One of the most popular Fish & Chips shops in the area closed, and everyone was sad. Then the familiar white & red signage of the Morley's shop appeared and we all celebrated.
Morley's is a famous enough shop that even though they only really have shops in London we have imitation ones in the Midlands - and now we have a real one! The pre-opening shop wrap suggested it was the first in Birmingham, and as the original was a magnet for artists and general coolness I knew I had to try it out. Took me about 6 weeks though...
Situated on the Dudley Road outside my hospital it's already become a favourite place to go to lunch for the IT guys. It's known for generous portions & quality ingredients. Cheaper than Nandos (or Peri Fino) but a lot more single-focused. No Haloumi pitta breads here - just chicken.
And the grocery store next door is my hook-up for all things Sip Shack so if I'm going to have to walk past anyway it's rude not to stock up. You can read all about the best indy fruit drink on the market here. The grape flavour really tamed the sauces and I could have happily drunk 2.
And what did I choose? 5 bits of BBQ chicken!
It's a little hard to photograph the smell - but it's sweet & sticky and awesome. More like a restaurant sauce than a chicken shop.
And the chips were good too - wasn't expecting that - decent quality and actual potato flavours. Not many of them - but that wasn't an issue. This is only half the bag in the picture, no sense in letting them all get cold while I take pics and defend my dinner from cats.
Luna was excited by the chips and chicken - but due to the sauce couldn't really join in.
And again - hard to capture the quality of the chicken - and the sheer amount to. For £5.50 this covered my evening meal and then lunch the following day. That's a pretty good deal for a trendy take-away - no wonder that I've already seen two influencers and a full film-crew shooting outside (drama not news).
There are more traditional things on the menu so my plan is to go back and try some other things, and if it's not too obvious maybe I'll take some pics of the store too!
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