Life is full of surprises and the same applies to chips. St Edmonds – classy, quirky, set in the midst of trendy Prahran and bustling with the upper (and cooler) echelons of society. The menu matches this, catering a mixture of tapas dishes and deli display items. With this mind, we assumed the fries would complement the hip vibe. Unfortunately, we were wrong. The chips were served as French fries style, for those who do not speak the language of potato; this means Maccas chips and was accompanied by mayonnaise. That was the first mistake – the mayonnaise tasted overwhelmingly like egg and was far too thick. The experience continued to plummet when the abundance of salt destroyed any possible flavour of potato, convincing us that we had just developed a cholesterol problem. This compounded by an after-taste that was reminiscent of a hangover deterred us from finishing the bowl! We chip-gurus were yet to meet a bowl we could not devour and we were disappointed with both ourselves for struggling and St Edmonds for upsetting our stomachs. Sheepishly, we left 1/3 of the fries with an untouched container of mayonnaise. Oh well, maybe we just weren’t trendy or up-market enough.
Quote of the meal: ‘The chips are so salty, when I lick my lips it tastes like I’ve just been swimming in the sea!’
Rating: 1/5 chips
Price: $7.00
thanks for the heads up hot chip chicks!
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