(Trying a 'quick snack' review)
Shepherd's pie. That solid staple of a dinner that whilst being quite tasty, often gets put down as boring and unoriginal.
It's not so much that the food itself is bad, I mean with a little effort it's not hard to make a great shepherd's pie, it's more the expectation and desire of the meal is rather low. On paper it doesn't sound particularly exciting, but with the right chef it can be most enjoyable.
In this particular case the chef has done a superb job in crafting a homely meal that upon sampling, casts the mind back to years gone by, meals enjoyed in our youth by a slightly older more traditional chef (I think I'm pushing this metaphor a little to far now).
In the end, it makes for a very enjoyable meal, but it is after all still only a shepherd's pie and lacks some of the innovation we've seen in recent years by Pixar.
Yeah I said Pixar.
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Side order: A billion times better than either of the Cars movies, though that's not really saying much.
