Under a mackerel sky, under new ownership - a must-do place to eat in Penzance

After over ten years of outstanding quality and service under the nurturing hand of Stevie McCrindle...

the Mackerel Sky restaurant in Penzance now has new owners who have already stamped thier own mark on this iconic Penwith eatery in the centre of town...

owner and chef Jamie MacLean's better half, art teacher Nina has added some colour and joie-de-vivre to the upstairs room...with this eponymous mural of Mount's Bay under a mackerel sky...

this squid in feather-light batter was a work of art in itself...

and like all the fish on the menu it doesn't get any fresher than that supplied by either the Newlyn Fish company or Mousehole Fish...

the welcome aboard sign outside means come on in and enjoy in any language!

Cornish Hake on the table in Honiton.

Hake dish from chef James Baxter

@AjaxAH32 my latest hake dish with river Exe mussels .....keep it up, the hake's going down a storm at the moment - !pic.twitter.com/LApE4cJ6- latest creation from chef James Baxter at the Holt in Honton, Devon. 

Broom Parc House, coastal walk and evening meal at The Lugger, Portloe.

Star of the Channel 4 series Camomile Lawn, Broom Parc House makes the perfect base to explore the Roseland peninsula...... 

with a stunning view over Veryan Bay and Gull Rock.......

the cosy comfort of the dining room set for breakfast, glimpsed before heading off round the coastal path (the Terror Run!) to Portloe..........

and an evening meal at The Lugger Hotel.......

 where the view from........

 the terrace leaves you relax with........

time to enjoy a pre-dinner drink (though with St Austell Ales brewery not a million miles away the drinks menu could really benefit from a selection of local ales) as the sun goes down while choosing from a fish laden menu.......

 inside, a local centenarian's art work painted with a credit card, one of a diverse collection on the restaurant walls...... 

 help contribute to a warm dining ambience......

 with somewhere to sit.......

 if it's a chilly evening.......

 on with the meal, steaming soup starter........

 a might meaty Newlyn hake.......

 perfectly cooked St Ive's Bay plaice with prawn and tapenade butter........

 the duo of Cornish seven-hour roasted lamb.......

 nearby Falmouth bay scallops.......

 and mussels going the other way from Fowey........

 all succumbed to the power of the knife and fork......

before a truly delicious chocolate birthday cake was produced - the chef Didier Bienaime did 'good love' all right for eight satisfied diners!

Pizza Patio goes Italian!

It's re-launch night at The Italian Kitchen tonight (what was Newlyn's extremely popular Pizza Patio) and top choice has to be the hake - if you haven't tried hake before - do so! Seafish recently ran a campaign, as has Seafood Cornwall to promote the consumption of this highly prized fish - in Spain where the market has collapsed since their economy took a turn for the worse.