Pies Around The World

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Dolce Real Cafe

Dolce Real Cafe

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El Calafete in Argentina

El Calafete in Argentina

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Cafe da Ponta in Portugal

Cafe da Ponta in Portugal

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Mocka Pies in Australia

Mocka Pies in Australia

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Parker Pies in Australia

Parker Pies in Australia

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Haydens Pies in Australia

Haydens Pies in Australia

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  Dolce Real Cafe

  You don’t just go to Lisbon to attend the NOS Alive music festival.... well I don\\\\\\\'t anyway ;-), but to also to savour the miniature chicken (or salmon) pies.  Locally they are known as ‘Empanadas’ and succulent they are too! We were staying in the Principe Real district just a stone’s throw from the Doce Real café which we frequented daily to pick up supplies for the music filled evening ahead.

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  El Calafete in Argentina

  Some people would say that Argentina is famous for Football, some say Steaks and some say The Tango – but for me when I travelled there recently the humble Empanada was what I sought out. Now technically an empanada is not a pie – so I hear you say – “Why are you even considering it”? Well actually I’m not going to talk about the meat, chicken, vegetable, spicy meat and lamb Empanadas I had in Buenos Aires – whether it be from a pop up bakery hidden down a side street or as a starter in one of the many Steak Restaurants that proliferate the Palermo region of the capital.

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  Cafe da Ponta in Portugal

  After sampling the Empanadas of Patagonia, I decided it was time to re-visit Portugal to sample their Pie offerings. My anticipation was raised as a couple of years ago in Lisbon when I’d discovered the Doce Real Café in the Principe Real district that did the most exquisite chicken pies. So with this in mind I set off cycling from the south coast and found myself in Aljezur and ready for a break.

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  Mocka Pies in Australia

  So after a day scuba diving on the Great Barrier reef and looking forward to a some locally brewed ale at Hemingways what better way to satisfy those hunger pangs than visit local pie maker Mocka\\\'s in Port Douglas. This local institution has been serving classic Aussie Pies since 1969 which are all made on the premises.  Besides Mocka\\\'s Originals, the usual fillings of Steak and Mushroom, Steak and Onion, Steak and Kidney (plus others) they do a Gourmet range

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  Parker Pies in Australia

  The recent heatwave over the Easter break reminded me of a few months ago when I was in Victoria State, at the peak of the Australian summer where the mercury was touching the mid-forties. I was on a road trip and found myself in a small town called Rutherglen just over the state border from New South Wales. Found myself isn’t completely accurate, I\'d purposely headed to Rutherglen after hearing about Parker Pies. This family run business had caught my attention when I had looked at their website to see they had received over 200 awards for their pies and also it featured in the Lonely Planet Guide for Australia (almost alongside the Opera House and Uluru).

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  Haydens Pies in Australia

  To some Australians the 26th January is referred to as Invasion Day - to others it is Australia Day and the general theme promoted is that you get your BBQ out or head to the local beach.  I had other things in mind as I made my way up the Pacific Ocean Road on the lookout for Hayden\\\'s Bakers in Ulladulla. The bakery has been visited by such luminaries as the ex-Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull but no bunting or red carpet awaited me when I arrived, they mustn’t have heard that I was coming 😉 A very unassuming store front was busy with people and dominated by a couple of chalk boards - one displaying the classical pies and the other the gourmet pies.  

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