Introduction Where: 31 Cooma Street, 31 Monaro Hwy, Bredbo NSW 2626
Tomato Sauce: Paid
Price: I can’t remember
Crunch Level - 4/5 ★★★★☆
Taste - 4/5 ★★★★☆
Temperature - 3/5 ★★★☆☆
Messiness level - 2/5 ★★☆☆☆
Meat to pastry ratio - 3/5 ★★★☆☆
Meat chunk sizes - 4/5 ★★★★☆
Comment After a ski trip I thought I’d pop by the famous Bredbo Pie shop. It’s a wonderful shop in regional NSW that not only sells pies, but other products like honey and chocolate as well.
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Introduction Where: Corner Pacific Hwy And Masonite Rd, Heatherbrae NSW 2324
Tomato Sauce: Free
Price: $6.70
Crunch Level - 4/5 ★★★★☆
Taste - 5/5 ★★★★★
Temperature - 4/5 ★★★★☆
Messiness level - 4/5 ★★★★☆
Meat to pastry ratio - 3/5 ★★★☆☆
Meat chunk sizes - 4/5 ★★★★☆
Comment One of the best pies I have had the pleasure of eating. Well worth the 2 hour drive from Sydney to enjoy.
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Introduction Where: The Upper Crust, Collaroy NSW Tomato Sauce: Free, but I didn’t use any on this pie Price: $7
Crunch Level - 1/5 ★☆☆☆☆
Taste - 5/5 ★★★★★
Temperature - 4/5 ★★★★☆
Messiness level - 2/5 ★★☆☆☆
Meat to pastry ratio - 4/5 ★★★★☆
Meat chunk sizes - 2/5 ★★☆☆☆
Comment The Upper Crust is one of the oldest pie shops in the country and this particular pie didn’t disappoint.
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Introduction Where: Harry’s Café de Wheels, Newcastle NSW
Tomato Sauce: Free
Price: Can’t Remember
Crunch Level - 3/5 ★★★☆☆
Taste - 3/5 ★★★☆☆
Temperature - 4/5 ★★★★☆
Messiness level - 3/5 ★★★☆☆
Meat to pastry ratio - 4/5 ★★★★☆
Meat chunk sizes - 4/5 ★★★★☆
Comment Harry’s Café de Wheels is an iconic Australian culinary establishment that began with a humble pie cart operating from Woolloomooloo, NSW set up by Harry “Tiger” Edwards all the way back in 1937.
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Introduction Where: Pie in the Sky, Cowan NSW Tomato Sauce: Free Price: $7
Crunch Level - 5/5 ★★★★★
Taste - 4/5 ★★★★☆
Temperature - 3/5 ★★★☆☆
Messiness level - 3/5 ★★★☆☆
Meat to pastry ratio - 5/5 ★★★★★
Meat chunk sizes - 3/5 ★★★☆☆
Comment The pie in the sky meat pie shop is a popular pie shop just outside of Sydney. I ordered the original beef pie and I was not disappointed.
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Introduction Where: Richmond Bakery Tasmania
Tomato Sauce: Free (however, I did not put tomato sauce on this pie)
Price: Sorry, I forgot
Crunch Level ★★★★☆
Taste ★★★★☆
Temperature ★★☆☆☆
Messiness level ★★★★☆
Meat to pastry ratio ★★★★☆
Meat chunk sizes ★★★★☆
Comment This pie was a tasty break from the usual beef pies I usually get. It was very tasty and I appreciate the mix of scallops and salmon chunks in the pie.
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Introduction Where: Bourke St Bakery, Surry Hills Tomato Sauce: 20 cents Price: $5.50
Crunch Level ★★★★★
Taste ★★★★☆
Temperature ★★★☆☆
Messiness level ★★★★☆
Meat to pastry ratio ★★★★☆
Meat chunk sizes ★★★☆☆
Comment Bourke Street bakery in Surry Hills is a favorite of the Meat Pie blog and this pie didn’t disappoint. It was a tasty pie with a near perfect crunch level. The taste, however, didn’t match the description, so it lost half a star there (didn’t really taste wine).
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Introduction Where: the Galleries Town Hall
Tomato Sauce: free - but the lady just squirted it in the bag that the sausage roll was in and not on the sausage roll itself
Price: $3.80
Crunch Level ★★☆☆☆
Taste ★☆☆☆☆
Temperature ★★★☆☆
Messiness level ★★★☆☆
Meat to pastry ratio ★★★☆☆
Meat chunk sizes ★☆☆☆☆
Comment So I was just going back home and decided that I needed a sausage roll. I saw this little place near Town Hall and decided to give it a shot.
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Introduction Where: ANZ Stadium
Tomato Sauce: Not free
Price: $6
Crunch Level There was absolutely NO crunch in this Meat Pie. In fact it was quite soggy.
Taste The pastry taste was pretty poor. However, the meat itself was OK, the chunk sizes where actually quite good.
Temperature The temperature was quite good. However, I feel that it was kept hot artificially and that is why the pastry was very soggy.
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Introduction This is a review by Ale, one of our most avid readers.
Where: Coles CBD
Tomato Sauce: didn’t have sauce
Price: $1
Crunch Level Since I heated this meat pie in the microwave, the crunch level was actually quite bad. It probably would’ve been better if I had put it in the oven. But I was in a rush.
Taste The taste was average. I mean it probably would’ve been better if I had put in the effort and chucked it in the oven.
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