On Now: European Night Market

European cuisine returns to Melbourne in the form of everyone’s favourite night market and this time, they’re bringing disco to the scene.

After welcoming more than 20,000 visitors in 2018, the European Night Market returns to Madame Brussels Lane every Friday night this July with more stalls than ever before and neon-drenched entertainment.

Stamp your culinary passport with bites from Switzerland, France, Spain, Italy, Poland, Turkey and Greece. So expect to devour morsels of pierogi, feast on paella, then treat yourself with crepes and cannoli. As a special treat, the infamous Oddfellows Hotel will reopen its doors for four weeks only to peddle custom-made Hot Toddies and Mulled Wine.

Newbies to the event, Swiss Made, will debut delicious malakoffs (fried cheese), smoked meats and sauerkraut, while Hella Good will bring coeliac-friendly souvlakis and gyros, and assorted Greek sweets. The nights are cold so quench your thirst with the smooth warmth of the Night Market’s very own cocktail – A Lon Winter’s Night, an incredible elixir of Ginger Mick Gin, Le Birlou apple and chestnut liqueur, lemon, cloudy apple juice and orgeat served warm and topped with flaked almonds and fresh nutmeg.

The laneway will come alive with retro disco beats from performer Fleiss, while Tanya George is set to impress with a unique looping set. Roving entertainers The Quizzical Mr Jeff and Sam Starr will add a touch of sparkle and glamour as they don bespoke costumes created by British designer Ariane Bingham.

Nothing welcomes winter weekends better than the European Night Market.

European Night Market 2019
Till Friday, 26 July 2019, 5pm to 10pm
Madame Brussels Lane, 50 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, 3000
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