GEORGIE PIE - Page 9

Golden Teapot · 15th May 2013, 21:12

Some will remember when the respective food authorities could not agree on a transtasman pie standard; the issue was the Australians wanted the standard to allow the meat content to be lower than NZ could tolerate and still call the item a meat pie. Sure you can find exceptions but you really need to compare what a typical poor person gets to eat - they are the target market for most pies.

moocow · 16th May 2013, 19:10

more fat NZ'rs that are being ripped off

GG

[BT]Monza · 5th June 2013, 14:12

Tried to grab one for lunch today, was told as entering (Queen st) that 30 min on the pies... Fuck that.

p01s0n · 10th June 2013, 21:38

piechat:
went to this place today, fuckin swag pies.
http://pieintheskybilpin.com/

big fluffy buttery pastry tops, huge chunky steak pieces that just melt away in your mouth, full flavored and thick gravy to match.

wrap it up, georgie-pie-ailures.

Delphinus · 10th June 2013, 22:19

I recall being able to get great pies back about 10 years ago from the local 4 square in South Taranaki. I think the name was Le Dasionee pies or something along those lines. They had the best ever chilli beef pies, or apple and blackberry. So delicious. Can't find them or anything close these days

Lightspeed · 10th June 2013, 22:56

Yeah, I reckon food quality has taken a dive. Like Aztec Corn Chips and CCs. Where's that good shit gone? Food supply has gone to shit, I swear.

mpx · 10th June 2013, 23:06

Aztec Corn Chips made the na-tu-ral way!

I still remember those ads. We used to be able to buy them for lunch in intermediate school. I remember there was like, salsa flavour or something - godamn I loved that shit.

Although I don't know if food was better then, or I was just a kid and loved anything that was deemed a treat and savoured it more than I do now.

MadMax · 10th June 2013, 23:21

Because supermarkets.

Kryten · 10th June 2013, 23:29

Fuck, now I want a Ned Kelly from Andre's. At least I know what'll be for lunch tomorrow.

CCS · 11th June 2013, 00:00

Nothing beats Dairy Flat bakery pies. Nothing. Not Shitty Pie, not Aussie Pie. Nothing.

MadMax · 11th June 2013, 09:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lightspeed

Yeah, I reckon food quality has taken a dive. Like Aztec Corn Chips and CCs. Where's that good shit gone? Food supply has gone to shit, I swear.

Nahhhh, we just took MSG out of our diet.

aR Que · 11th June 2013, 10:38

out? 621 and 635 are commonly the 3rd listed ingredient in salted goods.

CCS · 11th June 2013, 10:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by MadMax

Nahhhh, we just took MSG out of our diet.

The fuck is this guy even talking about?

Lightspeed · 11th June 2013, 10:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by aR Que

out? 621 and 635 are commonly the 3rd listed ingredient in salted goods.

A lot less so these days. :/

Cyberbob · 11th June 2013, 10:57

Ah, MSG. The last generations "Vaccine = Autism" scare.

CCS · 21st June 2013, 17:37

Georgie Pie:

TL:DR - fucking weak. Don't bother.

Long version:
First two bites and I hadn't even hit mince. Ominous.

It's hard to tell from the photo, but the filling doesn't start until fully halfway into the pie! There's just a bigarse cavity of nothing (like quint's mom's vagina).

I took the pie out of the bag to get a good look at this thing. Damn. That is a $4.50 pie? Pastry slightly overcooked.

So how was the filling? Let's take a look:

I actually quite like the cheese. It's pretty much the same cheese which is in Big Ben pies. The same cheese that people say they hate in a Big Ben pie but love in a Georgie Pie. Go figure.

This is supposed to be a steak and cheese pie. Rather than the nice large chunks of steak you would get in a pie from a bakery that doesn't try to fuck you in the arse, this pie has tiny little wee fragments of steak. You might as well just call it a mince and cheese pie. The gravy was nice enough, but it was swimming in gravy. Consider that the inside of the pie is only half full of filling and the bulk of the filling is gravy and cheese. That's a pretty fucking poor deal. Look, it didn't taste bad but it's a pathetic pie and it's worth about $2.50. Seriously, for all the crap that people give Big Ben, I would rather have a BB than a GP.

