TBH: Is that a 'trick question' ??? We only got to see ONE 'Pie & Mash', the other being a 'Pie & (chunky, wedgie, unskinned, type) Chips' - DUH! Anyway, I must say that I prefered the ONE with the 'chips' - So the oldest pub wins - BUT they could 'up their image' by offering 'MUSHY PEAS with a hint of mint' - Just saying. 😃
I don't eat Beef,Lamb or Pork,but a Chicken or Fish version of the first wld be great..The seond Pie looked a bit french style&over elaborate but did appear to have really good quality about it! But over all both were well cooked& presented! So i think the first one had the right idea,with it's more traditional approach!.
I preferred the first one, you seemed to get a lot more and it was well presented and also looked lovely. I didn't like how the second one was presented, if you'd separated it there wasn't as much as the first one. I did like the pastry on the second one
That's not the type of Pie & Mash with parsley liquor that you can get in London and the working classes lived on in decades past (the restaurants also sold jellied eels) that I was expecting. 😅 Both venues looked interesting with the 300 y.o. pub having classic ceramic tiles that once every high class pub had. It looks in splendid condition. But I have to agree, the Botanist had real pie and mash with a modern twist, and served it up beautifully. You know how to live! 😎
LIQUOR MADE FROM THE EE LS THAT THEY COOKED THEM IN BROUGHT UP ON IT AS A CHILD IN HACKNEY 6 OLD PENCE 1 PIE AND MASH 2 1/2 PENCE MOST HAVE CLOSED NOW COOKES WAS A BIG ONE LONDON FIELDS GONE NOW PITY
Wow, both pubs looked really nice. The first pie looked really nice - maybe a bit run of the mill. Second pie looked more thought about and a really yummy little creation. Hope you had a really nice day! 🍲🎆
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I prefered the first pie in the bake tin. It looked like you really got your money's worth of chunky steak filling. I also liked the look of those Seasonal vegetables... Pity I'm in London, as watching this I craved that meal and would have 'popped' out to visit when the pub was next open - LOL!
The first pie with chips looked amazing. Those chips looked outstanding as did the whole meal. The pie itself was packed with beef, but needed more gravy, i just love it all over the meal. The second meal looked nice, but cannot match the first one.
Nice change of review. Both looked nice, I'm sure the old place would have given mash instead of chips for a proper comparison. 8:40 The new place stated it was champ mash on the menu, so this has spring onions incorporated. Newer pub also seemed a better ambience and character somehow.
Both looked very good! Prefer to have trio of mashed swede/parsnip/carrot and creamed with butter or single cream and milk [or why not a little of the three!], mashed potato and garden peas with the pie. Looks like best part of £20 is the going rate these days for a pub meal. What's on the menu next?
Chips and veg at the first one, pie at the second one. I’m from Wigan and a proper pie has pastry on all sides unlike the first pie. Excellent video as always, you looked like this was your favourite challenge so far!
First one for me. The veg looked great along with chunks of steak. Chips didn't look much though. That second one was stacked and looked like a 7 year old had presented it. By the look though, the second on used suet in the pie case which was a bonus :)
The first one...Chips are meant to be crispy though. I think they fried, then put them inder heat lamp to keep warm and it went soggy. Sad there wasn't an option to swap out sides. Pastry looked lovely though. 2nd place, oh no. Stingy size, gravy, pie and hard mash? 1990s stack presentation. Some one here, said it was Pretentious. Absolutely agree. Pie n Mash is supposed to be generous, warmth and comfort.. be Gordon Ramsey all you want.. but thats not on this plate. 1st one, comez first imho.
Id love to see more pie's! There's a lot to cover when it comes to pie's, how about starting on the high street with Gregg's vr's some of the other pie shop's we can find on the high st then move on to pubs.
