Anyone who reads ParmaDaze with any sort of regularity will know that I am not a fan of shoestring, or “Maccas” fries. I think that a parma belongs beside a chunky chip and any parma we’ve had with shoestring fries has ultimately let the dish down in the long run.

Well I’ll be damned if we haven’t just found the exception to the rule, as the bowl of hand-cut shoestring fries accompanying the Robert Burns parma were some of the best I’ve ever had. They were hot, they were well seasoned, they were bursting with flavour and most of all they had an outstanding crunch that I couldn’t get enough of. A serve of some sort of dipping sauce on the side and we’d be looking at a perfect 10 for chips, and that’s something I never thought I would say about shoestring fries.

Now so salad is included with the Robbie Burns parma, however they do have an extensive menu of sides on offer…