Ordered this “pie and mash” at a pub in London (hence outrageous fees) and ended up having to send it back as it wasn’t as described. Who can guess what was wrong?
It was a small off duty Czechoslovakian traffic warden?
Was it the size of a picnic pork pie?
Or it had no crust.
Served in a pot and didn’t have a pastry crust, just the top?
I’ve seen lots of shouting in this sub about “stew with a hat on”
Poncey af? Yeah. Would I eat the shit out of it? Also yeah.
Was casserole with mashed potato on top, sans pastry?
Was it a cottage pie?
Fees? Did they charge you for eating it? I mean, it’s a bit pricey but I’ve never been charged a fee at a restaurant anywhere…
You know it won’t be served on a plate.
It’ll be served in a bowl held in the hands of a replica Oliver Twist statue.
I’m sorry
I’ve not lived in blighty for 18 years
38 quid for two pies with some mash
Jesus wept
Is this the norm?
The description is off to me was it more like a cottage pie rather than a pastry pie?
When it costs an arm & a leg!
I`ll guess it came in its foil tray that had Iceland print on it, £2.50 for four.
Needs green liqueur
For me, a pie has to have crust top and bottom. Would you go outside wearing a shirt but no trousers? We all know the crust is the best part.
I live in the US now and often times pie with half the crust it should. Both sweet and savoury. Truly an ugly crime.
Are people gonna be paying £300 for a Findus Crispy Pancake in a hundred years time?
The “history” actually refers to pasties, while the description of the dish doesn’t mention pastry.
Christ, even I’ve not seen these prices in London. That’s basically a war crime
Nothing more disappointing than a non-pastry pie. In my opinion it is not therefore a pie. Unbelievable that they would put the history of what an actual pie is and then mince and potatoes disguised as a pie below. I personally would not have been fooled by this, I’ve been tricked one too many times.
Sounds more like a cottage pie, which isn’t really a pie.
I thought ‘pie and mash’ in London, and as referred to by the menu, involved eels in a pea-green liquor, a little slab of puff pastry, and yer mash. Not this cottage pie business!
So for all curious… they brought over what I’d call a cottage pie. Someone I was with wanted to send it back and got met by some very rude and argumentative staff! Sanctuary House Westminster – pay through the nose and get this
A pie should be completely encased in pastry. If they bring out a hot pot with a pastry lid, I will eat it but angrily.
For that price it had better come with a happy ending.
Y’know, like a trifle for dessert, or summat.
Have you heard of cottage pie? Shepherds Pie?
I know it doesn’t say that, and it doesn’t fit their own description of a pie, but it fits the description of the pie you ordered.
Unless you really did get a small off duty Czechoslovakian traffic warden. In which case, just ignore me.
Undoubtedly just a puff pastry lid on top of a bowl for £38???????? Yet another reason to steer well clear of the smoke….. and to think this is supposed to be “working class fast food”…..😩
I can’t really decide if I expected it to just be mash on top from the description or because the thread primed me to find something wrong, but it’s definitely poorly thought out. You can’t put a description of a “traditional’ pie and mash with a line about pastry and be surprised that that’s what people were expecting.
My cockney heritage is crying at that description.
I fancy a pie now, a proper one though. You know, what working class people eat with their dirty hands.
The cheek of presenting its background as a working class meal only to then charge £38 for it. What’s this place called so we can all avoid?
A pie must be encased in pastry and possible to (though not necessarily sensible to) be picked up whole.
This, is not a pie.
Qualifications: from Wigan, we know pies.
A stew with a lid is not a pie.
If the pastry isn’t fully encapsulating the filling I don’t it.
Admirals, Shephard’s and Cottagers get away with it.
38 bar for a couple of pies is ludicrous.
The carrots weren’t heritage?
I’d have to be dragged in under duress, held at gun point by a twat in a mask before I’d pay £19 for a fucking pie. Whatever your definition.
It’s a lot of money but this is the thing with modern day pie-rates
£38?! That’s outrageous. Arments would never.
It had no pastry? It was a casserole with mash and veg, barely for one, for 38 fucking quid?
Just for reference:
The main dish sold is pie and mash, a minced-beef and cold-water-pastry pie served with mashed potato. There should be two types of pastry used; the bottom or base should be suet pastry and the top can be rough puff or short. It is common for the mashed potato to be spread around one side of the plate and for a type of parsley sauce to be present.
Here’s some traditional fish and chips for 20 quid. The fish is boiled in milk in bitesize chunks, and the chips are made from sweet potato, baked in an oven.
Genuinely, this is a disgrace. I think we need to make pie and official term, with the absolute minimum being covered on three sides by pastry.
Let me guess, it wasn’t a pie, it was a stew with a pastry lid?
Crushed minted peas? Fuck off
Verbal diahorrhea on a plate
> working class food
> £38
Certified bruh moment
“traditionally a working class food”
£19 a head for half a pie
Not a working class food here, is it
Love the way these places try to name exotic types of veggies: ‘Charred Hispi cabbage’ and ‘Roasted Heritage Carrots’. It is just fucking vegetables.
The fish and chips, bottom of the pic. Says add curry sauce (pb) £2.50 What does pb mean? Per Burson ?
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It was a small off duty Czechoslovakian traffic warden?
Was it the size of a picnic pork pie?
