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City: BALGOWNIE, 166 Balgownie Rd | Balgownie, Fairy Meadow, New South Wales 2519, Australia, BALGOWNIE
"I’ve been going to the Balgownie Fish Shop since I was four years old. It was an institution when I was a kid growing up in the area. Great moments in my childhood and teen years such as sporting events or just going to the beach were followed by and marked with a visit to the Balgownie fish shop. As soon as I could ride a bike I’d be up there on a Saturday morning at the counter ordering ten or twenty cents worth of chips. But the prize amongst the golden fried objects of edible desire were their home made battered potato ‘scollops’ (sic). Nothing beats a Balgownie scollop in my opinion, especially if it’s been liberally dosed with lemon juice. Having moved out of the area long ago I haven’t visited this hallowed institution for several years, so when I heard that the owners, Anna and Tony Vangelovski, were finally hanging up their aprons after fifty-one years long and dedicated service at the deep-fryer and wrapping station, and selling the shop to make way for a new development, I had to make one last pilgrimage to that southern Mecca of greasy goodness. I wasn’t disappointed. Nothing had changed. Nothing. It was still exactly as I remembered it. The old wood panelled countered once just varnished wood has been painted at some point, and there is a more modern looking freezer where the old one used to stand, but just about everything else is the same. Same cash register, same rainbow-coloured park bench to sit on while you wait, same lino floor, gumball machine and lime green porcelain sink, in case you want to wash your hands before you dine - although I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone use it. The owners, Anna and Tony even look exactly the same as they did when I was a kid, albeit a little greyer all over. I guess after dusting seafood in flour and dunking it in hot oil for 51 years, you’re bound to end up a lightly battered and gently fried. Even the menu hasn’t changed and the prices don’t seem to have changed a great deal either. We ordered four potato scollops, six cocktail fish pieces and the smallest order of chips which, with an added lemon (which Anna chopped in half and thoughtfully stuffed in a chiko roll bag for us) the total was a mere seven dollars. Seven dollars for enough deep fried goodness to permanently clog the arteries of an entire footy team! That’s value, right there!After paying the paltry sum, and bidding the couple a fond farewell and happy retirement, we took a butcher’s paper-wrapped bundle of joy directly across the road to the beer garden of the Balgownie pub, (a proud old institution itself) ignoring completely the sign on the wall that asks patrons not to eat food that they haven’t purchased from the hotel – a sign that was never there in my youth. Back then it was traditional to eat your fish and chips in the Bally beer garden, even if you weren’t legally old enough to drink beer.In the beer garden we unwrapped our greasy prize and were delighted to find that the food hadn’t changed either. The chips were hot and salty, the cocktail fish pieces were chunky, crisp and juicy and the scollops… It’s impossible to describe their exquisite scollopyness with the limited vocabulary the English language provides. But I’ll give it a shot. The first sensation as you draw the scollop towards the mouth is the aroma of batter and cooking oil, oil that I’d wager hasn’t been changed in 51 years either. Next is the crunch as the teeth penetrate that deep fried outer surface. This is followed by the soft, airy inner coating of batter, then the cooked-to-perfection potato centre, capped off with a hit of salt and the tang of the lemon juice. All washed down with a long cool Cooper’s Ale, first raised in honour of, in my opinion, the best fish and chip shop in the world! So hurry, they’re only open for another three months!"
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City: Wollongong, 2a/6 Flinders St, North Wollongong NSW 2500, Australia
"Very clean shop, fresh view eating, reasonable price."
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City: Unanderra Australia, U 2a 6 Flinders St, North Wollongong I-2500, Australia, Unanderra Australia
"I just had a baby octopus and a calamari ring, they were amazing, perfectly cooked, so tasty! I think I'll come back soon, guys!"
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City: Wollongong, Cnr Corrimal & Bank Street, Wollongong, New South Wales 2500, Australia
"Visited for work golf dayBreakfast golf and then some lunch.Great day golf course is bit too hard for non regular players.The young lady looking after us for breakfast was oustanding and deserves a pay rise for how she handled a number of large groups on her own.Lunch was slow to come out and the staff provided some free hot chips as a consolation.Ordered the barramundi with watercress and pea puree.Looked great when it arrived and tasted even better crispy skin and moist flesh.Have not has a meal this nice in any club for a very long timeThanksLeanne & Paul"
City: Unanderra Australia, 114 Pioneer Road, Wollongong City Council 2518, Australia, Unanderra Australia
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City: Wollongong, Endeavour Drive, Wollongong, New South Wales 2500, Australia
"Nice place to have breakfast located on the harbour coffee was good staff were friendly nice food you had a good range to choose from"
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City: Kiama, George Hanley Dr, North Wollongong NSW 2500, Australia, Kiama
"Staff and managers wonderful very pleased with the service"
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City: North Wollongong Australia, Cliff Rd, North Wollongong Australia, Australia
"Large coffee and beautiful staff"
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City: Wollongong City Council, 2 Endeavour Dr, Wollongong NSW 2500, Australia, Wollongong City Council
"Ate here multiple times during my holiday. Every time was fantastic. Friendly staff, tasty food and great views. Staff took the time to check meals and were happy to talk to you."
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City: Wollongong, Stuart ParkAU-NSW 2500, Wollongong, Australia
"The food was good but the service was under par for the price. The atmosphere was ordinary."
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