If you’re a fan of a good old-fashioned pie and mash you’ll love this month’s plans over at city centre favourite the Cambridge Chop House. From 9 to 13 January, stop by for some serious comfort food at Skip’s Pop Up Pie Shop, which will be taking its inspiration from East London’s finest and serving up traditional pies and sides plus local real ales.
“I grew up in Ely but lived in East London for three years. Once or twice a month on a day off I used to visit a pie ’n’ mash shop,” says head chef Andrew Skipper on his inspiration for the pop-up. “I like how simple the food is and especially the liquor made with parsley and eel stock.”
The pop-up will be in action while the basement of the King’s Parade restaurant undergoes a refurbishment, and the menu features classics like steak and ale pie and chicken and mushroom pie. There will also be buttery mash, mushy peas and lip-smackingly good gravy or liquor to drench it all in.
“When Skip mentioned the pie shop, I immediately thought it was a brilliant idea,” says the Chop House’s executive head chef Sanyi Kiliti. “The Cambridge food scene has come such a long way in the last ten years with a huge number of cuisines now on offer. But everyone loves comfort food, and you never know, if it goes well we might even consider opening a permanent pie shop!”
