The bakery thread

[LG17]

Blackbutt Bakery in Qld.
The best by miles.
It regularly wins awards and all sorts of competitions.

[1970XW351]

Yep, Blackbutt for the win! I always try and sneak through there if heading anywhere remotely near. Pies are on another level and their cakes/slices are fantastic too.

Had some good pies and other items from The Upper Crust bakery in Collaroy last year on a trip to Sydney.

Cheers, Tony

[X-AHH]

I'll throw this extra one into the mix.

Belair (SA) - Banana Boogie Bakery

[buggerlugs]

Originally Posted by LG17

Blackbutt Bakery in Qld.
The best by miles.
It regularly wins awards and all sorts of competitions.

Had a pie there last Sunday. Not so good. Have they changed hands ? Used to be brilliant...........

Buck's Bakery Landsborough..............

[roKWiz]

Anyone would think I spend a lot of time in bakeries.

Victoria.....

Maldon bakery. Maldon..... beaut breads
Gumtree pies Yack..... fab pies
The bakers Wife Wang..... fab pies, cakes
Appin St Cakeshop Wang..... my favourite, bread and pie place
Beechworth Bakery Beechworth..... (now a chain) but still nice cakes
Hides bakery Benalla..... best sandwiches and breads
Murchinson bakery Murchinson.... best Apple cakes in Vic.
Mawsons Euroa..... great cakes

NSW......

Holbrook Bakery Holbrook..... triple sandwiches (3 halves)
North Rocks Rd Bakery Carlingford... best Sydney sausage rolls IMO
Bourke Street bakery Surry Hills/Barangaroo.. super rich pastries
Fire Station pies Union st Newcastle.... pies pies pies
The Thoroughbred Scone...... liked a few things here
Bellingen Bakery Bellingen...... pumpkin sourdough
RidgyDidge Pies Kempsey and Coffs.... only cakes and pies

Lots more I can't remember.

Anyone remember the great bakery that was at the Williamtown airport (NSW) before they pulled it down ?
And why is it they do not make Apple cakes in NSW ?

[.:4:.]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

Anyone would think I spend a lot of time in bakeries.

Victoria.....

Maldon bakery. Maldon..... beaut breads
Gumtree pies Yack..... fab pies
The bakers Wife Wang..... fab pies, cakes
Appin St Cakeshop Wang..... my favourite, bread and pie place
Beechworth Bakery Beechworth..... (now a chain) but still nice cakes
Hides bakery Benalla..... best sandwiches and breads
Murchinson bakery Murchinson.... best Apple cakes in Vic.
Mawsons Euroa..... great cakes

NSW......

Holbrook Bakery Holbrook..... triple sandwiches (3 halves)
North Rocks Rd Bakery Carlingford... best Sydney sausage rolls IMO
Bourke Street bakery Surry Hills/Barangaroo.. super rich pastries
Fire Station pies Union st Newcastle.... pies pies pies
Bellingen Bakery Bellingen...... pumpkin sourdough
RidgyDidge Pies Kempsey and Coffs.... only cakes and pies

Lots more I can't remember.

Anyone remember the great bakery that was at the Williamtown airport (NSW) before they pulled it down ?
And why is it they do not make Apple cakes in NSW ?

North rocks road bakery? Are you talking about davids cakes? Up the end past carlingford high school?

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by .:4:.

North rocks road bakery? Are you talking about davids cakes? Up the end past carlingford high school?

Yep, I reckon the take away there is good too. Round the corner from where I grew up.

[.:4:.]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

Yep, I reckon the take away there is good too. Round the corner from where I grew up.

My brother worked at the bakery there 23 or 24 years ago. I also grew up in the area. The owner has a van with the number plates 4U2EAT.

[X-AHH]

I think that now that the post count is over 20, there's enough interest being shown to warrant a few photos of the bakeries and pies, cakes etc.

[DJM83]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

Anyone would think I spend a lot of time in bakeries.

Victoria.....

