I tried the three best chippies in Greater Manchester and one was clearly superior

A chippy tea with all the fixings is one of the best dinners to come home to.

Whether you like yours with salt and vinegar, tartar sauce, or lashings of mushy peas, gravy or curry sauce, you can’t beat a proper fish and chips Oldham’s Tommyfield Market claims to be the home of Britain’s first fried chip, where the popular potato product was allegedly first created in 1860.

So it’s fitting that three of Greater Manchester’s favourite chippies were named among the top 50 in the country. Clearly the only reaction to that is to go and test them, right?

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The first stop of the week was Chips @ No.8 in Clifton Road, Prestwich. Tucked away off the main road it’s slightly more tricky to find than the other two, but a pay and display car park across the road is very helpful for anyone looking to grab their dinner.

I arrived at quarter past five on Saturday evening, just 15 minutes after they opened for the night, and there was already a queue of people out the door waiting to order. It’s clearly a very popular place and was the busiest of the week.

After placing my order for a mini fish and chips, two battered sausages, a portion of chips, a pot of gravy and a deep fried creme egg (how could you resist?) I handed over £11.50 and took a raffle ticket used to indicate my order number.

There were ten people ahead of me waiting for their dinner so I found a spot in the corner and tried not to get too jealous watching a group of teenagers tucking in to a delicious smelling meal. After around 15 minutes my food was ready so I took it back to the car and headed home for the taste test.

Straight away I was very