Curry Recipes Online
Curry Chat => Lets Talk Curry => Topic started by: jb on January 07, 2014, 07:02 PM
-
I took my first trip to my local restaurant wholesalers today.I've always used my local ethnic shop but I thought I'd have a look a place that restaurants/takeaways use.It was huge! I've never seen bags of rice so big,the bags of spices were massive,it would probably take me years to work my way through some of them.I managed to get hold of some catering sized jars of some Pasco pastes.I've seen this brand used by a few local takeaways so I have high hopes for them.They do look different to your usual Pataks brand,especially the kashmiri massla paste.
-
Was it Restaurant Wholesale in Barking Jason?
-
That's the one...great place.
-
Yes, full of virtually everthing you could want, rice, spices, veg, fish, chicken, mutton, Mr Naga ;D, fresh naga and the list goes on. All at very good prices too and so close to home ;D Not used the pasco's pastes so let me know what you think. I did buy a huge jar of mango chutney though :P Good for pots and pans too. Was put on to this place by the manager in Spices ;)
-
Where a outs in Barking is this? The only wholesalers that I know of that sell this stuff in London is at Brick lane. Do you know of others?
-
Here's the link...
http://www.restaurantwholesale.co.uk/ (http://www.restaurantwholesale.co.uk/)
-
I regularly go to one in Southall. It is an Aladin's cave for curry lovers. I'll take some pictures the next time I go :)
-
Whereabouts in southall Bob? I've considered making a supply run down there but wouldn't know which of the shops to go to or whether they are even open to the public or account-only (trade)?
-
Whereabouts in southall Bob? I've considered making a supply run down there but wouldn't know which of the shops to go to or whether they are even open to the public or account-only (trade)?
Hi Chris,
It's Siras in Springfield Road, just over the canal bridge as you enter Southall from Hayes. Leave plenty of time as it is a very very big cash and carry which is also open to the public. You will be delighted with what they have in there :)
http://www.siras.co.uk/findsiras.html (http://www.siras.co.uk/findsiras.html)
-
Thanks Bob, looks like they're almost next door to Quality Foods's Hayes branch: http://quality-foods.co.uk/shops/ (http://quality-foods.co.uk/shops/) so I could check out both with one visit. Think I'll do just that as I've run out of a few things and I can almost guarantee these places will beat Asda's prices on spices, oil, rice, etc. plus I need some mr Naga.
-
Do these places also sell aluminium curry pans and cast iron karahi's etc too?
-
I'd be very surprised if they don't CK but I haven't been yet, so can't confirm. I'm thinking I might leave my visit for a few weeks to await the next time I need to make base gravy, so everything I buy is as fresh as possible when I cook with it.
-
Thanks Bob, looks like they're almost next door to Quality Foods's Hayes branch: http://quality-foods.co.uk/shops/ (http://quality-foods.co.uk/shops/) so I could check out both with one visit. Think I'll do just that as I've run out of a few things and I can almost guarantee these places will beat Asda's prices on spices, oil, rice, etc. plus I need some mr Naga.
Yes, definitely cheaper than any supermarket. We regularly buy 25kg sacks of Basmati Rice for around
-
Do these places also sell aluminium curry pans and cast iron karahi's etc too?
Hi CK, possibly, but to be honest, I've never looked here for them.
-
Thanks Bob, looks like they're almost next door to Quality Foods's Hayes branch: http://quality-foods.co.uk/shops/ (http://quality-foods.co.uk/shops/) so I could check out both with one visit. Think I'll do just that as I've run out of a few things and I can almost guarantee these places will beat Asda's prices on spices, oil, rice, etc. plus I need some mr Naga.
Yes, definitely cheaper than any supermarket. We regularly buy 25kg sacks of Basmati Rice for around
-
To be honest I love these places. I wander around them like a kid in a sweetshop and could happily spend all day wandering around them. They are wonderful places for curry fans.
-
I finally made it along to Siras in Southall today. Simply mesmerising range of spices, it took me a full hour to browse the shop! The fresh produce left me a little underwhelmed with the quality (or lack thereof) as their green and red peppers were not firm and almost starting to wrinkle and the fresh coriander bunches had black rotting dead leaves mixed in with them.
Next I went 2 mins down the road to Quality foods and to be honest preferred the place. It's an even larger shop, nice light and airy atmosphere and the sample of fresh goods I browsed were better quality than in Siras. Both places had an ample number of mainly asian shoppers though, so they must be doing something right.
I somehow failed to find Mr Naga in either shop, but did pick up some alternatives. Thanks for the info Bob, these are definately the right places to be shopping for curry supplies.