I'm starting to explore South Yarra a little more as the site of my new workplace. I wandered for the first time through Prahran market which is unexpectedly shiny and not as ridiculously expensive as I thought. Despite the allure of the mussels and falafel stands, I instead crossed the road to find Third Wave and its good reputation for smoked meats and burgers.
The menu reads like a junk food dream - smoked ribs and chicken, unhealthy sounding burgers and shakes.
The lunch menu had good value meals including my choice of the Meat Lovers $16.5 - plain tasting brisket which was soft in parts and less so in others, nice smoked glazed chicken wings and delicious slightly chilli dry-spiced thick beef ribs. The Que You Spicy BBQ sauce had a deep sweet flavour and there was distinct horseradish in the mayo.
The blackforest shake (chocolate, cherries, vanilla) $10.9 sounded right up my alley but it wasn't as thick as advertised, didn't have any chunks (which I'd expect from real cherries blended) and was surprisingly light in colour (possibly mostly vanilla).
Next time I would order the Chicken Chicken set or Juicy Lucy or Oh Mamma burger for lunch. For dinner I'd try the pork ribs or lamb shoulder for dinner. I'd then be able to judge if I liked these over these more than the beef ribs. I'd wash it down by trying the Nutella or Bounty shakes.