🍩 Melbourne's 30-year legendary food truck, the secret code for the joy of $1.8 berry jam🍩

### **The Ultimate Guide to American Doughnut Kitchen in Victoria Market** **——Melbourne's 30-year legendary food truck, $1.8 for the joy of bursting berry jam** --- ## **🍩 Must-eat reason** ✅ **30 years of unchanged taste**: Opened in 1988, insists on hand-fried and homemade jam ✅ **Super cost-effective**: $1.8/piece (cash payment), half a dozen $10.5 ✅ **Magic addiction**: crispy on the outside and soft on the inside + slightly sour raspberry jam, delicious both hot and cold! --- ## **📍 Location and queuing tips** - **Food truck location**: Queen Victoria Market **Deli Hall Zone H** (look for the red and white striped food truck) - **Business hours**: - **Tuesday/Thursday**: 7:00-14:00 - **Friday**: 7:00-17:00 - **Saturday**: 7:00-15:00 - *Closed on Sunday & Monday* - **Tips for skipping the queue**: - **Golden time**: before 9:00 on weekdays | after 11:00 on Saturdays - **Minefield time**: Friday lunch (12:00-14:00 queue is 50 meters long!) --- ## **📸 Check-in guide** ### **1. Hidden way to eat** - **Ice and fire**: Buy hot donuts + next door**Gelato Di Messina** vanilla ice cream ($5), eat with a pinch! - **Double jam**: Tell the clerk "Extra jam" (free extra jam) ### **2. Photo tricks** - **Overhead shot of flowing powdered sugar**: Capture the moment when the clerk sprinkles powdered sugar (super cool action) - **Close-up of the sauce**: Gently break it open to reveal the waterfall of jam --- ## **⚠️ Important tips** - **Cash only**! Cash withdrawal from the ATM at the market entrance (handling fee $2.5) - **Limited to 2 dozen per person** (24 pieces), the purchasing agent party will buy up during the peak season - **Best tasting**: within 10 minutes after baking, the crust is crispy to the maximum --- ## **🚶♀️ Peripheral combination play** 1. **Breakfast set**: 🍩 Donuts + ☕ **Market Lane Coffee** (Deli Hall E area) *Recommended Flat White ($4.5), coffee bean champion shop* 2. **Sweet and salty CP**: 🍩 Donuts + 🌭 **Bratwurst Shop** German sausage ($8) 3. **Souvenir route**: Buy half a dozen donuts → Visit the **handmade jam stall** (Aisle B) → Take a bottle of raspberry jam ($8) home to copy --- ### **🎯 Suitable for people** - **Sweetie lovers**: Balanced sweet and sour taste without feeling greasy - **Nostalgia lovers**: Experience the old-fashioned taste that has remained unchanged for 30 years - **Budget travelers**: The king of cost-effectiveness for a happy meal at $2 **Summary**: This donut is **"the soul of the Victoria Market"**, **cash + early arrival** is the way to go! The secret to its deliciousness even when it's cold is that the jam is made with Australian summer raspberries, which is acidic enough to relieve greasiness~ > 💡 **Cold knowledge**: 200 kg of flour is consumed every day, and the amount of jam used can fill 3 bathtubs!