Morrisons Pie Counter - Pie Reviews

If you were following our exploits during British Pie Week you might have noticed that I ate Pie for every meal during the week. This was quite a challenge but fortunately I had some help. Morrisons were kind enough to provide a crate of 14 pies on Day Three of the challenge which certainly went some way to helping me decide what pies I should eat for the 21 meals!


I was pretty excited to get this stash of pies. It is well documented on Pierate that Morrisons is the only supermarket with a pie counter and hence we have a special affection for this supermarket chain, have a look at all the Morrisons pie reviews we have done. I will now attempt to review all of these pies in one post, assisted by the video diary I took throughout the challenge.

Have a look at the photo above and I think you will agree that seeing all these pie together is a beautiful sight. They all arrived in good Condition and the Colour of the pastry was varied, but all of them looked appealing. All of the savoury pies had a great Capacity being quite tall, whereas pies at this price tend to be quite shallow.

First up, for dinner on Day Three was a Steak & Ale, see the video below. This was in the standard oval shape that a number of pie counter pies come in. Sadly I would say this was a false start for Morrisons, I didn't find a whole lot of meat Content in the pie but what was there tasted nice and wasn't Chewy. The sauce was flavoursome. The pastry, was crumbly and flour-y as it was for a number of these pies. The pastry lid had some 'overhang' so it missed the optimum pastry to filling ratio. The second pie was better filled than the first so they are lacking in some Consistency. It was £1.70 for two individual pies which is a standard price for these pie counter pies. Considering that a premium pie costs £2 to £3 per pie in a supermarket this puts into perspective that these are not premium pies but 'everyday' pies and I consider this excellent Cheapness for two pies.





Steak & Ale (Morrisons Pie Counter)
4.30/7

Morrisons will be pleased to know that on Day Four I ate Morrisons pies for every meal. See the video below. I started with an Individual Apple pie for breakfast. These were slightly smaller and less tall than the savoury pies, but with a bulging lid they still had an excellent Capacity. The Content was packed with apple which was firm to the bite but not Chewy. The pie was not too sweet and overall fantastic value for just £1.10 for two. I can also confirm they are conistently good as I ate one again for breakfast on Day Five. A very impressive offering here from Morrisons. The only downside again was that there was a surplus pastry overhang, however, in this case the sweet pastry was lovely to eat by itself so this wasn't a problem.

For lunch I had a Cheese & Onion vegetarian pie.  It had a great Capacity although there was a huge air gap which lost it a lot of score. The Content wasn't overpoweringly onion-y or cheesy as I feared it might be, if anything it was too bland. The pastry was the same as with most of the savoury pies. I ate both these pies cold, perhaps heating them up might have helped.


For dinner I really enjoyed the Chunky Steak pie which was much better than the Steak & Ale. There was a lot of meat which was fairly tender. There was a good amount of thick meaty sauce. This was the highest calorie pie, perhaps why it tasted better. Well filled despite an air gap, there was a good pastry to filling ratio.


Individual Apple Pie (Morrisons Pie Counter)
5.65/7

Cheese & Onion (Morrisons Pie Counter)
3.70/7

Chunky Steak (Morrisons Pie Counter)
5.45/7

Day Five saw me desperately trying to review more of these pies before I stretched my relaxed attitude to 'best before' dates a bit too far. As mentioned already I had another apple pie for breakfast before a Steak & Kidney pie for lunch. I ate this cold but really enjoyed it. It was the same oval shape as the Steak & Ale, filled better but still with a sizable air gap. The cold pastry was not dry at all but lovely and crumbly. I could taste the kidney and found some small pieces but I was pleased that the Content did not taste too strongly of kidney. I think the balance of flavours here was just right for me. I ate the other pie hot at a later date and can confirm that they are Consistently good.


Steak & Kidney (Morrisons Pie Counter)
5.10/7

I was unable to eat the Family Apple Pie in British Pie Week because I was only trying to eat whole pies, not slices and it was just too big for me to eat in one go! However, I shared it with my family at a later date and it was again another superb apple pie from Morrisons Pie Counter. The box stated deep filled and it really was with a huge amount of apple content. Firm to the bite, it wasn't too Chewy or too sugary. The pastry had a wonderful sugary glaze meaning it had a superior Crunch and Colour when compared to the individual version. The gooey/crunchy pastry was consistently delicious across both pies. It was also very large for only £2.99, I had some left over when serving four people. It seemed quite similar to the Sainsbury's Taste the Difference premium apple pie but it cost a whole £1 less.

