What is "pie floater"

n. A meat pie served floating in a bowl of thick green pea soup.

The pie floater is an Australian dish particularly common in Adelaide and, to a lesser degree, Sydney. It commonly consists of a traditional Australian-style meat pie, usually sitting, but sometimes submerged (sometimes upside down) in a bowl of thick pea soup made from Blue boiler peas . It is usually garnished with tomato sauce, and the consumer may also add mint sauce, salt, pepper and/or malt vinegar to personal preference. The pie floater is usually purchased in the street from pie-carts as a late evening meal.

Anthony Bourdain, Joe Cocker, Billy Connolly, Nigel Mansell, Shane Warne and Angus Young are high profile fans of the pie floater.

In 2003, the pie floater was recognized as a South Australian Heritage Icon by the National Trust of Australia, but now available at a very few locations, one being the Café de Vilis.