I love pie. There I said it. Pie is the best part of Thanksgiving. Fight me! The magic of a filling inside of a flaky pastry just fills me with joy, whether the filling is sweet or savory! So when I heard that Angela Pinkerton from Che Fico was doing a pandemic pie pop-up, I knew I was going to have to try it. I was very tempted the one time I went to Theorita (before it closed), but their burger really filled me up, and I always planned on going back for pie. I never made it.
It’s a fairly simple process. Go online and choose a location from San Francisco or the East Bay for pick-up. Then choose a location, choose a pie, and choose a pickup date. Pre-pay and pick up on your day! It really couldn’t be easier. My pie of choice? Passionfruit with bay leaf meringue. I love a lemon meringue and passionfruit meringue sounded heavenly.
It was not a standard pastry pie crust, but instead crumbled ginger biscuits which added quite a nice element to the pie. Meringue pies can be quite sweet, but the meringue layer was small. I was worried that there may be too much of a passionfruit layer, but there was that third bay leaf cream layer. To be honest, I think I would have prefered more meringue and more passionfruit so the whole pie had a bit more zing, but it was a damn good pie!
I’m definitely tempted to get another in the future. Why not? We’re in the middle of a global pandemic, so pie clearly seems like something to get me through the days! The pies available seem like they are constantly changing, so there are always new options available!
Score: 4/5
