Police were called to a city centre takeaway after staff poured gravy on a man’s chips.
The angry customer allegedly kicked-off after the stock-based sauce was dispatched without his consent at around 2.15am on Tuesday night.
The incident took place at a fish and chip shop in Manchester, Manchester Evening News reports.
Local accounts say that the disagreement began when staff handed him his chips, only to then take them away again to apply a generous covering of gravy. By the time police arrived, the chippy had closed. Officers recorded a public order offence.
A tweet from the Greater Manchester Police city centre account said: “999 from fish & chip shop earlier this week – customer kicking off, apparently because they put gravy on his chips.
“Shop was closed when we got there later, and in the absence of any other calls, we’ve assumed no-one got battered.”
Of course, all this moves us to rekindle the old question: what is the best sauce for chip shop chips?
We’re not talking mayo, tartare or ketchup here. They’re separate. We also can’t be bothered to perpetuate the old north/south division thing. Loads of people in the south like gravy on their chips these days.
Although we can’t help but wonder whether gravy is more appropriate when doing chips in urban environments, but not so much by the seaside. Also: gravy on chips, fine; on fish? A lot to think about.
