| Pies 08:14 - May 23 with 2282 views | Churchman |
I went for lunch at a place called the Windmill in Sevenoaks the other day. The pie was full of perfectly cooked beef. It was a proper pie with a base. Not one of those con tricks where a load of gravy, chaff and beef are cooked in a dish with a ginormous crust perched on the top.
Now the best pie I ever had was at the Devonshire Arms near Chesterfield. The pinnacle of pies. Steak, steak and ale, steak and mushroom. I’m a broad (too broad!!) church on the pie front.
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| Pies on 08:23 - May 23 with 1799 views | GeoffSentence |
Worst `pie` i had was in a pub in Chester. They brought out a bowl of stew with what was a sort of biscuit floating on top, literally floating, it covered about a third of the surface area.
The stew bit tasted alright, but a pie it was not. |  |
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| Pies on 09:16 - May 23 with 1744 views | JimmyJazz |
Best pies i've experienced were at an indoor market stall in Oxford city centre in the mid 80s. They deviated from the usual pie content (ham + tomato was one) but they were all delicious |  |
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| Pies on 09:17 - May 23 with 1737 views | StokieBlue |
The best pies I've had are from Sweeny Todd in Reading, a real institution.
http://www.sweeneyandtodd.co.uk/pies/
I don't think that list is exhaustive, they used to have a chicken, broccoli and stilton which was magnificent.
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| Pies on 10:35 - May 23 with 1642 views | Deano69 |
| Pies on 08:23 - May 23 by GeoffSentence |
Worst `pie` i had was in a pub in Chester. They brought out a bowl of stew with what was a sort of biscuit floating on top, literally floating, it covered about a third of the surface area.
The stew bit tasted alright, but a pie it was not. |
I recall going to a pub in the Levington area many many years ago and the pie that came out was like a tin of dog food (I think its was actually tinned meat) topped a wet pastry top. I have been there since and can assure its much changed and very nice |  |
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| Pies on 10:49 - May 23 with 1602 views | Churchman |
| Pies on 09:17 - May 23 by StokieBlue |
The best pies I've had are from Sweeny Todd in Reading, a real institution.
http://www.sweeneyandtodd.co.uk/pies/
I don't think that list is exhaustive, they used to have a chicken, broccoli and stilton which was magnificent.
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Great name for a pie emporium too! Chicken broccoli and stilton sounds mmm.
For pub pies, Fullers pubs do some reasonable ones. The minced beef and onion are pretty tasty for a lunchtime snack | | | |
| Pies on 10:54 - May 23 with 1589 views | Keno |
I like a nice pasty
there I've said it |  |
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| Pies on 10:55 - May 23 with 1589 views | StokieBlue |
| Pies on 10:49 - May 23 by Churchman |
Great name for a pie emporium too! Chicken broccoli and stilton sounds mmm.
For pub pies, Fullers pubs do some reasonable ones. The minced beef and onion are pretty tasty for a lunchtime snack |
Fullers pie pubs are good but unfortunately they seem to be closing a lot of them down and converting them into more trendy establishments with no pies.
A mistake in my view.
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| Pies on 10:57 - May 23 with 1584 views | Churchman |
| Pies on 10:54 - May 23 by Keno |
I like a nice pasty
there I've said it |
Pasties, wondrous though good ones anre, are not pies. They’re for another distraction from McKenna thread day! | | | |
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| Pies on 11:01 - May 23 with 1570 views | leitrimblue |
Pies really are the king of foods. I can't even decide my favourite, possibly the classic steak an kidney. Though the pork pie is a work of art even before you add a boiled egg to it.
