I had the pleasure today to be presented to Robin Moxon, 20 years a fishmonger, who -with others including the delectable Frances Macmillan (pictured) - was presenting his award-winning wares at a food fair in Victoria (London) this very lunchtime.
Key among the piscatorial provender on offer were the Moxon's Roast Salmon & Dill Fishcakes which, the judges of these annual awards decided, just edged out the Moxon's Thai Fishcakes and the Smoked Haddock & Horseradish ditto. (No one else was even in the running).
Robin tells me he is committed to the retail market and sells neither fish nor prepared food to restaurants. His three outlets (i.e. fish shops) - Clapham, Lordship Lane and South Kensington, are, apparently, quite enough to keep him and the team occupied.
The one weakness of today's Moxon's offering was that, with a few other hardy traders, they had to be outside while whimpy numbers from Jamaica and a host of chocolatiers (some of doubtful percentages) simpered within.
Fish, however, has always been a tough business.
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