PIE!

Sydney is not particularly well-known for its street food, and the only street food really available are meat pies, generally served from pie carts around the city. I am most fortunate to live by a Sydney pie institution, Harry's Cafe de Wheels in Woolloomooloo. It is so near my apartment that on Saturdays, I generally have to walk past the place about 6 times. There is rarely a time on a sunny afternoon that there isn't a crowd outside tucking into their "world-famous" pies, and I've even seen coachfuls of Japanese tourists being ferried there to enjoy pie en masse.

They are most famous for their "Tiger" combo - meat pie with mash, mushy peas and gravy, all piled up high:
And the verdict? Well, the mash, mushy peas, and gravy combo is unbeatable, particularly if eaten slightly tipsy after a night out. But obviously, what you're interested in is the quality of the pie. I have found in general that pies in Sydney are made to survive nuclear disasters - the pastry is generally so thick, and butter does not seem to go anywhere near the making of the pastry. I normally eat the top and leave the rest:

The pie fillings on the whole are better than the pastry, but again, designed for a nuclear disaster. Whatever you have (beef pie, chicken & mushroom pie), pies here are generally really over-salted and over-peppered, probably because there is no edible pastry to balance it all out. How I miss Square Pie in Spitalfields Market...