Chinatown Melbourne Food Tour by ex-locals | Where to eat in Melbourne
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ต.ค. 2024
- We’re in Melbourne eating up a storm over a number of weeks. Today we’re in Chinatown in Melbourne CBD sharing with you some great spots to eat. The longest continuously operating Chinatown in the world (it’s been around since 1850)- what we love about it, is that it’s not a tourist trap. There are some genuinely awesome restaurants and ones we return to time and time again.
Melbourne is a food lover’s dream- from cheap and cheerful eats to fine dining- this city has it all. The diverse population of its people means its food culture is rich and multi-cultural. We used to call this city home so we know it pretty well. We can’t wait to share some of our favourite spots with you plus experience new eats with you along for the ride.
What we ate and where we ate it:
1. Shark Fin Inn, 50 Little Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000. Open 11am-3pm daily for yum cha. Total meal cost $106.97 (including card surcharge)
2. Muli Express, 163 Little Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000. Open Monday-Tuesday 12pm-9pm and Wednesday to Sunday 12pm-4pm. Our 6 oysters cost $32.80
3. Yulongfu Steamed Buns Restaurant, 136 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000. Open Monday 4:30pm-10pm and Tuesday to Thursday 11:30am-10pm and Friday to Sunday 11:30am-10:30pm. 2 x baskets of xiao long bao $38.16
4. Royal Custard Puff, Midcity Centre, Shop 12B, 200 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000. Open 7 days 12pm-9pm. 12 x pieces $7.50, Green Tea soft serve with 3 puffs $5.50.
N.B basically everywhere charges a 1.5% card surcharge
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That baby is the BEST EVER!!! She was so mannerable and just chillin'!
🥰 she is a pretty chilled out character. Thanks for watching! Hope you enjoyed this one. Cheers, Sheena
Oh that oyster bar looked devine😋😋and the grandma was so funny it's nice when you get that friendly interaction🫢🫢 thanks Sheena Thomas and Sadie... lovely video💛🙏❤️💞
Van was fabulous! So passionate about oysters and her enthusiasm was infectious. It was such a great experience. Thanks for watching Lisa. Cheers, Sheena
@ChasingaPlate oh I thought I heard she was Ben didn't wanna be disrespectful hahahaaaa prolly why I called her grandna🤷♀️🤣 but her comment about how many kids and grandbabies because of oysters was hilarious
So funny right?! 😆
@@ChasingaPlate I've just discovered after decades of having a mobile phone and good maps, that you can save and pins stuff to google maps. Pinning this Oyster Bar.
At least it wasn't blue! ;o)
The oyster lady is so funny and skillful! 😂
Hahaha she was a real character! Thanks for watching! Cheers, Sheena
That Yum Cha looks SO GOOD!! Brilliant video guys! Loved that it felt like we were there with you! 🥰🥰🥰
😍😍😍 that’s so awesome to hear Sav- really want to keep it casual and fun so that’s brilliant feedback. You would have loved yum cha at this spot! Thanks for watching guys xxx
That Yum Cha restaurant was the one my family went to when I was a child a very long ago. I do not remember how it taste seems like I need to return.
Sheena it's so lovely to hear you speak Chinese and to see your lovely / hungry daughter haha
😂😂😂 I’m really out of practice! But thank you! Zadie is quite into yum cha which is awesome 🤩 thanks for watching mate, hope you enjoyed this one. Cheers, Sheena
Congrats guys on the Baby 😊. Great blogs guys. God I haven't being to Shark Fin Inn for ages.
Thanks mate. We had such a great meal there. It was our first time it about 10 years so it was great to be back. Thanks for watching! Thomas
WoW the oyster bar!!!! yum
It was AWESOME! Such a great experience and the oysters were next level. Thanks for watching! Cheers, Sheena
It AIN'T blue! ;o)
I love a good dim sum feast! You ate many of my favorites. I’m not an oyster person, but what a great place to sample them! Loving this series. 🙌😘
Thanks so much Michael! The oyster bar was the highlight of our day of filming- Van’s enthusiasm was infectious. It was a really memorable eating experience. So happy you’re enjoying this series so far yay! Cheers, Sheena 😘😘😘
The custard puffs look delicious! Did you try the Tanning lemon tea that was behind you at the end? The passionfruit one is Devine!
They were a great way to finish up. We haven't tried it no. Sounds great on a hot day! Thanks for watching. Cheers, Thomas
I haven’t been to the city for so long, a lot of new restaurants there. I should make an effort to go one weekend. Thank you for sharing and as always your video is in high quality and very pleasant to watch ❤
Thanks so much for the kind words! There are so many fabulous new restaurants that have popped up since our last visit- it’s exciting! Hope you can get in soon for a bit of an eating jaunt! Thanks for watching 💜 Cheers, Sheena
Dim Sum dishes look so authentic
They’re really good. Love the old school places. Thanks for watching. Thomas
Wow, I honestly did not know that there are such fantastic places in my backyard, I used to work in the CBD and did not know this 😡😡. The best one that takes my heart is, your little daughter, she is so Beautiful, mine has grown up 😭😭😭. May God Bless you all. Thank you. Gary.
