If anyone visits Birmingham I can recommend this place for cooking equipment:

http://www.gohilemporium.co.uk/

It's easy to pass it by as the shop window mainly displays Indian art and crafts, wedding stuff, etc. However, inside at the back it's an Aladdin's cave for home curry cooking equipment.  There isn?t any industrial scale kitchen things, e.g tandoor ovens, but there is a huge selection of stock pots, pans, balti dishes, tiffins, masala dabbas, bain maries, tableware, and so on.  There are literally hundreds of types of balti/serving dishes.  Standard stainless, copper based, copper, iron, ornate designs, in all shapes and sizes.  I have seen restaurateurs there haggling for bulk orders, but the prices are pretty competitive anyway. My last purchase was a neat little wooden handled chapatti toaster, with feet so it sits perfectly over a small halogen ring.  Cost 2 quid something.   Pictured here, stood up at the back of my hob.

https://curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=8835.0

One thing to remember is they open at around 11.00 am.  They don?t seem to have a mail order service.

Rob   

Quote from: getonthegarabi on November 08, 2012, 10:26 AM
If anyone visits Birmingham I can recommend this place for cooking equipment:

40 years ago and I would have been there like a shot (I used to stay in Smethwick every weekend); sadly these days I never get to Brum, and even with a senior rail pass the cost of getting there by BR would be astronomic.  Ah well (long sigh ...).

** Phil.

Next time i go to Brum or near i'll pay 'em a visit

I don't know exactly where you live in Birmingham but there three great Indian shops in Dudley, Sandhars Wellington Road, my local do all my shopping here for my curry cooking, United Foods Stafford Street and Dudley Supermarket King Street.