Steak And Ale Pie picnic in London

When it comes to sampling steak pies, I have to admit I've been spoiled over the years. I've had great pies in Canada, Australia and even South Korea. In fact, one of the first meals we ever had together was a steak pie at Jester's (Australian restaurant) in South Korea. In London we got to try steak and ale pie picking it up at a local pub and bringing it to a nearby park to devour. Come find out if it lives up to its reputation. GEAR WE USE Olympus OM-D E-M5 II: http://amzn.to/1OchS7t Canon G7X: http://amzn.to/1YdjsYX Olympus 14-150mm II Lens: http://amzn.to/1Y79zeM Rode Video Mic GO: http://amzn.to/1WDKtVM Joby Gorilla Pod: http://amzn.to/1PgoY5F SanDisk 16GB Extreme Pro: http://amzn.to/25KEErs SOCIAL MEDIA & TRAVEL BLOGS AUDREY: blog: http://thatbackpacker.com/ instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatbackpacker/ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thatbackpacker twitter: https://twitter.com/ThatBackpacker SAMUEL: blog: http://nomadicsamuel.com/ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nomadicsamuel twitter: https://twitter.com/NomadicSamuel instragram: https://www.instagram.com/nomadicsamuel/ Steak And Ale Pie picnic in London Travel Video Transcript: Well hello, we are in London where the weather doesn't appear to be cooperating. It was beautiful and sunny about two minutes ago so we came here to the park thinking 'hey' we'll have a picnic and it has since started pouring rain. So we are doing a little taste test under a tree. So today we are having something called a Steak and Ale pie. And this is something that Sam has been very excited about so time for the unveil. Tell us about this dish. I first tried this in Edinburgh, Scotland about a year and a half ago and fell in love with it. So it is basically like a pastry. You can see right here. And inside of it you've got stewed meat, you've got veggies and of course ale. Let's check it out. And there is also gravy as well. Crispy. Sounds real crispy. Maybe you should just use your hands and forget about the spoon. Alright. Here we go. Mmmmm. Wow. That pastry filing or sorry not filing outer layer is delicious. Okay, so they also gave us a little bit of gravy. I'm not even sure if we're supposed to be doing this but we're just going to pour it all over the meat pie. Yeah, why not. Make it a little soggy. That's how Canadians eat British food. And I'm just going to go ahead and throw some peas on there while I'm at it. Why not? Why not. Alright, time for your first bite. See if you can get it into the middle inner layer there. Inner layer? The filing? Yeah. Exactly. Okay, this probably would have been a lot messier if we just ate it at the pub. Mmmm. Wow. That is good stuff. What do we have in here? Okay, so this is steak. I don't think this one has veggies actually. So I think we maybe just got a standard meat pie because there are no veggies in the filling that I've come across so far. Well, the peas we threw in. Well, yeah, that makes it kind of healthy right? Um, it is really nice with the gravy because our, I guess the pastry was a little crispy, so that makes it a little soggier and easier to get at. Um, so yeah, I'm really enjoying this. It's pretty good. Enjoying it? Okay, so do you think that you can taste the ale in your meat and ale pie? Yeah, a little bit but it is not overwhelming that is for sure. You mostly taste the gravy and the sauce that comes with it. And it comes with chips. Chips. What pub food would be complete without chips. Just as we finish our meal the sun emerges. Yeah, exactly. So the price point for this, we picked this up at a pub for about seven pounds, we've also visited a few other pubs where we've noticed it is more expensive there. So I'm not sure what a typical price is. This, I think, was a decent deal. And very tasty. Very tasty. This is part of our Travel in England series. We're making a series of videos showcasing English culture, English arts, English foods, English religion, English cuisine and English people. All photos and video taken by Samuel Jeffery (Nomadic Samuel) and Audrey Bergner (That Backpacker). Music in this video courtesy of Audio Network