Flanagan’s Moreish Irish Kettle Fried Chips are back

If you’re an 80s kid from South Africa you’ll remember these, and also the radio ads voiced-over by “Sean Flanagan”, talking about his “Mohrish Oirish Kettle Froyd Krihsps”.  It would seem that Willard’s resurrected two of the flavours from way back – Green Onion and Garlic.  There’s a distinct lack of Plain Salted, which was always a winner.

I bought a bag of both and tried them out.  Not what I remembered.  In fact, they’re more like Lay’s than the misshapen, bent over, crunchy, over-fried chips that Flanagans used to be – and that people used to love.  These are almost too perfect to carry the Flanagan’s name.

I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a little disappointed in the modern version of Flanagan’s.  But the giddy excitement that gripped me as I walked down the aisle of the local Pick n’ Pay and saw these on the rack was enough.