Bakery bliss
Ask 5 people about their fave pasty/pie bakery and you'll get 5 different answers. And why is it that most of them will be out of the city? Must be the clean air, the relaxed lifestyle, the small town dedication to pasty perfection? Whatever! My personal South Australian favourite has always been Pt Elliot bakery and I have never been swayed by minor deviations to Mylor or Echunga or Mt Barker. I still don't know how Willunga Bakery had slipped by my attention despite it being personally recommended by various market goers and bush walkers.
Post Saturday morning Willunga Farmer's Market the joint was heaving, every nook and cranny stuffed with families relishing oozing pies and buttery pasties. The fresh baked smell wafted outside and lured us in. We succumbed to a vegetarian pasty to share - just for research purposes, nothing could ever compare or be as good as Pt Elliot...Well I stand corrected - in a scale of 1-10 - 10 being pasty perfection we scored it 9/10.
Absolutely worth the deviation off the Victor Harbor Road if you're heading south however don't leave it too late in the day as the hungry hoards of market goers, Saturday sporting Mum and Dad chauffeurs and local footballers and netballers make short work of the steaming, fresh out the oven pastries.
PS we also bought a crunchy, chewy and very moreish french stick (note to self - get out of bed earlier if you want to buy bread from Willunga market) to eat for our picnic lunch (post pasty appetizer) - also highly recommended. read more