Pub Food

[tdangio]

Probably egg wash. As I'm out of eggs mine is not shiny and it also lacks the flower.

I just used some canned beef stock from Whole Foods. It's no salt added, so it's not the briny stuff that most store bought stocks are.

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by GQgeek

Forgot about this. I'll have time to do the recipe in a week and a half. I'm out of stock for now so I have to make that too. Matt, how do you get the pie glossy like that? Is it just the pastry you used or did you do something to it?
Dude it's puff pastry. You either egg wash it or brush melted butter on it. You're a cook, how do you not know this?

 

[GQgeek]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

Dude it's puff pastry. You either egg wash it or brush melted butter on it. You're a cook, how do you not know this?

I'm a wannabe cook, and I hardly ever use pastry, except for quiche, and i purchase it and don't do either of those things. I have yet to take my cooking class, though I plan on it. One day I will be like Matt.

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by GQgeek

I'm a wannabe cook, and I hardly ever (never?) use pastry. I have yet to take my cooking class, though I plan on it.

Get on it, man. PP is awesome. Beef wellington, Kulebiaka, pot pies/meat pies and billions of other options.

 

[itsstillmatt]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

Get on it, man. PP is awesome. Beef wellington, Kulebiaka, pot pies/meat pies and billions of other options.
One of my favorite dishes is a curried mussel soup with a puff pastry crust. Delicious.

 

[Vendishta]

Usually, I go for either the traditional Fish and Chips or the Aberdeen Angus Burger is also a common choice.

Sometimes I may opt for a Ploughman's or try something new, but usually I stick to my favourites.

 

[Flambeur]

Had the most amazing chicken/mushroom/bacon pie a couple weeks ago in a london pub, it was just amazingly good.

 

[CBDB]

Originally Posted by VKK3450

^ two totally different things.

Pub food is the British equivalent of American bar food, but less focus on sharing snacks (wings & skins) and more on fairly hearty but simple individual dishes.

Typical pub food:

Fish & Chips
Sausage & Mash
Pies
Ploughman's Lunch
Roasts (on a Sunday)
A basic steak
etc...

These days there has been an influx of the "gastro" pub. Chefs trying to step up the pub game to a good restaurant level. Some do it well, most fail miserably.

K

In the modern England you mustn't forget a curry

 

[Douglas]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

Get on it, man. PP is awesome. Beef wellington, Kulebiaka, pot pies/meat pies and billions of other options.

Puff Pastry? Seriously?

Seems like a MASSIVE pain ********** to me. Would be hours of work, might not work right, and it's gone in moments.

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by Douglas

Puff Pastry? Seriously?

Seems like a MASSIVE pain ********** to me. Would be hours of work, might not work right, and it's gone in moments.

Well you don't have to make it yourself, although it really isn't hard. Just involves making dough and then turning it, rolling it out, folding it, and cooling it, repeated a few times. There's plenty of fine puff pastry that you can buy premade.

 

[itsstillmatt]

Originally Posted by Douglas

Puff Pastry? Seriously?

Seems like a MASSIVE pain ********** to me. Would be hours of work, might not work right, and it's gone in moments.

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

Well you don't have to make it yourself, although it really isn't hard. Just involves making dough and then turning it, rolling it out, folding it, and cooling it, repeated a few times. There's plenty of fine puff pastry that you can buy premade.
http://dufourpastrykitchens.com/products-puff.php

This is a good product, and carried by Whole Foods. I'll make my own if I have time and if the most important part of the dish is the pastry itself. If not, I buy it. Don't get Peppridge Farms.

 

[VKK3450]

Originally Posted by CBDB

In the modern England you mustn't forget a curry

I guess you are technically right in that many pubs serve curry and even have curry nights, but I have yet to find a decent curry in a pub. There are too many good Indian restaurants to bother with pub curry.

Odd thing though, a lot of pubs do Thai food these days.

K

 

[binge]

There must be good Indian food somewhere in England, I just didn't find it. A colleague (who's from Bangalore) and I tried 4 different places and not one was particularly good. I'd take Shalimar in the 'loin over any of them in a heartbeat. Next time I'm in London or elsewhere in England I'll have to do a bit more research...

 

[feynmix]

Originally Posted by binge

There must be good Indian food somewhere in England, I just didn't find it. A colleague (who's from Bangalore) and I tried 4 different places and not one was particularly good. I'd take Shalimar in the 'loin over any of them in a heartbeat. Next time I'm in London or elsewhere in England I'll have to do a bit more research...
Most South Indian folks don't have a clue about North Indian food. In general, I would think that Indian/Pakistani food would be better in London than in the US. Damn I need to visit London.

 

[VKK3450]

Originally Posted by binge

There must be good Indian food somewhere in England, I just didn't find it. A colleague (who's from Bangalore) and I tried 4 different places and not one was particularly good. I'd take Shalimar in the 'loin over any of them in a heartbeat. Next time I'm in London or elsewhere in England I'll have to do a bit more research...

There is, but as with many things you need to know where to look. Many of the typical curry houses are run by Bangladeshis, and serve a bit bastardized of a menu / food. There are a couple of excellent Pakistani places in Whitechapel and if you roll out to East ham / Tooting / etc you will find some really good Indian food.

As above, I like South Indian food, but I dont trust South Indians on food (many times even their own).

K