Best Pies

[AndyP]

I'll make it a general thread on best pies discussion so everyone can discuss, but in particular, I'd like to know if any of the guys working in the Brisbane CBD have a recommendation for a killer pie.

Outside of the CBD, I think Humble Pies are bloody nice, and am yet to have a Yatala Pie.

[Courty]

Can't help with Brisneyland, but up here, Northmaid pies are the best.

Eating pies wouldn't be particularly good for your waist-shrinking program though, would it?

[AndyP]

I've stated before that I have made only minor adjustments to my food/drink intake. My "waist-shrinking" has been from exercise.
There's always room for a good pie.

[BrisVegas]

Mrs Macs are always good. Gailes have always used Mrs Macs and they're a must-have on any visit there..

There's a little newsagent/deli on Anne Street opposite Mincom, just down from the backpacker palace that have good (and cheap) pies that are worth a look. Give me a call Andy and I 'll show you where they are...

[poidda]

Not in CBD, but Kings bakey on Old Cleveland Road in Coorpooroo (across from maccas) makes mean pies and sausage rolls. They won awards for the past 5 years.

And next time your at Yatala, try the Apple and Custard. mmmmmm

[Choppa]

Yeah, Yatala are the best by a mile in my opinion.

I do like a curry pie from Brumbies in Queens Plaza too if you are looking for a pie in town.

[Courty]

Mrs Macs are always good. Gailes have always used Mrs Macs and they're a must-have on any visit there..

Cairns GC also have Mrs Macs pies. I'm quite partial to a steak & cheese pie between nines. :D

[Golf_Novice]

I always find the potato pies awesome from Michel's patiserrie (?)

[Golf_Novice]

Yeah, one has opened across the road from Fitzy's Loganholme (in where officeworks is) and there's also one at Camp Hill.

Haven't tried one yet, but heard a lot of good things about them...


Really feeling like a pie now :(

[senecio]

You're an evil man AndyP.

I haven't eaten a pie in months, and now I'm craving one.

I'd have to vote for pies from the Michell's Patiserie francise but I haven't tried many of the other mentioned.

I can tell you that Yatala pies have gone downhill dramatically in the last 10 years. They grew too rapidly and the quality now isn't a pinch on what it was when I was a wee kiddy.

Ryan

[wavemaker]

Best Pie in OZ is Mockas at Port Douglas. No shadow about it. Courty if you havent given them a go, hie thee to Port and try one. They are on the next street west of the main street behind woolies.

[Fishman Dan]

Shakespeare's was a chain around Sydney - purely sensational pies. Big chunks of meat and killer fillings, and you could also get a large size one to take home and stick in the oven for 45 minutes.

I think they are called 'Jesters' nowadays, but back in the Shakespeares days they were unrivalled.

[Courty]

Best Pie in OZ is Mockas at Port Douglas. No shadow about it. Courty if you havent given them a go, hie thee to Port and try one. They are on the next street west of the main street behind woolies.

I've actually had a pea pie from Mocka's. Sen-bloody-sational.

[just]

I had many a good Shakespeare's pie from the shop just around the corner from where I lived at Neutral Bay. Fantastic.

[Bruce]

Gillie's Pies - from around the Bendigo region are the best by several layers of flakey crust.

[BrisVegas]

Whenever I go to Toowoomba I grab a "Big Dads Pie". They are top shelf. I think I saw a franchise at Loganholme the other day too.

Oh yes, completely forgot about Big Dad's Pies! They rawk! there's a store at Redbank too. Huge bloody pie with quality fillings. the one with the whole egg in it is just sick. :mrgreen:

[AndyP]

There's a little newsagent/deli on Anne Street opposite Mincom, just down from the backpacker palace that have good (and cheap) pies that are worth a look. Give me a call Andy and I 'll show you where they are...
I went for a wander without really knowing what my destination was, and I walked past the one you spoke about. Must be good pies, they had none left.

I got one from Michel's, but I think I like Brumby's Pies better.