Slice of the Family Sized Apple Pie

Family Apple Pie (Morrisons Pie Counter)
6.05/7

Lastly was the hand-crimped pork pie which I have reviewed before. I can confirm it is still worth the 5.55 out of 7 I gave it last year.

In all I ate Morrisons pies for six meals in a row. What did I learn? That Morrisons Pie Counter pies are great value and I am still in love with the pie counter. I love how the flavours of the pies are printed on the edge of the pie and I love the crumbly pastry most of them have. It seems that many of the savoury pies have quite large air gaps but at this price they still provide a great value pie experience. At Pierate we are looking for pies that we think people should buy and at Morrisons pie counter the pies are cheap enough that the average person can afford to buy them regularly, these really are pies for the people.

Importantly I have also found that it is best to microwave these pies, given that they are already in a cooked state they simply need heating up and this stops them drying out. Or perhaps even forget heating them up at all. Now I realise that these pies work so well cold I think I will be eating them before I get home in the future!

SJL

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¡Hola! ¿Que paso? Where’s the biblioteca? Now check out this is a Mexican Beef Pie from ASDA. Have a good look, say hello, give it a Mexican wave. This pie promises “Tasty chilli beef with black eyed beans and jalapeno peppers, wrapped in tomato and coriander pastry finished with a tasty monterey jack and tortilla crumb”. Sounds pretty good, right?! They even caught the eye of the member of staff on check-out, who gave them a long (and longing) look. They’re £3 for the pair – so £1.50 per pie. They’re not particularly big, but they certainly don’t sound like your standard pies so £1.50 sounds about right for an own brand frozen pie.

They take rather a long time in the oven – a whole 50 minutes just for one of these little pies! Wow, not exactly Speedy Gonzales. Still, good things come to those who wait. And that gives you a good 50 minutes to knock back some Cuervo and get in the Mexican mood.

Of course, you might have noticed that this pie doesn’t have a pastry lid – instead ASDA have opted for an unconventional tortilla crumb topping. Technically this does mean it’s not really a pie, but in the words of Senor Chang from Community: “I’ll allow it”.



Once out of the oven, the pie is a nice golden brown and, aside from a few cracks in the pastry, looks rather good. At this stage I’m hoping the filling is moist, because the rest of the pie looks rather dry. On the cross-section above, you can indeed see that the filling fortunately is moist, as it dribbles out onto plate.

The pie tastes really good. There’s a decent hit of chilli – I’m not a chilli fiend by any means but I also don’t shy away from hot foods, and the hotness of this chilli is just about right for me. The beef is, as expected, minced, but it’s alright and not too chewy. The pie is quite small though and there isn’t a huge amount of filling. However, the filling does fill the capacity of the pie with not too much air gap. I think the pastry is a little dry though, perhaps a symptom of being in the oven for so long.

On the whole, I think this pie is decently priced, tastes good, is innovative and used British beef, but does take a long time to oven cook, is a bit too small, with dry pastry and doesn’t have a pastry lid. I’d recommend this pie, but don’t expect it to be similar to what you’d normally expect from a pie.

ASDA Mexican Beef Pie
Score: 4.95/7
TJP

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How do you review a pie like a Pierateer? Here's a little infographic we've made on scoring pies using the Seven Cs - it will hopefully have you rating pies in no time! (Click to enlarge)

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It seems people love pies! And it seems people love our pie reviews on www.pierate.co.uk! So today we are delighted to be celebrating our 150,000th page view with a special post highlighting our top pie articles so far and an appearance on BBC Local Radio's "Mark Forrest Show"!

November 2009 – The Pierate Ship sets sail
January 2012 – We celebrated 10,000 pageviews
July 2012 – We reached 15,000 pageviews
March 2013 – We landed on 25,000 pageviews
October 2013 – We hit 50,000 pageviews
February 2014 – We were delighted to make 100,000 pageviews
May 2014 – We are amazed to reach 150,000 pageviews


But wait – there’s more! As it happened, one of the big topics on the BBC Local Radio summary show – the “Mark Forrest Show” – was pies and unusual pie fillings! So no sur-pies that they called on the pie experts the Pierateers and we had a 10 minute conversation with Mark. It was very flattening to hear Mark say "The strength and depth of this blog is something to inspire" and "It's an amazing blog." While sadly the recording was only online for one week, you can read some of the articles we referred to below.



