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Old 27-12-2016, 05:48
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They're not chips in McDonald's either. They're fries. Look at the menu board. It clearly says fries. Chips are what you get in a chip shop with cod or on their own etc. fries are what they serve in fast food restaurants. Nothing to do with whether we're in the US or not. If I worked in Mcdonalds and someone asked for chips I'd direct them to the nearest chip shop.
I don't care what that American outfit call their variety of chips, they can call them slivers for all I care but I'll still ask for and get chips. Their variety of chips. Always. If other Brits want to change their language that's up to them but many of us don't and won't. They are all just chips made in slightly different ways.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/chip
2 British A long rectangular piece of deep-fried potato
http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglopheni...-british-chips
let’s have a quick look at the most popular side dish in both U.K. and U.S. cuisine, the humble fried potato sliver, or frite. Is there a difference (beside spelling) between what Americans would call a french fry and the British chip?

The answer this question at its broadest, no there’s no difference at all. You take a potato, peel it, cut it into slices, cut those slices into slivers and then deep fry them. There’s some discussion as to how many times you fry them for the best results and for how long, but essentially the golden pile of hot spud fingers at the end is the same, whatever you call them.
You say fries, I say chips, but as long as we both get served, by staff speaking British English behind McD's counters, it matters not one jot.
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Old 27-12-2016, 06:52
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I don't care what that American outfit call their variety of chips, they can call them slivers for all I care but I'll still ask for and get chips. Their variety of chips. Always. If other Brits want to change their language that's up to them but many of us don't and won't. They are all just chips made in slightly different ways.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/chip
http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglopheni...-british-chips
You say fries, I say chips, but as long as we both get served, by staff speaking British English behind McD's counters, it matters not one jot.
i would not call them chips, I would call them tasteless potato things, i presume they are made from potatoes.
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Old 27-12-2016, 06:54
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I'd never heard of them until I read this thread, but it does sound like they should be banned.
i never heard of them either, but i do not think they should be banned
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Old 27-12-2016, 07:28
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I bet Christmas is a blast in your house. Merry Christmas.
Jesus. I bet New Year's Eve is a blast in your house.
You need to come up with better put downs for people who don't like the place. Perhaps you should ask your employers at Five Guys to spend a bit of money on an enlarged Customer Service handbook.
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Old 27-12-2016, 09:02
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Old 28-12-2016, 13:54
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So I'm a pauper, I wish you'd tell the tax man that.

I like nice things, especially good food, but I'm not an idiot. I especially like good meat. Very good meat. And I will pay a premium for it. 45 day dry aged sirloin beef. Fine pork, quality chicken from artisan sources.

I also hot smoke meat to add variety. I make my own bacon, I will never buy bacon again. NOT that I can't afford it, but after too many over salted super market packets of bacon. And being left winds at the cost of proper bacon from the likes of Dukeshill I will make my own for about a fifth of the cost, and the taste is far superior. And eat a lot of it. I eat game meat regularly, probably twice a week, whilst not cheap it's better value than most meat from ordinary butchers

As I have said in this very thread I like a burger too, a good burger, but to me paying 10 quid and more for a burger is well idiocy. I am quite willing to pay one heck of a lot more than even the £20.00 mentioned earlier for good food and I know just the places to go. But I would never pay that sort of money for a burger.

So please don't make assumptions about my ability to afford a burger or my willingness to pay for quality. Or I may be forced to question if its pretentious to say 'I bought a twenty quid hamburger last week because I've got a platinum card'
Calm down dear, we all believe you honest.

All that name calling about people willing to spend more than you...well I'm sure there's a good reason not related to hiding poverty through reverse snobbery at all.
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Old 29-12-2016, 12:11
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I tend to get the junior burger or whatever it's called, the smaller one. It's a fair bit cheaper. The sugar free options on the Coke Freestyle machine are very good so you can just keep going back for refills. The Liverpool one is always busy.
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Old 01-01-2017, 10:55
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2 wagyu beef burgers £3 Iceland

Obviously a lot of profit to be made
I'm not sure Iceland are using proper Wagyu. Hate to tell you.
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Old 01-01-2017, 10:57
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I ask for chips in McDonalds and get their variety of chips. Not crisps. We are not in the US and where that particular chips variety originated from is irrelevant.

