Toby Atkin-Wright

How veggie-friendly are the chip shops in St Andrews? I thought I’d ask them what they fry their chips in, in light of my unhappiness with the Tailend (documented in the standrews community at http://community.livejournal.com/standrews/22479.html).

Chip shop	Fat
Tailend	beef dripping
KFB	beef dripping
Pizza Connection	beef dripping
Empire	vegetable oil
Marmaris	vegetable oil
Fritto	vegetable oil
Dolce Vita	vegetable oil

Did I miss any chip shops?

Of the three that fry in beef dripping, only the Tailend claims to serve “veggie” fried food.

My favourite for chips is Dolce Vita. Mmm.

How veggie-friendly are the chip shops in St Andrews? I thought I’d ask them what they fry their chips in, in light of my unhappiness with the Tailend (documented in the standrews community at http://community.livejournal.com/standrews/22479.html).

Chip shop	Fat
Tailend	beef dripping
KFB	beef dripping
Pizza Connection	beef dripping
Empire	vegetable oil
Marmaris	vegetable oil
Fritto	vegetable oil
Dolce Vita	vegetable oil

Did I miss any chip shops?

Of the three that fry in beef dripping, only the Tailend claims to serve “veggie” fried food.

My favourite for chips is Dolce Vita. Mmm.

Tea out at the West Port on South Street. We were joined by Rebecca and theworldofhelen, ioevri1’s two house guests. Good food and good company.

We’re used to eating there in the hubbub of Saturday lunchtime. Pleasantly peaceful on a Monday evening!

Tea out at the West Port on South Street. We were joined by Rebecca and theworldofhelen, ioevri1’s two house guests. Good food and good company.

We’re used to eating there in the hubbub of Saturday lunchtime. Pleasantly peaceful on a Monday evening!

As members of the spa at the Fairmont, kateaw and I attended the spa members’ event this evening. It should have been a Christmas party, but was delayed into January. It took the form of a dinner/dance — there was a hot buffet, followed by a ceilidh.

As vegetarians, we aren’t surprised to find restricted choices with buffets, particularly if the veggie main course is something we’re not keen on, but we can usually fill up with potatoes and vegetables. Tonight didn’t work well for us. The veggie option was a goats’ cheese tart, containing Mediterranean veg, and the vegetable side dish was… mixed Mediterranean veg. I’m not particularly keen on peppers, and Kate can eat neither goats’ cheese nor aubergines. And the potato dish contained bacon, which is just evil.

Mind you, the puddings were good.

Then Kate and I escaped before the dancing started. With my aversion to dancing, and Kate’s gammy leg, we’re not likely to hit the dance floor. Still, it was good to get out, and meet a few of Kate’s aquarobics chums.

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We listened to Black Sabbath’s Heaven and Hell on the way home. Quite my favourite Sabbath album; Dio is the Sabbath singer for me.

As members of the spa at the Fairmont, kateaw and I attended the spa members’ event this evening. It should have been a Christmas party, but was delayed into January. It took the form of a dinner/dance — there was a hot buffet, followed by a ceilidh.

As vegetarians, we aren’t surprised to find restricted choices with buffets, particularly if the veggie main course is something we’re not keen on, but we can usually fill up with potatoes and vegetables. Tonight didn’t work well for us. The veggie option was a goats’ cheese tart, containing Mediterranean veg, and the vegetable side dish was… mixed Mediterranean veg. I’m not particularly keen on peppers, and Kate can eat neither goats’ cheese nor aubergines. And the potato dish contained bacon, which is just evil.

Mind you, the puddings were good.

Then Kate and I escaped before the dancing started. With my aversion to dancing, and Kate’s gammy leg, we’re not likely to hit the dance floor. Still, it was good to get out, and meet a few of Kate’s aquarobics chums.

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We listened to Black Sabbath’s Heaven and Hell on the way home. Quite my favourite Sabbath album; Dio is the Sabbath singer for me.