mexican ingredients in the uk (esp London)

[nikkib]

Does anyone know of a goiod place to buy specialist mexican ingredients (flour for making tortillas, dried chillies etc) Have a newly acquired Rick Bayless book and am desperate to get cracking but there are sooo many specialist ingredients i have no idea where i might find them? Any help would be gretaly appreciated

[NatashaH]

You want to get in touch with the Cool Chile Company (http://www.coolchile.co.uk/). They do everything from chillies (habanero, ancho, chipotle, etc) to hibiscus flowers, masa harina and tomatillos. Pretty much everything you need to get going with the recipes from Rick Bayless's books. Good luck - it's worth the effort...

[nikkib]

amazing - thanks! All the recipes look sooo good i can't wait to get started!

[sandra]

Cool Chile Co have a stand at Borough Market - also, Harvey Nichols Food Hall used to have a good selection of dried chiles and other Mexican stuff

Also, try these guys, the website is in spanish, but if you click on products, you can see the pretty pictures to order them

http://www.elaztecafood.co.uk/index.php

[poppalarge]

I get mine from www.mexgrocer.co.uk

[nbaines]

I recently discovered coolchile and mexgrocer and was so happy to be able to get decent corn tortillas. I spent a long time in Mexico a few years back and have been unable to find decent tortillas. Although they aren't quite the same, they are near as damn it and far far better than any of the packeted supermarket varieties. Have fun =)