Shut up: are pies in Melbourne really delicious or too delicious out there? Plus 12 of the best to try
Singaporean chili crab, lasagna, Massaman curry and more are being sealed under the cake lid as Melbourne cake makers explore their creative side. The city is home to a bewildering array of gourmet pies thanks to new businesses – some of which are lockout projects – and established bakeries who are experimenting boldly with fillings. Sally Roxon from Austro has Polish heritage, while her husband is Austrian, so she loves the flavors in the pies she offers from her South Melbourne bakery. There’s the Polish hunter stew pie, featuring sausage, pork belly and sauerkraut, and in the past mushroom stroganoff and beef goulash have been featured. Footscray’s Pie Thief is one of Melbourne’s most adventurous pie purveyors, with owners Aaron Donato and Scott Blomfield (former Supernormal chefs) breaking all the rules. “I guess we don’t really look at other pies when we come to flavors,” said Donato. “We saw what good food was and [ask] can it be turned ...