The Galvanisers Union (Bromley-By-Bow)

• T make either the opening of the Galvanisers Union nor its kitchen launch so I was ostensibly invited to come and review the food last night
• The place had such a cosy character that even with only the two of us in there it didn&rsquo
• Ve got on the menu is pub food in the original sense of the word
• The most expensive dish is a salt beef bun for 10 quid so the prices are excellent
• I had the pie which was chicken and leek
• It was ham hock croquettes with boiled egg on leaves with pickled veg such as radishes
• It looked ever so pretty set down but they seemed to have made the mistake a lot of places make with salads in making it very insubstantial
• When I first punctured the pastry I thought it was mostly a watery filling but actually there was quite a lot of chicken inside
• Enough for me to share with Stephen without begrudging him when he had finished his salad and was still hungry
• The liquor was lovely and the pie was tasty
• They are beer battered (fried) pickles and they are done with such a good light touch that the batter didn&rsquo
• Pickled onion rings and battered slices of gherkin (my favourites) and the dip they came with was very tasty
• Dessert finished me off as I had a ridiculously rich stout and chocolate mousse with cakey stuff at the bottom
• I loved the chocolate pretzels and brownie it came with but think it would be even better if the mousse was sprinkled with them or even if they were dotted throughout
• Stephen had the St Clements syrup sponge cake which was very sugary
• They were happy to let me have a taste of one that was 7.5% but it had a weird bitter taste and a musky smell so instead I had a milder 4.5% one
• It was by no means packed and because of its location it is unlikely to ever get too rammed (it is right on the A12) but it&rsquo
• Both Stephen and I were really enamoured with the place
• They also had board games and it was the kind of place I could imagine whiling away a few hours and actually playing them
• The Galvanisers Union (Bromley-By-Bow) is really awesome for food lovers

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