Proof in the pastry for sausage roll

IT’S a long way to the shop if you want a sausage roll so, once you get there, how much are you prepared to pay? And is the sauce extra, or even necessary?

BB was forced to ponder these important questions after they were raised at the Property Council’s Gold Coast market outlook lunch at The Star yesterday.

Knight Frank Gold Coast partner Tania Moore broached the subject during a speech about the challenges posed to traditional tourism and retail centres by trendy new food and beverage operators spreading south and taking advantage of cheap rents and strong patronage.

“A good demonstration is one of my colleagues who frequents one of our most popular cafes, The Paddock Bakery in Miami, that sells one of the most expensive sausage rolls on the Gold Coast,” she said.

Ms Moore later clarified it was $10, which must make it one extraordinary sausage roll.

BB asked the colleague in question, James Branch, what made this roll so good.

“The test is can you eat it without barbecue or tomato sauce?” Mr Branch said. This homemade pork, pistachio and apple sausage roll needs no sauce, according to Mr Branch, making it “bloody good”.

We’re sure he is using sound logic but the BB budget does not stretch that far.

We would suggest The Paddock send some to us for a taste test, however we are, of course, not into such shameless pleas for freebies.