The Sydney Fish Market - Sydney, Australia

Bank Street, Pyrmont NSW

(+61) 2 9004 1100

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Australia's seafood is world renowned and here you'll see hundreds of species in all their glory. It's the second largest fish market in the world (after Tokyo), and it's where all the top chefs come, as well as hordes of locals. Local specialties include Balmain bugs (not those kind of bugs, more like a lobster!) and Sydney rock oysters. You can grab a quick lunch (just choose the seafood you want and most places will cook it up in front of you) then eat it outside next to the bobbing fishing boats. If you have a little more time and don't mind getting up early, you can catch the behind-the-scenes action on a guided tour of the auction (can you believe they sell 55 tonnes of seafood here every day?) Or there's a fantastic cooking school, where they teach classic seafood techniques (how to prepare squid, for example) and dishes (paella, chilli crab and barbecues).

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Above: Patrons enjoying a seafood lunch on the boardwalk outside the market.

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