London restaurant charges $42 for ‘nasty’ chicken pie
A restaurant has freaked out its customers with a bizarre chicken pie which is almost as frightening as its price.
A posh London restaurant has freaked out customers by serving up a chicken pie with the bird’s head sticking out of the pastry.
The $42 Le Grand Coq dish is filled with chicken hearts, livers, wings and feet and features a dead bird’s head poking through the top.
The pop up restaurant, which aptly named Fowl, has divided diners with its take on the classic, with some praising the pie and others deeming it “nasty”.
The grim pie is part of the restaurant’s bid to use every part of an animal so as to cut out food waste.
Customers can also get a $30 Chicken Leg Corn Dog, with the bird’s foot still attached to the drumstick.
For dessert, diners can opt for there a $15 chicken fat crème caramel finished with a chicken skin crumb.
One person on Instagram said the bird’s head looked like it had been “melted by acid” while another said it was “nasty”.
However, there was also praise for the dish and the restaurant’s no waste approach.
One food blogger said: “I personally have no issue with the chicken head in the pie and the foot still attached to the drumstick.
“But I totally get why it might put some off.”
Another fan enthused on social media: “This will be delicious and shows nose-to-tail eating, which we all need to get on board with!”
The chicken pie has been created by French guest chef Pierre Koffmann, 75, for Fowl’s October’s menu.
Speaking to The Sun, a Fowl chef said: ”This pie is a beak-to-feet concept.
“The feet are usually mainly exported.
“The head is often thrown in the bin.
“For us, the farmer has gone to all this work to rear this beautiful bird, so we’re using all of it.
“We sell out of pies every day. We can’t keep up!”