Any Brit will rave about how nothing truly beats a good, hearty British Fish and Chips or for a more adored term - the Chippy tea. However, the talented team at Six by Nico has turned the adored dish on its head for the latest offerings at their new restaurant that has opened in Oxford. The concept: A restaurant that offers a rotating six-course tasting menu for six weeks.
(Image: Six By Nico/Andrea Avena) Six By Nico has restaurants right across the UK having started in founder Nico Simeone’s hometown of Glasgow, expanding to Edinburgh, Belfast, Manchester, London and now Oxford. The Oxford restaurant opened on May 20 in a beautiful rooftop setting at the Westgate shopping centre, and this newspaper was invited along try out the first intriguing concept to be offered up to Oxford diners. ‘The Chippie’ Six By Nico restaurants have built a name for themselves with their ever-changing concepts including in some restaurants even offering up a blank menu for diners to put their trust into the chefs creating that evening’s offerings.
For Oxford, however, it is the turn of the quintessential Fish and Chip-inspired menu – but very much with a twist. Inspiration was taken from chef and founder Nico Simeone’s family fish shop in Glasgow, a factor that is clear in almost every bite. (Image: Six By Nico/Jessy Croghan) Course 1 – Chips & Cheese Chips and cheese but not as you know it.
Any dark thoughts of drunken nights out grabbing a grubby chips and cheese for the journey.
