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Sophie Buchan

Edinburgh's top takeaway choice is fish and chips, study reveals

After a hard week at work, it's always nice to sit down and put your feet up after a long day. And to make it even better, a takeaway is always a good option.

But when it comes to picking what food you want, it can be a battle and a half to say the least with Edinburgh's food scene constantly expanding. Not that we're complaining, of course.

From a Chinese to an Indian, there's many directions to go in. But one that seems to top the list is good old fish and chips.

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According to a recent survey by Jackpotjoy, Goggle search results for the best fish and chip shops have been soaring with over 200,000 people asking the all important question. It also shows that search for this topic has increased by 172% since March alone.

So it's no surprise that costal cities - including Edinburgh - have been among those loving the takeaway option. With the popular option on the rise, this means it has beaten other UK favourites including Indian, Chinese, Thai and even Pizza.

When looking into specifics, it seems one order came out on top with the nation keeping it simple with six in 10 of us choosing to eat battered cod and chips with salt and vinegar, of course. In second place came battered haddock with a third (33 per cent) of the votes with 26 per cent of fish and chip lovers opting for a battered sausage.

And whilst us Scots clearly love to deep fry our food, the iconic deep fried Mars Bar only got the approval of two people from 100. And whilst we know the top three orders, the survey also revealed the top 10 orders as well as our favourite toppings.

The nation’s top ten chippie orders

  1. Battered cod - 60 per cent
  2. Battered haddock- 33 per cent
  3. Battered sausage - 26 per cent
  4. Sausage - 20 per cent
  5. Fish cake - 15 per cent
  6. Donner kebab - 14 per cent
  7. Steak pie - 13 per cent
  8. Chicken burger - 11 per cent
  9. Battered chicken - 10 per cent
  10. Scampi - 10 per cent

The nation’s top five chip toppings

  1. Salt and vinegar – 44 per cent
  2. Just salt – 12 per cent
  3. Ketchup – 8 per cent
  4. Curry sauce – 8 per cent
  5. Mayonnaise or just vinegar – 5 per cent

Whilst the classic combo of salt and vinegar unsurprisingly took the top spot, fans of mushy peas and gravy seem to be few and far between. This comes after only two per cent of people picking these options when surveyed.

Alex Fagelson, Head of Brand at Jackpotjoy said: “Looking at our research, it is clear that people up and down the UK can agree on one thing – there’s nothing better than a chippie tea with salt and vinegar for bringing people together. Keeping things simple and classic is a huge preference!”

City
Favourite Takeaway
Belfast Fish and chips
Birmingham Pizza
Brighton Fish and chips
Bristol Fish and chips
Cardiff Indian
Coventry Indian
Edinburgh Fish and chips
Glasgow Indian
Leeds Fish and chips
Leicester Indian
Liverpool Fish and chips
London Fish and chips
Manchester Indian & Fish and chips
Milton Keynes Fish and chips
Newcastle Chinese, Indian & Fish and chips
Norwich Fish and chips
Nottingham Indian & Fish and chips
Oxford Fish and chips
Plymouth Fish and chips
Portsmouth Fish and chips
Sheffield Fish and chips
Southampton Fish and chips
Stoke-on-Trent Chinese
Swansea Fish and chips
York Fish and chips

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