Jeff and Todd

Jeff and Todd

Where it all began...

  1. So Jeff and I love a good pie. Travelling as we do with Osler, now and again we've had the chance to sample the local fare. Not the mass produced variety, but the little bundles of love you can only get in a local pie shop or bakery.
  2. This all started as a running joke. As we made our way back up the Bruce Highway to the Sunshine Coast after yet another Brisbane trip, we passed "The World Famous Beefy's Pies". Resisting the urge, we vowed to save our Beefy's for a special occasion, perhaps our first sale. Everytime we passed Beefy's en route to home, we gazed longingly out the window, the car almost steering itself down the offramp. But we held firm, even when our colleagues threatened to sabotage our mission.
  3. With our first sale behind us it was time to break our duck. Beefy's didn't disappoint. In the glorious afternoon sunshine in May, Jeff tucked into a chunky beef, while I got stuck into my favorite, a steak, bacon and cheese. Mmmmmm.

    1. And so it began. Our mission now to document our Pie Cruise as we travel our home state, our nation and the world at large.
    2. Our mission? A parallel, cross-over systematic analysis of selected pie shops in our Osler journey

      Below you can follow our journey in reverse chronological order

      If you have a suggestion for our blog, please feel free to send it to todd.fraser@oslertechnology.com

Saturday 3 September 2016

Barcelona, Spain

  1. Dateline : 30 August 2016
  2. Steve, Jeff and I are in Barcelona to present a poster at the AMEE conference, the peak industry meeting for medical educators world-wide. Its an exciting opportunity for us, and we've had a big week chatting to people from all over the world. 
  3. I've spent the week on Google trying to find somewhere in Barcelona to endulge in a "Pastis Carn", all to no avail. I'm beginning to think this leg of our journey is going to come up bare. Jeff suggests the Irish pub, but I just don't think that's cool.
  4. It's time for a bit of R+R.
  5. The old city of Barcelona is incredibly beautiful. Free from official duties this glorious late summer afternoon, Jeff and I catch a tourist bus around some of the sites, before alighting at the top of La Rambla. This famous tree-lined avenue stretches out before us like a river of life, seething with humanity as the locals come out to play in the evening sunshine. Everywhere you look are centuries old alley-ways and placas to explore. Wandering through the narrow laneways that branch out from the main thoroughfare, you can almost hear history's echos calling from the stoney walls.
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  7. There's no shortage of wandering to do as we explore churches and markets, shops and squares. 
  8. And suddenly, there it is! Our mission lies dead ahead in the tiny shop window!
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  10. These little beauties are called Empanama Argentina - spiced mince, onions, olives and red peppers, encased in an ever-so-slightly sweet pastry crust. Delicioso!
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  12. It's just the right size to stop the worms biting while we have a bit more of a poke around without spoiling our dinner, so Jeff and I both give it a 4.5
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  14. I'm presuming this is the Spanish equivalent of tomato sauce?
  15. Meandering on, we eventually find Steve camped in a winebar in yet another stunning Placa in the El Born district. It couldn't be a better punctuation mark on our week in Spain.
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