Walked into the bakery that had a few locals lined up at the counter. All those ahead of me were…read moreasked if they were eating there, or taking away, and then consequently served their item on plates.
When I finally got to front of the queue, and ordered an steak and onion pie, sausage roll, custard slice and a barista brothers iced coffee, there was no greeting, no would you like to eat here, just the item shuffled into take away bags, and "that'll be $15.90". When I asked for a tax receipt, you'd think I'd insulted their lineage from the look I got.
On sitting to eat, I found that the sausage roll had the thinnest pastry conceivable, which barely covered the miserly portion of filling. The filling was flavored/over-powered with way too much mixed herbs, and not a lot else.
The pie, despite looking okay in the pie warmer, turned out to be half the height of a standard Mrs Mac's servo pie, and although marketed as "steak and onion", had no trace of steak in it, merely a thin layer inside the pastry of brown jelly with more mixed herbs, some onion flakes and barely enough minced "mystery" meat to distinguish it from the jelly.
In disgust I turned to drinking my iced coffee, only to find that not only was it out of date, but had started to curdle. Incidentally the curdled milk taste wasn't strong enough to wipe out the mixed herbs taste.
The custard slice was the only saving grace, and even then, it was only the filling that was actually any good.
Now, I know I'm in rural Australia, and can't expect to find Michelin quality food, but if you're going to charge higher than city prices for food, it should at least be edible. Not to mention actually contain steak if you're selling it as such.
All up, clearly the owners/staff aren't interested in having out-of-town'ers in here, and from the quality of their food, the only reason they're still in business is because it's the only bakery in the town.
