Smoked Fish Chowder

This recipe came from an original Kiwi recipe and has evolved, with many changes along the way, to become the famous Mountain Café Fish Chowder. We took it off the menu one summer and there was local anarchy to the point where we had a couple of angry emails – I’m too scared to take it off the menu again!

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