UKs best fast food restaurant

DonDaddyD
DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
edited January 2012 in Commuting chat
We all like to eat well but there are times when a kebab or a 'fat' burger is the only thing that will do. Now I'd argue that in the UK there aren't that many proper fast food (McDonalds fast) options out there. So when faced with the fast food hunger what is your prefered choice?

By fast food I mean ordered and served your cooked food in under 5 mins.

What's your favourite?
Food Chain number = 4

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Nana Mexico
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  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    I have been advised never to rush someone cooking your food. Seems good advice to me.

    When I do go against that advice, I go Kentucky Fried Chicken (I'm old skool). I do like a good kebab too. Always shish, never doner.
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Stenson Fish Bar in Derby

    http://www.thomsonlocal.com/Stenson+Fis ... yinfo.html

    every day there is a queue going out the door - seriously, seriously great chips out of that place.
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  • clarkey cat
    clarkey cat Posts: 3,641
    Maccy-Dees.

    2 double cheese-burgers, Extra-large fries, Vanilla milk-shake... preferably eaten on the last train home while absolutely out of my face... eating like a pig into some poor soul's face who is aghast as the gelatinous filth is rammed into my squelching maw.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Whoever voted Burger King

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  • spasypaddy
    spasypaddy Posts: 5,180
    either kervan kebab shop in edmonton or durum in finchley central.

    proper ocakbasi takeaways!
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  • essex-commuter
    essex-commuter Posts: 2,188
    The only fast food I eat is Kentucky, it's only now and then but I love it.

    I'd like to ride for a KFC pro team, probably have to wear an 8 piece bucket instead of an aero helmet though.
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    Subway is okay, But the burger chips fast food is dreadful I struggle to see why some one would want to eat that stuff.

    I'll have a bacon roll and a coffee at Pen Ponds in Richmound Park, But mostly just have a coffee somewhere.
  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    Not my local but I reckon 'The Real Food Shop' in Tyndrum takes some beating
  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    Shalimar in Clapham and Merton Kebab just of Merton road, Wimbledon.

    My ideal fast food restaurant would serve me McDonalds fries, Burger King Whopper with Big Mac sauce and root beer!

    Mmmmmm
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  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    Shalimar in Clapham and Merton Kebab just of Merton road, Wimbledon.

    My ideal fast food restaurant would serve me McDonalds fries, Burger King Whopper with Big Mac sauce and root beer!

    Mmmmmm

    McDoddles fries?! Yuk!
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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    E Mono.

    http://www.kentishtowner.co.uk/2012/01/03/this-years-rising-star-why-e-mono-of-course-who-are-now-planning-a-restaurant-downstairs/

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  • MarksMintness
    MarksMintness Posts: 484
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    Stenson Fish Bar in Derby

    http://www.thomsonlocal.com/Stenson+Fis ... yinfo.html

    every day there is a queue going out the door - seriously, seriously great chips out of that place.

    +1 for Stenson!

    For me MD is king, closely followed by the finger-lickin chicken from the Colonel.
    Large Big Mac meal with a cheeseburger on the side usually satisfies me. :D
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    falafels are amazing takeaway food (and I'm a serious carnivore) Sushi is great but tend to go for a proper meal as I don't have the urge on a whim

    never been to a subway, avoid Mcd's, buggerking and kfc like the plague
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Seriously, if you are ever in Cambridge, or, heaven forbid, work or live there, you have to go to nana mexico.

    It's amaaazing.
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  • clarkey cat
    clarkey cat Posts: 3,641
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  • iPete
    iPete Posts: 6,076
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Whoever voted Burger King

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    :lol: BK trumps Maccas every day, not that I eat such sh*te so often! every other day maybe...
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Also, who the f*ck voted for Chicken Cottage??!?!


    CHICKEN. COTTAGE.

