VIVA ITALIA AUTHENTIC ITALIAN AT SABATO Italians are passionate about good food - at Sabato we share this passion and offer a wide selection of quality Italian ingredients.
GUSTO ITALIANO - AUTHENTIC ITALIAN IN THE HEART OF PONSONBY
Our products are sourced from small, often family-run, artisan producers that use traditional methods to create authentic Italian products.
Inspired by the charm of a classic Italian restaurant, Gusto means ‘taste and enjoyment’ and brings the authentic feeling of Italy to guests.
There is no dish more Italian than pasta with tomato sugo topped with grated Parmigiano Reggiano. When made with superior quality ingredients such as Sabato pasta sauces and Rustichella pasta, even this simple dish is a taste sensation.
Situated at Three Lamps along Ponsonby Road, Gusto will treat you to a true Italian experience.
Sabato’s range of rich, flavoursome pasta sauces are made in Italy using sun-ripened tomatoes and quality extra virgin olive oil. The fresh tomatoes are cooked down slowly to produce a rich, thick sugo with an intense tomato flavour. There are seven delicious flavours: basil, rocket, puttanesca, porcini, ricotta forte, eggplant and sweet peppers and chilli. These sauces are also tasty on pizzas, stirred through grains and in casseroles. Many of our sauces are now organic where possible and you won’t need to spend hours in the kitchen simmering, just open a jar. Rustichella is one of our long-term Italian suppliers who have been making pasta semolina from selected durum wheat and pure mountain water using traditional methods since 1924. This pasta is extruded through bronze dyes and has a unique firmness and flavour - simply irresistible with Sabato pasta sauce tossed through. Our authentic Parmigiano Reggiano is carefully selected for its provenance and quality. We offer three varieties at Sabato: traditional, red cow and brown cow, each with their own unique flavour profile. All are divine shaved over pasta. Visit our retail store to taste our Italian products and chat to our knowledgeable staff. For Italian recipe ideas visit www.sabato.co.nz F PN
Armando, the owner, grew up in Apricena, Puglia in the south of Italy and he has been the owner-operator of Gusto Italiano for over eight years now. Armando came to New Zealand with Wilma, his Kiwi wife, and they decided to relocate to Auckland. After three years working in other popular Italian restaurants, Armando took an opportunity in Ponsonby and Gusto Italiano was created. Ten years ago Alessio, originally from Milan in the North of Italy, left his job as chef de partie at the Hotel Principe di Savoia in Milan to travel and decided to settle in New Zealand. He joined the team at Gusto four years ago and together the pair brings you traditional Italian dishes from all over Italy. The menu focuses on freshly prepared classic Italian dishes, featuring an excellent range of pasta, seafood, meats and Roman-style pizza. If you are planning events, Gusto has an upstairs room available for hire, catering for birthday parties, family get-togethers, work functions, Christmas parties or even business meetings over lunch, or ending with dinner. F PN GUSTO ITALIANO, 263 Ponsonby Road, T: 09 361 1556, www.gustoitaliano.co.nz
SABATO, 57 Normanby Road, Mt Eden, T: 09 630 8751
38 PONSONBY NEWS+ March 2016
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