Facing Heaven Chilis in London?

[JFores]

I definitely absolutely 100% saw them somewhere, but I can't remember where. I thought it was Patak's but it turns out I was wrong. Maybe it was the huge grocery store in Southhall. Any suggestions?

[tcp001]

You can find them and New Loon Moon on Gerrard Street in Chinatown. They're in the back room in the right corner.

[greedygirl]

Yup - I got a couple of packets there the other week. Apparently they do sell out though, and it takes a while for them to replenish their stock.

You can also get them in the shop a few doors down on the corner (the one with a ton of Hello Kitty type stuff in the window). They're in the downstairs section.

[JFores]

Thanks! Ancient post, but it's funny that it came up now as I'm doing Szechuan next week. Trying to recreate what I had during my time back home.

[Ian]

Cool Chile used to sell them in Borough Market but stopped a while ago. I haven't seen them in London since.

[JFores]

I definitely saw them somewhere so I'm just going to have to trace my steps.

[frogprince]

Why not give them a call?

http://www.facingheaven.co.uk/shop/

I have never seen them in Southall but then I normally get stuff from India. What are you looking for?

[JFores]

It's an actual type of pepper. It looks like a sliced open dried round chili.

[hotsauceathlete]

Have you tried asking in Bangla?

[JFores]

They're a Szechuan pepper and have no Bangla name. They are not used in Bengali food at all. I think they range from Tibet to central China. Any Bangla wouldn't get me very far in Punjabi dominated Southhall or Patak's.

[frogprince]

D'oh!

I'm shopping tomorrow so I'll keep my eyes open for them...

Do you use them in any particular dish?