Big Taste

Big Taste is the Caribbean takeaway and small restaurant on Normanton Road, in the inner-southern Derby neighbourhood that has the city's densest concentration of independent ethnic food shops. The kitchen runs the recognised Jamaican-British template — curry goat, jerk chicken, stew chicken, ackee and saltfish, festival, fried plantain, rice and peas — with halal meat and delivery offered alongside collection. Reviewer feedback picks out the curry goat and the jerk chicken in particular for depth of seasoning, and the staff for attentive service. The shop is one of a small handful of dedicated Caribbean food operators in the city and pulls trade from both the local Normanton residential streets and visitors coming in from across the wider Derby area for the cuisine.