Perryman's Bakery - North Adelaide

An icon in Adelaide and to be discovered on this side street.  Little lunch on a Tuesday and I had a sausage roll and custard fruit flan, and a Farmers Union Iced Coffee (of course! .  I squatted to eat on the little bench inside and enjoyed each item.  The custard fruit flan was delicious.  A treat to visit this place and to see the recurring long queue of people coming to eat!

2nd visit<br/ <br/ Went back today and had a Cornish Pasty that reminded me of the ones my Grandma used to make. So, so good.<br/ <br/ But dear  Lord almighty! The Beesting! Oh my goodness gracious! Just a thing of wonder!<br/ _____________________________________________<br/ Pretty much a part of Adelaide History, Perryman's has been churning out the baked goods for nearly 100 years and even though the original family sold it a few years back (after three generations) they're still using the original recipes, many of them from a German background.<br/ <br/ Their pies and pasties are smaller than those from most places pocket pies and pasties. I've heard two stories about this. One is that just after Perryman's started out the Great Depression hit and by making smaller pies and pasties more people could afford to buy them. The other is that Perryman's used to supply lunches to the kids at North Adelaide Primary School next door and the things are kid's lunch sized. whatever the reason their savoury baked goods are delicious and just the right size to eat two.<br/ <br/ We also had a egg salad roll, with lots of filling in the freshest of real bread. A really delicious thing.<br/ <br/ Go and find them in the far end of Tynte Street and enjoy. By the way, the cakes and the bread look absolutely sensational!

Beesting, I sing. That is how wonderfully scrumptious Perryman 's Beesting buns are. I wasn 't expecting much either. Well I knew it was a bakery and that was a good start but they sit in the low 3s but boy howdy those buns were certainly the funs. <br/ <br/ Perryman 's is a small bakery, but that is how I like them. Unassuming, out of the way, sweet really. It even has a small butcher across the road and a candle stick maker 2 doors down*. The range is small but very German in offering. They bake some breads and some bread sticks and some gourmets. I queried what a gourmet was as they all looked pretty stock standard and my reply was ' 'what ever you want gourmet to be '. I liked this, this little bit of banter, I 'm not sure she really understood why the bread was gourmet either but at $2.50 more then a normie I decided against the gourmeter.<br/ <br/ But the beesting, fantastic, really, I don 't want to credit Krispy Kreme as doing some good buns but I have to admit when you eat one you want more (surprisingly hard sometimes considering the sugar and the cream). Perryman 's beestings just left me wanting more. I almost went back the next day to get one. If the beesting is anything to go on the rest should be amazing but I will wait and see and keep you posted. <br/ <br/ Besting out....ah, I mean Justin out.<br/ <br/ Why am I outing myself, thats not cool.<br/ <br/ *no candle stick maker exist in or around the butcher and the baker but when there use your imagination. I am sure a hipster is melting down crayons from their youth and casting them in reindeer shaped moulds somewhere nearby.

My mum always took me here when I was going to Barker kindy! The little pasties are gorgeous especially the cheese and veg as are the tiny pies. I remember getting the little jam pastries when I was 4 and they are still making them. Staff are always lovely. A favorite local for me.

I love Perryman's!. I really love Perryman's! I love the small pies! They are a perfect size and taste amazing! I love the cakes and I regularly get these and bring them into work (I secretly pretend that I make them myself! and they are always a hit! Sometimes the deserts/little cakes etc aren't that amazing, but I don't mind because at least they are not mass produced like most bakeries! The staff are always lovely!