What could be better than eating the very best fish and chips on a boat? Perhaps eating at one that's just been declared the best restaurant takeaway in Scotland?
The team at McMonagle's famous chip shop boat, which is moored on the Forth and Clyde canal, at Clydebank in West Dunbartonshire is celebrating after they were awarded the prestigious award at the recent Scottish Takeaway awards.
The family-run chippie is looked after by general manager Debbie Rose Reilly and her husband Chris, with the boat originally built at a shipyard in Campbelltown by her dad John almost 30 years ago. It is named Debra Rose after his daughter and now manager, Debbie.
And a delighted Debbie took to social media to celebrate their win: "We won! Best restaurant takeaway in Scotland.
"Can’t thank all our staff and all our customers for all your hard work and support! We are so delighted and proud. Hard work pays off. Stayed open all through covid and still going strong. Congratulations to all our staff."
The restaurant and takeaway, which serves up the usual classic suppers including haddock, sausage and haggis, has both formal dining upstairs in the boat and casual seating outside.
It recently hit the headlines with some of its more unusual creations: deep-fried pigs in blankets; 'frickles', battered pickles; and 'frice-cream', a Morton's roll filled with ice cream, battered and fried.
A favourite of locals for decades, they've also begun to gather a more widespread following thanks to their unique location and exterior and their "sail-thru", which allows boats on the canal to order and get their food while passing by.
Speaking about the unique offering, Debbie told the Daily Record: "We built windows on the waterside of the boat because we noticed the canal was opening.
"And by doing that it has become a tourist attraction and boats stop by for some fish and chips."
You can actually place your order and pick it up from the back hatch without even having to leave your boat.
Incredibly the boat doesn't float itself, it is actually welded in place with cement but that doesn't stop locals calling it the 'chip boat' and flocking in their hundreds every week.
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