Good morning adventurers.
Good morning.
From Melbourne. We are finally here
So this city is known for a lot of things and one of those is market
They have markets all over the city that you can check out and explore
Today, we are at the largest market in the city. In fact, this is the largest market in the southern hemisphere
The whole southern hemisphere.
It is the Queen Victoria Market
Queen Victoria Market.
also known as the Vic Market
Oh yes, the Vic Market.
This market was originally opened back in
1878 and what's unique about it is that there are a lot of original
Structures that are still standing so it gives you a really good idea of what a nineteenth-century
Market was actually like
probably the coolest thing though about this market is that in
2003 it was equipped with solar panels which provide enough power for all of the market's clients with even some left over.
There are apparently over 600 stalls here and I think it's open most days of the week except for Monday and Wednesday I believe.
They have everything here. Fresh fruit and produce and meats and dairy and all kinds of little knick knacks
Anything and everything you could desire and lots of food stalls.
Yes, which is what we are mostly after today.
So we're gonna learn a little bit more about the market as we traverse through it
But we have not had coffee. We have not really eaten a proper breakfast. So that is the first thing on the agenda
Yes please.
This market really does have everything
There's this area here where they have some shops over here and some vendors. There's a fruit area back there
We've seen a bunch of clothing shops all kinds of stuff
They also have a coffee stand that we are going to check out right now. I think that's the first order of business
Supposed to be real good.
Although I don't know if you can get a bad cup of coffee in Melbourne, so.
So we popped into Market Lane coffee got a little nice iced latte
They have all sorts of delicious. You could do just, you know, your iced black coffee or all your traditional ones
But it's still a little warm summer's hanging on a little bit here. Yeah, this looks beautiful
Of course, they have a lovely outdoor seating area, which is perfect
it's not too cold yet
and if you get it for here, they give you a
real glass I guess when you're not paper no waste
Now we're trying to cut down on the plastic and paper that we use because
You know, you guys know we get a lot of coffee
Yeah, we do. But, nice glasses here.
This is the second coffee that we've had here in Melbourne, let me just say they've all been very good
We got a cold brew at the place we were working at yesterday, and now the iced latte? Very delicious
I think we have scoured the entire market and look at all the food stalls and we have decided on this Sri Lankan street food stall
so one of the first we came across but
nothing else seems to look as good.
Oh my god you guys I'm so excited about this. I got the street combo which is just some rice, some vegetables over here and
One meat and I ended up going with the goat meat
Gonna get a bite with some of the meat and a whole heap of rice.
Oh Yeah
Dropped some rice.
That's absolutely delicious you guys the meat is so tender. It just dissolves in your mouth. It's really savory
Well-seasoned. See what these vegetables are all about. So we've got some zucchini in there
Some sort of squash I think and some carrots.
Oh Yeah
Oh man
It's like a coconut sauce or something on there lots of flavor and a little bit sweet really nice
This whole thing was only how much was it fourteen? Fourteen AUD.
Yep, and if you did vegan, it was only twelve
Yeah
I think probably one of the best deals that we've seen for the amount of food that you get
Totally worth it
I went with I think it's called the Lamprais dish and has a lot of stuff in here that I don't know
So I'm gonna read it off to you guys
So I got rice at the bottom and then there is a meat curry. I also went with the goat
I feel like we probably had goat, I realize but I can't remember
Last time we did it but it sounded very interesting. There's tempered potato in here
I'm actually not sure where there's a Seanie sambal and then eggplant moju served with an egg and a mini pastry
I think I got the ultimate taste of Sri Lanka in there.
Alright, I'm gonna try to mix some of this
Sambal and the eggplant together some of that rice in there. Oh my gosh
With a little spicy, a little pickled, a little sweet, a little sour, savory
It has all the elements that I love in a dish. This is so good. So mine was a little bit more
It was 16. You would have been 14 if we did it vegan, but definitely worth it
I mean, this is a crazy amount of food. Look at this. Eric's definitely gonna have to help me eat it.
Now that we're nice and full we are in the section of the market where you find all the goods and wares
And I am on the lookout for a new pair of sunglasses
His has gone pretty scratched up recently
These ones just are not quite cutting it anymore. So I keep my eyes off of those
Thank you.
I have decided on these.
What do you guys think?
I kept it nice and simple
But they're brown
usually I just kind of get black ones or Allison picked out those wood frame ones that I used to have but this is
my new look
Looking good dude.
and if you don't like you're just gonna have to deal with it
I will kill you.
Look at me, I am a shark.
So I was thinking of picking up a couple of these before I leave what do you think?
Appropriate coozies, for sure.
Oh yeah, here we go. That's what I was looking for.
Next stop, we are getting doughnuts and I could not be more excited. We will show you them in just a moment
Right now, I gotta purchase them. This little bag is filled with five delicious jam donuts
The place is called American Doughnut Kitchen, although I don't know if these are very American
donuts
They're more like beignets.
Yes. Are the shapes, is it meant to be some kind of shape?
I think it's just a dough ball.
That's a weird shape.
