Despite subsequent posts, I consider that the PP (Piglets Pantry) pies are better than most others available on football grounds or similar venues.
It may be that, as a result of PP moving to a larger facility, there are temporary issues with quality (although my Chicken and Ham Pie today was more than acceptable) but perhaps Shoreham Beach Gull will update us on that issue and anything else of interest, and, also advise us where PP has moved to as, it is assumed, no longer at the Beach House in East Street, Shoreham.
This because I wanted to go in and buy a few pies
The north end of WSL was a disaster zone food-wise today, sadly. I ended up taking back 4 stone-cold chicken pies. When I was returning the 4th, a girl came back to the counter to complain about 2 burgers she'd bought. To say the burgers looked cremated would be an understatement. The poor supervisor girl couldn't cope and had absolutely no support from the senior management who appeared very sporadically. I ended up getting a refund. Such a shame because the pies I've had previously were bloody lovely.
I also had a multitude of issues in the same area of the ground & in Dicks-nightmare of a day in terms of catering service.
Speed of the Line was fine, I get to the front and I ask for Steak & Ale pie "sorry we've sold out"
It was 2:15...ffs how could they be sold out so early
plumped for the chicken & ham (which was v good but not as good as s&a) so the guy who was helping the cashier serve & was clearly in earshot goes off, comes back with a box & says "veggie burger"...bearing in mind they had started to mark which box had which food in, again I'm thinking ffs & corrected him.
I'm all ready to pay for just the pie with £3.50 in my hand and the girl says "that'll be £4"
I pointed at the sign behind which clearly stated the price & it took 10 seconds of her looking from the sign to the till to work it out...sake
Decided to try again just after ht as lad next to me had got a s&a pie...to find that they were out again!!
In Dicks after and thought third time lucky at the pie stand and miraculously they did have s&a! Hoorah!!
After 5 mins of waiting for it to cool down, i find that it infact another bloody chikcen & ham!!
Here's hoping the NS can deliver when I'm at the Blackpool match!
We made over 5000 of Steak and Ale, bloody good effort if they all sold out. Maybe they didn't supply enought to the North Stand.
what was the total number of all flavours sold yesterday then?
Agree the pies were first class!! Ordered a chicken and ham and was given a steak and ale by mistake! No prob but becareful if your a veggie
We made over 5000 of Steak and Ale, bloody good effort if they all sold out. Maybe they didn't supply enought to the North Stand.
Can I ask, is the chicken pie supposed to have a filling that has, bar the chicken, almost a stuffing-like consistency. The reason I ask is the two I've had, at the fan's forum and the Spurs game, have had a filling like that, despite the fact they're hot inside. I eventually bought one at HT yesterday off a hawker and although the pastry was soft, probably due to how it was heated, the contents were wonderful with lovely moist chicken, gammon and a fantastic creamy bechemel sauce.
If it supposed to be like that bought from the counters, you need to have a serious word with Azure, as they're potentially cocking up one of the best foodstuffs ever seen at a sporting venue.
Only thing I can think of is that it was our first game of making over 7000 pies which was a struggle for the Spurs game, so like everything had a couple that had problems. Azure had the same problems of getting used to the demand for the first two games as well so could be a mixture of the two. We had a problem with one batch that had too much of the sauce so maybe too much was taken out. I know that this weeks pies were on the whole much more successfully made as we're all getting used to the processes now
I had a steak pie, with a huge dollop of mustard to dunk my pie into, with a pint of Harveys after the game. Glorious.