It's interesting that I couldn't find this particular place already in Yelp's database, but then I think it's only been open for about a year or so at the moment. I was down in Middletown already, and I knew I was pretty much out of curry powder, given how often I blend it in when I make baked chicken.
Given my amateur chef nature, I decided to hop in and see what they had available. It's a fairly small store, and is very warehouse in nature. But that doesn't bother me, and it was clean and had no particularly strong smells.
The place had a very good variety of not just spices and aromatics, but also carried halal food as well as Hindu ceremonial items. Some items of note are fresh chilis, a very good assortment of spice blends, ghee as well as oils, and some decent packaged cakes and decent frozen food. I got myself my curry powder, some spice blends for murghi and korma, and am now happily set for my days I feel like curry, or just plain baked chicken with good spice blends.
The man running the register is very nice, talkative, and quite helpful as well. Has some fun stories too.
It's honestly criminal that this place isn't on the map, especially given it's in a pretty convenient location further south than the nightmare that is the I-95/Rt 13 Traffic Nightmare. It's right near Pizza di Napoli if you need a bit more guidance, since most maps seem to not have them in their database.
All in all, it's a great place if you need ingredients or specifically need halal items or just want to dine on decent frozen dinners. Will go again as needed. read more