Crown Fish & Chip Bar

AlexWoods

No cigar... 16th April 2009

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Agh... I'm sorry. It's just no good.
I'm very fond of fish and chips (though I do get massively carried away) and was assured that in Camden this was my best bet... I hope it isn't!

I feel a little bad saying mean things about it but it just wasn't up to much. The proprietor was charming and we had a lovely little chat about Matello Ferrett (Belgium gypsy guitarist. Proper Romany, and quite fantastic! I spied a CD. We got chattin')

When I order fish and chips I like to have all my bases covered. So The Doris and I shared scampi, rock, a large portion of chips, a battered sausage, a saveloy, curry sauce, mushy peas… I think that was it. I usually go for a pickle selection as well but I didn’t want to seem greedy. Now, this was all reasonably priced and they were very generous with the chips.

Unfortunately the rock didn’t taste very fresh, the scampi was a bit limp and not so hot, the saveloy and battered sausage had been kept for far too long, and the mushy peas runny and bland.

They were evidently not having a busy night and good fish and chips, like good beer, is best when it’s being churned out at a rate so maybe it’s worth a return visit early on a Friday evening or something.

But I’m afraid for now the best I can say of it is that the staff are charming and have very good taste in music.