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Show HN: Travel the world on your dinner table – food that skips the restaurant

tarobites.com

We've been delivering authentic, unique food to families in the Bay Area over the past year. In Taro Gourmet, food lovers get to enjoy a curated experience from different parts of the world every week and experience new cultures through food - unique dishes and rare micro-cuisines that skip the local restaurant. In this journey, we may go to Japan to try the famous 5-course Siawase Menu, then go to Cuba to try Beef Empanadas and Polenta like the locals, and perhaps take you to Coastal Gujarat for a Kathiawadi Thali.

Once you are onboard as a Taro Gourmet, you will have option to receive specially curated meal for two every Tuesday. In a week leading to your delivery, we will send you all the information on this cuisine, chefs and story behind each item. As we embark on this gastronomic journey, Taro will satiate your palate as well as bring out the story the restaurants don't tell you.

Our first menu - exploring the Peranakan Chinese cuisine (called "Baba Nyonya") from the Malay Peninsula is live - we'd love your feedback :)

Looks enticing. Is it a single fixed menu every week or can we select from a variety of different options?

Thanks @arania for your interest. At this time, we have a single menu every week, but with time, as the interest grows, we hope to add more options.

@kpowerinfinity, how are the chefs chosen? Are these from any local restaurants?

We have a combination of caterers and authentic restaurants on our platform. Amongst those, we choose the ones who represent the cuisine best.

One of the challenges we see customers face is being able to find the really great authentic dishes that go well from a cuisine they are not familiar with - which is why we put in a lot of effort to curate the menus and ensure a high level of quality in the food.

Nice share. My wife has me picking it up for the Nyonya Beef Rendang Curry.

This sounds very interesting. where can I view your offering?

If you visit the URL, you can sign up to receive every week. Delivering all over Bay Area only for now.

How are you ensuring quality of food?

Great question @vividjoy.

First up, we work with licensed caterers and restaurant kitchens to ensure the food production kitchen is safe from a food safety perspective.

Secondly, we curate and personally taste each individual menu to ensure a high quality experience in terms of taste.

Thirdly, we transport all the food cold to ensure that it maintains its quality and consistency a lot better. We provide detailed heat and serve instructions so you can create the most authentic experience.

We'd love for you to try it out!

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