Barnacle Bill

I’ve grown up with the commercials on tv, and I’d never thought twice about it: who’d want to eat a barnacle, or want to by food from a rotund Santa-​looking character named Barnacle Bill? Luckily, I never think too deeply into it. After all, if a Scottish-​American clown offered you a burger, at 3 in the morning, on Hindley St, would you take a bite? and yet so many of us do.
Names aside, Barnacle Bill’s has become South Australia’s own fried seafood specialists. As much as I like to see the independent takeaway shops do well against the big chains, Bill’s consistency does seem to keep members of my family coming back.
It’s definitely not the best seafood you’ll ever eat, but it is fast, and consistent. I like the chocolate mousse.