[dc68]

What about that joint over the road from you at wharf central? Someone here said that the pies there are alright.

[AndyP]

Dunno. Which place is that?

Does anyone know what happened to that specialist pie place on Adelaide street near Officeworks and the Pool Hall? I think they moved, but I've got no idea where.

[Fishman Dan]

I had many a good Shakespeare's pie from the shop just around the corner from where I lived at Neutral Bay. Fantastic.

That was the original shop - over the road from The Oaks. We played against the staff in a basketball comp too, although come to think of it we must have eaten more of their product than they did, they were a little more athletic.

[amanda]

I'm quite a fan of Hannah's pies (they also make pies for Harry's Cafe De Wheels) - near the Powerhouse Museum.

[dc68]

Dunno. Which place is that?


Between your buliding and mine on the corner,where subway is. It is the cafe/coffee shop.

[Eag's]

Diggers Pies just around the corner from my place in Albany Creek make great pies :-D big meaty chunks and other top fillings =P~ damn I am bloody hungry now :(

[just]

That was the original shop - over the road from The Oaks. We played against the staff in a basketball comp too, although come to think of it we must have eaten more of their product than they did, they were a little more athletic.

You are almost making me cry, Fishy. I loved living there, the Oaks, surrounded by great restuarants, the Union. Move back in a flash if I could.


I'm quite a fan of Hannah's pies (they also make pies for Harry's Cafe De Wheels) - near the Powerhouse Museum.

Everyone should try Harry's once-not for the pies, just for the experience.

[Golf_Novice]

Do you know what you've done AndyP....


We're having a Big Dad's pie for dinner! Just went and picked one up and about to ho into it!!

[AndyP]

I wonder how many people will be having a pie for lunch tomorrow too...

[damoocow]

Diggers Pies just around the corner from my place in Albany Creek make great pies :-D big meaty chunks and other top fillings =P~ damn I am bloody hungry now :(

I will second that Eags !! - their pies are the second best I have ever tasted [have had 4 of them in the past week].......funnily enough we had family pie and veg for dinner tonight !..............the absolute best pies I have ever eaten were from a pieman who used to work by the side of the road at Everton Park [near the new Harvey Norman / Anaconda Development].....this was in the mid eighties and I would often pick up a couple on the way home from Uni/Teachers College and just sit by the side of the road and eat them - they were great, just plain meat and peas with a little black sauce ............

damoocow

[Flowergirl]

simple simon met a pieman

going to the fair

said simple simon to the pieman

.............................


complete the next line. :shock:

[BrisVegas]

let me taste your wares

[damoocow]

do you like my underwear ?

damoocow

[just]

let me taste your ware
said the pieman to simple simon
show me first your penny
said simple simon to the pieman
indeed I have not any

[damoocow]

I have a brazilian, look down there

damoocow

[damoocow]

the enema tube goes where !

[Flowergirl]

you didn't let me down damo..........:mrgreen:

[Flowergirl]

you want to put that where??

[Flowergirl]

show me your tits...........who said poetry has to rhyme:twisted:

[damoocow]

don't gag or people will stare

damoocow

[damoocow]

what a big c0ck you have

there that didn't rhyme !

damoocow

[damoocow]

a DP means there AND there !

damoocow

[Courty]

ROFLMAO :mrgreen:

[wavemaker]

Pies you dumb *%$#

[Fishman Dan]

Where's the honour board for post(s) of the year. Damo just won 1st, 2nd, 3rd and most improved.

[damoocow]

good work Wavey .....a bit of Maryborough coming out there ?

damoocow

[damoocow]

Fishy - wouldn't that be my only three posts for the year !

damoocow [and I still am unsure about signature changes]

[wavemaker]

On the pies no longer available. I went to Burleigh Heads primary the year Polo Prince won the cup. We had a bloke who had a kombi van with a little chimney out the roof at the back. Bobs pies. His dutch pastie was superb. A square sheet of puff pastry with meat and potatoe in the middle and then the corners folded to the centre and then baked. Never had any thing as good since. Cant even make em myself. And his pie with peas, dont get me started. Funny thing was, it was a distinct group who shunned Bobs pies and got the 4 and 20. They were the kids who bought lunch every day. Those of us who usually brought lunch from home and bought a pie once or twice a week always went to Bob. Polo Prince won in 64. My first ever bet and my first win. 3 shillings. Surprised I remember that, given what else Iv'e chucked down my neck since.

