Snack Man

Since relocating Happy Boy to Fortitude Valley in 2017, Cameron and Jordan Votan have been toying with the idea of a neighbouring venue specialising in bite-sized Chinese eats. Enter Snack Man, a wine bar and eatery that celebrates the ‘Chinese food of the people’, focusing on flavoursome on-the-go-style eats using simple fresh ingredients. While Happy Boy focuses heavily on Australian wines, Snack Man takes a more continental approach, importing never-before-seen drops from natural and emerging winemakers and regions across the globe. The ever-changing selection features around 200 bottles and each week Cameron curates his wine-wall highlights (alongside a rotating list of seasonal cocktails) for those needing a little help deciding. On the food front, Snack Man certainly lives up to its name. The menu is divided into dumplings, buns, other snacks, vegetables and seafood, meat dishes, noodle and rice dishes, and sweets. Need some suggestions? We’re big fans of Snack Man’s scallop and prawn dumplings in spicy chilli oil, Chinese pan-fried pies with pork floss and green onion, crispy salt and pepper chicken ribs, wok-fried king prawns in soy sauce and ginger, and Chairman’s comforting red-braised pork belly.