Scampi and Chips – The Caddyshack, Elland. The Official Review.

Well well well.

Many weeks after I visited the Caddyshack, along with David, to check out their Scampi and Chips – here, at last, is my official review of the experience.

The experience was described briefly by David earlier.

Unfortunately, I’m not yet savvy in the skill of embelishing my posts with links etc, but i’m sure that can be remedied later. In the meantime, please scroll down to read David’s brief review.

So there we were, 1pm on a Friday afternoon.  With both of us having acquired the privilege of not having to be in the office, what better way to occupy our free time than a few pints in The Caddyshack accompianied by Ryder Cup Golf on the TV and Scampi and Chips to boot.

Things were looking rosy.

No, not ‘Rosie’ in that sense but, still…. things were good.

After a couple of beers, we decided the time was right.

So i approached the bar to order another glass, and 2 portions of Elland’s finest Scampi and Chips…… only to be derided by the barmaid because Scampi and Chips  “…isn’t on the Lunch Menu, it’s on the Tea Menu.  It’s not Tea Time yet!”

It would be impossible to describe the look on her face as she came to terms with my disregard for the menu structure, so I am not going to attempt it.  Let’s just say she looked confused.

Some people, understandably, would have accepted defeat and moved on.  But not me.

After a simple assertion that we were only here for the Scampi and Chips, the barmaid conceded that it was the chef’s decision.

And what do you know….?

KAPOW!!!

15 minutes later and we were served with an amazing plate of Scampi and Chips.  Unfortunately it is served with peas but, given that I don’t really care for peas and David is not a chip lover, we should really have been able to work around that.

However, there was no pea/chip swapping and we, contentedly, attacked our plates with vigour – please note David is a slow eater so my ‘attack’ was slightly more ‘vigorous’, but that is of little significance. tbf.

Of course, we did the obligatory ‘Scampi Count’ and on first impressions, it did appear that David had, in fact, received one extra piece.  I was inclined to argue that i had received one less piece until…

YES!  IT’S A DOUBLE HEADER! HARMONY IS RESTORED!

I saved that piece until last, in awe of its beauty:

What can i say?

Life changing.

Scampi and Chips @ The Caddyshack Official Score: 4.5/5 (or 9/10)