Scampi and Chips

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)

Lovely dominos pizza

Not exactly Scampi or Chip related, but on Sunday night after our weekly game of golf, I decided to have a Dominos Pizza for my tea.

Not sure as to what I fancied, I thought I’d try a half and half large pizza, but then that just made the decision making twice as hard as I now had to pick two toppings!

Hot and Spicy Pizza - Hmmm

Mmmmeteor?

After a bit of a think, I decided I’d go for Hot and Spicy on one half and as Stan always goes on about how good it is, Meteor on the other half.  Not being content with Dominos’ standard toppings, I always add something extra just to make it that bit different, so I added Pepperoni on the Hot and Spicy half and Chillies on the Meteor.

After completing the order online(how cool is that), the pizza was delivered about 30mins later:

Hot and Spicy half with Pepperoni - “Onions, ground beef, green peppers, jalapeno peppers.”
Not quite spicy enough for me, but very tasty.  Great amounts of toppings although I did feel I didn’t get enough extra pepperoni, some of which was burnt and crispy around the edges  – 8/10

Meteor half with chillies – “Five delicious meat toppings including: Pepperoni, Sausage, Meatballs, Ground Beef and Smoky Bacon, together with our tangy BBQ Sauce and Mozzarella Cheese, all on our classic fresh-dough base.”
Pretty much a massive meat count that even the most fervent meat lover would be happy with.  The meatballs are great, but BBQ sauce too sweet for my liking.  Again, didn’t feel as though I got VFM with the extra chillies I added, but I did think I might suffer a small cardiac incident after eating all that meat – 6/10

Not too disastrous, but I feel there is a better combination possible.

Stan and I decided to have our 1st Scampi and Chips session at the veritable Caddyshack in Elland and what a result it was.  Both of us had an extremely high Scampi count – 15 for me and initially 14 for Stan although he had a suprise coming.

Full review with pictures coming soon…

i’m currently making this

it’s going to be good

i’ve taken some pictures and they’ll be on here later

Welcome to Scampi and Chips!

Over the coming weeks and months, we’ll be bringing you all the Scampi and Chip related news from around the globe.

Plus we’ll be keeping an eye on the all-important scampi count – The number of scampi in a portion which varies from serving to serving.