Melbourne is an incredible food city and we're very excited to
be here we're filming a three-part series we're going to be showing
such neat places to eat local places off the beaten path places we used to live here so we know
Melbourne very well the food scene is incredible we're gonna eat so well while we're filming here
I'm Thomas and I'm Sheena and we're Chasing a Plate we hope you're hungry let's eat [Music]
we're kicking off in South Melbourne we're at the South Melbourne Market this place has been
around since 1867 and I love it here it's full of colour delicious fresh produce there's some great
delis bakeries coffee we're here for pastry we're going to Agathe Patisserie this place
does amazing French pastries but lucky we're here on a weekday because on the weekend the line is
long but it does move quickly there's this great window where you can see all of the action in the
kitchen them making the pastry the pastries baking and now look at this Hi how are you
look at this deliciousness
see ya and we're going to grab a quick coffee to go with the pastries sit out here it's a super
sunny day so I'm very much looking forward to these insane looking pastries and a cup of coffee
way to start the day sitting in the sun with a pandan flan in front of me I couldn't resist
pandan is one of my favourite flavours so I've got pandan egg custard in the middle of this croissant
basket this is what Agathe Patisserie is famous for they do traditional French pastries with a
twist so you'll find flavors like pandan Ube or purple yam something a little bit different
hmm look at that
so creamy the pastry is super flaky buttery did you hear that crunch and then the flan
creamy as it has a beautiful pandan flavour if you've never had pandan before
it's like the vanilla of the East so it's used to flavour a lot of Southeast
Asian desserts it is a stunning flavour oh wow sitting here pastry hot drink
I'm a happy woman pear chocolate chip almond Frangipani filling for me
oh wow
a crack and crunch on the on the outside pear is super juicy a little chocolate I
like that it's not overdone with chocolate that's delicious what a way to start
coffee from Clement we've been coming here for years actually I remember when we first
moved to Melbourne in 2011 we were coming here always great coffee from these guys goes
perfectly with this sitting in the sun it's super balmy what a way to start what's going
to be a massive day of eating we've got an epic lineup today and this is a really good start
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time for something a bit more substantial we're heading to a place called Lulu's for char koay teow
one of my all-time favorite Malaysian dishes we've heard Lulu's does a really good version
we're in the middle of the CBD now for this sitting inner laneway how Melbourne can it
get this is a noodle dish we're having and it is very famous in Malaysia Singapore
it's one heck of a dish and we are very excited the menu is pretty succinct they have seven
different char koay teow I think we're just gonna go for the classic Lulu's char koay teow thank you
look at this plate of goodness when she brought the char koay teow over I could smell it when she
was about a meter away I could smell that wok hei, wok hei is the breath of the wok so that
smoky charred flavour of the wok all infused into the noodles so rice noodles bean sprouts chives
big prawns lap cheong which is Chinese sausage egg what else crispy pork lard super traditional
um
holy moly this is amazing it's spicy I asked for hot and it is so full of flavour
there's a beautiful sauce in there so the owner's mother-in-law used to be a hawker
a char koay teow hawker in Penang and this dish is from Penang in Malaysia and he uses the
same sauce that she used back in the day I can see why this place is so popular
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crunchy bean sprouts that lap cheong is delicious the pork lard just you crunch into it and it melts
in your mouth ah a great plate of food so this is what these videos about are about great food
in Melbourne we used to live here we lived here for five years it's actually where we
started Chasing a Plate so we want to show you where to eat some of our old favourites as well
as new places like Lulu's this is definitely going to go on the must eat list every time we come back
and eating here means you get to tick off one of the great things of Melbourne
laneway dining this particular lane Hardware Lane is probably traditionally more known for touristy
restaurants and nighttime dining but there's some real local places popping up and this is one
of them an absolute local's favourite and I'm just watching Sheena eat this so I gotta get in it looks so good
yum that is full of flavour that is so good this is one of these dishes that you hunt
when you're in Malaysia it's something you just think about every day because you're
trying to find the next one the next one that's better than the last one we lived in
Malaysia for a year essentially filming for this channel so we've eaten a lot of these
and this is right up there that punch of wok hei that Sheena spoke about
delicious
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it's so easy to get around Melbourne we've just jumped on a tram a couple of stops up towards
the north free tram and we're heading to North Melbourne for our next spot
we're heading for Hainanese chicken rice comfort food and I have it on a very good
authority from our food loving friends that Gai Wong is the place to come so let's head in
oh that looks good oh that looks real good oh my goodness
fragrant as is so this is the set the Hainanese chicken rice set so you've got poached chicken
it's just you can tell it's gonna melt in your mouth so it's served room temperature thank
you so much you've got um a chicken broth there and then very important the condiments so spicy
chili and then the ginger spring onion this I cannot get enough of this is comfort food
I've constructed the perfect mouthful rice chicken ginger spring onion sauce chili sauce
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mm-hmm
delicious the chicken is moist as anything the rice is so flavoursome that chili sauce isn't
too spicy perfect hit just a little tingle and then that ginger spring onion sauce it just
is the icing on the cake oh this is really great this place is a family-owned and operated business
and it's busy it's just on lunchtime and it is really starting to heat up so this dish is
something you find all over Singapore Malaysia Brunei it is that classic hawker food
and this is a really great version
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we have had a great afternoon exploring but it's time for more food there's so
much good food here we're gonna have burgers now we're going to Butcher
Diner so it's right up the top end of the city so we've sort of we've covered a lot
of the a lot of the city and in and out on the fringe of the CBD today there's
just good food everywhere here and these burgers look crazy good to the burgers
it's a very appealing place to walk into it's sort of a hole in the wall sort of vibe look at this
Butchers Diner just meat fridges lined up right through the back of the of the restaurant
we got cheeseburgers all around cold beer some chips it's gonna be good [Music]
how neat is this place sort of tunnel-like building all those meat fridges up the back
we're right on Bourke Street which is one of the main cross streets here
in Melbourne CBD so you've got trams rumbling past heaps of foot traffic
and these burgers look great we went with the cheeseburgers big stack of beef patty
cheese on top we've got pickle onion tomato lettuce we got hand-cut chips perfect burger
mm-hmm
yum I'm a burger fiend and very often I just want a burger that tastes like a burger I don't want
tricked up stuff going too hard out being too over the top and that's not that that is a burger
good meat the perfect amount of vegetables the vegetables you want the pickles there
just to cut through the fat of the meat we've got tomato sauce mayo on there
slab of aged cheddar works perfectly and we had to get the handcut chips
match made in heaven chips burger cold beer what a great burger that is good and you're sitting
here on one of the main roads in Melbourne so you're right in the heart of the action
this place is open late too I think midnight most nights or all nights place to come for
just a simple but delicious burger there is so much good food here in Melbourne remember we're
doing multiple videos on this trip so check out the channel subscribe check out the other
videos there is so much good food here it's unbelievable the quantity and quality
of food in Melbourne a lot of what we're filming is here in and around the CBD or inner suburbs
and there's so much good food to be found we're having a ball hope you enjoyed the video thanks
for watching let us know what you think let us know what you like to eat when you're in Melbourne
or if you're from Melbourne can't wait to finish this burger and ice cold beer thanks for watching