The English have been eating eel for a long time. Not only was it common to eat, in medieval times it was not unheard of to pay the rent in eels. A preference for the snaky fish eventually led to the creation of a special type of restaurant in Victorian England: the eel pie and mash house.
I fell down a rabbit hole reading about these places and had the urge to get to one of them before they are all gone. Indeed, Sauveur has this piece on london eel pie shops and how they are on the decline. Here’s a story of one such place closing, L Manze in walthamstow.
For anyone who feels the same, here is a list of the top 10 places to eat eel in London (L Manze still exists in other parts). Plenty of places to dine yet. And I saw a food influencer posting about stopping in F. Cooke’s and how special it was. Perhaps there is hope for eel dining in England after all.
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