Best steak-and-stilton pie I've had outside of the British Isles, one of the better store-bought chicken pies, and a few other good hits. They don't have an undefeated record on our table (one strange curry concoction), but this makes good comfort food when you're halfway home on the 13 or 17 trams, are soaked from a cold rainy day, and aren't looking forward to cooking something yourself.
Having a real oven (or at least a toaster oven) will help significantly --- as good as they are, these pies will still wilt a little in a microwave.
Pick up some good hearty beer at the neighboring cheese shop, and you're ready for a night of Dr. Who, Carry On, Blackadder, Monty Python, or whatever else you miss from the UK. read more