Old fashioned Potato Scallops

[Lazybugger]

Ok, a week or so ago there was the topic of best fish n chips in bris vegas. For me some of my fondest memories of good fish n chips came with a freshly made potato scallop. These days finding one that isn't pre-made and frozen is nigh impossible. I remember watching the cook dip the scallop in the batter before dropping it in the pan, you just can't find that these days. I really hate ordering pototo scallops to find I have been given a frozen potato cake with about as enjoyable as eating cardboard.

The best scallop I have found in recent memory is not from a fish'n'chip shop but from Emmanuels carvery in post office square in the city (their roast sandwich are the best in the city too). Other than that the fish'n'chop shop in Nundah village ain't too bad.

I would be interested if you guys could share any great spot for a good fish and scallop feed.

Cheers


Scott

[Charlie]

One of the local Chinese takeaways used to do em adding some orange sweet potato to the normal piece of spud,absolutely brilliant.
Charlie

[roz]

I've posted their name before....they should give me free chippies!!!

The Fish & Chip shop at Chinderah, on the old highway, just across from the river and the caravan park.

Yum

[aussiefool]

I agree with Roz... Tweed River Seafood "real" potato scolops. and the chips are great aswell, don't know about the fish as I only eat my own fish.

[brett_rokesky]

Cedar park fish&chip in Yeppoon.
Batter everything in front of you.

[CHRIS_aka_GWH]

the Holy Mackeral at Noosaville

& because a real potato varies in size & the butt end is smaller than the middle - you might order 2 potato scallops but in reality they'll give you six.

chris

[Volvo]

Otherwise make yer own and whilst ya at it cut up some chippies n prefry about two thirds of the way. let cool off and beat up a coupla eggs or more drop yer chippies in the egg mix and drop back into the fry pan/deep fry , great combo with ye ole potato scollop.

[88fishframe]

I can fondly remember potato scallops. About 20 kilos ago !!! No more for me until some of that weight comes back a bit ............

[Bosunsmate]

Take a Break Burger Bar, Thuringowa Dve in Kirwn (Townsville)....Best fish 'n' chips and yep they still do the old style potato scallop.....Two scoops of chips feeds five with some left over and we're big eaters.

[fishman7]

hi
funny that me and my wife just started to make our own potato scallops for the shop.so far so good the customers seen happy.
cheers
danny

[Vic1]

Potato scallops??????? don't you mean potato cakes.........

[blaze]

the only word you should use in conjuction with
scallop
is
TASSIE
cheers
blaze

[skins4]

Hi went to a seaside village in the UK a few years back. At lunch time we saw this queue of people snaking out the door and down the street. Best advertising ever. We joined the queue and had a great feed of fish and chips.

[Dug]

there were a few shops in Rockhampton that battered the chips

Yum

one speciality I have tried is thinly shave sweet potato (into a bowl of cold water and vinegar to stop them from going brown.)

Then deep fry them in oil untill just crisp.

Serve with a dipping sauce of 50% sweet chili sauce 50% mint jelly.

[MY-TopEnder]

Wayne that used to run Jay Dee's takeaway on Orange Grove Road Coopers Plains made by far, the best scallops.

Sadly his wife got ill and he had to sell up.