Better than a battered Mars bar! Takeaway in Scotland sends customers wild with deep-fried pickled onions
- Amandeep Singh, 38, from Glasgow, wanted a new delicacy for Codfather cafe
- Decided to deep-fry the pickled onions he usually sells as a side in the restaurant
- Said customers have been going wild over the tasty treats because of its ‘crunch’
- One onion costs 50p while diners can purchase five for £2 from the restaurant
A Scottish chip shop has unleashed the savoury sequel to the deep fried Mars Bar – a battered pickled onion.
Amandeep Singh, 38, from Glasgow, wanted to find the new battered craze in order to help his takeaway Codfather fast food in Cambuslang stand out from other cafes.
The father-of-four said he was looking for ‘something different’ when he decided to try deep-frying the pickled onions which he normally sells as a side.
Despite only having launched the new menu item this week, the Amandeep has revealed they have already proven to be a hit with customers, saying: ‘People have been messaging saying they’re really tasty.’
Amandeep Singh, 38, (pictured) who owns the Codfather fast food restaurant in Cambuslang, Glasgow, has added a deep-fried pickled onion to his menu
The latest battered delicacy is described as having thin crispy batter with a crunchy onion in the middle
Amandeep has been running his takeaway restaurant for 16 years and said he has never seen anyone else selling deep-fried pickled onions.
The onions follow other items such as Mars Bars, Jaffa Cakes, Brussel sprouts and Quality Street sweets to be thrown into the fryer.
Speaking about the wacky snack, Amandeep said: ‘I’ve been working a long time in chippies and just wanted to be different and thought I’d try putting a pickled onion in batter.
‘When it’s quiet you think up different things.
The new menu item joins a line-up of foods to have been thrown into a fryer, such as Mars Bars, Jaffa Cakes and Brussel sprouts
‘We just started selling them yesterday. They’re not on the menu yet but the customers like them already.’
Amandeep revealed that he likes the new pickled onion variant, saying: ‘I like them myself, and all the staff really like them.
‘The batter’s nice and crispy and you still get a crunch with the onion.’
The father-of-four, who said he has been running his takeaway for 16 years, said he had never seen anyone else selling the wacky snack
The delicacy is now selling in Amandeep’s restaurant at 50p each or you can buy five for £2.
He announced the launch of his new item on his business’s Facebook page, saying: ‘Fancy trying something a little bit different.
‘Love pickles and love batter why not come try them together.’
Amandeep announced the news about the deep-fried pickled onions on his business’s Facebook page, with the post quickly going viral
The post has been shared nearly 2,000 times and received 4,500 comments, with people going wild over the new item.
One person called the deep-fried pickled onions ‘a game changer’.
Another commented that the onions were ‘the dream’.