As for Five Guys, I tried our nearest one last year and walked out when I saw part of their food stock (potatoes IIRC) stacked in bags in the middle of the main floor and that was before I noticed the prices! Heck, they are only flipping burgers and chips, whatever spin they like to put on it.

First impressions count. Never again.
Where would you like the potatoes kept? Perhaps they should have been on a luxury mattress somewhere to keep them comfortable.
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Old 02-01-2017, 00:24
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Where would you like the potatoes kept? Perhaps they should have been on a luxury mattress somewhere to keep them comfortable.
There's a farm near us that sells them in huge brown hessian sacks and the potatoes all have dirt on them 🙀
I prefer to buy them four at a time in a lovely polystyrene tray inside a cellophane wrapper - much more convenient.
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Old 02-01-2017, 08:56
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As a treat I wouldn't have a problem paying that much for a burger if it was nice, but for the prices mentioned I'd expect it to be table service tbh. Even McDonalds will bring your order to you now.
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Old 02-01-2017, 10:06
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I'm trying one today. I'll report back on it.
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Old 02-01-2017, 18:15
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Right, I had one a couple of hours ago at the Westwood Cross one in Broadstairs in Kent. Picked up my free peanuts as I went in. They had the sacks of potatoes for the chips and even had the sign telling where this week's potatoes were from for the chips. The bill came to £37(for 2 burgers, 3 soda drinks and one regular fries), so little bit pricey. I did go on the Cocoa Cola Freestyle Machine - I had a grape and raspberry Fanta. They're fun - you could spend ages mixing the flavours on there. The food came out pretty fast. They did have Sarson's vinegar on the tables for the fries(which was a nice touch). As for the burger - well, it was sort of what I was expecting - good, but not great. It's very much more in the style of a fast food burger or one from a burger van(not surprising, as I suppose that's what the chain is really) rather than a gourmet variety(like Byron's or Gourmet Burger Kitchen). The meat did seem to have some decent flavour, a little greasy but not too bad. The cheese seemed good quality(and I'm not usually a fan of that processed US stuff); I had grilled bacon, onions, mushrooms and pickles as my toppings(you can go mad on them). I don't know if I'd go back again - as for the price, you'd expect a little more than that.
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Old 02-01-2017, 18:38
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Right, I had one a couple of hours ago at the Westwood Cross one in Broadstairs in Kent. Picked up my free peanuts as I went in. They had the sacks of potatoes for the chips and even had the sign telling where this week's potatoes were from for the chips. The bill came to £37(for 2 burgers, 3 soda drinks and one regular fries), so little bit pricey. I did go on the Cocoa Cola Freestyle Machine - I had a grape and raspberry Fanta. They're fun - you could spend ages mixing the flavours on there. The food came out pretty fast. They did have Sarson's vinegar on the tables for the fries(which was a nice touch). As for the burger - well, it was sort of what I was expecting - good, but not great. It's very much more in the style of a fast food burger or one from a burger van(not surprising, as I suppose that's what the chain is really) rather than a gourmet variety(like Byron's or Gourmet Burger Kitchen). The meat did seem to have some decent flavour, a little greasy but not too bad. The cheese seemed good quality(and I'm not usually a fan of that processed US stuff); I had grilled bacon, onions, mushrooms and pickles as my toppings(you can go mad on them). I don't know if I'd go back again - as for the price, you'd expect a little more than that.
Wow, that's a lot more expensive than the one where I live, nearly double price.
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Old 02-01-2017, 18:48
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Wow, that's a lot more expensive than the one where I live, nearly double price.
I thought that too. I'm sure I normally pay around £25 for 2 burgers, one regular fries and 2 drinks. Maybe it's a typo and was meant to be £27, not £37?
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Old 03-01-2017, 12:55
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Right, I had one a couple of hours ago at the Westwood Cross one in Broadstairs in Kent. Picked up my free peanuts as I went in. They had the sacks of potatoes for the chips and even had the sign telling where this week's potatoes were from for the chips. The bill came to £37(for 2 burgers, 3 soda drinks and one regular fries), so little bit pricey. I did go on the Cocoa Cola Freestyle Machine - I had a grape and raspberry Fanta. They're fun - you could spend ages mixing the flavours on there. The food came out pretty fast. They did have Sarson's vinegar on the tables for the fries(which was a nice touch). As for the burger - well, it was sort of what I was expecting - good, but not great. It's very much more in the style of a fast food burger or one from a burger van(not surprising, as I suppose that's what the chain is really) rather than a gourmet variety(like Byron's or Gourmet Burger Kitchen). The meat did seem to have some decent flavour, a little greasy but not too bad. The cheese seemed good quality(and I'm not usually a fan of that processed US stuff); I had grilled bacon, onions, mushrooms and pickles as my toppings(you can go mad on them). I don't know if I'd go back again - as for the price, you'd expect a little more than that.
Just added that up on the menu and at most it would cost is £31.
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Old 03-01-2017, 12:58
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Whoops. I missed out the hot dog on that list. That's why it's £37. My apologies. I wasn't the person who was eating the hot dog - so can't comment on that.
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Old 03-01-2017, 16:38
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Whoops. I missed out the hot dog on that list. That's why it's £37. My apologies. I wasn't the person who was eating the hot dog - so can't comment on that.
At that price, I'd hope it was made from pedigree. I'm curious how long the craze for 'artisanal' burgers will last given they've traditionally been cheap, fast food. And 5 Guys seems to have expanded rather rapidly. Best burgers are still home made though.
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Old 03-01-2017, 20:40
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Well the great fries v chips debate of 2016 was certainly serious business!
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Old 03-01-2017, 20:46
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Had this up in Scotland last week. Waste of money. It wasn't vile but just wasn't good enough to justify shelling out that much. The chips were nice. The burgers were disappointing.

