Are you a conscientious cook who will only buy fish from someone who can tell you where, when and how it was caught? If so the eight words you most want to see or hear at your chippy may be the same as those you expect from your fishmonger: Our fish locally sourced...
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The Best Fish and Chips in London
My quest for the 10 top fish and chip shops in London was initially guided by a host of objective factors: Origin, handling, freshness and shape of the fillets. Cleanliness and temperature of frying fat. Composition and consistency of batter. Cooking time. Draining...
Codsmacked by Fish Bone’s twice-cooked fillet
My punishing quest for the best fish and chips in London hit a new low on a return visit to Fish Bone, a much-praised chippie on Cleveland Street in Central London. At lunchtime there is always a queue. When the young man in a hygienic trilby hat (right) served me the...
Is The Sea Shell London Legend or London Myth?
Search online for the best fish and chips in London and you're sure to find several first-page references to The Sea Shell of Lisson Grove. Rarely is the praise on review sites so unanimous. Just look at the intros from the toptable.co.uk and timeout.com reviews:...
A London chippy off the old block
In my sometimes uphill search for great London chippies, George's Portobello Fish Bar in Notting Hill had the appearance of a dead cert. First, Jamie Oliver had named it "best fish and chips" for the Observer Food Monthly, praising its "flaky cod with a lovely golden...