A quick bite.

On Monday I was in need of a place where I could get a quick and tasty meal(we had about a hr spare) in the St Kilda area with Danielle recently after we ventured up to golden fields and then discovered it was sadly closed. Despite our disappointment we managed we to pick ourselves up and head a little bit down the road to the much hyped New Market Hotel. Sadly I haven’t had the best experience with hyped up Mexican inspired food in Melbourne so I was a little on the sceptical side. Lucky for us , it was awesome and rocked our socks off. The service was casual but still professional and the fit out was also very cool. The food reflected the vibe of the place, fun and casual with a bit charm and was a great example of some smart cooking. We didn’t have long so we could only order a few dishes.

We started with 

 Morcilla & chicharones bocadillos, sunny side quail eggs, piquillo peppers & crispy jamon $14

 Loved this combo of pork, pork and more pork, throw in a quail egg and between some bread you cant go wrong.mmm crackling 

Soft tacos with wood roasted bone marrow, chimichurri & ranchero style brisket $16

In a corny movie style moment, “you had me at bone marrow” this taco was my favourite of the 2. The rich bone marrow topped with a cleansing chimichurri and melt in your mouth brisket, wrap it in a taco shell, whats not to love

Soft shell crab tacos with guacamole, shaved fennel, spicy corn & tomatillo salsa $17

I go weak at the knees for soft shell crab and this is one example that had me crippled. Crispy crab banging guac and moreish sauce.

BBQ Corn on the cob with chilli & queso fresco $6 ea

 

A great little side some BBQ corn on the cob it was juicy sweet and a little spicy, maybe a little too spicy for danielle as she instantly turned a little red. Shes such a wuss. 

Well I can happily say that Newmarket hotel lives up to the hype and I will be returning to eat my way through the whole menu.

Mat.

Any other recommendations for mexican in Melbourne?
I have had a few banging tacos from The Table recently as well but more on that later

Food I have been consuming mainly from Earl Canteen

I have recently been snacking,eating & drinking all Over the place in a panicked food frenzy as we all know it's the end of the world soon yes? yes? Damn it don't disagree with me I'm
Not crazy your crazy! Now hand me those Orc legs they gotta be in the oven soon before Gandalf the grey comes over and well we all know how tough Orc can be.Though What isn't tough is the recently opened Earl Canteen's heart stopping Pork belly(otaway free range) baguette it's probably the worlds greatest sandwich actually no not probably it is the worlds greatest sandwich go on,I dare you to find a better sandwich under $15
. The soft succulent,tender meat is so juicy you may question if you just had a accident,with the most perfect crackling which has the amazing snap and crunch that ascends you to heaven and back .It Reminds me of the Sunday roast I wish my parents had the ability to cook.


Besides the perfect meat you will also be cleansed by some wilted silver beet and satisfied by the fennel-slaw,this combo works like magic and I can't think Of anything to improve it well besides maybe some freshly shaved white truffle could add a touch of extra magic. At Earl they also have a range of other amazingly mind blowing sandwiches(confit duck anyone?) as well but for a fatty pork obsessed snobby goth kid like me it's hard to Choose anything over that pork belly greatness.In fact it totally hijacked this whole post which i initially had no intention of talking about the belly baguette but once again pork has overtaken my priority's in life (don't ask me about the summer 98). So get your soon to be extra fat arses down to Earl Canteen for some snap,crackle and pop while you can still fit into your pants.