And without further ado, here are our top 5 articles from our first 150,000 pageviews:

1) Best Pies in London Restaurants – 1,585
2) Best Pie in London – 1,516
3) Is it a pie? McDonalds under the knife – 1,426
4) Pierate in the Urban Dictionary - 679
5) What Makes The Best Scotch Pie? - 525

Plus with over 8,000 pageviews already, it’s no surprise our Pierate Pie Rankings page is the most visited page on Pierate!

Thanks once again to all the pie fans out there who make writing all these pie reviews such a PIEleasure! Enjoy!

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A YouTube video blogger has quite accurately calculated the value of pi using nothing but chalk, a calculator and a LOT of pies.


Boffin blogger Numberphile used pies to calculate pi to be 3.13834 - pretty close to pi's actual value of 3.14159(...). Is this how Archimedes calculated pi?

Although if you want to see a really impressive use of pi, here's 10,000 digits of pi, sent to us by 'Tesco Kaz'!

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Question: Is this a pie?

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If you’ve kept your eyes on the pies, you might have noticed a new competitor enter the pie supermarket-place. Manufactured under the Heinz brand, these ‘Big Pies’ from Peters Pies are aiming to take a slice of the £1 price-point pie. But are these pies late on entering an already crowded marketplace?

I popped down to the local ASDA to get my hands on three of these pies. Priced at £1, that certainly sounds like great value for something that so readily promises to be “Big on Flavour”. These three pies are “Steak and Vegetable”, “Chicken and Leek”, and “Steak and Onion”.

We note that the Heinz “Big” brand (including soups, frozen meals and canned meals) is aimed primarily at the male market, thus these Big Pies will be a competitor to the male-orientated Hungry Joes pies we reviewed previously. Furthermore, Wales-based Peters Pies already produce a number of other similar pies already reviewed on Pierate. But clearly Heinz and Peters believe there is still a gap in the market to exploit – and let’s face it, who doesn’t want more pie?!

*Note that four different flavours of Heinz Big Pasties were also launched alongside these pies, but we have a strong (some say irrational) dislike for pasties on Pierate!*

So how to they rate on the Seven Cs?

First up is the Heinz Big Steak and Vegetable Pie

Out of the oven, this pie looks pretty standard. I’ve seen many a pie look exactly like this. Golden brown puff pastry lid, with paler, slightly-too-soft sides. There’s an attempt with crimping, but nothing particularly exciting. There’s no boil-out which is good, and also no cracks, so the condition of this pie is okay. Overall, the appearance of this pie is satisfactory but nothing very special.

Notably, though, this pie is not as big as one might expect for a Big pie. It is actually surprisingly small, and I pray that it is stuffed full of content otherwise I might be left still a bit hungry.

Hmm, no, it’s not really stuffed full of content. I’d say that’s about half-full, which in our books is a poor air:filling ratio. I am quite disappointed with that. Furthermore, the filling seems to be quite lacking in the “vegetable” promised by the name. There was a bit more vegetable than the solitary pea seen the photograph – but only a little bit more. The chunks of steak and wholesome vegetables certainly weren’t rolling out of the filling like the photograph would suggest.

The filling did taste quite nice – quite soupy. The steak was okay – not too chewy, and for the £1 price tag I was reasonably impressed. But what this pie really lacked was quantity of filling. I worry that Heinz/Peter’s have gone down this “Big” branding route, implying that these pies are for satisfying big appetites, but consumers will ultimately be left disappointed by the lack of “Big”ness.

Heinz Big Steak and Vegetable Pie
Score: 4.4/7

Heinz Big Chicken and Leek Pie

Like the steak and vegetable pie, this is a very classic look for a cheap supermarket pie – light golden brown puff pastry with pale sides.

Oh my, look at that enormous air gap at the top of this pie. That’s got to be less than 1/2 filling, right? More like 1/3? This is rather disappointing, especially given the photograph on the packet.

I wonder why on earth the pastry looks so different in my pie to the photograph. There seems to be a secondary layer of the puff pastry that has slipped down like a veil over the filling (which is remarkably not rolling attractively out of the pie as in the picture). Don’t you think the pastry on the box looks more like shortcrust that puff pastry?! Interesting.