I preferred the first pie.👌👌. I'm sure if asked they would have had mash. Also as it came in the dish, you knew it was home cooked. The amount of beef steak was huge and the added veg was a nice touch. The second pie didn't appeal to me at all. Yes it came with mushy peas and mash, but as someone commented, it was more champ than mash. And to be honest the pie itself did look as may have been store bought. In my younger days I ran pubs all over and I would never serve anything that I personally didn't cook from scratch. My menu usually changed every two days and wasn't very large in content. My way of looking at menus is this. If you go into a pub or a take-away and they have a menu as long as your arm, you are very liable to get a microwave meal because it's too costly to hold a lot of fresh products. That's OK if that is what you expect and we paying £5.50 or so. But if you are paying £18.00 or more? I would want my customers to know they are getting quality food.
@@everydayimeating3407 It's one of the best little Cheats I have come across in all my years of cooking with potato. It means you don't need to season it with salt extra bonus ok the Oxo is not much better I suppose but the colour at the end is like how mothers use to make homemade chips in a old chippan.
The new pub have presented there pie, peas and mash exactly as you would get it in a shop or truck stand in Australia 😮. Instead of gravy what the Ozzie do is make an insertion in the steak pie and add ketchup. The new pub have added mint to the mushy peas, added stilton to the pie and made Champ instead of mash potatoes and served it Ozzie style with gravy thanks all. Personally the best pie and mash can only be found in East London and it's a dying Trent but get down to that there London place for a review pal I think you will delight your taste buds trying pie mash and parsley liquor or gravy with lashings of chilli vinegar, proper mash too my friend 😅😅😅
Excellent vlog, always enjoy them, it looks a nice meal, and a nice place. It would be better if the chips had been peeled, and a choice of mash, but like the veg and super classy to have a gravy boat. Both had a gravy boat, I hope thats a new trend and continues. Really very good. I am a fan of British food, both were very good. Well done, many thanks.
When we went to London in 1996, we didn't think to try local foods. We were young. If I go back, I will look for English foods. We eat walkers shortbread in usa. I'm not sure if British.
I know what they've tried to do regards the second one .. but the pie is the star and l think it would look even better with the peas in a side dish not on top . I don't eat beef so I'm imagining they were both chicken ...then I'd go for the second one but only with the pie on top.. peas on the side
The first one wasn't a pie, the meat looked grey and could do with more gravy in the pie. The second looked more appetising and would be my choice once deconstructed.
My type of comfort food, steak pie and chips. So the first oldie Worldwide venue did it for me. The modern eatery the presentation very nice but Stilton in the pie not for me, but that's just personal taste. Hence if I was in Leeds, I'd head for first venue for the pie and chips. Even better if kidney included.
Both looked nice to me, but I clicked to watch eagerly expecting some good old East End Pie & Mash with Liquor!! I quite fancy a plate full of that now - where’s my nearest pie & mash shop?? 🤔 😂😂
I thought the 1st one was a better value due to the aize, but the 2nd one did look tastier. I wonder if you can request the pie without the cheese (for those who are dairy intolerant).
The first one wasn't a pie, a pie has got to have pastry all the way round not just a poor excuse of a bit on the top. Therefore by default the second one wins.
It is hard to guess without tasting it, I don't like things cooked with mint, so no mushy peas, besides I like early harvest new peas fresh and green, not starchy at all. Either of the potatoes look very tasty. I quite like the look of the veg. and the pie...probably the big one, with the larger pieces or beef. so a combo.
spending that much on a pie does seem far too much. you would never go to a supermarket and be happy to spend that much buying one. the second place the meal did not look at all that big vs the 1st place. may be look to find the cheaper places spending £18 for one person I wonder how cheap can you go and still get a good meal. we need to find the best value for money place. all these expensive places are out of the reach of many people today trying to make ends meet
Thanks 😀 I've been thinking about doing some more of those, but they don't seem to do as well as the food ones but I may try a couple to see how they go
I enjoy them all but when I joined the channel the 1st videos I watched was the £50 but all videos am great hope the 10k and beyond subscribers happens quickly
With 1080p selected, this video plays like it is 480p. Because RU-vid want me to pay for 1080p PREMIUM? I'm currently voting down providers where this is the case, because the creators need to push back against this.
