This post is especially for Nicole – I know how much you like posts that feature pies!
I recently ate a delicious chicken and vegetable pie and a couple of samosas bought from the bakery at the Bentley Centre. As usual, once I was at home, I had to eat them off a plate rather than just straight out of the paper bag.
The pie gravy was thick and yummy. Sometimes the white sauce has been thickened too much with not enough flavour, but this was very good. Lots of chicken chunks, peas and corn kernels.
The samosas were filled with curried potato and peas. They were good too, but the pie reigned supreme.
I'm TFP, a food blogger from Perth, Western Australia.
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Boy that looks good. It looks even tastier than a meat pie. Haven’t had one of those in forever.
I always have to put my takeout on a plate before I eat it, too! Kind of odd but oh well; it adds to the enjoyment of food for certain people, no one should judge that :P
That samosa looks delicious. Hooray for curried potato in dough and deep fried.
I love your pie posts too – pies and junk food, since I’m not eating any of that stuff myself lol. Although something about chicken pies turns me off, I can’t explain why though.
The samosas look nummy though, I’d happily have a couple of those!
yum, yum, yum
I love samosas! Yum!
ooooooooh! I love it. Thank you! I even put the 3rd picture of the pie close up as my new computer wallpaper, lol. Seriously – it’s just too yummy looking not too. I’m going to go wander around my kitchen and wish I lived in Australia.
My 5 year old daughter recently made her first chicken pot pie (with a little help, of course). It was fantastic! We cooked the chicken one day, made the sauce and assembled a few days later, and baked it the next day. She was very proud of herself, and we were very well fed.
Anyway, just thought I’d share as a response to the beautiful chicken pie pictures. Now to get something to eat!
I like the posts about pies too, but the reason ist: here in Germany its not a common dish. I love hearty dough dishes – but its very unusual to get dishes like pies. The only thing that comes near are dishes like french quiche…
So I´m realy enviouss about your pie-posts. ;)
I was a student at ECU Joondalup from 1999-2001 and I used to go to my nearby Lakeside Shopping Centre and there was this bakery there ( the only one I remembered being run by Asian family ) and I used to buy their delicious chicken vegetable pies for lunch! It would fill me up with tons of chunky chicken, peas n carrot, corn with the right amount of consistency in turns of creaminess. I miss Perth heaps and your blog has made me missed it more. I always said to my husband, someday I’ll come back and buy a place there as a vacation home perhaps… somewhere like Millpoint… I miss Perth! Viva Perth!
Isn’t it funny how some people can’t eat their food in the container’s / bags etc, I am one of these people … I don’t know why but I just like it all being on a plate instead !!
I love your pics of the pies, I really wish that I ate more of them .. have never tried a chicken pie though !!
I’m SOOOOO buying some chicken pies this weekend!!!
Jojo,
I love a good meat pie, but because I’m a huge chicken fan, if I ever have to choose between chicken or meat pie, I usually choose chicken.
Steph,
Oh yeah, I love samosas. I love that they can be just the perfect little morsel to satisfy a craving for something savoury/deep-fried. I never used to be so funny about having to eat off proper plates – it’s developed in me over the past couple of years. :)
juicyjuicymangoes,
Oh well, to each their own. :) Quite a few readers love the pie posts, actually. I’d love to see more pie blogging around the place, actually!
anne,
Heheheh. That sums it up perfectly!
dea,
I prefer meaty ones myself – at uni I used to buy these really spicy ones with lots of mince meat in them – but these ones were not too bad.
Nicole,
Heheheh, cool! I really liked how that photo turned out, so I’m pleased to hear you like it enough to put it on your desktop. Oh well, maybe you’ll have to visit Australia sometime and indulge in some intense pie-eating.
Michaele,
Oooh, sounds good. And how lovely your daughter helped cook it and then got to enjoy it too! One of my aunties makes this chicken pie in a dish with big chicken pieces still on the bone, and lots of potatoes and carrots in the tastiest gravy ever, topped with pastry. I love homemade pie, but for some reason we never have puff pastry in the freezer. We just buy individual pies from bakeries and that’s it.
Caro,
Glad to be of service. :) I would really miss pies terribly if I moved to a non-pie eating country.
Parisienne,
Mmmm, that sounds great. Like you, I love it when it’s just the right creaminess, along with all the chicken and vegies. Haha, a holiday home in Perth near a bakery would be brilliant. Just wake up, wander over and buy a nice hot pie… mmmm.
justonemorebite,
If you like chicken and white sauce, you’d like a chicken pie. Definitely worth a try. But it’s got to be a decent one with plenty of chicken. The worst is when you get a so-called chicken pie that’s mostly just gravy.
Holly,
Heheheh. Cool. Hope they hit the spot!!! Let me know! :)
Pies are great. Something that’s simple, tastes good, and goes well with lots of different things, from spuds to salad.
“The samosas were filled with curried potato and peas. They were good too, but the pie reigned supreme.”
I would like to try a samosa; anything with potato instantly appeals to me. The only savoury pies around here are frozen. I occasionally make homemade chicken pie with a biscuit batter topping. Gorgeous pics like usual!