In the run up to Burns Night, Chris takes a tour of one of the country’s oldest producers of smoked salmon. Who’d have guessed it was a stone’s throw from the Olympic Park in London’s East End?
Most folks familiar with Fish Island probably know the area for its couple of canal-side hipster cafes, plethora of street art, views of the Olympic Stadium, and proximity to the Olympic Park and Westfield Stratford City. It’s as dynamic an East End destination as anywhere, and just a short stroll from Hackney Wick Overground Station (and not too terribly far from Stratford Station as well).
As much as or more than all that, Fish Island is home to the H Forman & Son Smokehouse. A 110 ten year old venture that’s been smoking Scottish salmon in the same way as it always has, Forman supplies some of the nation’s top restaurants with its smokehouse delicacies. Over the past decade, this family run business has …
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