[creamy338]

Hello, does anyone know where we can find Shepherd's pie and really good vegetarian restaurants in Hong Kong??



Thanks in advance!!

[PDLM]

Most British/Irish style pubs have Shepherd's Pie (or its close cousin Cottage Pie) on the menu. Try Dublin Jack, Bulldog's, Delaney's.

There are many threads here already on vegetarian restaurants, so do a search. There are lots of Chinese vegetarian places around. The two "western-style" pure veggie places that I know of are "Life" beside the mid-levels escalator just below Staunton Street, and "The Bookworm Cafe" in Yung Shue Wan on Lamma Island.

[creamy338]

HI THANKS pdlm!

BUT DOES anyone know of any places that offers exactly shepherd's pie? can't seem to find it!!

[PDLM]

Perhaps you could define what you think "Shepherd's Pie" is so we can tell you who serves exactly that.

For example, my previous suggestion of Bulldog's serve something that they call "Shepherd's Pie" but it's actually made with beef, so that's what I would call "Cottage Pie".

[Skyhook]

O.K this is my understanding of what the differences are between a Shepherds Pie and a Cottage Pie.

Traditionally a Shepherds Pie ONLY has lamb meat ( mince ) cooked in a gravy. A typical ingredients composition below.

500 grams / 1 lb of leftover roast lamb (or roast beef)
1 tablespoon of tomato sauce (ketchup)
½ to ¾ cup of leftover gravy or packet-mix gravy
1 tablespoon of freshly chopped parsley
3 to 4 large potatoes
1 tablespoon of butter
salt and pepper

Cottage pies can have any meat, usually beef with peas, carrots etc or only mixed veggies in them, without any meat at all. An example of a typical ingredients list below.

1 onion
1 carrot
1 tablespoon of oil
500 grams / 1 lb of beef mince
2 tablespoons of flour
1 tablespoon of tomato sauce (ketchup)
½ to 1 tablespoon of Worcester sauce (Lee & Perins)
½ cup of peas
½ cup of corn kernels (optional)
1 bouquet garni or a small bunch of herbs chopped finely and one whole bay leaf
¾ to 1 cup of beef stock
3 to 4 large potatoes
1 tablespoon of butter
salt and pepper

Both pies share the same mashed potato top baked layer, which is where some of the confusion lies. Although, if you like Shepherds pies, you would also like cottage pies too. Unless you are a vegetarian, then obviously a veggie non meat cottage pie would be in order.

Hope that clarifies things a little, creamy..

[HKFella]

Try Ali Oli in Sai Kung - really yummy shephard's pie in earthern ware container.

[Skyhook]

I have a pretty good feeling that, The Old China Hand in Wan Chai would have Shepherds pie on the menu board, but the last time I had one there was about 18 months ago, so who knows what's on their menu these days. When you order your shepherds pie, be sure to ask the waitress what meat is in the pie, if it is lamb, you will be in luck. If its beef, it will be a cottage pie, like PDLM explained earlier.

They sometimes sell frozen shepherds pies in the expat centric super markets like; Great, TASTE and 360.

[goodbye kitty]

Well, I was just about to say that my friend raves about the shepherd's pie in Dublin Jack's but after reading the exact ingredients, I'm guessing it's a cottage pie in shephard's clothing!