A delicacy from Bolton, UK. It is any form of pasty/pie(though often your basic meat & potato) sandwiched on a (preferably buttered) barm cake. Available at all good Hampsons & Greenhalgh's stores in Bolton, though elsewhere in the country often requires specific instructions in the construction. You do lose some flavour of the pasty/pie, but you increase the munch factor. Pie barms can also be a messy eat.
"oi.. james, shall we go the pie shop for a pie barm?"
"yeah... what pie you having?"
"steak and onion"
"nice choice!"
"butter?"
"yeah you can't have a pie barm without butter."
A Bolton variant on the wigan kebab. It is any form of pasty (though often your basic meat & potato) sandwiched on a (preferably buttered) barm cake. Available at all good Hampsons & Greenhalgh's stores in Bolton, though elsewhere in the country often requires specific instructions in the construction. You do lose some flavour of the pasty, but you increase the munch factor.