It's hot and filled with fresh jam and then obviously covered in so much sugar
And it's five for six dollars
Which is a pretty good steal because as you can see these suckers are pretty big
We saw that this truck has actually been selling in the city for since the 50s I believe
so what is that like almost 70 years that's nuts and
They also sometimes run out. I think they just sell until they're gone for the day or until the market closes
But sometimes they sell out well before the market closes. I was very nervous
I made Eric run over here and the little van is so cool because it has windows all around it
You can watch them cooking in there are baking the donuts and dividing it all and everything. See all the inner workings
It's very sweet.
Alright, let's give these donuts a try.
oohh, you got the big boy
Check them out
They are nice and warm.
There's so much sugar.
They are really warm.
Yeah, they're making a ton of them fresh back there.
I don't know what kind of jam is in there
it's red strawberry cherry something like that probably.
So we got a dusting of sugar on the outside delicious warm donut-ido.
It's so pillowy
Cheers.
Alright, here we go.
Oh man.
My jam's a little off-center
The dough is really fluffy and you can see it's really gooey on the inside right in the middle
There's this gooey layer, but uh, I think it's cherry filling probably
Mine didn't have so much actually
Yeah, so you can see they don't really put that much filling in there
which I think is good and maybe not good if you don't get any at all but it's good because I don't love jam and donuts
I just like a little bit of the sweetness. I really just like the dough
Oh man, that's nice.
Now we've got a whole bag about three more to eat right?
Can we do it?
We can do it.
This is a really Instagrammable spot
We're thinking so we tried to get a little shot of Allison kind of right here in this white spot here
I think it turned out good
I think so. It's a little different. We usually do all the landscapy things
But it's fun. A little donut shot.
It's kind of retro but we'll put the image on the screen if it did turn out good
But also I just head to the endless adventure username on
Instagram you want to follow us up see all our little photo adventures are turning out
I think we have officially seen and conquered this market
But before we head out, we have a bunch of goodies that we are gonna get
I think I'm going to make a delicious meal tonight
Thank you.
Oh, almost got me.
Cheers, thank you.
So everyone here is yelling "dollar dollar dollar" because I guess now everything is $1 per kilo, so we're just getting everything
We're trying to get up to a kilo
Half a kilo.
We're gonna have to get a huge sweet potato to get up to a kilo
Let's do this.
Sounds good.
If you are wanting produce come here later in the day because a dollar for a kilo
Look at how much we got.
I mean..and we had to really try to fill this up.
Yeah, it's a good deal.
We're in the meat hall now and this is actually the oldest building in the market still standing
I think it said it was built in 1869
That's wild. That's amazing.
Yeah, a lot of meat has been sold in here speaking of we're gonna get some meat right now
We were told that throughout the day people would
Do discounts on some of their items and that's happening right now
This guy's running around saying he got $4 off a kilo of meat
Oh, yeah, that's pretty good there. I see some other guys with big signs up so keep your eyes peeled you might get a steal of a bargain.
Is that a word?
It has become pure chaos in here everyone is screaming trying to sell their meat
But we did manage to get some lamb chops
I honestly have zero idea of what they are yelling.
So, I don't know if we got something on sale or not.
Alright, now we're gonna head home.
Dinner is underway
We ended up getting lamb which I tried to make back in New Zealand a few months ago it it was okay
It wasn't great. But I think tonight it's gonna be a lot better. We got lamb spice from the market
You can't go wrong with that. We got beautiful Brussels sprouts
I am boiling some potatoes which in a bit I will smash and then bake in the oven
It's a good beautiful butter to put on everything
All of this, we managed to get from Market
Yes, even the beverages we are having while we are drinking or while 'm cooking but everything should be ready in just a bit
Alright. Dinner is served
Everything turned out really good the lamb looks awesome
Allison's gonna give it a try see how it compares to her last try
so last time I got really thin slices of lamb and I baked them and I think I over baked them cuz I
Didn't know but oh look at that. There's still a little pink in there. It's covered in butter and the seasoning
I'm really excited for this. I think I've outdone myself
Whoa, that's so good
Well now I'm excited
Man. Lamb. That is my new meat of choice and roasted
Brussels sprouts are like my favorite thing and then like
I boiled these potatoes and then smashed them and bake them and butter and seasoning. Whoo
It's not the healthiest meal, but boy, is it delicious.
Well, we are going to dig into this and we're watching Forgetting Sarah Marshall, right now.
We've been watching old comedy movies. I don't know why but uh
It's been a lof fun though.
Cause we watched it when you're really young you can't really remember everything, so it's fun.
I've realized that most of these movies I've seen on TV so they're edited out
But if you watch the original version you get to see a lot more stuff
Spoiler alert
This one has wieners and boobies in it. Yes. It does a lot more than I realized
Today was an absolutely amazing day. We had so much fun at the market. That was great
The food was great
all of the little shops were so fun to wander through and by the way,
If you guys have been to the Vic Market or if you're from Melbourne
If you have any of your favourite stalls in the market, let us know in a comment below
So other people who are watching this video are taking a trip to Melbourne can check it out. Let us know
tomorrow
We will be doing something very fun
We are gonna be trying Vegemite for the very first time. I'm gonna be making some very interesting
recipes using Vegemite in hopes that
We will fall in love with it. Like you all do.
We're gonna try our best. We're gonna give it a proper shot. Yup