Verdict: if you absolutely need to satisfy your curiosity or want a nostalgia trip, go ahead and buy one. If you want a good pie, spend your FOUR DOLLARS FUCKING FIFTY on a pie from a proper bakery.

Georgie Pie sucks.

crusador · 21st June 2013, 17:59

bp connect pies ftw

sackos · 21st June 2013, 19:00

wow, almost 5 years to the day when i started this thread back in "08". I finally tried GP on Wednesday night and i had mixed emotions when taking my first bite. It resurrected the memories that were hidden in the banks of my brain of taking an ex-gf on a date only to show up at Georgie Pie in New Lynn and shouting her a rad mince'cheese combo before buying another couple pies to hide in my bag. Then the short walk to the movie theatre to watch Braveheart on the big screen......."FRRREEEEDDOOOMMM"

I loved it, thought the pastry was better than back in the day. Seemed more flakey and tasted amazing when cold.

madmaxii · 21st June 2013, 23:04

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Originally Posted by crusador

bp connect pies ftw

Oh yes.

The Brad · 22nd June 2013, 00:51

To be honest it looks like what I remember. They were great as a $2 gap filler as a teen. But now for $4+ you can get better from a servo.

Call it as I see it.

fidgit · 22nd June 2013, 01:27

Looks like an Irvine's pie. Not surprised. Will stick to servo pies (since they're selling gourmet pies these days, which is something I keep banging on about and no one will listen to me damnit >_<)

pxpx · 5th September 2013, 13:20

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/n...ectid=11119562

Quote:

Move over Georgie Pie - Australian chain Pie Face has crossed the Tasman and its Kiwi master franchise holders have a bullish plan to establish 60 stores in this country over the next 10 years.

The first New Zealand Pie Face outlet, which offers both dine-in and takeaway, opened on central Auckland's Shortland St at the weekend and from Wednesday to Saturday will operate 24 hours a day to cater for both central city workers and the late-night party crowd.

Dweeb · 5th September 2013, 15:57

So I've been living in Sydney now for just under a year and the lack of good pies in this country (that I have seen) is appalling. At least back in NZ you could go to a bakery and get a decent pie with good flaky pastry in most suburbs of Auckland and NZ.

Went to Pie Face to try a pie and it is a shit version of Jesters. I never really got into the Jesters pies that much either. Reckon these clowns have a year tops in NZ as our Aussie counterparts just don't have the same amount of pie discrimination as we do back home.

Pimp-X · 5th September 2013, 16:00

I think Jesters are pretty shit so Pie Face.. won't be rushing myself to try.

xor · 5th September 2013, 16:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by pxpx

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/n...ectid=11119562

This will totally fail.

p01s0n · 5th September 2013, 16:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by xor

This will totally fail.

counterpoint: asians fucking love pieface

CCS · 5th September 2013, 16:19

Counter-counterpoint: asians fucking hate pie's face.

HAAAIIIIYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

p01s0n · 5th September 2013, 16:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by CCS

Counter-counterpoint: asians fucking hate pie's face.

HAAAIIIIYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

CCS · 5th September 2013, 17:59

MadMax · 6th September 2013, 19:51

Yarrows pie (baked locally) ftw

The Edge · 25th April 2014, 16:19

I had Pie Face today and thought it was okay. The mushroom and chicken tasted pretty good IMO. Pastry a little bit too flakey for my liking though.

CCS · 22nd July 2014, 13:11

So...

I thought I'd give the GP a second chance. Was the first one just a one-off shitty pie? I'm a fair guy. Maybe they've gotten better at pie making.

I had another GP today.

Verdict: still shit.

Possibly even worse than before. Fuck all filling and the bulk of that filling is gravy. The pieces of mince seem even smaller. They're practically granules of meat floating in gravy. The taste was poor. At $4.50, this is bullshit. Tried it twice and it sucked both times. Never again.

I've also tried these Pie Face pies that p01s0n is in love with. Maybe they make them much better in Aus, cos these Pie Face pies are pretty fucking average. I'd much rather have them over a Georgie Pie, but they're still fucking average compared to a bakery pie. Small pies, cost too much for what you get.