[wavemaker]

Just re-read that and it goes like this, " what do you have there." Answer posted above.

[adrianf]

Muzza's Pies on old cleveland rd, coorparoo are sensational... apparently have won some awards too... other than that.. i used to love the pies at the beaudesert bakery on the way to kooralbyn...

[cazandpaul]

Best 3 in no particular order - Yatala, Humble Pie Co and Goldsteins

Best exotic pie - was down in Hobart sailing many years ago and there was a pie shop on Constitution Dock that sold curried Tassie scallop pies - drooling as I type.

[Golf_Novice]

What about Big Dad's Pies?

And Yatala is not on top anymore!!

[wavemaker]

Damo, I wasn't born here, fair suck of the maggot bag!!!!!!!

[Golf_Novice]

I just had a nice cottage pie for lunch from Big Dad's.... soo full. Supposedly they are the biggest pies you can get.. 300g each!! and there's no more than 5% fat on the meat!

Yummy and good for you ;)

[Ducky]

Big Bens Pies?

[Jarro]

can't beat a 4'n'twenty from Woolies :)

[Golf_Novice]

Big Dad's... it's a franchise... read entries above

[AndyP]

Whenever I go to Toowoomba I grab a "Big Dads Pie". They are top shelf. I think I saw a franchise at Loganholme the other day too.

Oh yes, completely forgot about Big Dad's Pies! They rawk! there's a store at Redbank too. Huge bloody pie with quality fillings. the one with the whole egg in it is just sick. :mrgreen:
Big Dad's now has a franchise in Brisbane City (cnr Adelaide & Creek). It could potentially blow the CBD pie competition out of the water, but I only just noticed it, so haven't tried one yet. That egg, beef, bacon & onion pie I had in Toowoomba was delish.

Up until now, I had been having Brumbies pies or Lorries pies, which are stocked in some cafes, including the one downstairs, particularly the Thai Chicken pie.

[BrisVegas]

Best exotic pie - was down in Hobart sailing many years ago and there was a pie shop on Constitution Dock that sold curried Tassie scallop pies - drooling as I type.

There's a scallop pie shop just out of Launceston on the main road heading to Hobart. I WILL be stopping there on the Barny Dunes trip. :smt023

[kpac]

Big dads are just around the corner from work, and it's hard to avoid them for lunch! Very good pies, i'm not sure they can trump a humble pie...

As for yatala - they've lost it in my books, they're running on reputation i think their pies are now rubbish (from recent experience) but i'll keep dropping in to keep a tab on them ;)

[kpac]

There's a scallop pie shop just out of Launceston on the main road heading to Hobart. I WILL be stopping there on the Barny Dunes trip. :smt023

If in Hobart Vegas, MURES has the best scollop pies anywhere! Got a freezer full :lol:

[PeteyD]

Adelaide and Creek is too far ;)

[TS]

There's a scallop pie shop just out of Launceston on the main road heading to Hobart. I WILL be stopping there on the Barny Dunes trip. :smt023

Dion.

Can you give me a bit more detail where the shop is? Sounds like it will be one of the high light of the BD trip.

TS

[AndyP]

Adelaide and Creek is too far ;)It's not far enough if you ask me. One block walking won't burn anywhere near enough calories to make up for it.

[BrisVegas]

I'm sure there are heaps of places that do scallop pies in Tassie, but i've only had them from Ross, which is 40 minutes south of Launceston.

http://www.around-oz.com/best_in_oz/bakeries/ross.htm

http://www.rossbakery.com.au/

[Grunt]

Garlo's Pies here in Sydney are quite good.

