips, and smoked salmon. What I don't want is  what I have been given at other restaurants - fish sauce, oysters sauce, prawns on top of my salmon or hidden in my rice, and oyster sauce swilled over other food, or shrimps and shellfish at the bottom of bowls of soup or casserole, 

Finally, in their favour, is theirpomise to use recyclable packaging and to clear it up. Well done.

All in all, a highly entertaining read of their menu, and inspired by that, the Wikipedia entry on Poutine. So, I am feeling much warmer towards Chipsy.

Useful Websites

https://chipsy.co.uk/chipsy-meals/

https://chipsy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Chipsy_Web_Brochure_Final.pdf

https://chipsycatering.foodstorm.com/items/category/desserts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poutine

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Santa, lights and mulled wine in Hatch End

Hatch End was celebrating Christmas today.

The announcement was on the railings as you drove through Hatch End. Pulver Carr estate agents had the sign saying: Hatch End Broadway  Christmas Street Event  Friday 18th December  4pm-8 pm

Horse drawn carriage rides, Santas's Grotto and also in Pulver Carr come and meet our special guest Chewbacca from Star Wars.

Santa was in his grotto in Hearnden Funeral Directors but Santa was very much alive. Mincemeat pies and chocolates were at the door, the children could receive a wrapped gift and a collection box was being shaken. You could pose for a photo with Santa.

The sleigh rides (£3.50 per person) were in great demand and the tiny tots seemed to love it. I liked the red covering with the words Merry Christmas written in capital letters large on the side and back of the carriage. The two white horses tossed their heads and seemed very good-tempered considering they kept having to negotiate the turn at the edge of the road with traffic all around.

On the platform outside Chuck burgers restaurant two of the staff, Eleni and another, were in red hats and Eleni was serving passers by a small cup of mulled wine and a piece of chocolate brownie.

Pecan brownies served with the Lazy Sundae.

For menu see their website:

http://www.chuckburgerbar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/CHUCK-A3-MENU-20151.pdf

Chuck Burger Bar, Uxbridge Road, Hatch End, HA5 4HR

If you missed the mulled wine given out on Friday 18th December you can find it in Chuck's Burger on their menu over Christmas.

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.