SloCo Pasty Company

Do you know what a pasty is?  I'm not talking about the stick-on kind you find in places where the girls jiggle.  I'm talking about little pastries that you can find in Cornwall, or here on the Central Coast.

past·y/ˈpastē/

Noun:

A folded pastry case filled with seasoned meat and vegetables.

This does not begin to describe the little pouches of deliciousness that you get at the Pasty Company. Located in downtown San Luis Obispo, the Pasty Company overlooks the historic San Luis Obispo Mission and if you're not looking for it, you might miss it.

Aaron and I go to the San Luis Obispo Farmer's Market just about every Thursday.  Not only does it have  dozens of booths of fresh, local produce, many of the local restaurants come out and set up stalls with their culinary offerings.  I happened to see the Pasty Company and decided to try it out.

I've had a few of their pasties now including the traditional pasty called the Oggy.  With steak, potatoes, rutabaga, onions and a hint of rosemary, it is what you would typically get in a Cornish Pasty in Cornwall.  According to Wikipedia

The traditional Cornish pasty, which has Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status in Europe,^[2] is filled with beef, sliced or diced potato, swede (also known as a yellow turnip or rutabaga) and onion, seasoned with salt and pepper, and is baked. Today, the pasty is the food most associated with Cornwall regarded as its national dish, and accounts for 6% of the Cornish food economy. Pasties with many different fillings are made; some shops specialise in selling all sorts of pasties.

 The great thing about the SloCo Pasty Company is that they offer pasties with a california twist.  They offer a Tri-tip pasty which is something you would only find here on the Central Coast.  (Tri-tip, by the way, is a whole article unto itself)  The Aporkrodite with porkloin, feta cheese, gorgonzola cheese, cream cheese, bacon and chives is a creamy delicious concoction that really is love at first bite.  Their vegetarian options are also delicious and a nice lower calorie options.  What really makes these pasties delicious, to me, are the sauces they are served with.  Most of them come with either the red wine sauce that is sumptuous and rich or the gorgonzola cream sauce that is creamy and tangy.  Both sauces compliment their respective pasties perfectly.

Even little Ryan likes the pasties.  Their dessert menu features a Peanut Butter, Jelly, and Banana pasty that is just perfect for little fingers, after it cools of course.  The dessert one usually feeds him for two meals and heats up nicely in the toaster oven.  I've stolen a couple bites and the PBJ&B dessert pasty quite delicious.

As if the pasty isn't enough, they serve a fresh broccoli slaw on the side with dried cranberries, sliced almonds, and a light, peanut dressing.  Order a nice Magner's irish cider on the side and it is truly a perfect meal.

SloCo Pasty Company
1032 Chorro Street
San Luis Obispo, CA