MJ Burger and Fish N chips is a fish and chips shop at 110 High Street in Dannevirke, Tararua — burgers too, as the name suggests — holding a 4.0 Google rating.
Fish and chips is a dish that punishes shortcuts: batter should fry up light and crisp rather than heavy and greasy, and decent chips are cut thick enough to stay fluffy inside with a bit of bite. Because everything is cooked to order, waits stretch at dinnertime, and regulars often phone ahead on a Friday night rather than queue. Once the parcel is in hand the clock starts — fish and chips eaten hot from the paper are a different meal to ones that have sat. Locals tend to judge a takeaway on consistency, whether tonight's order tastes as good as the last.
On Dannevirke's High Street, this shop gives the town a straightforward spot for a hot, paper-wrapped dinner.