Right next door to Queenstown’s famous Ferburger joint is its sister company Fergbaker. Also a one off, this is a cute little bakery which has lots of goodies on offer – from pies to sausage rolls to macarons to tarts and even slices of cake!
It was definitely the perfect place to go on that cold autumn’s night and needing a hit of warm, hearty food.
The counter with an array of foods on offer. You even get to have a sneak peak at the kitchen where all the goods are baked.
What lures me into this bakery is that smell of freshly baked pastries. I can’t explain it to you but it makes me weak in the knees and makes my eyes roll to the back of my head. On the first visit I get the Lamb Shank Pie $6.50 NZD.
The price is a bit steep for a pie but every single bite is worth every single cent. Innards include succulent and tender New Zealand lamb shank braised over night in a lamb gravy. Ohhhhh it was absolutely wonderful.
Finito – so good that I ate even the flakey bits of pastry that fell off the pie..
Visit #2 brings me to the Prawn & Chorizo pie $6.50 NZD. The word chorizo always makes my insides tingle so I knew I just had to get this one. I couldn’t wait to dig in!
One big bite and although the pastry was amazingly flakey and melted in your mouth, the filling wasn’t quite what I had expected. It was still jam packed with flavour but I just couldn’t pin point what it was that made it different. It didn’t wow me as much as the lamb shank pie and I think that’s what set my expectations so high.
The innards look amazing doesn’t it? But just look at that pastry! Don’t think I know of a place in Sydney that does anything like it.
We also opt for the pork sausage roll $4.00 NZD. A very tasty sausage roll it was. There was a lot more meat content as only ground shoulder and pork belly was used. You could definitely tell that they were made with love.
A great filling inside some mouth watering pastry. You seriously can’t ask for more.
Just like Fergburger, Fergbaker is definitely a hit. It specialises in baked goods and if there were one in Sydney I think I’d make a visit nearly every day…..
Fergbaker
40 Shotover Street
Queenstown, New Zealand
Look at that flakey pastry on the pie! I had a sausage roll for lunch today but it was obviously nowhere near as good as the one you had.
I usually don’t buy sausage rolls but this one was good!
The puff pastry at this place looks incredible. Shame about the Chorizo one though… you’d wonder how that one went wrong. I think it does sound a lot for a pie however even a nasty subway sandwich is $7.00 so I suppose good puff is worth more
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It was pricey but for the taste and flavor and overall satisfaction, it was worth it! ;)
i havent had a sausage roll since i finished HS! ahh…i recall the cup noodle/potato pie/sausage roll lunches for 6 long years. i should give sausage roll another try
I think so too! Pork and fennel at Bourke st ;)
One day I will get to this place… it’s on my list!
Pies and sausage rolls are my weakness. I could definitely eat a few of these. What wonderful looking pastry and such variety in the fillings xx
I remember being obsessed about pies and sausage rolls at parties. I know party pies and party sausage rolls are full of bad stuff but I can’t help but eat too much of it!
All the pies and sausages look really good.
They taste better than it looks lol
Oh, man. That sausage roll looks epic! I try to limit my sausage roll eating… for the sake of my heart and my jeans… but that one would be hard to resist!
I suppose if we made our own we could eat and not feel guilty? :D
Oh my! This is one if those “what took them so long?” moments!!! I’m a big fan of fergburger and your post is so exciting! Def will visit in August!
And make sure you visit the bakery next door as well. Simply amazing!
THEY HAVE A BAKERY NOW??!?!?!?! OMG!!!
I’m visiting Queenstown in August. Fergburger was amazing enough – can’t wait to try the bakery!!!
Haha well I went for the first time in march and fergbaker looked like it had been there a while? Shame there is no seating