Portside Market

In the heart of Prahran Market, LK Hospitality’s Stephen Nairn (Yugen, Omnia, Yugen Omakase and YTB) and Luke Headon apply fine dining skills to a retail setting. At fishmonger and produce store Portside, you can expect the same front-of-house service you’d find at one of their restaurants.

You’ll find cut, dressed and prepared seafood sourced from around the country – from Gippsland to Mallacoota, South Australia’s Port Lincoln and Busselton in WA. The sticking point here is to take you beyond the raw product and guide you on specific culinary techniques and how certain cuts are best served. Even better, your fish will be prepared as it would for restaurant dining. It might be Corner Inlet calamari scored to tenderise the meat, or rock lobster stuffed with garlic miso and wrapped in kelp.

Fridges are stocked with everything from tartare and bouillabaisse sauces to brown butter with capers, fish stock, lobster bisque, mignonette dressing, caviar and more. There’s also ready-made meals such as cooked octopus glazed with Japanese-style den miso, plus an entire fridge of “fish-friendly wines”.

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