SAMPLING SAVORY TREATS FROM DOWN UNDER.
AND WE ARE HAPPY TO REPORT THEY ARE DELICIOUS.
>> IN BOSTON, THERE ARE TWO CHOICES WHEN IT COMES TO AUSTRALIAN DUDE.
BOARD A LONG FLIGHT FOR THE LAND DOWN UNDER, OR SWI OVER TO THE EAST BOSTON SHIPYARD FOR THIS AUSSIE ORIGINA >> AS FAR AS AUSTRALIAN FOOD IN GENERAL, IT’S KO OR THE HIGHWAY.
KO PIES FILLS NICHE HE DISCOVERED WHEN HE SAILED INTO TOWN YEARS AGO.
>> THERE WERE NO MEAT PIES.
IT BECAME APPARENT SOMEBODY HAD TO EDIT MIGHT AS WELL BE ME.
>> HE SET UP SHOP IN SOUTH BOSTON, THEN IN THE RAPIDLY EXPANDING SHIPYARD WHERE HIS HANDMADE PIES HAVE A FAITHFU FOLLOWING, A TRUE TASTE OF AUSTRALIA, ALMOST.
>> YOU HAVE GOT TO BE BIGGER IN AUSTRALIA -- IN AMERICA AUSTRALIA HAS A WEIRD LAW ABOUT HOW MUCH MEAT CAN BE IN THEM, AND IT’S PRETTY PATHETIC.
ABOUT 30%.
I WOULD SAY HOURS ARE ABOUT 80%.
>> BIG SELLER?
BRAISED LAMB SHANK.
FOR US, IT IS IMPORTANT TO USE AUSTRALIAN LAM GROWING UP, LAMB WAS THE PRIMARY MEAT.
AND MEAT EATERS LO IT IT’S SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF OUR MATES COME IN, THEY JUST WANT A PIE THAT IS FULL OF VEGGIES.
>> FOR DARING MATES, THERE IS THIS.
THE FLOATER.
HI STOPPED WITH -- TOPPED WITH MASHED POTATOES, MINTED PEAK CURE AND GRAVY -- PEA PUREE AND GRAVY.
>> THIS IS THE THING THAT PUT US ON THE MAP.
>> THAT MARCH 14, THE DAY THEY CELEBRATE MATHEMATICA PI DAY, THE SYMBOL DENOTING THE INFINITE NUMBER.
>> WE DO A SPECIAL WHERE WE DO ANY THREE PIES FOR $14, WHICH IS A BARGAIN.
OUR RECORD IS 1100 PIES.
RECENTLY, WHEN BRUSH FIRES SWEPT ACROSS HIS HOMELAND, HE ORGANIZED A FUNDRAISER.
>> MYSELF 30 OTH CHEFS, ETC.
HELD AN INCREDIBLE FUNDRAISER.
WE HAD ABOUT 400 ATTENDEES.
IT WILL FOREVE LIVE IN THE MEMORIES OF AUSTRALIA FOR HOW KIND THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON ARE.
>> IT REMAINS A COZY CORNER AMIDST THE GLASS AND STEEL OF TODAY’S MODERN KENDALL SQUARE.
THE FORMER HUNGRY MOTHER, KNOWN FOR ITS SOUTHERN COOKING, HAS CHANGED ITS NAME AND MENU TO HIGHLIGHT FRENCH CANADIAN DISHES.
>> PUTIN IS ON A LOT OF TABLES AS A FIRST COURSE OR SIDE DISH.
VERY TRADITIONAL.
NO FLO GRAU OR RABBIT GARNISHING THE CHEES KURDS, JUST CHEESE KURDS, GRAVY AND FRIES.
>> THE CONCEPT IS ROOTED IN HER FAMILY HISTORY.
>> THE FRENCH-CANADIAN THING SEEMED TO WORK BECAUSE IT MATCHED THE SPACE WELL AND WE HAD A GOOD STORY AND SOME FAMILY RECIPES TO GO WITH IT.
HER MATERNAL GREAT-GRANDPARENTS NEVER MADE IT TO JIM ENGLAND, LIKE SO MANY OTHERS WHO CAME TO WORK IN THE MILLS.
BUT THEIR TRADITIONS LIVE ON.
MY FAMILY MAKES THE MEAT PIE AT THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR’S, WHICH IS PRETTY TRADITIONAL.
AT MY HOUSE, WE MAKE IT WITH PORK AND VEAL, HERE AT THE RESTAURANT WE DO IT A LITTLE MOREHEFFY WITH VENISON.
>> SERVED NOT JUST DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
I’M PRETTY SURE THE OLDER FRENCH CANADIANS WOULD BE ROLLING OVER THEIR GRAVES TO KNOW WE ARE SERVING MEAT PIE IN JULY.
ANOTHER SPECIALTY, A PORK SPREAD TOP WITH MAPLE SYRUP AND FIND.
>> THERE IS FRENCH-CANADIAN CHEESE.
>> WE HAVE GRAY OWL HER A GOAT CHEESE WITH VEGETABLE ASH RIND FROM DEMO SQUAD, QUEBEC -- FROM QUEBEC.
AND EVEN WINE.
WE HAVE A FEW FRENCH-CANADIAN PRODUCERS.
THEY ARE DOING RED AND WHITE WINES IN QUEBEC.
AT THE BAR, COCKTAILS ARE POURED IN THE SPIRIT OF NORTHERN COME -- QUEBEC.
WHAT YOU CAN SAY IS THIS HIDEAWAY HAS BEEN DISCOVERED.
>> A LOT OF FRENCH CANADIANS AT THE DOOR.
THE CANADIAN EMBASSY KNOWS ABOUT US SO THEY DO SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE MEAT PIES.
WE ARE HAPPY TO BE A PLACE THAT FRENCH CANADIANS AND FANS OF MONTREAL AND QUEBEC CAN COME AND BEGIN -- DIG IN.
ANOTHER REMINDER THAT THIS PROGRAM WAS FILMED PRIOR TO SOCIAL DISTANCING.
KO PIES IS OFFERING TAKE-OUT AND DELIVERY AND THE CAFE IS GOING BY THE NAME VINCENT’S GROCERY CAN A THROWBACK TO AN OLD-TIME GROCERY STORE THAT OCCUPIED SPACE BEFORE IT WAS CONVERTED TO
THE RESTAURANT.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO THE CAFE WILL ONCE AGAIN WELCOME DINE