Punch Pub Company puts vegetarian fish & chips on the menu

24th November 2009, 10:23am

The Punch Pub Company has put vegetarian fish and chips on the menu in its London pubs to give non fish eaters a chance to enjoy the classic British dish.

The pub company's development chefs have launched a vegetarian option using haloumi cheese. The haloumi is marinated in olive oil, lemon juice and parsley before being floured and battered.

Fish and chips is the most popular dish on the menu and over the summer a massive 41,637 portions were sold, that's nearly one and a half portions every minute.

Operations director Dan Robinson said: "It might sound a strange combination at first, but those who try it love it! Every time we have cooked off portions at menu tastings they have disappeared in seconds, which is unheard of for a vegetarian dish!"

"Fish and chips is by far the most popular dish in London pubs and it's only right that our vegetarian guests can now get in on the act and in our experience vegetarian diners prefer a meat substitute when they dine out."

The Veggie Fish and chips are available in over 100 Punch Pub Company pubs.

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Vanessa Brown - The Vegetarian Society

25 November 2009 at 10:38am

An innovative idea as long as they dont cook it in the same fryer as the fish and other non veggie ingredients.

Kake

26 November 2009 at 10:17pm

Freaky Trigger are less than impressed: http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/pumpkin/2009/11/the-perils-of-eating-vegetarian-fish-and-chips/

heather couper

02 May 2010 at 7:51pm

Veggie fish and chips - what a great idea! Can you tell me where the nearest pub that sells the dish is to Princes Risborough in Buckinghamshire?

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