There is possibly one thing that I prefer over a good piece of meat, and that is a good serving of…read moreCured Meats and Sausages! Standom Smallgoods, and in the Case the Standom Butcher at Gepps Cross have been a meat lovers institution for many a year. Walking into the store you see glorious meat products that will give you atrocious heart burn and the most 'colourful' wind you have ever experienced! I have only rated Standom 4 out of a possible 5 stars for the simple reason that there are better options around for similar products, but there are only a few locations where you can find them all in one place! I am a personal fan of their line of Wursts that go amazingly with a good wholegrain mustard (one of the few meats that are not better with Rosella Tomoato Sauce!), but also the line of cured pork and beef is something to marvel! They don't have the really candy like ham that you will find imported from Spain or Italy (Serano or Parma), but there are some great options for platters or sangers! If you are feeling game check out their gourmet presswurst, it's an odd texture, but pretty awesome!

Standom Smallgoods at Gepps Cross sells a huge range of unbelievably good smallgoods, mostly German…read more- like many of the staff - but with meats and delicacies from farther afield as well. What more can you say? A lot, although you'd be repeating the same general line as above. So here goes. A lot of the wursts, sausages etc are pork based. Standom must use only the tastiest little piggies, because the flavours, whether smoked or spiced up with herbs, are mouthwatering. This shop could convert a vegan, once you got them screaming through the door. As well as the range of exotic smoked sausages, including double smoked ones, there are plenty of other home-made lines as well as European pre-packed stuff. A few of these lovely meaty products stand out for flavour and value, in my opinion. The Bockwurst sausages are fat little babies with a delicious smoky flavour. They're great cut in half and grilled, or boiled and put in a hotdog, if you can get your mouth around one. The smoked Viennas come in peasant and deluxe (ie pure pork) form. Both are excellent, but you save a few cents per kg with the cheaper ones. The Weisswurst (white sausage) has bits of greenish spice in it. Very tasty. If you are there before they're all gone, the 'king size' sausage will make you the hit of any barbecue. They are huge and juicy when cooked, and delicious. The fritz is as good as you can buy anywhere. It's a bit smoky and has that slight rubbery spring which any fritz connoisseur will tell you is the sign of a quality fritz. Finally, bits of most of the meats on sale turn up as offcuts in cheaply-priced bags in the open fridge. These offcuts often include whole sausages etc and are not to be sneezed at, whether for pizza toppings, kids' lunches or nibbling at straight from the bag on the way home from Standom's House of Smoky Temptations. I've left a lot of good things out. My advice into head out to Gepps Cross and call in. Look for a big wooden (two dimensional) bull on the side of the road. You'll be so glad you did. Even if you're a vego, the experience will be character-forming for you.

A whole new world has opened up for me up this end of Prospect Rd, to think I used to live not too…read morefar away and I never knew about it. Much like Gaganis is what can be found in here but from the middle eastern side of the world. The people who have migrated here from the middle east are certainly catered for and it's probably like they never left home but without the fighting. Everything is on their doorstep including ours if we search for it and it can be found here as they have a huge range of items. Their products include cooking equipment and utensils, glassware, spices, rice, pulses, cooking oils and of course Halal meat. On the entertainment side they have movies, cd's in either Indian, Persian or Afghan. Also there is the latest news available and they serve drinks and food ready to eat. And fresh fruit and vegetables...I don't think they'd bother going anywhere else. I enjoyed coming here and for my next dinner event I intend on doing some middle eastern cooking.

Before I start I am going to clarify that I have no intention of writing out the store name…read morethroughout this article.....so hence forth this Asian Super Market/Butcher will be known as 'Hung' (cool hey?)! I wept, salty noodle shaped tears, when I entered Hung. I know, at most Asian Supermarkets you find the odd noodle brand or flavour that you haven't tried before. Sooooo many new noodle types to throw onto the 'wheel of noodle fortune'. Surely Ian 'Turps' Turpie would be over the moon! Other than my noodle ecstasy, Hung is a solid store (hehe). There is plenty of sauce and spice mix options to try on your randomly dodgy cuts of, what I would assume is Beef, Lamb, Pork or Chicken...hmmm. Then, if you head toward the rear of the store, all of your dead animal dreams can come true with a small but useful Butcher. For the size of the store there is a lot to take in, so take the time!

I stopped in here one day just out of curiosity and walked out with a bag full of things to try…read more This little Halal grocery store stocks Middle Eastern foods - spices, condiments, sauces, rice etc. The staff are friendly, and the store is bare but clean. Lots of the products I had not seen before and so am still curious to try. There was also a range of Indian products - curry pastes and packet mixes for curries. Some looked better than others. What I really liked was the big vat of dates near the front door - I took home a bag bursting with dates. Oh and the spicy pepper sauce - pure red pepper extract, a bit like Tabasco but made from a different variety of pepper.