There's a good number of old ye English pubs around this area of Bow. Morgan Arms, Coborn Arms and The Victoria. Someone at work mentioned their favourite was The Lord Tredegar so on a Tuesday night we ventured on down. It seemed to also be coincidentally pub quic night and you could hear the loudspeaker mentioning things in the main dining room. I was quite content in the front bar section where everyone queues up to order their food and drinks but otherwise is quieter.
The food is very standard pub style.
- Fish & Chips (beer battered line caught haddock with tartar, mushy peas, chunky chips) £13 - a thin fillet of fish that wasn't that juicy in a soft fried crumb with light seasoning. The mushy peas were a tiny serve that resembled wasabi on a sushi plate;
- Steak, Ale & Caramelised Onion Pie (Malcolm's secret recipe) with creamy mashed potato & greens £13.95 - the pastry was crisp but quite thin and so didn't have any of the chewy thick buttery texture I prefer. The filling was nice without being significant.
This is standard pub food to me. It took 50mins to arrive also. I think the only other pub I've tried in the area so far (Morgan Arms) is more expensive but better cooking and more modern dishes. The atmosphere is very pleasant but with the decor and available card and board games, even with Morgan Arms similar wait (30-40mins last time), I'd have to give that the nod from now on.