Standom Butcher

Standom Smallgoods at Gepps Cross sells a huge range of unbelievably good smallgoods, mostly German — 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 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 a bit of some 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.
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 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, it will be character-​forming for you.

I am a sucker for mouthwatering smallgoods, but the meats you get from a service deli in a supermarket all seem to be either tasteless, or are heavily processed. Add to that, I worked in a service deli in a supermarket, so I can tell you first hand some of the borderline dodgy things that take place in those environments. With that in mind, whenever I shop for smallgoods I go to a specialist place like Standom Smallgoods.
I’m always amazed by the huge selection of meats available, from chicken, to turkey, to pork. Bacon, ham speck, pork neck, various kabanas, I could go on. You could travel the world in the form of meat, from a British black pudding, to a Polish sausage.
So what do you do if you’re not familiar with smallgoods? Well the staff know their meats, and can tell you where in the world something comes from, whether it’s spicy or hot, and if you’re still not sure you can always have a sample to see if you like it.
It’s not only meats that Standom offers. There is a large variety of cheeses in the fridge, and various meal ideas and sweets from around the world. Maybe you want something a bit different for dinner. What was that? You do? Then check them out. Maybe you want to make a pizza. All of their off cuts are bagged and placed in the fridge which make perfect pizza toppings.
If you want some meat to make yourself cheap lunches for work then pay Standom Smallgoods a visit. There’s always something different to try, whether it be for lunch or dinner.

There is possibly one thing that I prefer over a good piece of meat, and that is a good serving of Cured 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!