[AndyP]

There is still a bakery in McQuirters. I didn't try the sausage roll, but didn't think much of the pie. All pastry and no content.

[dc68]

nevermind

[goughy]

What the heck is a scallop pie?

[BrisVegas]

c'mon goughy, think about it. if a meat pie is a pie with meat in it.... what do you reckon a scallop pie is?

[goughy]

?? Make it simple!

[goughy]

Originally I thought it was some stupid southern name for a Sheppard's/potato/cottage pie. Like calling poppers 'fruit boxes', you know! They sound disgusting!!!

[Fishman Dan]

There's a scallop pie shop just out of Launceston on the main road heading to Hobart. I WILL be stopping there on the Barny Dunes trip. :smt023

These things are huge in Tassie. They sell seafood pies all over the place. We stopped for one on the way to Pt Arthur near "Doo Town".

[Deano]

Joe's Pies in Ipswich get big wraps.
Yatalla Pies are GREAT.
Deano

[andylo]

AP, how about the pie shop we went together somewhere in Nambour? The one that has lots of pretty young girls in there....

I still not sure if it was the pies, or the girls there :-p

[BrisVegas]

Is it just my imagination alo, or does your grammar improve when you're talking about pretty young girls??? :lol:

[Choppa]

It's not far enough if you ask me. One block walking won't burn anywhere near enough calories to make up for it.

It's almost at the bottom of the escilators for me. I have to resist.

And the plain meat Humble Pie is rubbish in my opinion. Although their Thai chicken one is not too bad.

Yatala is still the best by a mile for mine.

[AndyP]

AP, how about the pie shop we went together somewhere in Nambour? The one that has lots of pretty young girls in there....

I still not sure if it was the pies, or the girls there :-pYandina Bakery. Some very tasty and imaginative pies. A Spag Bol pie being one example.

Alas, the girls weren't there second time around, which makes me wonder whether it was school holidays the first time we went and whether I should have been looking at all.......

[PeteyD]

Pervert! This time of year the Mall is very dangerous at lunch time ...

[dc68]

Liar!

[AndyP]

I'm over Big Dad's pies now. They are one of the more expensive pies going around, and although they are nice, they aren't that great. They are bigger though. I found they were pretty messy to eat too, as they was a bit of gravy in there.


Does anyone know what happened to that specialist pie place on Adelaide street near Officeworks and the Pool Hall? I think they moved, but I've got no idea where.
Found it. It's in Rowes Arcade (entrances off Adelaide and Edward). It's called Muzza's Pies - "Eat one or we'll both starve".
I tried one yesterday and it was good. Supposedly leaner than other pies. It was with a shredded/minced meat, instead of the mince meat you get in most.
I'll be trying a few more.

[markTHEblake]

Black and Gold brand - there is a recession you know.

[PeteyD]

Noticed Muzzas the other day. Might have to try one.

[raidrboy]

Guys you only think you have tasted great pies, but if traveling along the Murray some time drop into Rutherglen and try a Parkers Pie. You will go back for seconds.

[Jarro]

There's a Brumbies opened up at the International Airport and there chunky-beef pies are the best :smt023

[goughy]

Well, even though they've been round the corner for ages, yesterday I finally had my first Big Dad's pie! Rob wanted to try them while she was on her gluten fix. She had a sausage roll and a vanilla slice and she got me a potato pie and some chocolate mud cake.

So far, pretty unimpressed. The pie had nothing on the Brumbies pies, and the mud cake was kinda bland/plain. Rob wasn't freak by the sausage roll either. The vanilla slice was just cream in the middle, not mixed with custard and was still frozen.

We've got a family pie to try for dinner, and an apple pie for desert but so far I won't be rushing back. Pretty disappointed 'cause mates rave about them up here!

What I found with the pie was that it was tiny diced pieces of meat (nothing wrong with that) but it was in a very runny gravy, so it was constantly dripping, and the pastry wasn't holding it together at all. Way too much ended up on my fingers, plate and lap!