Maldon bakery. Maldon..... beaut breads
Gumtree pies Yack..... fab pies
The bakers Wife Wang..... fab pies, cakes
Appin St Cakeshop Wang..... my favourite, bread and pie place
Beechworth Bakery Beechworth..... (now a chain) but still nice cakes
Hides bakery Benalla..... best sandwiches and breads
Murchinson bakery Murchinson.... best Apple cakes in Vic.
Mawsons Euroa..... great cakes

NSW......

Holbrook Bakery Holbrook..... triple sandwiches (3 halves)
North Rocks Rd Bakery Carlingford... best Sydney sausage rolls IMO
Bourke Street bakery Surry Hills/Barangaroo.. super rich pastries
Fire Station pies Union st Newcastle.... pies pies pies
The Thoroughbred Scone...... liked a few things here
Bellingen Bakery Bellingen...... pumpkin sourdough
RidgyDidge Pies Kempsey and Coffs.... only cakes and pies

Lots more I can't remember.

Anyone remember the great bakery that was at the Williamtown airport (NSW) before they pulled it down ?
And why is it they do not make Apple cakes in NSW ?

Another vote for Gumtree pies at Yack. Love going out riding and stopping in on the way home.
Havnt been to Holbrook in ages.
Will be sure to try em out

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by DJM83

Another vote for Gumtree pies at Yack. Love going out riding and stopping in on the way home.
Havnt been to Holbrook in ages.
Will be sure to try em out

Holbrook's the only place I know of which gives you 3 halves for a sandwich.

[DJM83]

Originally Posted by DJM83

Another vote for Gumtree pies at Yack. Love going out riding and stopping in on the way home.
Havnt been to Holbrook in ages.
Will be sure to try em out

Jebus been a while.

Went to Holbrook for a pie few months back.
Usual steak and mushroom.
Still as good as it was when i was a kid getting them (grandparents lived about 20mins away)
Then not long after dropped into Culcairn bakery, was ok but not as good as Holbrook
Both not as good as the local hot bake IMHO

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by DJM83

Jebus been a while.

Went to Holbrook for a pie few months back.

Both not as good as the local hot bake IMHO

But they don't make triple 1/2 sandwiches like Holbrook.

[roKWiz]

Couple of crispy pastry snails. Bourke St Bakery at Barangaroo still going and still busy, though I did note smaller portions.

[Trendseeker]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

Bourke Street bakery Surry Hills/Barangaroo.. super rich pastries
Fire Station pies Union st Newcastle.... pies pies pies

I was working in the Surry Hills area in the second half of last year and wasn’t aware that bakery was there.

I agree with your recommendation on the pies from the Fire Station pie shop in Cooks Hill / Newcastle. It’s been many years since I last bought one, but they are memorable for a few reasons.

Firstly, they have the highest gravy to meat ratio of any pie I’ve ever eaten. The shop’s heating oven is set at maximum temperature, and the pies are served scalding hot.

If you’re eating the pie out of the paper bag rather than taking it home or whatever, it’s a big mistake to take a large bite first up. If you do you’ll have a sore tongue for the rest of the meal. After taking a small nibble to open it up and vent the heat, you have to hold the pie at least at a 45 degree angle or the contents will pour out. If you’re careful you can get through the rest of the pie over the next 15 minutes without a burned tongue. They’re too hot to eat any faster.

On one occasion I had taken the first nibble and was letting it cool when two small leaks appeared in the pastry around the top, and the piping hot gravy started oozing out like lava from a volcano. After attempting to slurp it up and stop the leaks, turning the pie in my hands caused a small breach in the base, and from there the situation went downhill fast.

Soon the meat and gravy began to flow from the base and the pastry started collapsing like concrete under an uncooled nuclear core. The whole molten mess then hit the paper bag underneath and it was about to go the full China syndrome meltdown and pour off the paper and into my lap. I had to move quickly to the bin and let it go much to the amusement of the other guys I was having lunch with.

Despite that one mishap I recommend their pies. Take a plastic plate and fork just in case.

[Citroënbender]

Sounds more like you need a straw first, then a fork.

