Is a pie truly a pie if it isn’t covered in pastry? This is the kind of question that is debated at dinner tables up and down the country, alongside whether a Jaffa Cake is a biscuit or whether mash belongs on a roast dinner.

I could answer these questions for you, but I’d rather not invite an anti-mash mob to my door. Instead, I’ll start another debate: those readers who are open-minded enough to accept there is more to a pie than its covering, how do you feel about…

A lamb rogan josh shepherd’s pie?

Yes, you read that right. Trust me – when I saw the dish listed on the menu at Taj Tandoori in Cambridge, I wondered whether I should book an eye test.

But this isn’t a story about my vision; it’s about Taj Tandoori’s vision. I have visited a few Indian restaurants in Cambridge for Cam

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