On 01/02/2006, at 1:46 PM, Julia Thompson wrote:
The Austinite in question was working in Australia (Dell moved him out
there, he'd been working in Austin/Round Rock before then) for at
least 3 years and fell in love with meat pies, and thought that enough
other folks in Austin would feel the same way that he could make a go
at running a restaurant. :) (From the sounds of it, it's pretty
affordable, as well.)
On the blasphemy list, turkey & avacado wouldn't be so bad. (That's a
combination I see offered for sandwiches, anyway.) But something with
lots of beef and some potato sounds really, really good to me. He is
offering some vegetarian selections (you can't open an off-beat
restaurant in Austin and NOT have vegetarian selections, if you want
to stay in business for very long), as well, but depending on what's
in them, I might be more inclined to stick to the beef.
Personally, I'm not sure a real Aussie pie could be "meatless"
(regardless of what constitutes "meat"). However, a vegetable pastie is
quite nice. (A pastie is shaped quite differently from a pie, usually a
circular piece of pastry folded in half containing the filling, which
may or may not contain some meat as well as the obligatory vegies
(potatoes, carrots, peas etc)). For a picture, see:
http://www.hannammarket.co.kr/upload/1050293097/DSCN0383.JPG
I wonder whether the restaurant would offer a "pea floater" which is a
South Australian speciality. It consists of a meat pie floating in pea
soup, and with tomato sauce on top looks .... interesting.
Regards, Ray
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