Pies

If you ask me what is typical French food I will not be able to answer. Travelling abroad, I have often been asked the question but I have never found a way to describe what it could be. May be it is too varied or too regional? When it comes to Australian food the problem is the same. It is influenced by so many other countries (England, Germany, Chinese, Vietnamese, Pacific, etc…) that it is difficult to pick something typical. That said, barbecued snags (sausages), sausage rolls or meat pies would probably what would be defining Australia best as a food nation. But of course, and thankfully, it is not all about this – delicious – junk food. Today, I had the pleasure to stop by a wonderful place simply called ‘the bakery’ at Malmsbury in the Goldfields and I had a wonderful beef and kidney pie (pictured above).