Tuesday 10 April 2012
Ye Olde Birthday Pie
So what
better way to celebrate your birthday than to have ye good olde fashioned
pie?! So having been on a random
birthday roadtrip, the Pierateers ended up in Ye Olde Windsor Castle pub, near
South End in Great Bookham. And they were delighted to find a section of the
menu devoted to pies, in a lovely quaint pub (which had apparently been visited
by King Henry VIII none the less, surely a lover of the odd pie or three!)
The
question was, which pie to choose?! So of course I chose the Chef & Brewer
Pie Platter to get all three!
We will
overlook the addition of a Cornish-style pasty to the trio of mini pies (who
wants a pasty?!) but instead focus on the pies. As you can see from the photo,
they were presented delightfully. While you always find that there could be
slightly more filling in mini pies, they were all very flavoursome. The pastry
was slightly thick and thus did over dominate the taste buds slightly, but the
chicken, beef and venison were all very nice pies in themselves. I’d have
certainly been happy to have a large version of each, even if they were
slightly pastry-heavy. Capacity was good for such a small pie, although a tad
more meat would have helped, especially for the price paid. All in all though,
well worth a visit.
Score: 4.6/7
RAS
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This looks so similar to another pie platter
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