Photo: Luis Enrique Ascui Seafood used to be only for Fridays and Easter, says Queen Victoria Market fishmonger George Milonas. Now Christmas sales are more than double what we take in Easter.
This Christmas, Milonas and his fellow seafood retailers at Melbourne s historic food market will sell 12 tonnes of cooked prawns and almost 1200 dozen oysters between them. The second-generation fish seller is betting Christmas 2020 will break records as Victorian families shake off their lockdown shackles and regroup over the holiday season. Sydney rock oysters are at their best between September and March.
Photo: Elesa Kurtz It s a massive logistical operation getting wild-caught, perishable seafood into the market and out again in perfect condition, says Milonas above the din of Christmas shoppers at his George the Fishmonger store. I had to start planning for this in August!