[goughy]

Rob and I were just discussing the best pies we've had. Funny enough, she mentioned the same place as me, which was unusual. She used to do a course next door so had had them. A mate and I used to go there for lunch and play pool.

It was the now defunct James Cook Tavern in Toowoomba. The pies had a crusty pastry exterior, the beef was diced chunks like almost an inch square in a thick gravy. Just glorious! $2.50 for a pie and coke at lunch.

They used to have a good piano bar there too, and me, rob and my mate would turn up there and get a plate of nacho's to share at like 10pm - $6 and it fed the 3 of us easy!

Now wonder the place went bust years ago! Food was too cheap...

[AndyP]

Bump!

Nothing beats Victoria Point Bakery.

Oven Peel Bakery here in Portland does.

Oh my gawd!

In FNQ, the best pies can be had at Piefection in Gordonvale, closely followed by Curcio's bakery in Mareeba. Both places are heavily influenced by the guy who developed the recipe for Northmaid pies.

[sms316]

I wouldn't know.

[Sydney Hacker]

Cranston's pies in Rocky always used be good and Tramcar's in Gympie were also good for a pie with peas's.

[BrisVegas]

Curcio's bakery in Mareeba was probably the best pie I've had in years. Perfect crust, real meat filling, just the right temperature and it could be eaten one-handed whilst driving the car. Win.

[Courty]

Curcio's bakery in Mareeba was probably the best pie I've had in years. Perfect crust, real meat filling, just the right temperature and it could be eaten one-handed whilst driving the car. Win.

:smt023

[Lagerlover]

In a land that time forgot, and my wife was far more attractive....

The bakery in Ross, Tasmania made scallop pies in a mild curry sauce.
I can't use the correct description for fear of infraction points, but by gee they were good!

[Ronny]

Pot Belly pies south of the border and as mentioned Muzzas Pies at Coorparoo

[bdoug10]

I'll vote for fern vale bakery best I have had, closing followed by gin gin pies

[bdoug10]

Also beefys do a good lamb curry pie

[Hatchman]

Villis Curry Pies Yuuuuuuuuuum :D

[Vice MC]

Joey Dents in Toowoomba...Beef and Burgundy OMG!!!!

[Eldrick]

i can't remember what they tasted like.but my family always raved about Hendersons Pies in Moree

Moree Golfer might know if they are still around

[Lagerlover]

Pot Belly pies south of the border and as mentioned Muzzas Pies at Coorparoo

"Muzzas pies... buy one or we'll both starve".

[BayBum]

Anyone had a Maketu Pie ? NZ made but you can find them here in WA @ the kiwi shop.Probably any kiwi shop truth be told.

The smoked fish is off the hook !

Ponsonby Pies from Auckland are good too.

[Dotty]

Back in the 70's, my dad accidentally invented the best meat pie ever.

Mum had gone back to work, so he started doing the cooking, as the council knocked off at 4pm. Once a week, it was the WASP version of spag bol. with chopped bacon, onions, capsicum, ground beef, Campbells tomato soup and Fountain tomato sauce. One night, there was no pasta, so he dug out a recipe book and turned it into a pie. Except it was the pastry for an apple pie.

Simply mind blowing. Until I left home, once a week I looked forward to 'spag bol pie', with mash and peas.

[Grunt]

Dotty learn the recipe and market it sounds awesome.

[Eldrick]

Am I the only one who has meat pie on a bread roll?

[BayBum]

Am I the only one who has meat pie on a bread roll?

No :) I use to eat my pies in bread religiously. Pie sammich is great 8-)

[PeteyD]

When I did work in a bakery, we'd pinch pie filling to eat on fresh bread rolls. Awesome.

[Daves]

Am I the only one who has meat pie on a bread roll?

and Sausage Roll sambos!, and Chiko Rolls sambos!.....

[Hawkers2008]

Bit out of the OP's way but Robertson pies shop a bit east of Moss Vale make excellent pies.

Freddo's Pie Shop in Fredricktown (just north of Kempsey) make an amazing range of pies, not totally convinced about the quality though.

