Ah, my first pie review. This is what it’s all about – having a blog that gives me an excuse to eat pie.
For my first review, I decided to try Pacific Pie Co. for a couple reasons:
1. They just opened the doors a few weeks ago (although they’ve been around in a catering capacity longer)
2. Tradiationally speaking, I haven’t eaten a lot of savory pie in my life (because I’m American as Apple Pie), but I want to expand my horizons.
My plan was to try their Beef & Stout, which is made with beer from local brewers at Laurelwood. However, I came in on January 22, the day before National Pie Day, which meant lots of media exposure for the new pie shop. Drew Carney himself, Portland’s favorite out and about TV reporter visited that day, so that helped it be the busiest day yet for the shop, which is awesome!
As a result, they had run out of the Beef & Stout at the time, so I instead elected to go with the Creamy Chicken, their take on the classic Chicken Pot Pie. The filling included free range chicken & organic peas and carrots all in a creamy white sauce.
In my reviews, I’ll keep it simple with three categories: Presentation, Crust, Filling and an Overall score, which is a 1-5 slice of pie scale (5 being the top score) – so here we go!
Pie Profile: Creamy Chicken, Pacific Pie Co. – Portland, OR
Presentation: The pies are sold in a personal size, which is just about the perfect amount of food for a person. They indicate the type of pie by placing a piece of dough shaped like the animal/vegetable/etc. that is the key ingredient on top. It is both pleasing to the eye and tasty. The pie is served on a simple white plate, which I find quite tasteful as well; it really places the focus on what’s important, the gorgeous PIE.
Crust: Beautiful looking crust, perfectly golden. Excellent level of flakiness. The edge of the top crust also had just a little more crispiness, which is my favorite part of a pie, when done right.
Filling: Chalk full of tasty chicken and when you can find a way for me to eat all of my peas and carrots, you must be doing something right. The sauce was a really nice consistency, not too runny & not too thick. Very tasty and very simple – really lets the quality ingredients speak for themselves.
Overall score: I’m giving it five out five slices. I haven’t had a lot of meat pies in my life, but this made me realize what I’ve been missing out on. I will definitely be returning to Pacific Pie Co. located at 609 SE Ankeny St, Suite C, Portland, OR.
Notes: The owners, Sarah Curtis-Fawley and Chris Powell were both working when I came in & they made the Australian meat-pie experience even more authentic, not only because of Chris’s accent, but also because of they are genuinely friendly folks!
Their story of how they got to this point is quite interesting, I won’t rehash it, but I will tell you that it includes learning the tricks of the trade in Australia, mountain biking, and a cross-country drive from Philadelphia to Portland! Underthetablewithjen.com has a great post about Sarah and Chris, and the Pacific Pie Co. blog itself will help you get to know these pie-entrepreneurs better.
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