If we were going to get another American fast food burger franchise I would much rather have In-n-out. One of the rare times something lived up to the hype. Burgers there were amazing. Great quality for a great price. Even that poncy food snob Ramsay swears by it.
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Old 03-01-2017, 22:37
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Well the great fries v chips debate of 2016 was certainly serious business!
Yep, the fries got their asses whipped - skinny little "frites" 😎👍
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Old 03-01-2017, 22:46
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If we were going to get another American fast food burger franchise I would much rather have In-n-out. One of the rare times something lived up to the hype. Burgers there were amazing. Great quality for a great price. Even that poncy food snob Ramsay swears by it.
"In-n-out" fast food sounds as comparable to a pleasurable dining experience as a £20 "happy ending" massage is to an evening with a beautiful woman.
"Ta, now shove off! NEXT!"
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Old 04-01-2017, 08:33
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At that price, I'd hope it was made from pedigree. I'm curious how long the craze for 'artisanal' burgers will last given they've traditionally been cheap, fast food. And 5 Guys seems to have expanded rather rapidly. Best burgers are still home made though.
Considering "posh" burger establishments have been commonplace now for at least 10 years, unless you live somewhere really bizarre like Doncaster where they're probably considered the latest thing, then I don't think they're going to go anywhere.

In fact you've always been able to get more expensive burgers for as long as I can remember. Not in as many establishments as now admittedly, but they've always been around.
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Old 04-01-2017, 12:48
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At that price, I'd hope it was made from pedigree. I'm curious how long the craze for 'artisanal' burgers will last given they've traditionally been cheap, fast food. And 5 Guys seems to have expanded rather rapidly. Best burgers are still home made though.
I don't think I could make a burger as good as Byrons.

Food tastes change and items considered cheap become trendy. It's not that long since they couldn't give Monkfish away.
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Old 04-01-2017, 17:50
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I don't think I could make a burger as good as Byrons.

Byron's is still my favourite of the new burger joints up now. Their's is always juicy and I do like their special burgers for different times of the year. I'd put Gourmet Burger Kitchen just behind them.
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