Rick Stein’s Fish and Chips, Falmouth
Rick Stein's Fish & Chips, Discovery Quay, Falmouth.
Opening times
Restaurant and takeaway:
Lunch: 12pm - 2.30pm
Dinner: 5pm - 9pm
It's great to be finally opening in Falmouth. Outside Padstow it's my favourite seaside town in Cornwall.
Jill and I have looked around Cornwall for a long time for a place to expand beyond Padstow. Our inspiration for The Seafood Restaurant originally came from a restaurant in Falmouth that we frequented during the 1970's, so it seemed only natural to finally open our own restaurant here. It's a place we both know well.
I've always been fascinated by Falmouth. From childhood reading, it was one of those romantic ports where ships left to rescue nobles from revolutionary France in Scarlet Pimpernel novels. Historically it's always been a major port. It has one of the best natural harbours in Europe. It has fabulous fish and is a pretty and atmospheric Cornish town. Why would I not want to be part of somewhere so special?
We've planned a menu similar to Stein's Fish & Chips in Padstow, with cod and haddock together with a variety of local fish like hake, monkfish, John Dory and bass in batter and deep fried in beef dripping to make it really crisp. We'll also be serving roasted fish from our new charcoal oven which gives a delicious barbequed flavour.
We'll be serving homemade chips, curry sauce, mushy peas and our mayonnaise-based tartare sauce. There'll be cups of tea and chip butties, of course, but also some nice wines and good beers, particularly our own, Chalky's Bite and Chalky's Bark, brewed by Sharp's Brewery in Rock.
We've opened a champagne and oyster bar upstairs to celebrate fabulous Fal oysters. In the oyster bar you'll be served local seafood like Cornish oysters, crab and lobsters, scallops, langoustines and Falmouth Bay prawns. We're planning half a dozen champagnes and white wines from Cornwall to California via Australia and New Zealand, France, Italy and Spain.
Rather than taking bookings, we suggest that you just come along and we'll find you a table as soon as we can.
For press enquiries, please email press@rickstein.com.
( Last Updated: 06-04-2010 )
