Only Steps Away

How would you tell which pub is amazingly good or ridiculously bad?
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 Yes thats right, you cant. There is just no way to tell !
Apart from going in and submitting yourself to whatever hidden surprises may arise. When walking out from a friend's place, the familiar smell of good gravy caught the whiff under the nose and then I found myself looking at the menu framed outside a pub. I didn't read what was on it but after K said 'I wouldn't mind a pint', we were in. This is one of those budget months and I've really been wishing for a money tree lately but this pub was definitely worth the last bit of chunk left in the stash. 

The interior echoed sophistication and after two waiters opened their mouths, 'ahh.' popped up in my head. Little wonder the place was furnished so well. The French definitely have taste and do not settle for less. The menu had an interesting range of dishes which had intriguing names which required us to ask the waiter what they actually were. Such as 'God Save The Queen' was basically a banana split. Everything screamed refined bistro which would be tasty but definitely not fill you up. What stood out to me was only the 'cow pie' and the 'pigeon pasty'. HMMMMM pieegoon. K just went 'ew' but its pieegoooon. mhmmmmm. Cow pie was rather intriguing too since usually its just 'homemade beef pie'. Pigeon would've taken 20 mins longer in the kitchen so I opted for the cow pie which JUST HIT THE SPOT. Best pub food I've had in a loooooooooooong time. It was big, had alot of succulent beef meat which was so so tender, had an interesting green paste which tasted like stuffing and the actual pastry of the pie was so crispy and tasty. OMG it was just D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S. 

Its looks do not live up to its taste.Believe me.

[£12.50]

Sooooooooooooo sooooooo freaking delicious. Not sure why they would just dunk green paste on the top of it but the combination was just refine. 

Both thumbs , hands and feet up! 

Accompanied by a pint and you're in heaven. 

[£2.50]

These were interesting. K already had lunch and wanted a snack so she ordered this which were fried roasted pork bits which reminded me of the Chinese siew yok. They were roasted and deep fried but they didn't taste oily. They were crunchy and not overly salty. The accompanying sauce was a homemade apple bramley sauce which acted as a good dipping sauce. 

Extremely addictive snack. 

If we weren't on a diet, we would've tried their desserts which seem promising now. Definitely going back to try that pigeon!!!! 

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The Mall Tavern 

71-73 Palace Gardens Terrace

London

W8 4RU