Queen Victoria Market

Great.

So much so, second date, I went to her house and she made pasta that she collected from Victoria Market, all the ingredients.

Yeah.

So much the relationship was built on

But I might have found his Crocodile Dundee hat, and you can see that on my head.

We are out at the Queen Victoria Market this morning.

This is the place to be.

How light are the celebrities coming out of Australia? where our only references like Paul Hogan and men at work.

In other words, she's a full-fledged hospital queen who knows Melbourne's food scene inside and out.

These days, you'll find Mandy at the legendary Queen Victoria Market, guiding travelers through its stalls, stories, and flavors, and helping visitors understand why this market is such an essential part of eating your way through Melbourne.

I'm so excited to welcome Mandy Kennedy to This City is Delicious.

So Mandy, I'm so excited for you to join This City is Delicious, our very first Australian city.

I think I have one of the best jobs in the world, eating and drinking professionally.

But I think you might have my second favorite job because you are a tour guide and a passionate foodie in Melbourne in one of my favorite markets on the planet.

How did you become a guide at Queen Victoria Market?

Well, I had moved to the city and that was where I went and did my local shopping.

John, what must they do?

Yeah, what about trying the hot jam donuts from the American Donut Kitchen at Queen Victoria Market? It's been there since the 1950s.

Yeah, and they love to eat, according to Brendan Favola.

That's on the one on the western side of the market, yeah?

Dangerzone81 says, got to try an HSP kebab meat on hot fries.

Go to Ligon Street, Queen Vic Market, Crown Casino Complex.

Man, let me write that down.

I'm not going to remember that.

Hilarious.

We would never do that in America.

Um, queen Vic markets, the queen crown casino complex.

Okay.

[snorts] A far left Melbourne bookshop that claims to be anti-racist has come under fire for refusing to stock white authors after a visit from an independent journalist.

Amplify Bookstore, which is located behind the Queen Victoria Market, describes itself as an anti-racist social enterprise.

It is co-owned by a Chinese woman and a half Japanese woman.

Last year, it received an $11,250 grant f- of your money, taxpayers, your money, uh, from the City Council and donates to pro-Palestine activists.

You know, all the communities around where this place is need to boycott it.

Um, and watch how fast they sink.

Amplify Bookstore, which is located behind the Queen Victoria Market.

If you're in that area in Melbourne, um, Amplify Bookstore, uh, behind Queen Victoria Market.

So for that, I love the competition.

So one of the challenges was you had to meet at the Victoria Market.

I love this.

You had 60 minutes to shop, $60 to spend, and then six minutes to prep.

What did you come up with here?

That one was amazing.

That was my favorite of all the challenges just because I love making things on the fly and I love Victoria Market.

I live here.