I believe fish pie may be the only sub standard pie though I once had a chicken tikka slice though obviously not quite a pie was a shockingly poor savoury pastrie |  | | |
| Pies on 11:02 - May 23 with 1559 views | JakeITFC |
Any thoughts on the best pie in Ipswich/Suffolk? Am at a loose end this evening so may go looking (fwiw my answer is Lark in Bury St Edmunds, but not really a roll up and get seat type place!). |  | | |
| Pies on 11:03 - May 23 with 1555 views | Deano69 |
Best Pasty, top of Snowdon. Massive thing full of quality and after some terrible conditions getting there it was amazing | |
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| Pies on 11:06 - May 23 with 1529 views | Churchman |
| Pies on 11:02 - May 23 by JakeITFC |
Any thoughts on the best pie in Ipswich/Suffolk? Am at a loose end this evening so may go looking (fwiw my answer is Lark in Bury St Edmunds, but not really a roll up and get seat type place!). |
I’m spending a bit more time in Suffolk these days so all Suffolk pie recommendations gratefully received! | | | |
| Pies on 11:55 - May 23 with 1458 views | GeoffSentence |
| Pies on 11:06 - May 23 by Churchman |
I’m spending a bit more time in Suffolk these days so all Suffolk pie recommendations gratefully received! |
Gainsborough Pie And Mash in Sudbury?
I can't recommend it as I have not been, but I believe it has a good reputation and pies are their thing, home cooked pies, so they ought to be able to do a good one. | |
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| Pies on 12:20 - May 23 with 1413 views | Leaky |
Had a nice steak & kidney pie in Scunthorpe years ago. They made one big pie & cut it in quarter's reminded me of school dinner's, the pleasant ones. |  | | |
| Pies on 12:35 - May 23 with 1376 views | JakeITFC |
| Pies on 11:55 - May 23 by GeoffSentence |
Gainsborough Pie And Mash in Sudbury?
I can't recommend it as I have not been, but I believe it has a good reputation and pies are their thing, home cooked pies, so they ought to be able to do a good one. |
Google says permanently closed unfortunately. | | | |
| Pies on 12:38 - May 23 with 1367 views | Swansea_Blue |
I had a very satisfying pie experience in the mid-90s after dropping off my land rover at Immingham docks for it to be freighted over to Iceland. A couple of hours to kill waiting for a train, so now vehicle-less I naturally went to the nearest pub for lunch. Steak and Ale pie washed down with several pints. It was delicious. I'm not 100% sure where it was, but a quick look on Google it was probably the Station pub, Habrough.
You're going to need a time machine to follow-up on many of the recs in this thread. |  |
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| Pies on 13:07 - May 23 with 1317 views | GeoffSentence |
| Pies on 12:35 - May 23 by JakeITFC |
Google says permanently closed unfortunately. |
Blimey, didnt last long then | |
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| Pies on 13:13 - May 23 with 1265 views | Parsley |
| Pies on 10:49 - May 23 by Churchman |
Great name for a pie emporium too! Chicken broccoli and stilton sounds mmm.
For pub pies, Fullers pubs do some reasonable ones. The minced beef and onion are pretty tasty for a lunchtime snack |
Shoutout to Piecaramba! in Winchester for a top tier name, good pies as well from what I can remember |  | | |
| Pies on 13:32 - May 23 with 1219 views | BlueForYou |
| Pies on 11:02 - May 23 by JakeITFC |
Any thoughts on the best pie in Ipswich/Suffolk? Am at a loose end this evening so may go looking (fwiw my answer is Lark in Bury St Edmunds, but not really a roll up and get seat type place!). |
You won't find any pies in there! |  | | |
| Pies on 16:43 - May 23 with 1108 views | VanSaParody |
Pukka pies
Balti
Steak & kidney
Chicken & mushroom |  | | |
| Pies on 16:44 - May 23 with 1090 views | JakeITFC |
| Pies on 13:32 - May 23 by BlueForYou |
You won't find any pies in there! |
Had a beautiful one last time I went - think they are generally on the specials board/tasting menu. | | | |
| Pies on 16:46 - May 23 with 1078 views | tractorboy1978 |
The pies in The Dove used to be fantastic - steak and stilton the best. With mash, mushy peas and thick gravy. They stopped doing them a few years ago now though so Balti Shepherds pie it is. | | | |
| Pies on 16:48 - May 23 with 1066 views | J2BLUE |
Apple. McDonald's. 6/10 |  |
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| Pies on 17:04 - May 23 with 1010 views | _clive_baker_ |
| Pies on 10:54 - May 23 by Keno |
I like a nice pasty
there I've said it |
Proper pasties are great. Like proper ones, not the abomination ‘pasties’ you get in a supermarket fridge. |  | | |
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