Well, systems problems keep us from working today, so time lies heavy on my hands. Naturally, it's time to blog.

Pie and mash -- a meat pie and mashed potatoes -- is a meal unique to London and is associated with East London.

Many tourists' first (and only) encounter with pie and mash is at Goddard's in Greenwich, which is handy to the Cutty Sark and the Docklands Light Rail (DLR) Maritime Greenwich station. I like them.

Goddard's serves the classic meat pie, as well as variations like chicken and mushroom, steak and kidney, and cheese and onion. You can get "liquor" -- a green-tinted gravy -- on your pie and mash.

Goddard's offers another East London specialty -- jellied eels. I have yet to work up the nerve to try them. Tell me if you do!