For those away from Fish and Chip shops, I hope this picture brings you some vicarious joy. Just imagine me having a couple of cheeky hot chips or a squid ring before breaking off the end of the fish and stuffing it my mouth. Then deciding whether to have the fish and the batter together of deal with them separately. What you see here is cobbler and some squid rings with salt and vinegar and some of the shop's tasty lime tartare sauce. Missing is the deep fried pineapple ring with cinnamon on it. It's from my fave local fish and chip shop, Cirripeds. They wear the gourmet tag nicely by doing their food well without sellout lillygilding or tumbling into overpriced wankery. They became more of my fave by rightly chiding my outfit for being "busy" – yellow checked lumberjack coat grabbed on the way out over green and orange checked shirt. And by offering to lend me an umbrella – for the rain, not to shield passerbys from the glare of plaid. Oh and cirrepeds is fancy talk for barnacles.
Cirripeds Gourmet Fish & Chips: 38A Grantham Street, Wembley (08) 9387 1702