Balfours Red Thai Chicken Pie Review
Cost: $5 + per 2-pack Pastry: the pastry has a satisfactory crunch; not too brittle and not too floury. It has a warm savory taste. Very nice. Meat: this pie has given me a new level of appreciation for well-made chicken pies. This pie is filled to the brim with real shredded chicken, spiced with authentic-tasting red Thai … Continue reading
Contributor Review | KFC ZINGER PIE!
Written by Boof Nielson Cost: $3.95 Wrapped in a paper bag, and cradled in a little tin, is the KFC Zinger Pie. I’m not usually a fan of chicken pies, as I find them too bland when compared to their beefy cousins. This, combined with the nagging feeling that this thing in my lap can … Continue reading
Ferguson Plarre Bakehouse | Waurn Ponds | Lamb & Rosemary Pie
Where: Ferguson Plarre Bakehouse, Waurn Ponds Plaza, Victoria Cost: approximately $5 something Pastry: thick! lord, it’s thick. It has a whopper of a crunch, sort of like a crispy old cracker. A tad bit floury, with no unusual flavour characteristics. Meat: this pie delivered a new level of bland. Usually lamb & rosemary pies always turn out to be … Continue reading
Routleys Bakery | Curried Scallop Pie
Cost: $6.50 Pastry: perfection. The trademark Routleys’ soft-but-somehow-firm pastry in all its glory. Meat: seafood. Lots of it. The gravy is a mild green curry, from what I could make of it. There were at least six scallops in my pie, which isn’t bad if you consider how much fish and chip shops usually charge for them. Understandably … Continue reading
Award-Winning Tatura Hot Bread|Chicken, Cranberry & Brie Pie Review
Recently I was driving through Victoria’s bible-belt and found myself in the buckle: Tatura. Walking into Tatura’s Hot Bread bakery (130 Hogan street) you will notice that the shelves are creaking under the weight of all the awards they have won over the years (I assume they enter every national competition in existence). They are … Continue reading
Routleys Bakery | Grovedale | Chunky Beef and Burgundy Pie
Today for breakfast (about one in the afternoon) I ate a pie from the Routleys Bakery that has recently opened in Grovedale. I admit I have tried Routleys pies before, but never had I bought one of their pies from one of their many bakeries. I recently tried a Routleys plain pie at a roadside cafe … Continue reading
So, what are the best pies out there?
In the nine months I have been posting reviews on this blog I have been lucky enough to chow down on some pretty damn tasty pies. I commonly get asked what my favourite pie is, or what some of them might be. The following are the pies that have all scored a B+ or above (I am … Continue reading
FOUR’N TWENTY PIE | THE DREADED REVIEW
I have put this one off, and now I think the time has come … to review Four’n Twenty‘s overwhelmingly popular meat pie; perhaps the most iconic Australian pie EVER. Due to an annoying yet lingering disdain for Four’n Twenty products that I developed early on my journey to pie-enlightenment I avoided this Australian favourite. … Continue reading
Sargents Extra Special WAGYU pie: Not That Special
The following is a review of another premium supermarket-bought pie: Sargents Extra Special Wagyu pie. Now, wagyu beef appears to have become a name known in most households, and is known for being expensive and quite tasty. Personally, I think the wagyu beef trend is a fad. The moment fast food shops start selling wagyu burgers the … Continue reading
Elmsbury Chicken and Vegetable Pie
Here I am, reviewing another pie. This time, it is Emsbury’s Chicken and Vegetable Pie. piesaregoodforyou tries out a friend of the beef variety. Cost: budget pies at $4 per 4-pack. Pastry: tasty puff pastry lid (it is worth mentioning that this is proper puff pastry and not the usual ironed-on faux-puff pastry we find on other budget … Continue reading
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