Nevertheless, we soldier on. The filling is actually very pleasant. There is a nice taste of the leek, and the chicken chunks seem genuine and tasty. I like the filling – more so than the steak and vegetable, actually. The pastry, however, is pretty terrible in my opinion – it looks bad and tastes bland.

Heinz Big Chicken and Leek Pie
Score: 4.6/7

Heinz Big Steak and Onion Pie

We’re nearing the end of our romp through this Heinz/Peters pie selection, as now we come on to our final pie – the Steak and Onion. It looks very much like the previous two pies. Nothing huge to complain about – very plain. I’m having my pie with some peas, because you have to eat your greens when you’re eating so many pies! (Although SJL did do some science recently to show that eating a pie for every meal for a week can mean you lose weight!)

Again, this pie is rather underfilled, although not quite so badly as the other two – plus this pie doesn’t have the odd ‘pastry-veil’ hanging down like the chicken pie. I didn’t like the filling in this pie quite as much, though, and the steak seemed a little chewy to me. Again, I thought the pastry was bland and added little to the party, and the big chunks of potato seemed to be there just to take the place of steak rather than bringing anything to the table themselves. This isn’t really a pie I’d be desperate to put in my fridge/oven/mouth again, although it was by no means terrible. If I had some small change in my pocket and wanted a pie, and this was all that was available, then I’d go for it. Otherwise, I believe the other two Big pie options would be preferable.

Heinz Big Steak and Onion Pie
Score: 4.3/7

So overall, I felt these pies were cheap (great!) but underfilled and lacking in big appetite-bustingness, and with the exception of the chicken and leek they were a rather uninspiring entry into an already busy supermarket pie market.

Those scores again:

Heinz Big Steak and Vegetable Pie
Score: 4.4/7

Heinz Big Chicken and Leek Pie
Score: 4.6/7

Heinz Big Steak and Onion Pie
Score: 4.3/7
TJP

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The home of the British Pie Awards

With over 800 pies from across Britain being judged by over 100 judges, it’s no wonder the British Pie Awards are firmly etched in our pie calendar. Held in St Mary’s Church in the heart of Melton Mowbray, it is a spectacular setting in the home of the pork pie. It may therefore surprise you that this was our debut judging at the British Pie Awards, having been volunteer helpers at the awards in 2013.

Overall there were 19 classes of pies – ranging from small pie producers to the country’s largest pie-makers. But only one of the 825 entries could be named Supreme Champion 2014 and that accolade went to Graham Aimson, Jackie Simpson and the Morecambe Football Club Kitchen. Their Bramley Apple pie won the title and we were not at all surprised, as we had thoroughly enjoyed this pie in January. In fact, it received “Pierate Highly Recommended” status with 6.11/7! To top it all off, Graham also won top football pie for his Chicken, Ham and Leek pie which – you guessed it! – we had also rated highly during our visit with a 6.16/7!

Supreme Pie Champion at the British Pie Awards 2014 Morecambe Football Club Kitchen

Nice Pie entry into the "Pie Fit for a Hero" Class

As mentioned in our preview article, this year's speciality class, A Pie Fit For A Hero, recognised those providing food for Britain's Armed Services in the centenary year of the start of the First World War. There were some specially decorated entries for this class, including a fabulously decorated pie from Nice Pie (see photo) and the winning entry went to Boghall Butchers, who had a cracking day winning in a number of categories. In our interview with Andy Bates before the pie judging began, he said the key to a good pie was “love and attention” – something which was clearly put into the top pies he judged in the “Pie Fit For a Hero” class.

Other big winners come the pie awards lunch included Nice Pie, who won the Special Award for small pie producers. They may have only been producing pies for about a year but you won’t have failed to notice the impact of Nice Pie on our pie rankings, having not only some of the top rated pies but also some of the most unusual flavours! In fact they make up quite a large proportion of our “Most unusual Pies” article!

Several other producers got top three entries in several categories, including Walker and Sons (who pretty much swept up in the Pork Pie categories and are highly rated by us too), The Outdoor Pig Company and the Great North Pie Company. The Pie Kitchen – who were Supreme Champions in 2013 and were rated highly by us last year – also won in the Beef and any flavour combination category. You can see a list of all the top 3 winners in each category in the British Pie Awards here. It’s certainly left us with plenty of pies to keep our eyes on this coming year!