[Dotty]

Bit out of the OP's way but Robertson pies shop a bit east of Moss Vale make excellent pies.

Freddo's Pie Shop in Fredricktown (just north of Kempsey) make an amazing range of pies, not totally convinced about the quality though.
I stopped at Freddo's to and from the champs last year. The quality was crap.

[Sydney Hacker]

I have often seen the signs for Freddo's. I have made a bit of a rule though about not frequenting and bakery which has the sign "Australia's/World's Best Pies"

[Hawkers2008]

I stopped at Freddo's to and from the champs last year. The quality was crap.

What you weren't sure it was crap the first time, you gave them a second chance or were just desperate for a feed ...

[TheNuclearOne]

Cranston's pies in Rocky always used be good and Tramcar's in Gympie were also good for a pie with peas's.

Cranstons are very solid SH. Mount Morgan has always had sensational pies, their steak and onion is to die for.

[3Puttpete]

"Muzzas pies... buy one or we'll both starve". Does anyone know if I can get a Muzza's pie on a Sunday morning? A breakfast walk might be on the cards

[Sydney Hacker]

Cranstons are very solid SH. Mount Morgan has always had sensational pies, their steak and onion is to die for. My memories of Mt Morgan would centre on how the putrid water supply would easily be used for the gravy in the pie!

[sms316]

I stopped at Freddo's to and from the champs last year. The quality was crap. Is that the one that does a crocodile pie? If so, I had one last year and it might as well been called a mornay pie because it had zero meat in it.

[Dotty]

What you weren't sure it was crap the first time, you gave them a second chance or were just desperate for a feed ...
I had them before, but only after beers at Coffs Harbour GC. (Fredo's is the perfect distance for the first pitstop on the way to Sydney.)

As for making the same mistake twice, I guessed the first one (Thai chicken or pork) had been sitting in the warmer for too long. Ditto the minted lamb. As SMS said, they are just flavoured gravy, in a soggy pastry.

[TheNuclearOne]

My memories of Mt Morgan would centre on how the putrid water supply would easily be used for the gravy in the pie!

Fair point too lolol.

[TR66]

Miami bakehouse just outside of Madurah and in Mellville. Garlic prawnsl pie gets two thumbs up from me. What say Toss?

[Eldrick]

No :) I use to eat my pies in bread religiously. Pie sammich is great 8-)


and Sausage Roll sambos!, and Chiko Rolls sambos!.....

normally for me it's curry pie in bread or roll with tomato sauce

never done the Chicko roll sambo! (yet)

[sms316]

Miami bakehouse just outside of Madurah and in Mellville. Garlic prawnsl pie gets two thumbs up from me. What say Toss?
This sounds like awesomeness. Is this on the way to Bunbury?

[Shadesy]

This sounds like awesomeness. Is this on the way to Bunbury?

If you go through Mandurah and the old coast road. Longer trip, not by a lot, but worth the pies.

My last trip to bunbury about 3 weeks ago I saw a sign for Miami bake house off the Forrest Highway so they may have set up shop there.

[The Admiral]

I have heard rumour of a delicious pie at the Dunsborough bakery.

[Moe Norman]

Youngsters will tell you Nathan Buckley is the best Pie, or possibly even Dane Swan. Most oldies will opt for Bobby Rose, Peter McKenna, Jack Regan or even Gordon Coventry.

My personal view is Peter Daicos, but my old man tells me its a tie between John Greening and Phil Carman - both never realised their full potential for very different reasons, but while their stints as Pies were short, they were also glorious for fans.

[TR66]

Ha, Now nobody wants a cold pie Moe. Best pie imo was Gav Brown, he lived for that club.

[Dotty]

Too soon for a Darren Mullane joke?

[TR66]

Also if you miss the Miami bakehouse on the ol mandurah rd, Navarros do a magic steak and mushroom pie. There still there, my bro had his normal Bacon egg & cheese pie on his way to binnie today, I tell him to have a seafood meledy or garlic prawn gig but nope, just the usual thanks love at Navarros.