For a west coast lad, it is tantamount to treachery to pay any tribute to an east coast chippy. It puts me on the wrong side of a fundamental Scottish divide: salt and vinegar versus salt and sauce. But I make no apology for preferring the latter, Edinburgh option every time. There's nowhere better for that than Rapido, not far from the Playhouse theatre. In a city packed with very good chippys, this one stands out from the crowd: it's bright and welcoming, it does a massive range of food beyond the basic fish, the chips are always at exactly the right point between too fresh and too stale, and - crucially - it's open late. No night out in the city is complete unless it's rounded off with a smoked sausage supper, smothered in brown sauce.

79 Broughton St, Edinburgh

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Excellent fish suppers. If it's good enough for princes William and Harry it's good enough for me!

162 Canongate, (on the Royal Mile, opposite The Peoples’ Story and the Tolbooth Tavern);
tel: 0131 557 1092

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