Jeff and Todd's Excellent Pie Adventure
A parallel cross-over study of crusty temptations
So Jeff and I love a good pie. Travelling as we do with Osler, now and again we've had the chance to sample the local fare. Not the mass produced variety, but the little bundles of love you can only get in a local pie shop or bakery.
This all started as a running joke. As we made our way back up the Bruce Highway to the Sunshine Coast after yet another Brisbane trip, we passed "The World Famous Beefy's Pies". Resisting the urge, we vowed to save our Beefy's for a special occasion, perhaps our first institutional sale.
Everytime we passed Beefy's en route to home, we gazed longingly out the window, the car almost steering itself down the offramp. But we held firm, even when our colleagues threatened to sabotage our mission.
With our first sale behind us it was time to break our duck. Beefy's didn't disappoint. In the glorious afternoon sunshine in May, Jeff tucked into a chunky beef, while I got stuck into my favorite, a steak, bacon and cheese. Mmmmmm.
And so it began.
Our mission? A parallel, cross-over systematic analysis of selected pie shops in our Osler journey
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Barcelona, Spain
On a recent trip, Jeff and I had some time to kill in the incredible city of Barcelona after the AMEE conference, the peak industry meeting for medical educators world-wide.
La Renaissance, The Rocks, Sydney
I’ve been in Sydney for the National Conference of the Medical Surgical Assistants Society of Australia (MSASA), and now I’m finally free to head home, I can’t resist stopping off at one of Australia’s iconic areas, The Rocks.
Harry’s Cafe De Wheels
Harry's Cafe de Wheels is an institution in ol' Sydney Town. It dates back over 70 years now, to the times of the great depression when the winds of war beginning to blow across the city once more.
Maldon Bakery
I love the country around central Victoria. The lush green pastures where the newborn lambs are a-frolicking, interspersed with thatches of stringy bark gums and criss-crossed with gullies fit for a Kelly gang hideout.
The World Famous Yatala Pie Shop
Today saw some of the Melbourne team visit the beautiful sunny state for some meetings on the Gold Coast. Madhava, our Business analyst, joined Jeff and I on the trip back to Noosa, and we just couldn't seem to stop the car as it left the Pacific Highway at the Yatala turnoff. It was almost like the car was on rails.
Noosa Heads, Queensland
OK, so we get to live in one of the most beautiful settings in the world. But every now and then, the weather gods stop smiling, and perhaps smirk for a little while. The temperature might even briefly drop below 20 degrees celsius...
So what better to do on a cold day...than have a pie! Let's face it, we've been derelict in not sampling the local fare until now anyway.