@ragsmartel: For nearly 200 years, pie and mash has been East London’s signature dish. Now there are barely 30 shops left. From David Beckham’s visits to TikTok food reviews and calls for protected status in Parliament, can London’s original fast food survive? #pieandmash #london #food

dscottg423_alt :

Paul Revere saved us from this

kylelewallen16 :

they aren't even describing taste or flavor

Graves V :

Gloop, glop, and gleep

THEE DIBBLE :

went to war for spices and not using them is crazy work

jakeanders1 :

Why does everyone at the pie and mash shop look like they should be at a pie and mash shop

Ezzy_Day1 :

The shops are dying because they completely replaced there population with people that won’t eat it.

D K Schrute :

The British empire conquered the whole world and ended up with this.

Rookie :

Pleasant bland food?😭😭😭

Montana406 🦯 :

I don't want anyone to describe something I'm eating as "vinegar really helps".

Erica Twiss :

“The vinegar helps”???????

ThePlantFamily :

if it was so good, there wouldn't be so few places serving it

wingspan_ :

Not one comment about how good it tastes. Just “it’s a poor man’s meal” and “most people hate it and I don’t” 😂

Jake Clark 🌺 :

“Is food in England really that bad?” If made properly; yes.

DuppyConqueror :

If you’re used to bland, tasteless food, you think stuff like this is actually good

splodey1 :

"very nice, pleasant, bland food." 😭

USMaverick87 :

Toblerone Smith :

They’re competing with restaurants that offer warm interiors, better presentation and more than just one dish or one sauce.

Marcus Aurelius :

Depression meals

dk94 :

Doesn't adapt with the times, doesn't refresh the cafe, doesn't add new flavours and we're all supposed to be sorry? Any other category of business has to adapt and change. Theres 30 left because people choose to eat elsewhere, simple as

whatever :

if your restaurant needs “protected status” to stay open, the food isn’t good

shittyname103 :

do they know ww2 is over so they dont have to eat this?

cybertug :

the people who eat this old classic are a dying bread look around 👀

hat12345g :

Tbh if there isn't demand than they will go. People have just moved on from food like that.

DMA707 :

Putting aside how it looks and tastes, it should be served in a bowl imo; something that watery on a plate is properly asking for trouble

Doc BlackWell :

It’s food of the gods innit lol noo it’s not at all 🤣🤣🤣