Pierateer Tim took upon himself the important task of rating the nation’s pies according to the specific British Pie Awards grading criteria, which mark pies out of 100 and award gold, silver and bronze awards to the top pies. While the grading criteria does have some significant differences to the Seven Cs upon which we pie rate ourselves, Tim (who can be seen in the grey top on the Independent’s British Pie Awards article) quickly set to work on the cold pork pies class (class 2) after a judges briefing from head judge Ian Nelson and then a class briefing from Cliff Congrave.

Each pie is judged by two judges, to enable discussion between the pair over the merits of each pie and give a more rounded analysis. Working alongside Sue Woodall, Pierateer Tim judged 16 pork pies before the top pies from the class were reconsidered in a head to head to award a top 3. The winner of class 2 was only then revealed on Thursday at the awards lunch as The Outdoor Pig Company, so many congratulations to them!

Pie Judges at the British Pie Awards 2014

There was a vast array of top judges at the awards itself and some classic quotes from the day. They included “There’s few things as bad as undercooked pastry” – something we as Pierateers wholeheartedly agree with when on the Seven Cs of pie rating – and one pie was described as “like roast dinner in a pie!” Pies in the "Other meats" class included squirrel, duck, venison and rabbit, while there were also pies containing beetroot and other interesting ingredients!

In our interview with Head Judge Ian Nelson, from Hovis Ltd, he was “looking to see the consistency and quality of the products across a wide range of the 19 categories”. He was “looking forward to finding the British Pie Champion” and had previously judged at the Scotch Pie Championships (which Pierateer SJL has previously judged at).

Before the pie judging began, the pies were blessed by Reverend Kevin Ashby. Speaking to the Reverend, whose church the awards are held in, he remarked that it was great to see the church used for different events. The church was part of the community in Melton Mowbray and it was great a national event was taking place there. In his fourth year of judging, Reverend Ashby was a particular fan of steak and kidney pies.

Food Minister George Eustice MP does a bit of pie rating

Throughout the day many people, young and old, visited the church to see pie rating in action, including a special visit from Food Minister George Eustice MP. Speaking to us George commented that while it was the first time he had visited the British Pie Awards, it was a fantastic event in the home of the pork pie. He referred to pies as “the most British of foods” and later had a go at pie rating himself with a selection of pork pies.

In summing up the event, MMPPA chairman Matthew O'Callaghan said: "The competition was tougher than ever this year which makes Morecambe FC’s achievement all the more impressive. It was fantastic to bring together so many people and producers with a passion for pies, quality ingredients and great British food. Praise must go to our judges, who rose to the challenge of tasting and scoring every pie fairly and were extremely impressed by the quality of entries.”

So with the reign of The Pie Kitchen coming to an end, rest assured that pie making is in very good hands in 2014. Having already won in 2011, the Morecambe FC Kitchen have done a fantastic job in winning back their Supreme Champion title and we very much look forward to sampling more of the British Pie Awards 2014 winners in the coming months ahead.

Just remember: pie rating is for life, not just the BPAs! ;-)

RAS

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Dickinson and Morris Creamy Chicken Pie Review

When you think Melton Mowbray, you think pork pies. And a fine example of pork pies in the town are from Dickinson and Morris, which we have already highly rated. But while being in Melton Mowbray to attend the British Pie Awards 2014 – where Pierateer TJP was one of the judges – the Pierateers couldn’t help but look for pies to eat and rate after the proceedings had finished. Entering Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe, they found alongside the pork pies some meat pies and purchased a creamy chicken pie.

Dickinson and Morris Creamy Chicken Pie Review

The pie is sold as containing tender pieces of chicken breast in a rich creamy sauce with onion, encased in shortcrust pastry. As you can see from the photo the pastry colour is quite nice and golden, though slightly uneven in shade. The top pastry was a little too crisp around the edge crimping but in general was a nice texture which was firm enough to hold in the filling. The content was nice tender chicken meat and the sauce was lovely and creamy. There was a good quantity of creamy filling to give nice flavour to the meat, helping to balance out the slightly dry outer pastry and thus making it a nice pie to enjoy.

Dickinson and Morris Creamy Chicken Pie Review

At £2.15 each, this is quite reasonable for a meaty chicken pie of this size, though I would have liked a slightly better capacity of meat to balance out the slightly pastry-heavy pastry:filling ratio. However all things considered this was a very nice Pierate Recommended pie and considering their main focus is pork pies, I’d certainly commend Dickinson and Morris for being much more than just pork pies!

