Vendor wave misses town

Is Sydney missing out on one of the hottest food trends sweeping the planet?

News of the installation of a Moet & Chandon vending machine at a London branch of UK department store Selfridges circled the world faster than an old Soviet spy satellite.

If champagne on demand sounds a little Ab Fab, earlier this year a vending machine in China started selling live crabs.

In California you can drop coins for cupcakes or fairy floss, in France it's fresh baguette. Japan offers everything from ramen noodles to roadside farm fresh eggs. But what about Sydney? Are we missing something?