Thanks so much Gary! So glad you are enjoying our Melbourne series. We are so happy to be back and with the little one in tow. Hope you like what we have coming up! Cheers, Sheena
@@ChasingaPlate I am always on the lookout for your new clips. Thank you.🙏
Welcome back, we tried Yulongfu the other week, and were really quite impressed. Everything was good. I've also been seeing Muli Express across socials lately, so surely one to try. :)
Awesome to hear that you had a great meal at Yulongfu 😍 Would love to try more of their menu! Muli Express was a lot of fun and those oysters were top notch- I loved the experience. Thanks for watching! Cheers, Sheena
Oh my goodness guys! Everything looked so amazing! Is Thomas not a fan of oysters or did you just choose to focus on Sheena there? I hadn't realized Melbourne was the part of Australia you two had lived in the past... any chance we'll get to see your old haunts? Wasn't one of you a lawyer there? Also any chance you'd visit Perth? That's the corner of Australia I plan to visit and I'd love to know what you'd recommend...
For a minute I thought you'd said, "I didn't realise Melbourne was part of Australia"...... 🤣
After covid..... Australians wished they weren't part of Australia either. (Sorry Sheena.)
He loves them Jaci, but the place was so small that it was just easier for me to stay on camera 😄 we filmed some of our fave old haunts in the short series we did here a couple of years ago but it would be fun to do it again one day soon! And yes, I practised law here. Never been to Perth! Hope you enjoy this series Jaci 💜 Cheers, Sheena
i .. i can't with this video... i just ... i can imagine the texture of that aubergine at the first restaurant. i bet it melted in the mouth and the meat had so much flavour ... my mind was ruuuunnniing !!! i just can't
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I have to say, it was actually melt in your mouth. So good! Thanks for watching mate. Sending xxx to you two! Cheers, Sheena
Hi guys loving this series and its only 90 mins from where I live. I haven't been in Melbourne dining for over 36 years when I went to university , I had better get out more , cheers Alister in Ballarat .
Hi Alister! So glad you’re enjoying the series mate. You definitely have to get to Melbourne for a bit of eating. We hear Ballarat has a great food scene- would love to get there one day soon! Thanks for watching this one. Cheers, Sheena
@@ChasingaPlate Ballarat is ok but exspensive.
Sadie is so cute!❤❤❤
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Good stuff. Must have taken some willpower to walk past Shanghai Street!
Are you doing the 'burbs in Melbourne? Some amazing Vietnamese in Springvale and Doncaster is a great place for Malaysian food
😂😂😂 it did. But we went there for lunch today to satisfy the cravings 🤣 We filmed a couple of videos out in Footscray and got out to Box Hill. Would have LOVED to hit up Springvale and Doncaster but didn’t get a chance. Next time for sure! Thanks for watching Phil. Cheers, Sheena
Thanks for the video ❤
I first visited SFI in 1977, Sunday morning to buy Rice, which only in Melbourne China town lol 😂
😍😍😍😆😆😆 thank you for sharing that memory Arnold! SFI is such an institution- it’s always a fun experience I find. Thanks for watching this one mate. Cheers, Sheena
Thanks for coming ❤❤❤
Loved our experience! Can’t wait to return. Hope you enjoyed the video team. Cheers, Sheena
All looks DELISH!
So yum! Thanks very much for watching this one. Thomas
Loved watching this experience, but I couldn't get past the statement "that it feels like it's back in time...1993". 😂😮
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How is 1993 over 30 years ago?!!!! Blows my mind 😂 thanks for watching Karen! Cheers, Sheena
❤@@ChasingaPlate
The ol' SFI, was always a good 1.
Went few times to the SFI in Keysborough. Was always good!
It’s been around for so long, they must be doing something right aye. It’s always a firm favourite. Don’t mind Gold Leaf either! Thanks for watching. Cheers, Sheena
@@ChasingaPlate Gold Leaf in Springvale SC?
$1K banquets there!
@@DMSProduktions for some reason I had it in my head that Gold Leaf was somewhere else but of course it’s in Springvale 🤦🏻♀️ Yes! Wandered past the one in Preston the other day and wondered if it’s good too. Do you know?
@@ChasingaPlate NEVER tried it!
Not GAME to with their prices!
I still go to the little Viet places that charge reasonable prices, on my limited income/budget.
But I know people that do go there, so I'd say it's pretty good, esp with those $1K banquets! LOL!
Sadie eyeing up the goods
Totally 😂
wow the Phoenix Claws are huge!!!
