Sydney fish markets | For Food's Sake – A Sydney Food Blog

GUEST POST: Manny: As a FFS spouse, I’m generally on the other side of these posts. Cooking is my passion, and as an owner of a full size spit, a mini spit and multiple BBQs, you could say I have a love for meat and fire. So you can imagine my excitement when I was invited, along with “Team FFS” – Vanessa, Bianca and Alex, to a Brazilian BBQ ‘fiesta’ hosted by Vic’s Meat Market and Tramontina.    Vic’s Meats is a Sydney institution of fine butchery, supplying our fair city’s every carnivorous need through their wholesale butchery in Mascot and their upmarket retail butchery, Victor Churchill, in Woollahra. Vic’s newest venture is a brave push into seafood territory, with ‘Vic’s Meat Market’ located at Sydney’s iconic fish markets in Pyrmont. Vic’s Meat Market is a shrine to all things a carnivore would love… from dried to fresh meats (in a variety of cuts) and even its own attached BBQ Wagyu Bar, complete with the largest meat smoker outside of the US (as proudly exclaimed by …

We were lucky this past March/April to have three French relatives visit, having family all around the world; we are blessed to have these usually short but sweet visits. Between all the family members we did the usual Sydney touristy things. Blue Mountains, Hunter Valley, the city, Harbour boat tours, walks around Manly and Bondi. As well as some really special experiences – Madama Butterfly on the harbour (in the rain), yum cha (not a regular undertaking for our French cousins) and a fabulous dinner at Via Napoli. All made special by the family attending.     Madre, Vanessa and I were set to take our cousins to the Fish Markets, an icon in the Sydney Fish Mongering industry. They had not experienced anything quite like it, France obviously, is home to delicious artisan cheeses/ breads/ charcuteries/ sweets…the list goes on really. Mum and I were told by our cousin Christine, that the seafood was exceptionally cheaper than in France. Walking through the bustling markets at lunchtime on a Friday, you get swept up in …