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

Intro

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My name is Mat I'm here to wank on about bullshit foodie and wino crap and post some of my creations where i slave away on a tiny little bench which is at my knees creating gastronomic delights. I'm pretty tipsy and cant be assed grabbing my camera uploading photos via the shity card reader on my temperamental laptop right now but i assure i will post pics descriptions and recipes and reviews of all soughts of shit whether its the xbox game I'm playing or the pretentious restaurant i just went too whilst I'm still feeling some pinot fumes. I mainly make Italian dishes as that it my real Passion but I'm not limited to only cooking in that style at all. I live near Victoria st (Well a little tram ride away) so cooking Chinese and Vietnamese is pretty pointless considering i can eat 5 dishes for a good $20 with no effort required so cant really see myself posting much of that stuff personally. As you may notice my name of the blog I'm a bit of a goth like my 80s goth/death rock and all that lame ass goth shit that goes along with (besides the whole i like hip hop and skateboarding thing don't know where that fits in) i don't take it serious so its a whole tongue in cheek thing. So anyway i might hop off this wretched computer and makes come pita bread with basil,garlic,prosciutto and Buffalo mozzarella on some pita bread to soak up the vino while i can be fucked. Will post lots more soon
kisses hugs and headless bats
Mat