14 July 2012
Legacy review
8.8/10
Good Pie Guide rating
Gigli’s is a superb place. Endless pies to pore over, including: cheese and onion, steak and Guinness; chicken, ham and leek along with some sturdy looking pork pies. There’s meats...
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10 July 2012
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8.2/10
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A return trip to Biddulph to try out New Cooks. Outside they’re offering home made meat and potato pie with mushy peas and gravy but when you step inside there is nothing on displa...
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6 July 2012
Legacy review
8.0/10
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I remove the packaging at home and find it wrapped in a wedding cake style braiding. Does that go in the oven or not then? Thirty minutes later and there's absolute carnage as I at...
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4 July 2012
Legacy review
8.6/10
Good Pie Guide rating
The pie raises the temperature of my palm and the unmistakable aroma of pie invades my nostrils like a soothing lullaby. I'm like Malcolm the Mountie but instead of always getting...
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3 July 2012
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8.2/10
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I was queuing ages but get this: they have complimentary sausage rolls along the length of the counter to munch on. Presumably to stop people picking the marzipan off the wedding c...
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3 July 2012
Legacy review
8.2/10
Good Pie Guide rating
This Pukka pie comes with free clubcard points and obligatory "unexpected item in baggage area" warning. It is multilayered, tough and flaky on top then doughy. As the crust lid is...
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30 June 2012
Legacy review
9.2/10
Good Pie Guide rating
It's peppery pie perfection! Sometimes you just know when you've got a winner on (in) your hands and this was it. A delightfully soft crust perfectly formed with a firm base whilst...
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30 June 2012
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9.0/10
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The residents of Tyldesley are indeed fortunately to have two such wonderful yet differentiating pie shops in their environs. I withstand a solid attempt to upsell to me ("Are you...
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27 June 2012
Legacy review
7.8/10
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Devonshire's is situated at the end of a small precinct. I'm the only customer in this large outlet and the old girl serving acknowledges me with a slight grunt. I can't see too ma...
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27 June 2012
Legacy review
8.8/10
Good Pie Guide rating
As a wildcard, it sweeps aside my original target with considerable disdain. Butchers' pies nearly always seem to be huge. Solid.The lid is uneven and part of it sticks to the foil...
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26 June 2012
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8.4/10
Good Pie Guide rating
At supermarket prices, the Hollands pie was always going to muster up a respectable score. It's flavour is distinct but not exceptional with soft potato and chewy little rings of m...
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22 June 2012
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8.6/10
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That irresistible Sunday morning moment when you walk to the shop for a paper and get a faint whiff of pastry coming from the hot food display. Then you find out that they’re half...
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20 June 2012
Legacy review
8.8/10
Good Pie Guide rating
It takes a while to arrive but is well worth it as two pastry coated steak and kidney flavoured door stops are placed on our table with us half expecting them to go crashing throug...
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19 June 2012
Legacy review
7.8/10
Good Pie Guide rating
The filling tastes cheap but then that’s the whole idea so nothing wrong with the ample layer of mince inside. The pastry however is char grilled in parts and the top crust gives w...
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17 June 2012
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8.6/10
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According to THE INTERNET, Bells are Scotland’s number one pastry brand who do a wide range of pies and at three pies for a quid I figure they might be worth a wee punt in the dire...
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16 June 2012
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9.0/10
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Mine host is a gent, scholar and pie maker extraordinaire in spite of this place's supposed "Sweeney Todd" reputation. The pastry is a bit thick and stubbly for my liking but the p...
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16 June 2012
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8.6/10
Good Pie Guide rating
It's jam packed with some huge slabs of spud in there smothering juicy knots of mince meat. The crust is thick but gentle with a soft not soggy bottom as potato based runny gravy c...
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11 June 2012
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8.8/10
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I’m served by a cheerful chap with a large moustache who comments about the awful weather. The pastry is superb: split into several layers, crispy on the outside gradually getting...
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11 June 2012
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8.4/10
Good Pie Guide rating
Low on jelly but lots of reasonably cured pork meat encased in a tough water based pastry that was very dark even before I warm it up. It's a hefty pie and a growler with a proper...
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9 June 2012
Legacy review
8.7/10
Good Pie Guide rating
A decorative oval shaped pie with a map of Dorset in the top crust. The cheesy bit a touch subtler than I'd expected and takes a while to register but it gets there in the end and...
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9 June 2012
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8.4/10
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Essentially I've no idea what this was and haven't been able to find anything about it subsequent to publication. However, it twirled around and folded in like a gift wrapped prese...
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8 June 2012
Legacy review
8.2/10
Good Pie Guide rating
Speedy service plus I get a fork AND a serviette for just £1.55. The sort of pie best eaten upside down with a dense top crust and a floppy base and this tactic just about keeps th...
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8 June 2012
Legacy review
8.2/10
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It says on the shelves they have steak pies but I can’t see any and it’s barely ten to eleven in the morning so I’m left with a choice of pasties. She's dead nice with me so I ask...
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7 June 2012
Legacy review
8.4/10
Good Pie Guide rating
The crust is hand raised and beautifully formed with a lovely softness to it whilst the filling is succulent and intense, a real fillip on a particularly shitty day. This review is...
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