Comfort food rises as crunch continues

City workers are eating 30% more comfort food than in the same period last year. Bangers and mash, braised and stewed meat dishes and hearty game pies are all up a third on last year, whereas sales of soup have almost doubled. Berger commented on these findings: "We suspected that problems were brewing a few months ago when we started getting heaps of orders for sausage and mash despite it being summer. When tastes turn towards comfort food it's usually a sure sign something is afoot." He continued: "These are men and women battling on the City's front line, whose appetite increases for traditional plates the worse the situation gets." Top 10 comfort food plates at 1 Lombard Street are: Bangers and mash Liver and bacon with onion gravy Braised oxtail Peppered venison stew with dumplings Slow cooked crispy belly of lamb with glazed winter vegetables Olf fashioned game pie with beetroot chutney Braised beef in Guiness with onions, parsley mash Fried fish and chips in beer batter, mushy peas and chips Pheasant pie with wild mushrooms Roast suckling pig with warm cabbage salad Top five desserts Victoria plum tart Sticky toffee pudding Apple tart tatin Crème Brulee Eton mess Weblink: www.1lombardstreet.com