John Copeland - of John Long’s chip shop - knows his food, even if he refuses to be viewed as a gourmet Fish and chips at Long's fish and chip shop, Belfast There are so many levels of eating out. There’s posh with friends, wine and a good maître d’; there’s street food where discovery and excitement are introduced through cooks from around the world doing their thing out of an oven or a griddle in the back of a stall or van; and there’s classic curries and Chinese nights out. The one we can all agree and actually disagree on is fish and chips.
The fish and chip shop survives, just, despite the onslaught of world flavours, ingredients and exotica. We’re all pretty good on where the best Thai, Filipino, Himalayan or Mexican places are, but when it comes down to fish and chips we are still local to our territory. Over in the east of Belfast, no-one goes past Spence’s.
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