TastyChomps.com Orlando Food
+4.5
Cockney cuisine is thought of as the East London working man’s food consisting of mostly puddings, meat pies, mashed potatoes, and jellied eels drenched in green parsley “liquor” sauce.
Once upon a time, eels, pie and mash was a staple diet of workers in London’s East End, with over 200 shops to choose from; now there are only a handful.
Fred Cooke started selling jellied eels in Broadway Market in 1900. His restaurant, F. Cooke, served shepherds driving their flocks to the City of London. The decor probably hasn’t changed much since its opening in the early 1900s, with walls lined with porcelain tiles and w
Philippe Grenier-Vallée
+5
Good honest working class food from a different era at a cheap price. They won't try to please the modern palate, instead they focus on preserving tradition. If you like food and history, just go.
The best pie n mash I've had in ages.
The pies are bigger than other pie shops I've been in and the taste was lovely.
It could have done with a bit more liquor as i do like to mix it in with the mash but still 10 out of 10.
I haven't been in here for at least 16 years and was served by the same owner as the last time I was there.
This is a great place an oasis of reality in the fake east end of Broadway Market where the locals have been driven out by hipsters.
If you want a no nonsense traditional east end meal in surroundings that have not changed for decades this is the place. It might be an acquired taster, but once you are hooked on pie, mash and liquor you will love it.
Great authentic experience, but probably not one for your anniversary meal!!
Absolutely amazing. Gorgeous pies with brilliant sides. Exactly what I was expecting and wanted from my trip to London. The pie was so good we didn't mind the cold rainy weather and staff was just lovely. Would recommend and definitely will go again when in London.
My first real pie and mash (and jellied eels!) - I loved it.
It isn't (nor does it claim to be) high quality, you can get a 'better' pie and 'better' mash from any M&S or one of the many up-market pie restaurants floating around these days, but to be able to go somewhere and eat what has been eaten for over 100 years, you can't beat that.
The pie & mash was tasty enough, especially when doused in chilli vinegar, jellied eels took a bit of bravery and also a lot of the above mentioned vinegar, but they were also delicious.
The best bit was the owner noticing myself and my girlfriend were new to the food and coming to talk to us about it, he showed me the best way to eat the eel and stuck around for a chat about the restaurant and it's history. I felt honoured to be talking to someone who is a genuine, tangible part of food culture.
Lovely place.
Absolutely amazing original old pie shop
Overall great establishment. I would encourage the owners to reach out to locals rather than trying to hold onto clientele that no longer live in the area. For the price, I think the mash portion is a bit small but depends on the server. Overall a great place!
Ollie Kettle (Kettleinho)
+5
Proper east end pie & mash.
A must visit for lovers of the old school.
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My family and the Cooke family go back a very long way in this area. My family's toy making shop on Broadway market died out a generation ago with my great grandfather though my grandfather continued to bring up his son, my dad in this area and dad, in turn, his six children. I'm the last one left of the family still living in the locality. The Cooke family pie and mash shop was an enduring feature of Broadway market throughout.
Such a shame that old man Cooke has decided to sell up. It will be a sad day on Broadway market when he gets a buyer and we lose one of the last remaining pie and mash shops still in existence in the East End. The passing of the pie and mash shops has been one of the negative things about the gentrification of the area. Don't think this new lot that have taken over the area and ripped away our roots will understand. All they want to do is walk in, take photos and walk out again. I can understand that old man Cooke has simply had enough and his daughter, who has set up a pie and mash shop in Essex, where a lot of the old EastEnders went out to, doesn't want to take on the original shop.
Those of us that are left of the original EastEnders round here will mourn the passing of the Cooke's in this area.
I first found pie and mash when we moved to Hackney in 1951 , top class pies and mash in original surroundings . Pity it is closing soon . I must make one last trip to say goodbye to Bob .
A lovely little pie shop serving exactly what you'd expect them to. It might not be as exotic, or trendy, as all flavour-of-the-months along this street, but well worth a visit.
My husband has been going to this shop since he was a little boy, he won't go anywhere else to eat pie and mash. They are in my eyes the best pie and mash shop in East London.
Prices are really good, staff are great and the food is exactly what you want. This is a venue with real history that has completely maintained that old east end pie and mash vibe that you want. Definitely worth a look.
This shop beats them all. Pies are perfect and the place oozes tradition. No one anywhere comes even close matching the pie n mash here. "Ello guvnor, owz ur day then"
Fine early 20th Century Pie shop serving the east end's most wholesome fast food. Sadly closing soon, yet another casualty of mindless gentrification.
Have had pie n mash at Cooke's for many years oldie world place good Cockney fair fills you up, nice winter food try it June enjoy!
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