Victoria Market

Is it just me or do I not see how good the brastwurst at Vic Market is? Highly-acclaimed and published twice in newspapers, The Brastwurst store left a little to desire. Sure, there were lots of people standing around, but I realise not all, or even half of them were there to get a hot dog. Being the adventurer that I am, I had to know whether it was as good as it claims itself to be. Just to make sure I got the right hot dog, I briefly read thru the article cut-outs of any notable mentions. Asked for a spicy Brastwurst with Onions & Cheese, paid the (increased price of) $6.10, and walked away with my hot dog craddled between my palms. As I took the first bite out of the hot dog, I realised my spicy Brastwurst wasn't spicy at all. Maybe that's as spicy as it gets, I thought to myself. Took a couple more bites, and felt uncompromisngly dissatisfied. The cheese had a slight powdery taste ( I like my cheese sharp), and the bun a bit tough to chew. Dissappointed, I had expected more from this piece of delicacy which had been haunting me in the last few days. I made it my point to never go back there for another hot dog, instead, I would probably stick to the one I used to frequent that serves just as good (or maybe even better) hot dogs for $5, including toppings.

What's Victoria Market without the full experience? So, I decided to fill myself up with the other two worthy mentionables that are also available there:

The American donuts ($4.80 for 6/$1.25ea)
- Sure, they're hand rolled, and hand filled. But anything else from this little novelty idea, there isn't much to say about the taste. They're still just deep-fried balls filled with a dollop of jam.

The Spanish donuts ($6 for 7/$1ea)
- Always as good as I remembered them to be. Long skinny sticks of deep fried dough laced with chockful with icing sugar. Crispy and not too sweet. Scrumptiously naughty. If only they had cinnamon sugar, that would have made me love them even more.

After getting what I needed - dips, nuts, cheese, fruits & veg, biltongs (good hot chilli ones available), I took the liberty of buying a particular cake a friend had recommended. I don't recall the name of the shop, but it's around the corner just in front of the Brastwurst Stall selling biscuits, cookies & cakes. She had told me that the blueberry & raspberry cake ($3.50) and the banana surprise cake ($3.50) was nice. I was craving for something banana, so I went and got the banana surprise cake, which delightfully had a piece of fresh banana right in the core of the cake. I also made a note to come back for the other cake the next time I visited.