What’s Your Go-To Aussie Comfort Food?
Posted by: Prad
12th Apr 2025 07:05pm
G’day, mates! ☕ Let’s settle this once and for all—what’s your ultimate Aussie comfort food? Is it a classic meat pie with tomato sauce, a Vegemite toast soldier, or maybe a golden chicken parmy with a side of chips? Share your pick and why it hits the spot!
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breville
My comfort food in winter is a bowl of homemade chicken soup, with a crusty roll. Makes me feel warm and cosy.
Ellie32290128
Cheese toast with Tomato and avocado soup on winter nights
wendel
Nothing typically Aussie, other than Timtams, anything with chocolate, I go to chocolate coated peanuts for a sweet snack. Timtams are like the English Penguin chocolate bars.
rebcarmel
I also reach for the chocolate when I need comfort food
cazter
My ultimate Aussie comfort food would need to be chocolate for the endorphins.
Genie11
Sooooop! As soon as the Wintery chills set in, my mind turns to hearty soups!! Sudden chilly nights and several cold days recently and you would think a switch was flicked here in Melbourne because Winter announced itself! So soup days are here again!! Made a de-licious Sweet potato with red Thai curry paste and coconut milk this week. Last week was a fabulous minestrone! Serve both with crusty sourdough or Turkish bread - and yummo!!!!
Soups are good! They’re healthy! They hit the spot and they’re comforting somehow!! Funny that in Summer, soup would be the last thing on my mind to make!
bearman
My comfort food is a tin of condensed milk boiled to turn it into caramel. Scoop this into a short-crust pastry flan, add icecream and whipped cream; Yum and blow the calories!
Rosalyn3270
Bangers and mash with gravy
PGS
:D
johnlmac1956
I love Vegemite on raisin bread, try it before you say it, it really is that good.
I also like a good home made (by me) lemon meringue pie, with a puckery lemon curd.
Sahida31983077
Breakky wrap
ab
Hi Prad
This is a tough one (and I don't think you'll settle anything), I draw comfort from many foods which wrap me up in heart-warming memories. If my 'back is to the wall' and I have to decide, I'll go with a nice Cottage Pie. :P
Bigbear
On all my leisure roadtrips we always stop at all the town bakeries without fail to enjoy a good pie or a sausage roll with sauce, also the omnipresent iconic vanilla slices, custard tarts, lamingtons, cream buns and jam filled donuts.
We also seek out take-aways that make potato scallops during our roadtrip stopovers.
Rosalyn3270
oh yes these are really good too
PGS
I generally look for the Vietnamese bakeries... Banh Mi is ideal.
BCafeS15
Can’t go past a chicken party. Easy taste substantial humbling filling. Tasty
peaky
Nice roast and veges and cheesecake for desert will do me
jules 1
I would have to say a meat pie, chips, and mushy peas. Also, the good old lamington is certainly one of my favorite cakes.
Burnt Out Digger
I Like lamington cake with jam in the middle
Glenn60
Hump night house special pizza across from home- order on commute home and delivered just after getting home, change clothes, TV on etc...
Danni30723977
Choosing the ultimate Aussie comfort food is a tough call, but I'd have to go with the classic meat pie with tomato sauce. There's something incredibly satisfying about the flaky pastry and savory meat filling, especially when topped with a dollop of tangy tomato sauce. It's perfect for any occasion, whether you're at a footy game or just enjoying a casual meal. The combination of flavors and textures makes it a quintessential Aussie dish that hits the spot every time!
site77
My Pick: The Meat Pie
It’s humble, it’s hearty, it’s portable—whether you're at the MCG or a servo in the Outback, the meat pie is king. Plus, it has that beautiful Aussie quali
dee
Muesli with fruit yoghurt.
Tuzy
Don't think there is any such thing as Aussie comfort food. Comfort food is just that whatever it is and mine tend to be something sweet.
PGS
Agree
no name
My break out food is thick wedges with lots of salt and vinegar. Cardiologists' nightmare, my idea of bliss!
Angieg
A good quality meat pie (with tomato sauce of course), chocolate donut and iced coffee ... can't get more Aussie than that!
mymonkey
Toast with peanut butter and honey...definitely my binge moment food
michele49
Definitely lamingtons...just enjoying one now with some whipped cream ... fabulous!
Ellessri
Vegemite toast for me!
JDB
I love pavlova or just plain vegemite on toast
pumikin
My cheese mix on toast - cheese, bacon, onion, pepper mixed with an egg then grilled on toast. Simple but delicious!
r23
G’day legends!
Tough call, but I’ve gotta go with the chicken parmy with chips—can’t beat that crispy schnitty smothered in sauce and cheese. It’s the perfect pub feed after a long day, and when those chips are hot and crunchy? Game over.
Honourable mention to the meat pie at the footy though—pure Aussie nostalgia in every bite! 🇦🇺🍽️
Bella4927
Definitely a cheese & bacon pie with tomato sauce on a cold winters day, nothing warms your belly better.
For dessert a good apple pie with custard.
Bob
For me, nothing beats a small bakery meat pie, they are delicious and wholesome.
MRfuzzy
A Wagon Wheel biscuit
GarryM
I love a bahn mi at lunch.
After dinner I like chocolate.
johnlmac1956
What part of Banh Mi is Australian ??????!!!!
John3259
My go to is Vietnamese, the mighty bahn mi.
johnlmac1956
What part of Banh Mi is Australian ??????!!!!
chnichols82
Cheese toasties!!! Everyone loves a cheese toastie, including kids!!
jtmorri
Original Tim Tams. I connect them with good times with my family when I was growing up. The Tim Tam slam on a cold winter's night. 😊
mare
Lamingtons are the go
Noels1968
I love pea and ham soup with crusty rolls for cold winter meals, a chicken snitty with Diane sauce and chips for autumn and spring meals, and I love anything with salad for the hotter months.