Colorful life

Melbourne is known as the city of culinary paradise.

Breath of Melbourne

Melbourne is known as a foodie’s paradise: fresh seafood, famous Australian beef and plenty of fresh fruit. In addition to the large supermarket chains, many people still prefer to go to traditional farmers’ markets, where they can buy fresh, homemade produce. Prices may vary slightly, but you get to choose your goods, bargain and chat with familiar vendors.

Opened in 1878, Queen’s Market is a “living witness” to the development history of Melbourne. Originally a wholesale market for fresh products, the city has grown and the market’s function has gradually changed. Today, Queen’s Market welcomes 10 million visitors each year. People come here to buy food for family meals, tourists buy gifts for relatives or simply enjoy a bag of hot donuts, grilled sausage sandwiches and stroll around to see the fruits, vegetables, seafood, handicrafts, clothes… displayed everywhere.

Queen’s Market is so big that it’s hard to know where to start. Wandering aimlessly, enjoying the bustling atmosphere of shopping, looking at the prosperous stalls is also a way to enjoy the market. Around, street artists perform in the square, young office workers in smart suits have lunch right on the street, the urgent invitations of merchants…

Opened in 1878, Queen's Market is a "living witness" to Melbourne's development history.

Rich goods

According to the official website, Queen's Market is divided into several areas. However, it can be easily divided into two main areas: the food area including fresh fruits and vegetables, meat and fish to cheese and the merchandise area selling clothes, toys, and souvenirs.

Fresh foods such as beef, chicken, lamb, pork and seafood such as fish, shrimp, crab, octopus, etc., fresh from the sea, are displayed in full glass cabinets. All kinds of fruits harvested from farms near Melbourne are brought here: ripe cherries, peaches with rosy cheeks, delicious strawberries. I chose to buy some cherries, a fruit that is not available in Vietnam. Biting lightly into the thin skin, feeling the sweetness and sourness on the tongue, we seem to feel the sunshine, the wind and the saltiness of this land crystallized in it.

You can find good coffee, bread, pastries, and cheese in the food court, along with a variety of affordable lunch options. The sandwiches, fried rice, shrimp, and clams look delicious. If you plan to have lunch here, you’ll need to find a seat quickly, as there are few tables and you’ll likely have to stand up to eat.

Around 2 or 3 pm, when the market is about to close, meat, fish, and vegetable stalls can reduce prices by up to 50%. That is when Queen's Market becomes lively with the loud, bustling cries of vendors holding agricultural products and food in their hands.

Around 2 or 3 pm, that's when Queen's Market becomes bustling with the loud, bustling cries of vendors holding agricultural products and food in their hands.

A place to keep traditions

Despite the passage of time, Queen Market still retains its bustling atmosphere and traditional market-style shopping. If Queen Market were a person, the stalls would be its organs, and the flow of people moving non-stop through the aisles would be the blood that carries nutrients to nourish the body.

More than just a century-old architectural landmark, Queen’s Market reflects the social and cultural fabric of Melbourne. Not only is it an important place for locals and tourists to shop and socialise, it is also a symbol of generations of Melbourne. Some stallholders are second or third generation traders, or family-owned and operated, with their own stories to tell.

This is not a place you come and go. The bustling atmosphere of shopping, the hawking of goods, the bargaining and the side stories, the abundance of fresh goods and the diversity of cuisine will make you want to come back again and again. “Life is more colourful at Queen Market”. Indeed, life is more colourful thanks to Queen Market!

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