Pefkos Pie

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Venue: Main Road Rhodes, Greece, Pefkos 851 07 Greece Pie: Arniopita – Traditional Lamb and Potato Pie Temperature as eaten: Hot Rating: 9.0 On a recent visit to Pefkos on the Greek island of Rhodes as we strolled through the small town, we happened upon a bustling eatery called Enigma Restaurant.  We did a quick …

Doce Real Cafe

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You don’t just go to Lisbon to attend the NOS Alive music festival, but to also sample and 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 …

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Australian Pie Treat

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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 …

Parker Pies were super man.

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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 …

Do You Do…. Roo?

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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 …

Over the Bridge in Portugal

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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 …

Perfect Patagonian Pie Picked Purposefully Pre-Peregrination

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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 …