We spent nearly 2 hours on a trip that would normally have taken an hour. Half the time was spent being stuck on Victoria St leading up to VicMart on a snail's pace. We finally struck gold and parked 2 mins away from the market.
Then we got into the market and looked at the crowd of people waiting in line for their turn at each stall... Gaz was getting crankier by the second.
We had to queue about 20 minutes for this - food from the French stall. Mixed platter of tapenade, onion tart, chickpea chips and roasted capsicum. We also got a pork sausage baguette which is not pictured. Both dishes were $10 each.
While Gaz was queueing for the above, I went in search for paella. I soon found the Spanish stall about 4 stores away and waited for about 10 minutes for a plate of seafood paella. It was hot off the paella pan, and very very flavourful. Not bad for $10. It was my favourite dish of the night.
We also had a plate of cheese arepas from the Mexican store for $5 which was just corn bread with cheese. Not my cuppa, for sure. The $10 dish had beans and some pieces of meat but I didn't think it was worth $10 at all.
Our bellies full with food, we started browsing along the stalls. Some were selling recyclable home decorations, plates, glassware, clothes, chocolates, tea etc. There was a band playing at the end of one shed and people taking a breather from the humidity and the satay fumes stayed out in the open air around the band juggling their plates of food and drinks.
The atmosphere that night was just electric.. it was like one huge pasar malam, but much more robust with the band, the diversity of food and people. The weather was also a big plus, being about 28 deg and sunny. So much so that the cranky boy said that he would not mind going back again sometime before summer finishes.
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