Questionable Shepherd's Pie at USJ

For some reason my family found ourselves hungry and inside Universal Studios Japan just after Christmas this year. Since we had been in the area belonging to the boy wizard, we opted to pop into the nearby restaurant for sustenance.

Like so many things in Japan, it kind of looks all right until you really think about it. The potatoes are put on the way they're supposed to be, with the blowtorch or baking caramelizing the outside. Then you realize the veg. The veg outside of the pie. Why is there veg outside of the pie? 

Because there's no veg in the pie. There is meat, fungus (mushrooms that I was grateful not to taste or feel the texture of despite seeing them), gravy, and the potatoes on top.

In my experience, shepherd's pie was really more like what should be called a cattleman's pie in that it was usually made with minced beef. The thing that it had in common with shepherd's pie is that there were vegetables between the meat and the potato. It was my assumption that that is how the meal was meant to be made. I'm not entirely sure why that didn't matter. Maybe if you're living in the brain of her esteemed terf-lord, your veg can just go wherever.

At least it was all cooked well and the chicken was rather good.