PANDA BERRY

Panda berry
2 Nether Street
North Finchley
N12 0EL.
Restaurant/Takeaway/Caterers
Info@pandaberry.co.uk
02034415089
07587822041

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I lived in Finchley for a short while and considered this restaurant as my oasis in the middle of a world that I could not comprehend. Every meal is a reminder of home. The staff are friendly and the  atmosphere is bohemian in style, refreshing and down to earth.

As this is a pattie blog that is all that can really be commented on. At the risk of repeating myself, we do not eat patties for the pastry alone. Patties from Panda Berry have a lot of pastry, thick, large amounts of pastry. While the filling could be conceived as being spread with a knife thinly inside.  Sadly the patties do not match the standard of the food served at Panda Berry.

Pastry - good colour and texture, but so thick!?!! The thickness is why it only scored - 3
Shape - traditional half circle, but the pastry was so thick that it puffed up and looked more like a apple-turnover... - 3
Flavour - had flavour but not enough to know it was meant to have Caribbean spices.
Filling - The thinnest layer I have experienced since I started writing The World Of Patties Blog.  - 2

Total score 8

TRADITIONAL CUISINE - JUST SAYING

This week I sent out a request for you to nominate pattie shops and or suppliers.
I got a response I did not expect. Generally a lot of people have stopped eating patties. Plus they did not hold back on explaining why. The fillings of the patties they have tried have been questionable.
I am an advocate of the original beef or vegetable pattie. All other fillings do not count in my book. These things wrapped in pastry and called patties should be renamed and not come under the same category as the pattie. It is an insult to traditional Caribbean cuisine.
It is understandable that bakers are trying to be inclusive for all tastes and preferences. It's admirable and disappointing at the same time. If you want to create a different taste why not create a different name to?
We are offered saltfish, saltfish & ackee,  lamb, chicken, beef & cheese and cheese. These fillings are not traditional pattie fillings. Original ideas but why call them patties - is it because it's in a pastry case? Sausage roll, sambusa, stake bake, cornish pasties, chebureki and stake and kidney pies are all in pastry cases and have there own names. If you are going to create; be original with the name as well.
It is sad that other cultures trying a 'pattie' think saltfish & ackee is a traditional snack in a pastry case!
The hope is more effort can be put into getting the traditional pattie pastry, filling & flavour right rather than deviating into other fillings. The truth is if you got the original 'pattie' right there would be no need for these other filling. Just saying.

RUDIE'S

Rudie's

50 Stoke Newington Road

London N16 7XB

www.rudieslondon.com

info@rudieslondon.com

Tel. No. 020 7249 9930

Pastry - Not the traditional short crust pastry but the texture is just right. Colour on this occasion was a bit deep, but it did not take away from the excellent flavour - 4

Shape - As patties should be a half circle - 5

Filling - Looks like meat, great healthy looking colour and moist plus full of Caribbean flavour!

Flavour - Real flavour of Jamaica. Excellent! ! - 5+

The patties taste better than they look - Serious ting!! 

Freshly baked home made patties. Thin pastry, filled with 'real' seasoned meat. Caribbean spiced!! 😀

There are some pattie makers could take a lesson from Rudie's - serious ting!!

This is a review full of explanation marks, I can't help it the whole Rudie's experience is like that - Great!! 

Total score 14

LEADING IN THE PATTIE REVIEWS JAN-MAR 2017

The World of Patties Blog  proudly  announces the top three pattie shops this quarter January-March 2017 are:

BROWN EAGLE – WOOD GREEN

NICE – BIRMINGHAM

SUGAR DUMPLIN – ENFIELD

1.      BROWN EAGLE – Wood green High Street, N22 Nr. bus station - 14

2.      NICE - Frozen food unit at the Bull Ring Indoor Market, Birmingham - 14

3.      SUGAR DUMPLIN - can be found at the back right hand side of Enfield Market in a wooden shack -11.5

4.      THE TASTE BUD - 21 Silver Street,  Enfield Town EN1 3EF. thetastebud@yahoo.co.uk  - 11.5

5.      CAFE ALLEYNES - 2 Ladysmith Road, Enfield, EN1 3AA. Email: bookings@cafealleynes.com  - 11

6.      SAVANNAH CARIBBEAN - 14 Clapham High Street, SW4 7UT - 11

7.      UPTOWN CUISINE - 20A West Green Road, Tottenham  - 9.5

8.      AUNTIES BAKERY - 409 Green Street, Plaistow E15 -  6

Please note these scores are not set in stone. Chiefs and bakers change and the quality of the product may change with them. We are happy to update our review of any patties as time goes on.

WELL DONE TO THIS QUARTERS TOP THREE!

CRUSTEE PATTY

Crustee
2 North Square, Edmonton Green.  N9 0HW.

Edmonton Green's newest place to get your pattie.

based in Edmonton market near to Wilko's. The shop looks like it has great potential. The genuine smiles from the staff was so welcoming it made me want to stay. They actually have a pattie meal menu! For example you can get a pattie, can drink and slice of cake for £2.99.

The patties look like a meal in themselves, which I found out very quickly - the pastry is so thick and so much of it that to get the fullest experience I ate from the middle section to get some balance between the filling and the amount of pastry. The pastry could have made three patties. The pastry melted in my mouth and it flaked in a way that you just have to lick your lips. Unfortunately we do not enjoy patties for the pastry alone.

Pastry - great colour and texture, but so thick!?!! The thickness is why it only scored - 3

Shape - square-ish - why?  Let's get back to the traditional half circle - 3

Flavour - None

Filling - Looked like meat, plus moist and a good portion, but no spicy flavour. - 3

Total score 9