'I visited the Borough Market restaurant selling fish and chips for over £20 and was left wanting more -but not in a good way'
| Published date | 14 January 2022 |
| Publication title | MyLondon (England) |
However, I recently spotted a Borough Market restaurant's menu charging over £20 for fish and chips.
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Naturally, I was intrigued: what could be so special for it to cost so much
The only possible solution to this burning question was to go and find out for myself.
I headed over to the lunchtime hotspot one rainy day and found fish! opposite the stunning Southwark cathedral.
Taking a seat inside the bright, swanky restaurant, I scoured the menu.
There it was: Beer Battered Fish & Chips, starting at £19.95.
With options of haddock, wild halibut and sea bream available I shook my head; I already knew what I wanted. Cod.
It's my usual at the chippy and what I think we all expect on the menu, so it seemed only right. Even if it costs a whopping £22.95.
Maybe at this price it would quite literally be the codfather of cods.
Sitting inside this high-ceilinged, elegant, yet chilled space, I tapped my feet along to the background beats and sat in anticipation of a big battered meal.
Carried over with two hands like a heavy brick of a meal, my pricey fish and chips with tartare sauce and mushy peas made the final steps of its pilgrimage to me.
Despite my expectations of a huge hunk of beautifully battered fish, it wasn't impressive in appearance at all.
Instead a fat and short fish bodied a worryingly pale colour. At first glance, it bore resemblance to a supermarket cafe meal.
Straight away I could tell the batter wasn't thick enough.
I'm partial to big, crispy, crunchy folds of batter with a light grease of joy.
This however, was extremely thin. So thin that you couldn't even get a crunch from it, just a light crackle.
Disappointingly, I didn't get any rich beery flavour from the batter because, again, there wasn't enough of it.
What was lacking in batter was made up for in fish. Great, big, chunky cod leaked fresh juices with flakes melting in my mouth exquisitely.
Obviously, I drowned my plate in plenty of vinegar and reminded it of its salty origins with lashings of...
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