I love how Indian grocery stores always smells like a blend of cumin, cinnamon, garam masala and a whole lot of secret spices. Santoshi House carries a decent range of Indian groceries; there are legumes, seeds, spices, pappadams and those delicious chutney blends that make fantastic accompaniments to curries. If I can buy goat meat from the butchers, I'll come here to pick up a curry paste and some additional spices. I'm salivating thinking of a spicy goat curry with pappadams, mango chutney and fresh rotis. That's about the limit on my Indian cuisine repertoire. There are lots of ingredients at Santoshi that I wouldn't have a clue how to use.
The staff are pretty friendly though so I'm sure they would help me if I asked. They also sell excellent value lunch meals - curry and rice for $6.90. This specialty Indian grocery shop is a great addition to Cannon Central Shopping Centre. read more