​I grew up in the UAE and so the love of spice was seeded very early on in my life.  I love food from India, Pakistan, China, Japan, Thailand.  Growing up in the UAE where their are many different nationalities you can basically eat a different cuisine every night of the week. Asian has been my all time favourite. I loved going to the spice souk and eating, smelling and bargaining with the sellers. I miss that!

When we came to the UK in 2017, I started to use the spice brands I could see here in the shops and too be honest, I wasn't impressed.  The food just didn't taste right so I asked friends to bring spices and brands I knew from home.    With lockdown and my spice collection empty I looked on amazon to find brands I loved from home and I'm so excited they are there so I'm sharing them here because these collections are just wonderful.  People ask the secrets to my Indian food - this is them!  Once you use this collection you won't be going back.  These are some of my favourite spices. I'll add more as I find them.