Fish suppers at an Italian takeaway: our chip shop menu in Dumfries

Ivano's Italiano, the Italian takeaway at 11 Whitesands in Dumfries, is a chip shop too: fish suppers, haggis, black and white pudding, king rib and chips, all fried in beef dripping. It has long had what our old website called "a full and traditional fish and chips menu" next to the pizza and pasta. Here's what's on the fryer menu, what some of the Scottish names mean, and what to know if you have an allergy.

The list below is our last full menu, so a dish or two may change when we reopen.

Fried in beef dripping

Our fryers use beef dripping, the way many Scottish chip shops always have. It's what gives traditional chips and batter their flavour.

It also means nothing from our fryers is suitable for vegetarians or vegans: not the chips, not the onion rings, not the panzanelle. Our vegan and vegetarian guide has the dishes that are.

Real chips and Ivano's batter

Back in 2014, our website put it like this: Ivano's famous fish and chips are made with "REAL homemade chips using the best quality potatoes available", and "Ivano creates a beautiful crispy batter by using 2 different types of flour."

Single or supper?

In Scotland, a supper is anything from the fryer served with chips: a fish supper, a haggis supper, a sausage supper. On our menu every fryer item is listed as a single, and you make it a supper by adding large or small chips when you order. Depending on the item, you can also add salt and vinegar, a sauce (curry, cheese, Bolognese or tomato) or cheese on top.

What's on the fryer menu

There are also burger rolls, cheeseburger rolls and a plain roll. The full list is on the menu.

New to Scottish chip shop food?

If you're visiting Dumfries, or just haven't met these before, here are the general descriptions you'd get in any Scottish chip shop. Our allergens page has the details of ours.

• Haggis is a savoury mix of sheep's offal, oatmeal, onion and spices. Spicy haggis has extra pepper and heat.
• Black pudding is a sausage made with blood, fat and oats or barley.
• White pudding is similar but without the blood: mostly oatmeal, fat and onion.
• King rib is seasoned minced pork pressed into the shape of a rack of ribs, then fried.

If you like haggis, it turns up elsewhere on our menu too: on the Haggis Pizza and the Pizza Al Scozzese, and in the homemade haggis lasagne. Our article on haggis pizza and haggis lasagne has every one.

On the side

• Chips

  Large or small, on their own or to make a supper

• Mushy peas and beans

  The classic chip shop sides

• Onion rings

  Ten to a portion

• Chicken nuggets

  Eight to a portion

• Curry sauce and gravy

  For pouring over

• Panzanelle

  Our fried pizza dough balls, 12 or 18 to a box

If you want something Italian with your supper, the panzanelle, little balls of pizza dough, come out of the same fryers. There's more about them in focaccia, calzone and panzanelle, and our guide to dips and sides has the curry sauce, gravy and everything else to go with your chips.

One order, everyone sorted

The best thing about a chip shop inside an Italian takeaway is that nobody has to compromise. One person can have a fish supper, another a pizza, a third a bowl of pasta, and it all arrives together in one delivery. Order at ivanos.uk and put it all in one basket.

When and where

Once we reopen, we're open Thursday to Sunday, 4pm to 10pm, at 11 Whitesands, Dumfries DG1 2RR. Order for collection, or for delivery with our own drivers up to about four miles from the shop: see where we deliver.

Have an allergy? Please read our allergen information and tell us before you order.

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