Its quite an achievement growing up in Sydney and being over 30 when you make your first visit to Harry’s Cafe de Wheels. I’m not sure how I managed it to be quite frank but this night I stood before the pie cart (OK its more a caravan than a little cart) thinking “Oh yes, its been a long time coming but I’m finally here!”. Even at 6.30pm on a Sunday night there are plenty of people sitting on the wooden benches nearby eating pies and hot dogs and staring off into the view of the harbour and the gigantic shark coloured navy boats.
The caravan boasts a wide range of celebrity pie eaters such as Pamela Anderson (being a vegetarian, I’m guessing she didn’t have the famous pie floater) and more recently Adrian Grenier from Entourage. And in tribute to the nearby sailors that have undoubtedly consumed thousands of the pies, there is a mural of a sailor kissing a woman in a pink dress as well as a mural of the flag and the Harbour bridge to lure tourists.
Making up my mind is simple, I simply must have a pie floater or what is here a “Tiger”: a meat pie with mash, green peas and gravy ($5.30) named after the founder Harry “Tiger” Edwards. Seeing other people eat the huge, stuffed full hot dogs, we also order the Hot Dog de Wheels ($5.30), essentially, a hot dog with the lot and by the lot we mean the lot. Both helpfully provided with a fork and I have to eat a pie with a fork and given the presence of so much topping, you’d be risking a sartorial nightmare to try and bite into it.
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