Dickinson and Morris Creamy Chicken Pie
Score: 5.61/7
[Colour 5.5, Capacity 5.5, Consistency 5.5, Condition 5.5, Chewiness 6, Cheapness 5.5, Content 5.75, Total: 5.61/7]
RAS

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We are now just days away from the sixth British Pie Awards and the comPIEtition couldn’t be stronger. There will be 825 entries judged under 19 classes – ranging from small pie producers to the country’s largest pie-makers. But only one can be named Supreme Champion 2014!

L-R: Mark Beeston, Matthew O’Callaghan & Stephen Hallam of Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association - organisers of the British Pie Awards 2014.

Pierateers from the web’s leading pie review website – www.pierate.co.uk – will of course be there judging the pies and doing plenty of tweeting in the lead up to the British Pie Awards 2014 (#bpa14). You also won’t be surPIEsed to find out we’ll have tweet by tweet analysis from the British Pie Awards itself (like in 2013) with Pierateer RAS there as a helper and media on Wednesday 30th April, and we will report on the awards post event and awards lunch, announcing the winning pies!

Of course pie rating is a very serious responsibility – which you will see when reading the hundreds of pie reviews on our pie blog. But you will also notice that we like a bit of pun and games too, which we will also be encouraging at the awards through supplying a suggested pie puns card for judges to crack out during proceedings as they see fit. After all, pies are to be enjoyed and celebrated, providing insPIEration and hopefully PIEfection.

The Pie Awards themselves will have 19 classes that recognise British classics including Beef and Ale Pies, Chicken Pies, Steak and Kidney Pies, Pork Pies and, of course, Melton Mowbray Pork Pies. Pasties, pub pies and football pies will also be honoured, along with dessert pies, vegetarian pies and a savoury pie category. This year's speciality class, A Pie Fit For A Hero, recognises those providing food for Britain's Armed Services in the centenary year of the start of the First World War.

You’ll find that the Pierateers have rated lots of different categories of pies – including those covered by the British Pie Awards – by visiting our Pies: Categorised page.

MMPPA chairman Matthew O'Callaghan said: "Britain is rightly proud of its pies and the British Pie Awards are a celebration of pie producers and bakers, putting their craft in the spotlight. Since the launch of the awards six years ago, the event has grown both in size and in stature. With high-calibre entrants and a wide range of expert judges the awards are recognised as a true mark of quality within the industry and among the public.”

Of course those of you who are regulars on the web’s leading pie reviewing website Pierate already know that Pierateer Tim will be one of those expert pie judges, having rated hundreds of pies that you can see in our pie rankings table.

The panel of 110 judges, which includes food writers, master bakers, chefs and restaurateurs, is led by chairman of the judges Ian Nelson, of Hovis Ltd. He said: "It is a real honour to be heading up the judging panel at the British Pie Awards, an event I have always supported as an opportunity for bakers and pie-makers - and British food - to shine. The task ahead of us is huge with so many entries to be tasted and judged today in 19 different categories but we are all ready for the challenge and excited to be sampling the best pies the nation has to offer."

Joining the judging panel is TV chef and street food afficionado Andy Bates, aka the Pie Man, and he said: “My passion is for great British food and the pie is the perfect way to enjoy quality ingredients and brilliant cooking, whether it’s a traditional recipe or ones with an inspired new twist. I’ve been really looking forward to getting my teeth into picking the best pies from across Britain and am delighted to be in the company of so many top pie producers and knowledgeable judges.”

You won’t be surprised to know we’ve rated a pie made by judge Andy Bates – founder of Eat My Pies – which is the number one hit when you google “Eat My Pies Pie Review” – and we hope to enjoy more in the future.

And having enjoyed and highly rated the Supreme Champion 2013, we are looking forward to seeing who takes the title at the British Pie Awards 2014! May the best pie win!!!

For a flavour of what the British Pie Awards are like, here's a video we made of the event last year, including the epic pie hymn!


RAS

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M. Manze - Traditional Pie and Mash Shop Review

As part of the my challenge to eat pie for every meal in British Pie Week (see all 21 pies in the summary article) I paid a trip to a very special pie shop in London. This was the M. Manze pie and mash shop on Tower Bridge Road, the oldest surviving pie and mash shop in the country. It opened in 1892. This certainly was a traditional London Pie and Mash Shop, serving pies in the traditional way with a parsley 'liquor' alongside the minced beef pies. See our article on Pie & Mash Shops to find out what makes these places so unique.


SJL

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