One of the great joys of returning to the UK is getting proper vegan fish and chips. Well, the fish is rarely that believable either in the UK or elsewhere, but at least you’re guaranteed proper chippie chips. That’s exactly what we got at Veggie Fryer. Everytime we’re visiting family near Walsall, we look at the logistics of getting to Veggie Fryer to try their wares, and end up not going because it’s a bit too difficult for us to get to. This time we realized that we’re finally within their delivery range, so we were able to make it happen. We ordered delivery online, and the food arrived hot and securely wrapped.

Dr HH and I each ordered fish and chips.The fish had nice batter and stayed pretty crisp, even in transit. The fishy texture was good, and accurate to some types of fish, but the seasoning was not very fishy unfortunately. (This is a fairly consistent complaint I have about vegan fish – it usually only gets one right out of taste and texture.)

I had mine with regular chips. They were, as I hoped, proper chip shop chips. They stayed pretty hot and were really tasty.

Dr HH got battered chips, which are a black country staple that he grew up with. They had a crispy orange batter on them, which he absolutely loved. I tried a few of his, and they were indeed very pleasant.

I also ordered a battered sausage, because that was my order of choice as a non-vegan child. It was small, as indicated by the price. The sausage was tasty, but unfortunately it didn’t travel well – the batter went soggy and didn’t retain it’s crisp (the fish really did though).

We’ll definitely order from Veggie Fryer again. A proper vegan friendly chippy is still a novelty for me!