I have only ever deep fried stuff in those standalone deep fat friers that were ubiquitous in student houses in Manchester. I think I just did frozen stuff.
One time I made some deep-fried brie and it was amazing. Did it again and the brie sort of leaked out of the crumb coating and it was a mess. I have not deep-fried since. Always slightly put off by the big pan of burning hot injury… never feel safe whilst anywhere near it.
I was in a small town in Austria near the Slovenian/Hungarian border for work earlier this summer. The hotel didn’t do food, so there was a choice of two places to eat: a nice, but expensive Italian restaurant or Garfield’s Schnitzel Corner.
I ordered the vegetarian platter there, and this is what I got served:
A battered and deep-fried hash brown, a smaženy syr (battered deep fried cheese) with cranberry sauce, and some battered deep fried garlic mushrooms, all dumped on a lettuce leaf. You had to order chips separately. I only ate there once in the week. I think multiple visits might have killed me.
Also a fan of these spring rolls. It’s the same ones most restaurants serve. You can buy a catering sized box for about £3 in a Chinese supermarket though.
I don’t have or want a deep fat fryer, so I just put about two inches of oil in a saucepan, and keep a watchful eye.
Not sure I would have wanted to eat them every day mind.
The deep fried cheese is also really good. In the Czech Republic and Slovakia they also serve them as burgers or on a plate with tartar sauce. In Austria it usually comes on a plate with cranberry stuff.