A trip to the seaside isn't complete without fish & chips. Meet Will from Mermaid fish bar, Barmouth. Learn how to make the perfect fish & chips, a quintessential seaside holiday essential near our Barmouth holiday cottages. www.qualitycottages.co.uk/snowdonia/barmouth

Our roving film maker, Polly meets Will at the Mermaid fish bar, one of The Guardian readers 'favourite chippies around the UK coast' who kindly tells her the tale of his family business and shows us how to make the perfect fish and chips. Nestled in the Snowdonia National Park in North Wales, and within easy access of our fine selection of Barmouth holiday cottages this is exactly the classic fish & chip shop you want to find on a welsh beach holiday.

The perfect Welsh seaside trip ends after a day of lots of laughter, damp sand in your toes, a pack of crisply battered fish and chips from a classic coastal chippie and a great spot to eat it. At Barmouth we would recommend finding a bench or sit with your legs dangling over the quay, taking in the scenery of the Mawddach estuary in front of you.

" you're presented with a large, meaty, piece of cod encased in a light golden batter that breaks into perfect flakes of sweet flesh beneath your fingertips. The fish sits on a mound of steaming hot chips that have been liberally sprinkled with malt vinegar and sea salt so that, as you peel back the layers of paper, you're immediately wafted with a dense fog of mouth-watering flavours. And you won't find any of those feeble French fries here. Each chip, as chunky as a Lego building block, is cooked until it just turns crunchy. Yet, as you bite into its crispy shell, the inside is a light, fluffy cloud of delicious potato." (The Guardian 'readers favourite chippies around the coast')

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