Kerrie Road Bakery
20 Kerrie Road,
Glen Waverley, 3150
Tel: (03) 9803 9979
And last Sunday, I think I might have snagged THE ONE... It's only early days in our relationship.. only one week.. but we have a second date scheduled for later today, and I am hoping that he is as excited about meeting again as I am.
So before we become just another jaded old couple, each other turning a blind eye to each other's faults, I thought I'd describe her/him with the heart-stopping, pulse-racing thrum of the newness of it all.
He's perfect. Buttery, flaky top, perky and proud. A sturdy short base that passes the initial test with flying colours. Both types of pastry are definitive and discernible all the way through to the end of the experience.
But here's where he really shines. Beneath that Chesty Bond chiselled exterior, he is exactly as described... big meaty pre-sautéed CHUNKS OF BEEF... chunky yet tender that retains its meaty, beefy note. Fall apart moist and succulent. The gravy HAS FLAVA.. real roast meat pan-scraping-just-like-Nanny-used-to-make gravy. Nary a hint of Gravox or cornflour, this is gravy like it should be. I detected black pepper and maybe a hint of onion.
This is the SNAG of pies... rugged and strong on the outside, with a heart like Phar Lap, but sensitive enough to be who he says he is... this is the George Clooney/Matthew McConahey/Brad Pitt of pies. This pie will adopt limbless war orphans while wrangling crocodiles and writing me Sonnets.
And whether it is a fleeting relationship or a life long bond, as the sock puppet says "I’m in LERVE!"