Gimme my fucken golf ball of fat from the bakery any day,

Savage · 22nd July 2014, 14:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by CCS

So...

I thought I'd give the GP a second chance. Was the first one just a one-off shitty pie? I'm a fair guy. Maybe they've gotten better at pie making.

I had another GP today.

Verdict: still shit.

Possibly even worse than before. Fuck all filling and the bulk of that filling is gravy. The pieces of mince seem even smaller. They're practically granules of meat floating in gravy. The taste was poor. At $4.50, this is bullshit. Tried it twice and it sucked both times. Never again.

I've also tried these Pie Face pies that p01s0n is in love with. Maybe they make them much better in Aus, cos these Pie Face pies are pretty fucking average. I'd much rather have them over a Georgie Pie, but they're still fucking average compared to a bakery pie. Small pies, cost too much for what you get.

Gimme my fucken golf ball of fat from the bakery any day,

For $1, they would be ok. For $4.50, you could buy one just to throw it back at the person who served it. Would definitely be more satisfying. Then from there you could drive to Hillpark Bakery to buy a REAL pie

chubby · 22nd July 2014, 20:08

ccs.
i can totally respect your shit on pies though.
GP wont improve,as it shouldn't,as it was always a cheap pie.that is what it is.
good review.

regarding pieface... no,they dont do it better over there.grossly over-rated in a kiwi context.the aussie pie as a whole is shit,until you get to about 15 bucks,and by then....well-i would fucking think so.

Savage · 22nd July 2014, 20:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by chubby

ccs.
i can totally respect your shit on pies though.
GP wont improve,as it shouldn't,as it was always a cheap pie.that is what it is.
good review.

regarding pieface... no,they dont do it better over there.grossly over-rated in a kiwi context.the aussie pie as a whole is shit,until you get to about 15 bucks,and by then....well-i would fucking think so.

Yep, Pieface is the MacDonalds of pies here. There are a couple of very key spots (in QLD) where you can pick up a decent pie for between $3.50 and $6.00. Only two of those are within an hour's drive of Brisbane though

Regardless, they still have nothing on the average Kiwi pie.

madmaxii · 22nd July 2014, 21:57

Have been pleasantly surprised by the quality of the pies at BP service stations. Thai Chilli Chicken is great at $4.50 and full of real chicken without too much gravy. A+

mpx · 23rd July 2014, 09:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Savage

For $1, they would be ok. For $4.50, you could buy one just to throw it back at the person who served it. Would definitely be more satisfying. Then from there you could drive to Hillpark Bakery to buy a REAL pie

I GREW UP ON HILLPARK BAKERY PIES.

They are so fucking good. I haven't lived in Hill Park for 6 years now, but when I go back to visit my folks who also live in Hill Park I always get a pie, and they still remember me! "You ride still? We don't see bike!" "I moved to West Auckland." "Nooooooo we miss you!" "

!!!!!!!"

Savage · 23rd July 2014, 10:46

Both myself and an old flatmate of mine used to flat on Rothery Rd, and then on Collie St, and both worked in Mt Wellington. Frequent lunch time excursions used to consist of racing each other home on the motorway to get to Hillpark Bakery for a pie, and a Mountaindew, then home for some Tekken before racing back to Mt Wellington again. Good times :P

No visit back to South Auckland is complete without a Hillpark Bakery pie!

xor · 23rd July 2014, 11:50

Those were some good times!

curses · 23rd July 2014, 17:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Savage

Yep, Pieface is the MacDonalds of pies here. There are a couple of very key spots (in QLD) where you can pick up a decent pie for between $3.50 and $6.00. Only two of those are within an hour's drive of Brisbane though

Regardless, they still have nothing on the average Kiwi pie.

Aw yeah Yatala Pie shop Curry Pie. Where's the other spot?

10th June 2013, 23:21	#328
MadMax Stuff	Because supermarkets. __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

11th June 2013, 00:00	#330
CCS Stunt Pants	Nothing beats Dairy Flat bakery pies. Nothing. Not Shitty Pie, not Aussie Pie. Nothing. __________________ I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner?

