The Emerald Elephant

Whether looking for those tangy, tantalising Thai tastes to freshen up on a hot summer day or searching for the warming Southeast Asian curries that can cheer anybody through a rough winter, the Emerald Elephant is an ever-welcoming port of call on Melbourne’s busy Bay Street. Just a short walk from the Spirit of Tasmania dock and the beach stretching along Beaconsfield Parade, the Emerald Elephant is a Port Melbourne favourite in the summer, when its outdoor seating area is filled with punters enjoying a cooling beer and some refreshing rice-paper rolls or papaya salad. But the Emerald Elephant also has the prescribed antidote to any case of the winter blues. For some this is a classic kee mao or pad thai, for others it is the lesser known tastes of a jungle curry or the Mongolian specialty sauce.