Kerbisher & Malt

Award winning fish & chip shop in London

London's Finest Fish & Chips

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Restaurant review: Kerbisher & Malt, East Sheen

Fish and chips doesn’t come much better than at Kerbisher & Malt.

Vicky Smith channels the spirit of the seaside at their new branch in East Sheen Three years ago, Kerbisher & Malt opened in Brook Green, bringing with it glistening portions of fish and chips to locals eager to eat one of the UK’s favourite dishes exactly the way it should be served – fresh, crispy and hearty.

Feeling a little hard done by that summer holidays were over, and keen to evoke seaside memories, we headed down on a sunny evening to see if Kerbisher lived up to the hype (5 stars from Time Out, named one of the Top 5 London Chippies by the Evening Standard, and recently winning the Esquire award for the UK’s Best Contemporary Chippy).

Fish comes either grilled, battered or coated in matzo meal, so if you’re feeling guilty after a summer of indulgence, it’s possible to ‘go healthy’, with a side of fennel salad too.

However, it’s hard to resist yummy accompaniments such as pickled onion rings, spicy veg bites and, of course, the chips, which are double fried and delicious.

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Kerbisher and Malt does the contemporary British twist on an old favourite extremely well.

They too get all their fish from sustainable sources, and this year the restaurant won the Best Fish and... Read More Kerbisher and Malt does the contemporary British twist on an old favourite extremely well.

They too get all their fish from sustainable sources, and this year the restaurant won the Best Fish and Chip shop title from Esquire magazine.

Does all the usual cod haddock and plaice, but also offers Coley, and Pollock too a more sustainable alternative to Cod but similar in taste.

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Somewhat surprsingly, in the dining room on one wall there is a video link through to the kitchen, where you can see the chefs working.

A fishcake (£3.50) was clearly made from scratch, and had a good filling, with visible pieces of fish; the batter was also crisp, avoiding the greasiness that so often afflicts this dish (12/20).

Haddock (£6.10) and chips (£1.60) had good fish and a crisp batter.

Chips, though only double rather than triple cooked, were pleasant and above all crisp, a rarity in London fish and chip shops (12/20).

It is remarkably hard to get decent fish and chips in London, so it is nice to see a place delivering a capable version of this classic British dish.

Kerbisher & Malt, London W6, restaurant review - Telegraph

But I think you'd be wrong to object to its canteeny feel, because the whole point is that this is a proper old chippy: you can eat in, you can take away, it'll be done in seven minutes whichever way you slice it, and the only difference between this and your local codfather is that this is delicious.

I had the battered haddock and chips (£6.10), which was as fresh as something still alive, flaking apart in beautiful great hulks, with a batter that was crunchy but not ostentatiously so (the modern way is to prove you know how to do batter by making it so crunchy it's like the carapace on a Smartie).

The onion rings (£3) were made with pickled onions, which I didn't go for, for some reason; even though I love the contrast of vinegar and batter in a fish context, onions aren't fleshy enough to play host to a battle of such vigorous flavours.

Again, the fashion is for chips that are incredibly crunchy, so people devise all kinds of fiendish ways to pimp their crunch, thrice-frying them, or drenching them in flour, or cooking up some other complex manoeuvre.

A traditional Scottish haddock-and-chips supper is £6.90 to take away, or try the grilled smoked mackerel (£6.10) Visit this venerable, smartly tiled restaurant for its speciality dish of scampi: locally caught langoustines coated in a light, crisp batter, with chips, salad and plenty of tartare sauce (£18.95).

Kerbisher & Malt | Restaurants in Brook Green, London

Perched at the zenith of London-based fish and chippery, Kerbisher & Malt works within pretty tight strictures.

Hence, the kitchen team tweak every stage of the process to make the food as appealing as possible.

Chips are double-fried, the tartare sauce is rich and made in-house, and the onion rings have been ‘pickled’, adding an appealing vinegar tang.

Extras are good too; fish finger butties, lightly spiced fish cake burgers with a twist of lemon mayo, and pots of piping-hot breaded calamares all add to the experience.

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