They were great sized ones. Super yum! Thanks very much for watching. Thomas.
Good video mate
Thanks for watching Joseph! Cheers, Sheena
I’m originally from Wellington NZ,miss yum cha so much! Been living in Newy NSW Oz for over 20 years and Yum cha here is a joke……this is killing me watching you guys eat🥹😫
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I totally understand your yum cha cravings, I get them all the time- we live in the Far North and every time we’re in Auckland I make a beeline! You’ll have to get to Melbourne for a fix! Thanks for watching 💜 Cheers, Sheena
Hey, Hoping you are still in Melbourne. I assume you've probably got restaurants planned.
However if you don't, I would really encourage you to hunt out a restaurant called The Waiters Restaurant. It's been there for decades. I'm pretty fussy with food and it was hands down one of the best value meals I've had in a while. I honestly couldn't fault it. If you do lunch aim for a 1pm sitting when you book. If you do a 12pm sitting you'll be rushed out in an hour.
It really is some of the best Italian food I've had in decades.
Hi Lizzy! Thanks for watching and for the recommendation. We’re leaving tomorrow 😝 I had forgotten about The Waiters Restaurant- it was one we always meant to visit but we never made it. Next time for sure! Great that you had an awesome experience there 💜 Cheers, Sheena
I'm seriously, very jealous right now. I love real Chinese food. Sheena, I also like chicken feet.
So yum aren’t they! Thanks heaps for watching this one and we’re glad you enjoyed it. Cheers, Thomas
Check out secret kitchen next time.. I reckon the yumcha is better there though it hasn’t been around as long as shark finn.
Will check it out next time for sure! Thanks for the recommendation 😄 Cheers, Sheena
Two fingers tapping the table to say thankyou for the tea. Seriously elegant!
But why no 'plate of guts' on the menu? A personal choice or a what works on TH-cam decision?
Thanks for watching Mark! Don’t mind a bit of offal- honestly don’t remember any coming around that morning, perhaps we missed it. We needed more people at the table so we could have ordered more! Thanks for watching and hope you enjoyed this one. Cheers, Sheena
Wow i love hearing sheena speak chinese.
🥰 I’m super out of practice Margaret 😆 thanks for watching this one! Cheers, Sheena
love oyster with tabasco lemon and soy sauce
Great sounding combo! Thanks heaps for watching. Cheers, Thomas
DO you ever do Springvale?
We have been meaning to film out there for so long. Must make it happen next time for sure!
@@ChasingaPlate I'm a regular!
Do most of my grocery shopping there, as I live in Dandenong, and it is cheaper for me still to drive there, than to shop IN Dandenong!
@@DMSProduktions really? That’s so interesting! Good to know! 😍
@@ChasingaPlate Yeah! Cheers!
I love chicken feet too, but probably not the best food to video while eating!!!
Haha yeah they’re a hard one to look good eating 😂 we always think that when we film them! Thanks for watching. Thomas
U need to try this restaurant
' LING NAM '
207 LONSDALE ST
Would have loved to have included Ling Nan but it’s a bit difficult to do night time dining at the moment with the baby 🤓 Def in the future! Thanks for watching. Cheers, Sheena
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Thanks for watching Michael! Cheers, Sheena
Looks like you'd another brilliant day - I really need to try a good oyster something and that oyster bar looks a great place to start 🦪
The absolute perfect place to start Rob! Thanks for watching mate. Cheers, Sheena
DK seafood is the main store
Sure is! Thanks for watching. Cheers, Sheena
Oh Jena Chinese 😊 if she knows her country health foods please 🥺 make it video
I wish I was more knowledgeable Cindy but I don’t have much experience unfortunately. My grandma used to cook loads of different tonics and health foods but unfortunately she has passed. Thanks for watching mate. Cheers, Sheena
show me the pastries, And the Vic market !
Hope you enjoyed this one. Pastries show up in the next video. Cheers, Thomas
oldest in Western countries in San Francisco then Melb. However there are century older ones
ohh damn, you guys have a kid now, lol....congrats
Party of 3 🤓 thanks for watching! Cheers, Sheena
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Thanks for watching!! Hope you enjoyed it. Cheers, Thomas
The only issue with Melbourne China Town restaurants that unless your Asian or white or with someone Asian they’ll play you off like they don’t have any space for you in there restaurant. They’ll tell you that you need to book in advance other than the fact that the person at the door are trying to attract customers walking on the road. Looking for any people of who have the same experience?
Sucks that you’ve had that experience 😬 thanks for watching this one. Cheers, Sheena
you look like Winston McCall
Hope you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching! Cheers, Sheena
Hey guys, I don't like oysters but those were massive and looked awesome. I love our chinatown here in Melbourne it's so cool, love the food.
Us too Ange! There are some real institutions and you can always find something delicious I reckon. Thanks for watching this one! Cheers, Sheena