chips with everything
noun1
UK, Derogatory, Usually A basic restaurant menu, without much planning or style.
- It was one of the first to lead the charge to wean Glaswegians away from their "chips-with-everything" habit.1997 May, The Rotarian, volume 170, number 5, page 24:
- Mijas village has some excellent restaurants in among the 'chips with everything' establishments catering for the day trippers.2007, Andy Symington, 'Footprint Andalucía, page 253:
2 more examples
- For almost a century, Long's has been serving misers, minions and millionaires its classic chips with everything fast food ....2008, Heidi McAlpin, Belfast In Your Pocket:
- In the post-chips-with-everything world, here is a selection of what various companies have on the menu ....2009 April 22, Hattie Ellis, “Are you being served?”, in The Times, London, section T2, pp. 2-3:
- Related terms
- meat and two veg