[roKWiz]

Trendseeker, yep that's what happened to me at the Fire station, you soon learn the better option is to take it on a cooling ride first. Maybe eating it, admiring the passing whales.
The original Bourke st Bakery is tiny and probably why its hard to spot.

[prydey]

Originally Posted by Trendseeker

I was working in the Surry Hills area in the second half of last year and wasn’t aware that bakery was there.

I agree with your recommendation on the pies from the Fire Station pie shop in Cooks Hill / Newcastle. It’s been many years since I last bought one, but they are memorable for a few reasons.

Firstly, they have the highest gravy to meat ratio of any pie I’ve ever eaten. The shop’s heating oven is set at maximum temperature, and the pies are served scalding hot.

If you’re eating the pie out of the paper bag rather than taking it home or whatever, it’s a big mistake to take a large bite first up. If you do you’ll have a sore tongue for the rest of the meal. After taking a small nibble to open it up and vent the heat, you have to hold the pie at least at a 45 degree angle or the contents will pour out. If you’re careful you can get through the rest of the pie over the next 15 minutes without a burned tongue. They’re too hot to eat any faster.

On one occasion I had taken the first nibble and was letting it cool when two small leaks appeared in the pastry around the top, and the piping hot gravy started oozing out like lava from a volcano. After attempting to slurp it up and stop the leaks, turning the pie in my hands caused a small breach in the base, and from there the situation went downhill fast.

Soon the meat and gravy began to flow from the base and the pastry started collapsing like concrete under an uncooled nuclear core. The whole molten mess then hit the paper bag underneath and it was about to go the full China syndrome meltdown and pour off the paper and into my lap. I had to move quickly to the bin and let it go much to the amusement of the other guys I was having lunch with.

Despite that one mishap I recommend their pies. Take a plastic plate and fork just in case.

Reminds me of this
https://www.triplem.com.au/story/wil...is-mouth-82919

[roKWiz]

Parker's.....Sorry no pie pics, I had to get vital supplies from over the road.

[Tassie f100]

Originally Posted by Trendseeker

I was working in the Surry Hills area in the second half of last year and wasn’t aware that bakery was there.

I agree with your recommendation on the pies from the Fire Station pie shop in Cooks Hill / Newcastle. It’s been many years since I last bought one, but they are memorable for a few reasons.

Firstly, they have the highest gravy to meat ratio of any pie I’ve ever eaten. The shop’s heating oven is set at maximum temperature, and the pies are served scalding hot.

If you’re eating the pie out of the paper bag rather than taking it home or whatever, it’s a big mistake to take a large bite first up. If you do you’ll have a sore tongue for the rest of the meal. After taking a small nibble to open it up and vent the heat, you have to hold the pie at least at a 45 degree angle or the contents will pour out. If you’re careful you can get through the rest of the pie over the next 15 minutes without a burned tongue. They’re too hot to eat any faster.

On one occasion I had taken the first nibble and was letting it cool when two small leaks appeared in the pastry around the top, and the piping hot gravy started oozing out like lava from a volcano. After attempting to slurp it up and stop the leaks, turning the pie in my hands caused a small breach in the base, and from there the situation went downhill fast.

Soon the meat and gravy began to flow from the base and the pastry started collapsing like concrete under an uncooled nuclear core. The whole molten mess then hit the paper bag underneath and it was about to go the full China syndrome meltdown and pour off the paper and into my lap. I had to move quickly to the bin and let it go much to the amusement of the other guys I was having lunch with.

Despite that one mishap I recommend their pies. Take a plastic plate and fork just in case.

Yeah bakeries have been making party pies just like that for about 50 years that I can remember!cool on the outside and somewhere around 1000 deg celsius inside.

[LG17]

Originally Posted by buggerlugs

Had a pie there last Sunday. Not so good. Have they changed hands ? Used to be brilliant...........

Buck's Bakery Landsborough..............

Same people.
Dunno how you got a bad one...

[DJR-351]

Originally Posted by LG17

Blackbutt Bakery in Qld.
The best by miles.
It regularly wins awards and all sorts of competitions.

Sausage Sizzle pie