Bakers Best Claims They Have Canberra's Hottest Pie

“There have been a lot of discussions on the ‘best meat pie in the Territory’ on RiotACT lately, and vegetarians again aren’t really welcome in those discussions.”

well, meconium, being ‘meat’ pies might put some vegetarians off… but everyone is welcome at riot-act, aren’t they?

i actually like a good vege pie – just not many about to get fangs into. dobinsons do one. was a great bean and corn pie i used to love, sadly was in katoomba, shop long closed…

now, where exactly is this ‘bakers best’ place?

I go there all the time. I have a burek in my fridge at the moment. I’m kind of upset that the RiotACT has discovered this place, because I hate it when I go there and there are no bureks left.

BTW the owner’s a Serb and the Serbian type of burek is a large layered oily pie, with spinach and ricotta or substitute meat filling (which I’m not interested in, being a vegetarian). The Turkish type of börek (note spelling difference) is sort of like an Occidental spring roll – basically the same thing (spinach and ricotta) only rolled up like a spring roll, and a bit longer. The Halal pide place in Yarralumla do a good example of a Turkish börek.

There have been a lot of discussions on the ‘best meat pie in the Territory’ on RiotACT lately, and vegetarians again aren’t really welcome in those discussions.

However, the bureks made at the Bakers’ Best place are easily, HANDS DOWN the best pastry-based item made at any bakery, restaurant or otherwise in the ACT. I’ve got a quarter of a burek left from the other day, a friend brought it over for lunch. Gonna eat it now.

And at $14 or so for a pie the size of a family pizza, they are also extremely good value, as well as being delicious. So support this bakery, but don’t let them run dry of bureks when I want one.

Astro – no, guiness pie will not compare to vindaloo. As I’ve indicated on other threads, I like guiness pies as well, but a good curry pie…

Astrojax,

Burek is kinda like a pastry stack – super thin pastry layers with filling between layers. Common fillings are cheese and spinach, meat, and sometimes they come in sweet varieties.

Been wondering where I’d be able to find some in Canberra for a while now but haven’t looked yet, so I shall have to try it.

Any pie that comes in a foil tray will never be a good pie.

cornucopia already does a guinness pie, maelinar – that close enough for ya?? 😉

so, what was a burek after all that? other thread too long to trawl through, am lazy.

and if you’re up for a drive, the bakery at rutherglen (town) does THE bestest ever in the whole entire world ever pies, i rekkun…

Bring on the Vindaloo Pie.

BakersBest – am I correct in my understanding that you used to be the bakery located within Kippax Fair, and the bakery out on hardwick crescent was bought out, and you moved into that space ?

LOL @ GnT

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