Or it had no crust.
Served in a pot and didn’t have a pastry crust, just the top?
I’ve seen lots of shouting in this sub about “stew with a hat on”
Poncey af? Yeah. Would I eat the shit out of it? Also yeah.
Was casserole with mashed potato on top, sans pastry?
Was it a cottage pie?
Fees? Did they charge you for eating it? I mean, it’s a bit pricey but I’ve never been charged a fee at a restaurant anywhere…
You know it won’t be served on a plate.
It’ll be served in a bowl held in the hands of a replica Oliver Twist statue.
I’m sorry
I’ve not lived in blighty for 18 years
38 quid for two pies with some mash
Jesus wept
Is this the norm?
The description is off to me was it more like a cottage pie rather than a pastry pie?
When it costs an arm & a leg!
I`ll guess it came in its foil tray that had Iceland print on it, £2.50 for four.
Needs green liqueur
For me, a pie has to have crust top and bottom. Would you go outside wearing a shirt but no trousers? We all know the crust is the best part.
I live in the US now and often times pie with half the crust it should. Both sweet and savoury. Truly an ugly crime.
Are people gonna be paying £300 for a Findus Crispy Pancake in a hundred years time?
The “history” actually refers to pasties, while the description of the dish doesn’t mention pastry.
Christ, even I’ve not seen these prices in London. That’s basically a war crime
Nothing more disappointing than a non-pastry pie. In my opinion it is not therefore a pie. Unbelievable that they would put the history of what an actual pie is and then mince and potatoes disguised as a pie below. I personally would not have been fooled by this, I’ve been tricked one too many times.
Sounds more like a cottage pie, which isn’t really a pie.
I thought ‘pie and mash’ in London, and as referred to by the menu, involved eels in a pea-green liquor, a little slab of puff pastry, and yer mash. Not this cottage pie business!
So for all curious… they brought over what I’d call a cottage pie. Someone I was with wanted to send it back and got met by some very rude and argumentative staff! Sanctuary House Westminster – pay through the nose and get this
A pie should be completely encased in pastry. If they bring out a hot pot with a pastry lid, I will eat it but angrily.
For that price it had better come with a happy ending.
Y’know, like a trifle for dessert, or summat.
Have you heard of cottage pie? Shepherds Pie?
I know it doesn’t say that, and it doesn’t fit their own description of a pie, but it fits the description of the pie you ordered.
Unless you really did get a small off duty Czechoslovakian traffic warden. In which case, just ignore me.
Undoubtedly just a puff pastry lid on top of a bowl for £38???????? Yet another reason to steer well clear of the smoke….. and to think this is supposed to be “working class fast food”…..😩
I can’t really decide if I expected it to just be mash on top from the description or because the thread primed me to find something wrong, but it’s definitely poorly thought out. You can’t put a description of a “traditional’ pie and mash with a line about pastry and be surprised that that’s what people were expecting.
My cockney heritage is crying at that description.
I fancy a pie now, a proper one though. You know, what working class people eat with their dirty hands.
The cheek of presenting its background as a working class meal only to then charge £38 for it. What’s this place called so we can all avoid?
A pie must be encased in pastry and possible to (though not necessarily sensible to) be picked up whole.
This, is not a pie.
Qualifications: from Wigan, we know pies.
A stew with a lid is not a pie.
If the pastry isn’t fully encapsulating the filling I don’t it.
Admirals, Shephard’s and Cottagers get away with it.
38 bar for a couple of pies is ludicrous.
The carrots weren’t heritage?
I’d have to be dragged in under duress, held at gun point by a twat in a mask before I’d pay £19 for a fucking pie. Whatever your definition.
They also stole their pie and mash description from [this website](https://londonplanner.com/pie-and-mash-in-london/#:~:text=Pie%20and%20mash%20is%20London's,and%20grime%20of%20historic%20London).
It’s a lot of money but this is the thing with modern day pie-rates
£38?! That’s outrageous. Arments would never.
It had no pastry? It was a casserole with mash and veg, barely for one, for 38 fucking quid?
Just for reference:
The main dish sold is pie and mash, a minced-beef and cold-water-pastry pie served with mashed potato. There should be two types of pastry used; the bottom or base should be suet pastry and the top can be rough puff or short. It is common for the mashed potato to be spread around one side of the plate and for a type of parsley sauce to be present.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_and_mash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_and_mash)
IT’S A SPECIFIC FUCKING DISH!
Here’s some traditional fish and chips for 20 quid. The fish is boiled in milk in bitesize chunks, and the chips are made from sweet potato, baked in an oven.
Genuinely, this is a disgrace. I think we need to make pie and official term, with the absolute minimum being covered on three sides by pastry.
Let me guess, it wasn’t a pie, it was a stew with a pastry lid?
Crushed minted peas? Fuck off
Verbal diahorrhea on a plate
> working class food
> £38
Certified bruh moment
“traditionally a working class food”
£19 a head for half a pie
Not a working class food here, is it
Love the way these places try to name exotic types of veggies: ‘Charred Hispi cabbage’ and ‘Roasted Heritage Carrots’. It is just fucking vegetables.
The fish and chips, bottom of the pic. Says add curry sauce (pb) £2.50
What does pb mean? Per Burson ?
Did Brian Babonde write that? Bruuurr