South Melbourne Night Market

Once again I am late to jump on a bandwagon, but I finally got to visit the South Melbourne Night Markets, which are held every Thursday night until March 10th.

I arrived just after starting time only to realize that I had no cash on me and neither did my friend. Although most of the vendors accepted EFTPOS, a handful that caught our eye did not. After heading to the nearest Woolworths we walked back and began our eating trail.

Peanut Butter & Jam Greek Donuts ($5)

Our first stop was St Gerry's, which specialised in waffles on sticks (or "fudge puppies" according to the menu) and Greek donuts. The donuts were light and fluffy on the inside but crisp on the outside. There was also a generous dollop of peanut butter and jam.

Pork Belly Bao & Beef Rib Bao

Despite the temptation, we decided that we needed to get some savoury food before eating ourselves into a food coma on desserts. We ordered the two baos offered by the Nem n Nem truck. The pork belly one was nice, the meat was tender and skin was crispy but a little tougher than I'd prefer. However the flavours were good.

Lamb Souvlaki "The Bahh" ($10)

As we were walking around I could smell the meat from the Greek Street Food truck in every corner, so I couldn't resist and got myself The Bahh, which was their lamb souvlaki. It came packed with tzatziki (option to have mustard as well, but I didn't), onion, lettuce and chips. The lamb was tender and juicy and I opted to have no tomato, which they offered to replace with lettuce.

Nutella Crepe with Tim Tam

I spotted the Crepes for Change van which I had heard a lot about via social media. Crepes for Change are a non-profit organisation that seek to eradicate youth homelessness and what better way to eliminate youth homelessness than with crepes? I couldn't simply just walk by this opportunity so I ordered the crepes with a Nutella base and Tim Tams because you can never have too much chocolate.

Vanilla Creme Brulee

The Brulee Cart as the name suggests supplies bypassers with Creme Brulee. We opted for the vanilla creme brulee and the sugar was caramelised to order behind a glass window. This was fascinating for my friend who had been living under a rock and had never seen a blow torch before.

Margarita ($10)

Finally I ended the night with a margarita from Paco Y Lola because you just can't go wrong with $10 margaritas.

Although I was mainly there for the food, the South Melbourne Night Market offers plenty more than that. There were stalls which sold clothing, candles, beauty products and cards just to name a few. It also gets crowded pretty quickly so I say get in as early as you can.

South Melbourne Night Market
Corner of Conventry and Cecil Streets
South Melbourne, 3205
(Every Thursday 5:30pm-9:30pm until March 10th 2016)