Whisky, for example, taken before good savoury item (6,3)
I believe the answer is:
scotch egg
'savoury item' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'whisky for example taken before good' is the wordplay.
'whisky' becomes 'scotch' (Scotch is an example).
'for example' becomes 'eg' ('e.g.' can be a synonym of 'for example').
'taken before' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'scotch'+'eg'+'g'='SCOTCH EGG'
(Other definitions for scotch egg that I've seen before include "Oval food, mainly sausage meat" , "Savoury snack" , "Picnic food" , "It is encased in sausage meat" , "nibble" .)