Haddock and chips (plus a fish cake and mushy peas)

“I have developed a commitment to click and collect. For me it strikes the perfect balance between spontaneity and forward planning. Also, it gets me out of the house every now and again, something the latest lockdown rules do not entirely forbid. This week I drove over to West Hampstead for a piece of haddock and bag of chips from Nautilus, a legendary northwest London chippie. All the fish up here on Fortune Green, is fried in matzo meal, and I’m here to tell you it’s good. Very good. Perhaps not quite as good as the delicate, golden fish my grandma used to fry in this precise same style every week, but good enough to remind me of all the things that make me cosy, happy, and safe. Also, fish fried in matzo meal retains it’s fresh, crisp deliciousness when cool - so if you ever make it to NW6 to get some, do what I did and get a piece for tomorrow’s lunch too.”

- OJF