So I was in the UK to train IBM Hursley on our SAN products. Every morning I was there I went to this pastry shop to buy "Pasties" and "Pastries" for these IBM folks. Part of this bribery was to ensure that IBM staff members would attend my training. This place was so good that I walked from Winchester Hotel on the top of the hill to get to this place which is about 1.5 Kilometers. So did IBM attend? Yes. In fact, I felt like they didn't even care about the bloody training but they were there to eat my pasties and pastries.
A wee bit of knowledge I picked up was two fold; One: pastries and pasties are two different subspecies and Two: the origin of Pasties.
Pastries are what common folk in the US of A are used to --- donuts and danish type carbohydrates. Pasties on the other hand, are calzone like in nature and contain meat! OMG! Love at first sight. What a shocker to find meat inside these beautiful semicircles.
After indulging in two of these pasties, I proceeded to inquire about them. Now, according to an IBMer, I was informed that pasties actually used to be a lunch item back in the hay day of the UK. There were convenient for miners and laborers to eat since it was packaged in a handheld fashion.
Anyway, great place, great price(sans exchange rate) and friendly service. read more