Cookies and Cream 7 Mile End Road, London E1 4TP

Cookies and cream is essentially an Ice-cream  parlour  which sells a few other things such as waffles and milk shakes.

 

When I went there I had 1 scoop of coconut ice cream  and one scoop of pistachio ice cream.  The coconut ice cream did contain actual coconut but there was no evident of the pistachio nuts in the pistachio ice cream.  2 scoops cost £2.25 which is quite expensive.  Yes the bowls are very impressive but I’m more interested in what’s in the bowl to be honest.

 

I also had an Oreos  milk shake.  This is a milk shake with Oreo biscuits ground up in it to give the milkshake a chocolate flavour.  Oreos are definitely one of America’s better chocolate biscuits in my opinion and the Oreo milk shake worked well as a concept  The milkshake was nice an thick.  The only problem was that little chunks of Oreo tended to block the straw.

 

This ice cream parlour is surprisingly busy even in the winter.  It seems to be well used by local Asians even though it is not cheap so for them it’s quite a trendy hang out joint.

 

Cookies and Cream only sells about 25 flavours of ice cream which is nothing compared to many ice cream parlours.  Food is well presented but a little limited in substance.  I don’t mind this place but it is not interesting enough to travel to it from a great distance.  I can’t say any of the food I had was unpleasant and the guy behind the counter read out all the flavours.  I give this place 6 out of 10

King Eddies, 47 Broadway, Stratford, London E15 4BQ

 

This pub is actually called King Edward VII but all locals know it as King Eddies and the website is actually www.kingeddie.co.uk

 

I visited this pub with a friend on Sunday.  A policeman guiding me across the road recommended the chips saying they were home made and cooked in goose fat.  My friend and myself  therefore ordered fish and chips which at £11 was rather expensive.

 

 

King Eddies is really a gastro pub though it is a lot more relaxed and pub like than many.  During our visit there was a pub quiz and people were also enjoying what seemed to be a rather posher do in the function room upstairs.  The beers on offer included 2 from Warys and I think Marsdens pedigree.  There also seemed to be a wide range of spirits available.  At £3.20 a pint it was not that cheap but the prices are by no means unheard of in London.  Staff were very helpful and they read us out the menu.  Waiting time at the bar was short even when the pub was quite busy.  These were all good signs and had it not been for the food I would have given it 7.5 out of 10.  There are pubs with a bigger range of ale at cheaper prices which would have upped  the score further.

 

Coming back   to the food, I was disappointed to find that the fish came with thin fries.  No sign of home made chips cooked in goose fat!  The fish was large  but although the batter was quite thin  there was more batter than fish.

 

The meal was advertised as coming with mushy  peas.  This meant a little pot of peas ground do a pure mixed with mint and a few other things in a small pot.  If your going to do northern style mushy peas do it properly otherwise just stick to a portion of garden peas or similar.  The home made Tartar sauce was nice.  It had capers in it.

 

The size of the portion was large on the whole and so it should be for £11.  I just felt that quality was rather lacking.  I can have fries in McDonalds  for much less money.

 

This pub does sell other food such as Venison so maybe at some point I will go back there, but I will be on the lookout for other reviews.

 

Given the poor quality of the food I can only give this pub 5.5 out of 10.  If I can get something of better quality then the mark could easily go up by another couple of points.