Harry's Pies

My trip to Melbourne on Friday started at the domestic terminal at Sydney airport. Having not had a chance to grab a bite at work during my lunch hour, I made my way towards Harry's Cafe de Wheels for a pie (pictured left). This particular delicacy (The Tiger pie) is a Sydney insitution. It consists of an Australian style meat pie with a generous portion of mash potatoes, mushy peas and gravy. Harry's Cafe de Wheels has been serving pies down by the Wooloomaloo wharf since 1938 and have started to branch out with new stores in a number of retail locations. My mate Jay's (who is a lightweight and spewed everywhere after a few beers around Clerkenwell) wife happens to be the NSW franchise manager and oversees the management of the domestic terminal store. She also happens to be my little mate Riley's mum, but that's another story!

After wolfing down the pie I hit up the terminals taphouse for a schooner of James Squire Amber Ale. I am pretty sure this is being brewed with a lager yeast now, and the beer is definitely not better for it. It was in proper real keg format though, so freshness and condition was guaranteed. I also managed to catchup on the latest edition of Chemistry in Australia whilst waiting for my plane and drinking my pseudo ale.

Overall Sydney domestic is leaps and bounds ahead of the soulless JDW infested ghettos that mark the UK airport scene. Sydney domestic offered a relaxed, fine dining, vinegar free start to my weekend break - just what I needed.