21st June 2013, 17:37	#336
CCS Stunt Pants	ccs's definitive pie review - the only review that fucken matters Georgie Pie: TL:DR - fucking weak. Don't bother. Long version: First two bites and I hadn't even hit mince. Ominous. It's hard to tell from the photo, but the filling doesn't start until fully halfway into the pie! There's just a bigarse cavity of nothing (like quint's mom's vagina). I took the pie out of the bag to get a good look at this thing. Damn. That is a $4.50 pie? Pastry slightly overcooked. So how was the filling? Let's take a look: I actually quite like the cheese. It's pretty much the same cheese which is in Big Ben pies. The same cheese that people say they hate in a Big Ben pie but love in a Georgie Pie. Go figure. This is supposed to be a steak and cheese pie. Rather than the nice large chunks of steak you would get in a pie from a bakery that doesn't try to fuck you in the arse, this pie has tiny little wee fragments of steak. You might as well just call it a mince and cheese pie. The gravy was nice enough, but it was swimming in gravy. Consider that the inside of the pie is only half full of filling and the bulk of the filling is gravy and cheese. That's a pretty fucking poor deal. Look, it didn't taste bad but it's a pathetic pie and it's worth about $2.50. Seriously, for all the crap that people give Big Ben, I would rather have a BB than a GP. Verdict: if you absolutely need to satisfy your curiosity or want a nostalgia trip, go ahead and buy one. If you want a good pie, spend your FOUR DOLLARS FUCKING FIFTY on a pie from a proper bakery. Georgie Pie sucks. __________________ I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner?

22nd June 2013, 01:27	#341
fidgit Always itchy	Looks like an Irvine's pie. Not surprised. Will stick to servo pies (since they're selling gourmet pies these days, which is something I keep banging on about and no one will listen to me damnit >_<) __________________ 4 7 2 3 9 8 5...1 4 2 9 7 8...14 16 22...36°

5th September 2013, 16:00	#344
Pimp-X Drunken Annoying Superhero Bastard	I think Jesters are pretty shit so Pie Face.. won't be rushing myself to try. __________________ If there is one movement I could get behind in this world, it would be the discrimination and abuse of fucking idiots.

15th May 2013, 21:12	#321
Golden Teapot Love, Actuary	Some will remember when the respective food authorities could not agree on a transtasman pie standard; the issue was the Australians wanted the standard to allow the meat content to be lower than NZ could tolerate and still call the item a meat pie. Sure you can find exceptions but you really need to compare what a typical poor person gets to eat - they are the target market for most pies.

16th May 2013, 19:10	#322
moocow	more fat NZ'rs that are being ripped off GG

5th June 2013, 14:12	#323
[BT]Monza	Tried to grab one for lunch today, was told as entering (Queen st) that 30 min on the pies... Fuck that.

10th June 2013, 21:38	#324
p01s0n	piechat: went to this place today, fuckin swag pies. http://pieintheskybilpin.com/ big fluffy buttery pastry tops, huge chunky steak pieces that just melt away in your mouth, full flavored and thick gravy to match. wrap it up, georgie-pie-ailures. __________________ \|\|hellameke.com Image host of NZG pro's\|\|Tu meke Tu much\|\|

10th June 2013, 22:19	#325
Delphinus	I recall being able to get great pies back about 10 years ago from the local 4 square in South Taranaki. I think the name was Le Dasionee pies or something along those lines. They had the best ever chilli beef pies, or apple and blackberry. So delicious. Can't find them or anything close these days

10th June 2013, 22:56	#326
Lightspeed	Yeah, I reckon food quality has taken a dive. Like Aztec Corn Chips and CCs. Where's that good shit gone? Food supply has gone to shit, I swear. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

10th June 2013, 23:06	#327
mpx .	Aztec Corn Chips made the na-tu-ral way! I still remember those ads. We used to be able to buy them for lunch in intermediate school. I remember there was like, salsa flavour or something - godamn I loved that shit. Although I don't know if food was better then, or I was just a kid and loved anything that was deemed a treat and savoured it more than I do now.

10th June 2013, 23:29	#329
Kryten	Fuck, now I want a Ned Kelly from Andre's. At least I know what'll be for lunch tomorrow.

11th June 2013, 10:38	#332
aR Que	out? 621 and 635 are commonly the 3rd listed ingredient in salted goods.

