
Where to Find the Best Fish ānā Chips This London Fashion Week
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A fish-and-chips stop is as essential to a London trip as adding āinnitā to the end of your sentence and being confused about why there isnāt an outlet in your bathroom. (Londoners: Where do you blowdry your hair?) But you can also easily tumble into the tourist trappings of a cityās claim-to-fame dish: spending Ā£16 on a soggy, pallid fillet at a Shoreditch shawarma shackāahem, speaking from experience here. With LFW right around the corner, we rounded up our list of must-try chippies to snack on between shows. London Fashion Week < London Fishinā Week, amirite? (Sorry.)
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THE BOUGIE: The Mayfair Chippy, Mayfair
If Meghan Markle were to be papped licking the malt vinegar off her fingertips, it would probably be at the Mayfair Chippy. Daintily plated and sprinkled with rock salt with tin cups of condiment dolloped like perfect meringues, you can choose between cod, haddock, or vegan (jackfruit and tofu with dairy-free tartar sauce) in small or large. Weād go for the Mayfair Classic: a Goldilocks-worthy fillet (not too greasy, not too crispy) with a basket of half-moon fries, mushy peas, tartar, and chip-shop curry sauce or HP gravy. Still hungry? Top it off with a cocktail and sticky date pudding.
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THE HIPSTER: Shoreditch Fish & Chips, Shoreditch
Slip past the generic IKEA patio sets (recently made infamous by Torontoās #ChairGirl) that greets you at this nondescript storefront off Brick Lane in Shoreditch, and sidle up to the glass counter, where they serve the no-nonsense kind of fish and chips: grilled or fried, served with a wedge of lemon, Styrofoam cups of sauce, and their delectable house Caesar salad. Best part: the crispy-crunchy coating that cracks like a crĆØme brĆ»lĆ©e when you dig your fork in.
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THE CLASSIC: Poppies, Spitalfields & Camden
It doesnāt instill much confidence that the first item on the menu is ājellied eels.ā But Poppiesā fish and chipsāwith its branded jars of ketchup and tartar, nautical British decor, and fillets the size of your forearm glistening brighter than a Fenty beauty kitāis the realest of deals in the chippy game. Grab a pint, and remember not to clink drinks. (They donāt cheers in Londonābut they do say ācheersā a lot. Itās a whole thing. We wonāt get into it.)
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THE IDRIS ELBAāAPPROVED: Rock and Sole Plaice, Covent Garden
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