Welcome to the most exciting new gourmet food store on the Coast - we are a unique new store for the region - the Central Coast’s best gourmet grocer, deli, gourmet hamper store and café.
TASTE GOURMET DELI
Our range of fresh deli and take home items is extensive including gourmet small goods & meats, Australian & imported cheeses, antipasto, tapenades, dips, gourmet ice-cream, sorbets and more.
Gourmet meal options include fresh hand made gourmet ravioli, pasta sauces, Indian curry sauces, home style soups, gourmet pies, quiches and filos, pestos, garden salads and vegetable fritters. Choose from hand baked biscuits, Indian style naan breads, cakes and much more!
Our smallgoods range is growing daily and we offer a range of pre sliced and sliced to order cold meats. Our sliced meats range includes Simply the Best’s award winning Gold Label leg ham sliced off the bone, roast beef, roast lamb and roasted turkey breast, salamis including Hungarian (hot and mild), Danish and pepperoni and more. We also offer premium prosciutto.
Our cheese cabinet is growing each day with a selection of Australia’s most sought after cheese and selected hard to find farmhouse and imported cheeses. Our brands include the Hunter’s own Binnorie Dairy Labna (marinated yoghurt balls), and marinated fetta. Our imported cheeses include France’s Gabriel Coulet Roquefort and Italian Grana Padano and Parma Reggianno.
Our growing selection of antipasto includes a large range of olives, pitted, staffed and marinated, premium char-grilled and marinated capsicum and eggplant, marinated balsamic onions, black and Kalamata olive tapenades, semi dried tomatoes, marinated artichoke hearts and quince, fig, plum and cabernet pastes. We also stock cornichons and gherkins.
Pair these with a large range of crispbreads and grissini from artisan and specialist bakeries such as Kurrajong Kitchens, Sydney Biscuit Co and Falwasser.
For those with a serious gourmet palate, we have imported Italian truffles, marinated snails, pickled walnuts, Moroccan lemons, French Lescure butter and more. We have fresh free range eggs, fresh pestos and salsas, and Maggie Beer's famous Pheasant farm pates.
TASTE GOURMET TAKE HOME
We are all busy these days but we can still always eat well. Try some of our take home meal suggestions; quicker and cheaper than takeaway and you can still do a little bit of cooking if you choose. We have pasta, pies, , curries, quiches, soups, salads and much more!
Feel like Italian tonight? We have pastas and pasta sauces, a range of pestos and a delightful range of gourmet raviolis.
If you are in the mood for Indian, try our authentic samosas and pakoras, made by award winning Jewel of India restaurant. Wee are have their great sauces including korma, butter and tandoori. We also have fully cooked curries, just add rice (we have basmati rice ready to cook). Add a chutney or pickle from our extensive range and grab some pappadums or naan to complete your quick and easy gourmet meal.
For even quicker and easier meals we have individual gourmet pies from the award winning Boscastle pies, hand made quiches, home style soups, and fully cooked filos including chicken bacon and herb. Couple with a freshly made salad from our deli bar (choose from our Chef’s Green Salad, Mediterranean Greek Salad or Classic Caesar Salad).
For a complete night off from cooking, grab a take home version of our warm Moroccan lamb salad with tangy lemon dressing or our Thai Sweet Chilli Chicken Salad with chilli lime dressing. These are made to order while you wait for absolute freshness.
TASTE GOURMET TO GO
We are all busy these days but we can still always eat well. Try some of our take home Taste Gourmet to Go meal suggestions. Our meals are fully cooked, restaurant quality. Hand made using only the freshest premium quality ingredients.
Just because you love fine food doesn't mean you spend hours preparing every meal. The time required to create luxurious meals from scratch ingredients is not always a luxury Taste Gourmet customers can afford. That's when home chefs who demand the most from themselves demand it from someone else.
Taste Gourmet to Go features an exciting selection of ready-to-eat and ready-to-heat chef prepared foods like individual quiche, hand made pizzas, gourmet pies, creamy frittatas, hand made open tarts, home style lasagne, fresh made salads,vegetable patties, and other indulgent yet convenient fare. Some selections are ideal for enhancing a home cooked meal while others provide a full meal to go. Take-away was never this good. You'll enjoy your Taste Gourmet to Go as much as you enjoy the time it saved you.
WINNER - Best Café - Central Coast 2009 + 2007 Business Awards WINNER - Employee Excellence - Central Coast 2007 Business Awards 2008 + 2007 Finalist - Outstanding Café - Central Coast Sun Weekly Business Awards 2008 + 2007 Finalist - Gourmet Food & Delicatessen - Central Coast Business Awards