11th June 2013, 10:57	#335
Cyberbob	Ah, MSG. The last generations "Vaccine = Autism" scare. __________________ ɹǝʌo sᴉ ǝɯɐƃ ʎɥʇ

21st June 2013, 19:00	#338
sackos	wow, almost 5 years to the day when i started this thread back in "08". I finally tried GP on Wednesday night and i had mixed emotions when taking my first bite. It resurrected the memories that were hidden in the banks of my brain of taking an ex-gf on a date only to show up at Georgie Pie in New Lynn and shouting her a rad mince'cheese combo before buying another couple pies to hide in my bag. Then the short walk to the movie theatre to watch Braveheart on the big screen......."FRRREEEEDDOOOMMM" I loved it, thought the pastry was better than back in the day. Seemed more flakey and tasted amazing when cold.

22nd June 2013, 00:51	#340
The Brad	hmmm To be honest it looks like what I remember. They were great as a $2 gap filler as a teen. But now for $4+ you can get better from a servo. Call it as I see it. __________________ the smutmonger formerly known as Saus

5th September 2013, 15:57	#343
Dweeb	So I've been living in Sydney now for just under a year and the lack of good pies in this country (that I have seen) is appalling. At least back in NZ you could go to a bakery and get a decent pie with good flaky pastry in most suburbs of Auckland and NZ. Went to Pie Face to try a pie and it is a shit version of Jesters. I never really got into the Jesters pies that much either. Reckon these clowns have a year tops in NZ as our Aussie counterparts just don't have the same amount of pie discrimination as we do back home.

5th September 2013, 16:19	#347
CCS Stunt Pants	Counter-counterpoint: asians fucking hate pie's face. HAAAIIIIYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! __________________ I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner?

5th September 2013, 17:59	#349
CCS Stunt Pants	__________________ I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner?

6th September 2013, 19:51	#350
MadMax Stuff	Yellow flakey crust, can only be ... Yarrows pie (baked locally) ftw __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

25th April 2014, 16:19	#351
The Edge	I had Pie Face today and thought it was okay. The mushroom and chicken tasted pretty good IMO. Pastry a little bit too flakey for my liking though. Last edited by The Edge : 25th April 2014 at 16:22.

22nd July 2014, 13:11	#352
CCS Stunt Pants	So... I thought I'd give the GP a second chance. Was the first one just a one-off shitty pie? I'm a fair guy. Maybe they've gotten better at pie making. I had another GP today. Verdict: still shit. Possibly even worse than before. Fuck all filling and the bulk of that filling is gravy. The pieces of mince seem even smaller. They're practically granules of meat floating in gravy. The taste was poor. At $4.50, this is bullshit. Tried it twice and it sucked both times. Never again. I've also tried these Pie Face pies that p01s0n is in love with. Maybe they make them much better in Aus, cos these Pie Face pies are pretty fucking average. I'd much rather have them over a Georgie Pie, but they're still fucking average compared to a bakery pie. Small pies, cost too much for what you get. Gimme my fucken golf ball of fat from the bakery any day, __________________ I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner?

22nd July 2014, 20:08	#354
chubby	ccs. i can totally respect your shit on pies though. GP wont improve,as it shouldn't,as it was always a cheap pie.that is what it is. good review. regarding pieface... no,they dont do it better over there.grossly over-rated in a kiwi context.the aussie pie as a whole is shit,until you get to about 15 bucks,and by then....well-i would fucking think so. __________________ "Take four red capsules, in ten minutes-take two more. Help is on the way."

22nd July 2014, 21:57	#356
madmaxii	Have been pleasantly surprised by the quality of the pies at BP service stations. Thai Chilli Chicken is great at $4.50 and full of real chicken without too much gravy. A+ __________________ Carpe Diem

23rd July 2014, 10:46	#358
Savage	Both myself and an old flatmate of mine used to flat on Rothery Rd, and then on Collie St, and both worked in Mt Wellington. Frequent lunch time excursions used to consist of racing each other home on the motorway to get to Hillpark Bakery for a pie, and a Mountaindew, then home for some Tekken before racing back to Mt Wellington again. Good times :P No visit back to South Auckland is complete without a Hillpark Bakery pie!