Right in the heart of Blakenhall, Samras is stocked full of authentic ingredients to make tasty…read morecurries, including rice, spices, pastes and sauces, often cheaper than you'd find them in supermarkets.

A unique shop that has a great selection of oriental ingredients and sauces to make your favourite…read moredishes from thai green curry to sweet & sour. Popular with students and foodies alike. Located next to the Wulfrun Centre

If you love asian food this is the place to go to pick up those elusive ingredients! Johals sells…read morerice, spices, pastes and sauces, often cheaper than you'd find them in supermarkets. They also stock the usual items you'd find in a convenience store including alcohol and confectionery

A typical green grocers shop selling fruit, vegetables and other items you would expect to see in a…read moregreen grocers. However because this is an Asian green grocers, the majority of products on offer will be targeted at the Asian community. Because my family regularly eat Indian food at home, this is the one place my parents come to when it comes to buying vegetables. This is also the place where we also buy our meat from. You can also buy Asian snacks and toiletries from here. My father and I always get along well with the staff here at Ghosia and we have never complained about the service they provide. The only complaint I do have is the number of flies you find where the fruits and vegetables are. It can be irritating when you have to get away from the flies when looking for the fruit and vegetables you want. But other than that I have no problems with this place.

With neither my girlfriend or I able to drive and Asda a miles walk away, this newsagent cum…read moremini-supermarket is ideal for us for picking up things like milk which are a pain to carry from the supermarket and, if you drink as much tea as we do, run out quickly. The two chaps who run the shop are personable and know their regular customers, which is always a bonus. As well as the usual ciggies, sweets and newspapers - they stock magazines (but no music ones, an annoying habit of a fair few newsagents round this way), booze (which is kept very well chilled and sold very well cheap) as well as groceries. As is always the case with these places, the groceries are a lot more expensive than supermarkets so I very rarely buy food from there unless it's desperate. There's also a pay-to-use cash machine and a DVD rental section at the back which costs a £20 deposit to join.