Hot & Spicy Food Day

Overview

If you're the type of person who pours Tabasco on their breakfast, loads up their pizza with chilli oil and can think of nothing tastier than a bowl of spicy noodles, you'll want to put next Thursday, February 27 in your diary. Preston Market is dedicating a day to all things hot, spicy and sweat-inducing.

It's safe to say the northside precinct has your feasting well and truly sorted — a stack of its traders are getting into the spirit with a range of special offers, free tastings and one-off spicy dishes. Swing by the Local Pantry Co for free Danny Balboa hot sauce tastings from midday–2.30pm, then wander over to Super Raw for $2 spicy immunity shots. For something heartier, Cornutopia is serving up $8 chipotle bean burritos and you'll find spicy beef noodle soup (bun bo hue) for $15 at T's Vietnamese.

The chilli-filled fun continues over at Lemnos Deli (with chilli-stuffed olive, chilli-coated salami and hot sopressa), at Julie Take Away (serving a one-off chilli chicken tenders sanga) and Dragisha & Nikola Bakery (with a chilli tomato bread).

If merely eating chilli doesn't scratch your spicy itch, the market will also be hosting cooking demonstrations from 1–2pm and 1.45–2.45pm.