Sunday, January 8, 2012

The Pie Tin


When I think about an All-Australian favourite food, meat pie comes to mind! I love meat pies but the quality of both pastry and filling are very important. Kind of like good spaghetti Bolognese that has pasta cooked al denté and a tomato sauce that just blows your mind away. The savoury and sweet pies at Pie Tin blew my mind and body away!


The selection of sweet pies

I have heard a lot of good things about this place. An invite from Chocolatesuze gave me that needed push to visit this place. Pie Tin is located in a backstreet called Brown Street near the busy King Street in Newtown. I was digging the very laid back and rustic vibe in this place.


Pork and fennel sausage roll


Tender steak, smokey bacon and cheddar cheese pie





I decided to order a savoury pie and the sound of tender steak, smokey bacon and cheddar cheese pie ($5.80 a slice) tickled my fancy. It tastes as good as it sounds. It had perfect flaky pastry on top with a perfect base. The chunks of steak are very tender indeed. The sauce, bacon and cheese are an awesome combo with the steak. For $10, you can add two sides with your pie. I chose the Boston beans and coleslaw. The Boston baked beans were so good and the coleslaw is not sour but rich in mayo creaminess.



Chocolatesuze decided to order sweet pies and share them with everyone.

Maltesers Pie ($6.50 a slice)

Lemon meringue pie ($6.50 a slice)

Milk chocolate ganache and caramel pie

“They were all amazing!” says my tastebuds. But, it was the very sweet milk chocolate ganache and caramel pie ($6.50 a slice) that stood out for me. This is something for people with really sweet tooth (like myself). Besides from being the sweetest out of all three pies, it had a fudgy and smooth texture with rich milk chocolaty taste. The caramel literally takes it to another level of sweetness and lusciousness.

I wanted to enjoy Pie Tin’s amazing pies with Mrs Ramen Raff. So, I decided to order takeaway, which included the southern slow cooked pork pie and Oreo pie. 
Southern slow cooked pork pie with apple and barbecue sauce

The slow cooked pork pie with apple and barbecue sauce ($5.80 a slice) is one awesome pie! The slow roasted pulled pork filling is so tender. It tasted like roast suckling pig and even more so, like the Philippine version of roast suckling pig. It is definitely very smokey and very flavoursome. The slightly sweet apple and barbecue sauce completes the awesomeness of the filling.

Oreo pie (I forgot to take a photo of the slice)

Last but not the least, the oreo pie ($6.50 a slice). This is one pie I couldn’t get off my head! Its awesome taste just sticks with you and makes you crave for more. It is topped with oreo cookies. This is the best cookies and cream dessert that I’ve ever had.


I see myself visiting Pie Tin very soon to try all their other savoury pies. They surely have one of the best meat pies and dessert pies I’ve had. My lunch at Pie Tin was very yummy for my tummy. How’s yours?

The Pie Tin
1 Brown St 
Newtown, NSW 2042
02 9519 7880

Opening hours:
Mon to Wed 9am to 6pm
Thurs to Sat 9am to 8pm
Sun 10am to 5pm

The Pie Tin on Urbanspoon

17 comments:

  1. i really have to visit this place! all this talk about pie... that maltesers pie looks fantastic!

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  2. Oreo Pie...I saw SuzChef tweeting about Oreo Pie the other day after you guys visited here. I want. This place is dangerously close to work.

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  3. Oh wow, the sweet pie cabinet reminds me exactly of The Cheesecake Factory in the US - so much fatty, sugary goodness!

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  4. *Drools* I love lemon meringue pie. ^_^ It looks so perfect!

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  5. i've heard great things about this place. definitely on the wish list for 2012 :-)

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  6. Hi thanks for the wrap, Just to let you know - we are now licensed and serve beer and cider.We have also extended our trading hours Mon-Wed 10am to 8pm,Thu-Fri 10am -10pm, Sat 9am - 10pm and Sun 10am - 6pm.
    We look forward to seeing you again at The Pie Tin.

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  7. ooh wow these pies look deeeeelish! hope you had a great new years dude

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  8. Dam those pies look good! Big too. this place is on the to do list for sure.

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  9. crazzzzily massive looking dessert pies!

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  10. The oreos is calling me. So there this weekend!

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  11. Ahh i saw the tweets about this. The malteser and oreo pies look AWESOME!!!

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  12. I've been twice since you went and bought it to my attention. The pork pie is awesome and I've had the massive apple pie (which was so huge, 3 of us couldn't finish it!) and the key lime - I love love love the key lime one!

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  13. drooling over the steak pie and the oreo pie too! had no idea this place existed in newtown.

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  14. I need to get there, the pies look great. The pork pie has my attention, that is for sure.

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  15. Those pies look amazing! Actually saw another review of Pie Tin in this article (http://blog.deliveryhero.com.au/a-post-about-pies) which is actually what brought me here! I've heard good things about it, and wanted to do some further research about what they look like. Cheers for sharing your experience!

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Let me know what ya think, aight! Would love to hear from ya.