The days may be getting shorter, but autumn is the perfect time to enjoy the last of the warm weather with an alfresco picnic. Seafood is ideal for picnicking—start light with oysters, prawns, sushi, or sashimi before moving on to something more substantial like a lobster roll, takoyaki, or a chargrilled seafood skewer.
Sydney Fish Market is more than just seafood. With a butcher, bakery, bottle shop, bubble tea shop, greengrocer, and artisanal deli, you can pick up everything you need. Plus, we’re close to prime picnic spots like Wentworth Park and the Glebe foreshore. Just BYO rug and esky!
Here are our top picnic picks from SFM to make your alfresco lunch unforgettable.
Sashimi 
Could there be a more perfect picnic item than sashimi!? With no prep and minimal garnishes, it’s a dish that's both simple and elegant, letting the natural flavour and texture of the fish shine.
Every seafood retailer at Sydney Fish Market has its own sashimi bar, where you’ll find the classics like Tuna, Salmon and Kingfish alongside a range of more unusual sashimi options like Toothfish, Snapper, John Dory, Surf Clams, Octopus or Scampi.
Choose your favourites and have them expertly slice it to your desired thickness in front of your eyes!
Nigiri
Nigiri is a type of sushi that consists of a small mound of vinegared rice, topped with a slice of raw fish or other seafood. The seafood can vary but the key characteristic is that it’s often served with a small dab of wasabi between the rice and the fish. Unlike sashimi, nigiri includes rice, making it a bit more substantial, but still very simple and focused on the quality of the fish.
Both Peter’s and Get Fish have a huge variety of nigiri on offer; you can mix and match to create your own delicious box tailored to your preferences, and even try something new, like scallop, smoked eel, or soft-shell crab!
Prawn Skewers
Fish Market Cafe’s giant chilli and garlic prawn skewers are an irresistible treat featuring a King prawn marinated in a spicy and aromatic mixture of chilli and garlic then charred on a BBQ hotplate.
The combination of heat from the chilli and the rich, pungent flavour of garlic creates a mouthwatering contrast, while the grilling adds a smoky depth to the deliciously tender Prawn.
They may be big, but we bet you won’t be able to stop at one!
Lobster Rolls
The Boatshed, Peter’s, and Fish Market Cafe offer Lobster Rolls - a twist on a classic, combining a succulent lobster and seafood filling with the rich flavours of melted cheese and mayo. This decadent combination is generously piled onto a buttery, toasted brioche bun before being torched with an aburi flame and topped with fish roe. The Boatshed offers one featuring WA Lobster smothered in garlic butter confit, yuzu mayo and avruga caviar.
Chocolate Covered Strawberries
After gorging on seafood, you’ll need something light and refreshing for dessert. Fruitezy’s range of chocolate-dipped fruit offers the perfect finisher for your picnic.
It’s hard to go past the chocolate-dipped strawberries - the contrast between the sweet, slightly tangy flavour of the strawberry and the rich, smooth chocolate is what makes them so irresistible.
Take your pick from white, milk or dark chocolate coatings, or branch out and try their choc-dipped watermelon, mango, figs and more. Now that’s our idea of healthy eating!
Fruit Drinks and Milk Teas
Machi Machi Tea Bar in the Sydney Fish Market arcade has a huge variety of tall, cool drinks to choose from, including specialty milk teas, smoothies and fresh fruit drinks.
To complement your seafood picnic, we recommend their zesty Grapefruit Green Tea Slush drink. It’s ultra-refreshing and customisable with fruit jelly or cream cheese foam.