Love Affairs in Melbourne-Chapter 61 - 58 Victoria Market (Request for first subscription, request for monthly ticket)

Chapter 61: Chapter 58 Victoria Market (Request for first subscription, request for monthly ticket)

Waiwai:

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Reporting to my master, during the festive season, everyone’s holiday isn’t very long, so each person is busy eating this and that – there’s hardly any time for everyone to gather together.

Moreover, with the class reunion coming up in August, there doesn’t seem to be an urgent reason to meet up right away.

Also, since Xiao Qizi has now openly responded to whether she is still with you, none of those girls who used to fantasize about Xiao Qizi has tried to ask her out in private. Please rest assured, Master.

However, on the afternoon of the third day of the New Year, I’ve made plans to meet with Liu Siyan and Lu Ying. Xiao Qizi wants to learn from the two of them.

Master, this August is truly a special one indeed.

Liu Siyan and Lu Ying are getting married, Xiao Qizi and the master will meet in China, and the master will decide whether to move to New York next year.

August is definitely going to be the best month of the year.

As for the application materials and requirements for Parsons and FIT, Xiao Qizi will find the most detailed information for you as soon as she gets back to the United States.

Don’t worry, Master; Xiao Qizi will be even more serious, proactive, and meticulous than when she applied for schools herself.

Cough cough~

It seems speaking normally is a lot smoother~

I feel it’s definitely impossible for me to become a fashion expert overnight. Even if I memorize all those names, I still won’t understand what they stand for.

I just want to have a basic understanding of the things you are interested in. Otherwise, what if you find you have nothing to talk to me about later?

As for that equation, solve it if you want, forget it if you don’t. I don’t intend to make you a math expert.

I don’t want a math expert.

I don’t want anyone.

I just want Yan Yan.

I wish I could go back and ask the you who had just started dating me, the one who only wore school uniforms, if you ever imagined your future aspirations would lie deep within the fashion industry.

I liked the Yan Yan from the past, simple and clear.

But I like the Yan Yan of now even more, passionate and confident.

I remember you said that you don’t like the heavy connotation of the word ’love,’ so my love, I’ve replaced it all with ’like.’

Question =>

Do your parents like celebrating the New Year in Melbourne?

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Every year during Chinese New Year, Melbourne’s city center and China Town, especially Swanston Street, are decked with festive lanterns.

Even though it’s overseas, the atmosphere of the New Year is very much alive.

If you celebrate in the same place every year, it’s likely that you may eventually grow tired of it.

The significance of Chinese New Year for the overseas Chinese and expatriates might even be greater than for those in China.

Christmas in Melbourne is hot, but Chinese New Year in Melbourne is hotter.

Restaurants in China Town are bursting at the seams.

Yan Yan’s parents also have not planned to dine out.

Yan Yan’s dad was a technical-minded person, and he treated cooking as a technical skill to deeply study, thus, Mr. Yan was quite talented in culinary arts.

Early in the morning, Yan Yan took her parents to the only "market" in Melbourne, Victoria Market.

Australians don’t have the concept of going to the "market" every day to buy groceries; most of the food at home is basically purchased at supermarkets.

The full name of Victoria Market is Queen Victoria Market, and tourists usually refer to it as either Queen Market or by its full name.

But for those living in Melbourne, it’s rare to add "Queen" before the market because there would be no confusion whether it’s included or not.

Victoria Market has been open since 1878 and is the largest and oldest open-air market in the Southern Hemisphere.

Though it’s called open-air, in reality, you can hardly see any open areas at the present Victoria Market, as everywhere is covered with sheet metal roofs, and the area selling seafood is even more so a steel-reinforced concrete building.

Whatever you can find at domestic markets in China, you can find at Victoria Market.

For example, things like animal offal and other items such as pork bones and pig’s feet, which aren’t very popular with Australians, are much cheaper here than in China.

The seafood sold at Victoria Market is known for being both high-quality and reasonably priced, with a wide variety, but the freshness is the most critical aspect.

Things you can’t find at domestic markets in China, Victoria Market has them too, such as travel souvenirs, homemade wine sold for five Australian dollars a bottle, and a variety of snack stalls.

In China, markets open 365 days a year, but Australians aren’t that diligent, needing to rest for two days a week; due to its special nature of business, Victoria Market doesn’t stop operating on weekends, but it’s closed every Monday and Wednesday.

Victoria Market also has a famously popular summer night market.

Coming from the Northern Hemisphere’s winter to the Southern Hemisphere’s summer, what could make one forget all their winter blues is surely the Victoria Market night market.

On Wednesday nights, Victoria Market becomes like a temple fair, with performances, portrait sketching, and most importantly, a gathering of gourmet foods from all around the world, turning it into a foodie’s Heaven. (note 1)

If you can only visit the Victoria night market once while in Melbourne and choose to do so after you’ve had dinner, you’d be kicking yourself in regret.

Because an empty stomach just isn’t enough to contain everything, and a full stomach can only look on at the delicious food and sigh.

However, fundamentally speaking, Victoria Market can’t be considered a place taken over by tourists, nor is it a travel destination notorious for ripping off its visitors.

Many locals in Melbourne also come to Victoria Market once a week to do a big shopping haul; supermarket seafood just can’t compare with what is available at Victoria Market.

However, most of Melbourne’s residents don’t live downtown, so coming daily to "buy groceries" is simply impossible.

It might be hard to say for the souvenir stalls, but when it comes to selling ingredients, whether it’s fruit, meat, or seafood, prices are absolutely clearly marked, fair for both young and old.

Also, possibly for reasons of animal protection or something else, live creatures are not sold at Victoria Market; scenes of live fish and chickens being slaughtered on the spot like in Chinese markets are not seen here.

What’s quite astonishing is that frozen seafood at Victoria Market, such as frozen shrimp, tastes even fresher than the live shrimp back in China after cooking.

This is probably due to Australia’s quick-freeze technology and transportation conditions.

Shrimp that are freshly caught, still jumping about, that are instantly quick-frozen on the boat to lock in their freshness, are indeed better at preserving that freshness than live shrimp that have been suffocated in bags for half a day before being taken home.

The technology of freezing is definitely a very important aspect of food preservation science.

Yan Yan’s parents were staying at a hotel without a kitchen, so Yan Dabang picked a huge selection of seafood, intending to cook New Year’s Eve dinner at Yan Yan’s place; Yan Yan was included, and naturally, the "landlord" Bao Bao and Shen Xi were as well.

When Yan Yan and her family went shopping for groceries, Shen Xi and Bao Bao went to buy various sauces at the Chinese supermarket in the City.

There are many Chinese people in Melbourne, and consequently, plenty of Chinese supermarkets. Many international students bring various spices with them to Melbourne, but this is actually not necessary, as they can generally buy everything they need here.

The key issue is that bottles and jars are generally quite heavy and seriously take up the limited luggage space of international students.

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Note 1:

As the number of visitors to the market continues to grow, the number of souvenir vendors also increases. However, most of the souvenirs will have a Made-in-China tag, so if you really plan to buy something to take back as a gift, you need to carefully choose.

Otherwise, bringing a gift made in China back from Australia to give to someone can be somewhat embarrassing.