    ARE YOU MAD?!?!
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    I did, Chicken Cottage is AMAZING. £2 2 piece chicken and chips. If I'm in my car, only fried chicken will do and I can't get to Shalimar in a reasonable amount of time then Chicken cottage is my next option.
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,372
    At work, anything from White Cross Street [/foodsnob]. At home, the local chippy is pretty good - Moon House IIRC.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    rjsterry wrote:
    At work, anything from White Cross Street [/foodsnob]. At home, the local chippy is pretty good - Moon House IIRC.

    Burritos from the green van?
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  • andyb78
    andyb78 Posts: 156
    +1 for Nana Mexico. Cracking food - their burritos are a thing of wonder after a couple of pints. Beats any of the usual suspects hands down. Also a fan of KFC from time to time, despite the fact that *everything* is fried...

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    andyb78 wrote:
    +1 for Nana Mexico. Cracking food - their burritos are a thing of wonder after a couple of pints. Beats any of the usual suspects hands down. Also a fan of KFC from time to time, despite the fact that *everything* is fried...

    Anyone Cantab based remember the legend that is Gardinia's?

    Remember? What, Gardie's isn't there anymore?

    WTF?!?!



    serious rage problem in this thread
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  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    I did, Chicken Cottage is AMAZING. £2 2 piece chicken and chips. If I'm in my car, only fried chicken will do and I can't get to Shalimar in a reasonable amount of time then Chicken cottage is my next option.

    Chicken Cottage is never an option.
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  • clarkey cat
    clarkey cat Posts: 3,641
    The King of Falafel on Leather Lane is great.

    Weird set-up in there though...
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,372
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    rjsterry wrote:
    At work, anything from White Cross Street [/foodsnob]. At home, the local chippy is pretty good - Moon House IIRC.

    Burritos from the green van?

    Haven't tried that yet. Usually go for a hog roast bap with all the bits, and a crumble tart from the french bakery stall, followed by a snooze.
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  • iPete
    iPete Posts: 6,076
    In all honest, despite lazily voting for BK, Pilpel is the best 'fast food' I've had in ages. I'm not sure it qualifies, it all seemed rather healthy!

    http://www.pilpel.co.uk/
  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    Out of the chain fast food outlets then it has to be Subway. Italian BMT on hearty Italian bread. Cheese (not grilled), hold the cucumber, jalapeneos, olives and a bit of mayo. Nom nom.

    Only issue is sizing. A footlong is bloatatious and a six inch just don't do it. Campaign for a nine inch option!

    For non-chain then I propose Valentines cafe (built into Cwmbran station) for a mouthwatering lebanese lamb wrap (£3.50 and weighs about a kilo) or for a good old fashioned breakfast roll heaving with cholestorol then Lizzies van is a must.

    For the burger chains (I do too much motorway travel) BK is far better than McD (except for breakfast) but both are really a last resort. What happened to Wendy's?

    If, on the other hand, I can arrange to be heading back from England to Wales around lunch time then I make a point of taking the A40 from the M5 (as it avoids the bridge tolls, but mostly..) because it goes through the village of Huntley on the way toward Ross on Wye, wherein lies the Red Lion. Exquisite food, served fast and Doombar on tap. Unbloody beatable. Local sausage and mash with seasonal vegetables served in a creamy light sauce in front of a roaring log fire with a fine pint for south of £8.50 - ultimate comfort food.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    rjsterry wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    rjsterry wrote:
    At work, anything from White Cross Street [/foodsnob]. At home, the local chippy is pretty good - Moon House IIRC.

    Burritos from the green van?

    Haven't tried that yet. Usually go for a hog roast bap with all the bits, and a crumble tart from the french bakery stall, followed by a snooze.


    Mmm, dangerous game that, big lunch at work.

    The chicken escalope ciabatta with everything (that'll be cheese, tabasco, mayo, 'salad') from Pavarotti's (Pav for short) is something to be savoured
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  • Gussio
    Gussio Posts: 2,452
    Does Nando's count as fast food?

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