Champs traditional pie and mash

You walk into Champs on High Street and you're not getting deconstructed anything or sourdough intrigue. This is straightforward, honest food that's been doing the rounds in London for centuries, and Poole's got a proper outpost now. You're after a steak pie with actual chunks of beef, or maybe the chicken and mushroom that doesn't skimp on either ingredient. The gravy's the real deal—proper rich, proper hot. It's the sort of food that makes sense on a Tuesday lunchtime or a Friday night, filling and unpretentious, the kind of place you bring your mates or your nan without any faffing about.