Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne

 

Right next to where Boyfriend and I were staying this weekend was the Queen Victoria Market. 

Saturday morning we headed down there for a bit of a stroll and wander around. 

There is loads of fresh produce, from veggies to meats to cheeses and fresh pastas. Wines, hot food stalls, coffee, tea. Apart from food, there's plenty of stalls selling random bits and pieces. If there is anything you need, I'm sure you'd find it here.

Getting a little hungry for breakfast and trying to eye out something good to eat, we spotted the American Doughnut Van which had a pretty decent line up. Lines usually mean something good, so we joined the back of the queue.

You could see through the window of the van they were pumping out fresh doughnuts. You had one person working the dough, one more person cutting out the doughnuts, a third person doing the frying and another person pumping in the jam. Who doesn't love a fresh cinnamon doughnut let a lone a fresh jam doughnut... Drool.


You could buy them in a bag of 6 for $6 or they were $1 each...... Yes, everyone who ordered had a bit of a giggle at this. Seeing bags of 6 already made up, I bought the 6. No, I didn't fall for it, even though that's not what Boyfriend thinks.

The doughuts were quite big, not your standard round doughnut. If I had seen they were that big, I probably wouldn't have got a bag of 6. Actually, yes, I probably would have.

Warm, soft and fresh, they looked and smelt delish! First bite, nice and crisp on the outside but like looks, they aren't your usual doughnut. A bit more of a chewy consistency inside, it's hard to describe. Maybe doughy is the right word to use, but not doughy in a bad way?

The only thing I would say is they need a bit more jam. For the size of the doughnut, there's only a little in the middle. Jam doughnuts need to be dripping jam down fingers!!

After polishing off two doughnuts each, we started the hunt for a good coffee that we hear Melbourne is known for. This is when we spotted Market Lane Coffee.

It's all about the coffee here. We ordered our usual flat white and latte, but there are few different blends of filter coffee to choose from as well if filter coffee is your thing. 

If you're looking for something to eat, this isn't the place to go. Besides some muffins and smaller pastries they don't do food here, that I saw anyway. They also sell here, heaps of tools and kits to make for making coffee too. 

The coffee itself I really enjoyed. It wasn't too bitter and had a nice smooth flavour. Boyfriend wasn't as much of a fan as I was. I suppose it just comes down to personal taste.

Walking into the dairy hall we saw lots of people eating these kebab looking things, so we started the search to find out what they were. 


Seeing the massive crowd at Boreks, we worked it out. Thought we better try one, so we ordered a cheese and spinach one to share. They did come in different flavours, but cheese and spinach is always reliable.

The borek was nice and fresh, packed with filling which was nice and hot. All it needed was a lemon wedge to squeeze on top, it seemed to be lacking a bit of seasoning. 

Next to Borek's was the Bratwurst Shop. During all our travels in the last couple years, bratwurst is something that has become one of our favourites - who doesn't love a big sausage?..

They have different types of bratwurst cooking on the grill, you can get your standard or your cheese and other ones. You also have your different toppings to choose from like onions and sauerkraut (yuck, I can't stand sauerkraut) plus your usual sauces like ketchups and mustards. 

We ordered one original bratwurst with onions, ketchup and mustard (Boring, I know... but we find it hard to stray from something that is so simple and still delicious). The onions that they topped it with were big and cooked till they were nice and soft. The bratwurst was cooked perfectly and had a great flavour. 

Wish we got one of these each instead of the borek... Oh well, at least we got to try a few different things!