Hoorah for Fish and Chips!

P.S. Another random fact for you. Lady Gaga had Fish and Chips before meeting the Queen at the Royal Variety Performance! The crazy pop diva quoted: “Nothin like a whiskey, fish and chips in the UK to prepare for the Queen”

How did this happen?

Well John Burns from Nottingham had been ignoring a lump near his eye for quite a while. It was only when in a chip shop that a doctor, passing through for his dinner, spotted the lump. He urged Mr Burns to get this looked at as soon as possible. And that was what he did with the result being that a golf ball sized tumour was removed!

While this tumour wasn’t fatal it could have caused sight problems. So there’s a good reason to eat Fish and Chips!

Read the full story and adjoining video here

Walkers Fish and Chips crisps wallpaper

Off i went to the Walkers website to find out more. It’s good.. some fun Flashy interactive goodness with the options to read more facts, download wallpapers, ringtones, screensavers and videos. You also get the option to vote for your favourite.

I was straight into the Fish and Chips section … on which there’s a video from none other than the master food technician himself, Heston Blumenthal. So from Big Chef meets Little Chef to Walkers Crisps, he is working hard!

No campaign would be complete without the obligatory fan page on Facebook. You can join all the individual flavour fan pages. Here’s the link to the Fish and Chips page. Promptly joined.

Now.. i haven’t tried this new flavour yet but i’m hoping it’s going to be good. Although the thought of fish flavour in crisps is going to be a bit strange. There are some other cool flavours available: Builders Breakfast, Cajun Squirrel (RSPCA?), Chilli and Chocolate (!!), Crispy Duck and Hoisin and Onion Bhaji.

If you tried any flavours above why not add a comment or two.

Enjoy,

Chipston

UPDATE: – 9th Feb 09 – Managed to finally get a packet of Fish and Chips flavoured Walkers and my verdict is: Good. Although, today i tried the Builder’s Breakfast and i must say they are much better! Has Willy Wonka been employed by Walkers?!!

To move the window around

Hold down left mouse button within the map area and to drag the map to it’s desired position. You can do this any time you see the little out stretched hand appear.

To zoom in/out

Double click left mouse button to zoom in a level. Zoom out a level by double clicking right mouse buttom. Or use the scroll wheel on your mouse to zoom in and out of map where you mouse cursor is. Or you can use the slider and the plus (+) and minus (-) buttons.

To get information about a Fish and Chip shop

Hover over one of the and the hand will turn into a pointing finger. Click left mouse once. A box will appear offering various details.

Those details include

Address

Phone Number

Get directions: Directions links do just that. You can get directions to and from the location. To, From and Search the selected location.

Change map style

Standard Map view is on by default which shows the street view. Click Sat to see the satellite view. Click Ter to view the terrain. If you live in Norfolk then you’ll not need to worry about terrain. It’s as flat as a pancake here!

Try out your new found mapping knowledge on the new Norfolk Fish and Chips map. Thanks to Google Maps for providing these superb mapping tools for the public.

Want to suggest your Fish and Chip shop is added? Want pictures uploaded? Want your menu added? Get in touch

I have various tasks that i need help with like writing posts, building maps and reviews, etc etc.

Go on get in touch today or write a comment below…

The Fish and Chips site progress is now moving faster in the last few days than it has since it’s conception almost a year ago now!

I’m passionate about favicons and no website should be without one in my opinion. So using the power of quasi-priorities i’ve knocked one up straight away. The design incorporates a chip fork and a fish! Well it had to… naturally!! Dare i say a “fishicon”! lol

FishandChips.org.uk Favicon

I’ve linked direct to the favicon above so if i change it in the future it’ll automagically change here.

I’ve also been playing with the Google Maps integration tonight… beavering away at the Norfolk Fish and Chip Shop locations. It’s not ready to go live yet but it’s looking good. I’ve got to do some planning regarding expansion in to Fish and Chip Shops and Restaurants in the UK too and how i’ll organise it into the site… subdomains or subdirectories. The decisions!

Check back soon for updates!

Chipston