We did the Mash

Today we had a late lunch at a restaurant off Oxford and Regent. I had read about this place a while back and made a note of it - it's called Mother Mash. The menu is pretty simple - actually, as simple as 1-2-3. First, you pick your mash - potato, that is.
You can have plain mashed potatoes but I went with Champ Mash - that's traditional Irish mash with milk, butter, cheddar and spring onion. Second, you choose your main. You can pick from sausages (many varieties) or pies. I got an Aberdeen Angus pie. This was a nice crust surrounding chunks of very tender beef, nicely spiced. Last, choose a gravy - I picked a fabulous Onion Gravy, which was carmelized onions in a beef stock gravy. Now, put all this together in a big soup bowl, and that's Mother Mash.
Keith went a different way. He selected a Cheesy Mustard Mash, which had coarse-ground mustard and cheese in the potatoes. He had Lincolnshire sausage, which were pork sausages seasoned with tarragon. (But he copied me on the gravy.) The menu says the pies and sausages are made with "no artificial nonsense or horrible bits."
This was an excellent meal and we will definitely go back. It's in a really cool neighborhood. Just off the alleyway where Mother Mash is located is Carnaby Street. You probably have to be a certain age to appreciate this, but in 1966 to be on Carnaby Street was to be on the hippest street on Earth. In the mid-60s, all mod fashion emanated from this street. As we strolled through the neighborhood, we saw lots of high-end shops - Stella McCartney, Ermenegildo Zegna, Soethby's, Liberty. The purses I saw in store fronts cost as much as my house!
I love to look at the cars as they whiz by. Very few SUVs - in fact, I've seen just one Land Rover and a couple of old (circa 2000) CRVs. Lots of Fiats and Renaults. And of course, Mini Coopers. Today, we spied something different - a G-Wiz.
It is a really tiny car - smaller than a Smart car. I looked it up - it's a totally electric car, made for city driving. They don't advertise. They go 48 miles on a charge. If you drive your car in London, you have to pay a daily congestion charge - but if you drive a G-Wiz, you don't have to pay the charge!