I need to confess... I'm a self-harmer. My masochistic appetite is getting stronger and I'm continually facing a search for new places to help me inflict increasing pain on myself.
And Al Amira is my latest find.
Jalapenos haven't sufficed for years, Thai Chillies became ordinary months ago and now the copious inclusion in my cooking of Bird Chillies from the opposite Thai Smile store is beginning to become boring. Al Amira can go one better.
Habaneros!
Where ten bird chillies could tickle my tongue, one of Al Amira's fresh habaneros (scotch bonnets) can do ten times that. It's a heat on par with a hundred jalapenos, and it's heaven to my curries.
Al Amira is now my favourite new stop for fresh fruit and veg on my cycle home. The goods inside aren't up to much, but the fresh produce on show on the street is good value, fresh and has the international variety a foodie would crave for and the spiciest chillies a tongue-damaged idiot like me simply depends on. read more