The Silk Road Spice Merchant is a beautiful store in the heart of Inglewood. The owners started it about 4 years ago after finding it difficult to locate the quality and the variety of spices that recipes they were cooking called for.
Not anymore! Silk Road is now a one-stop shop when you need to pick up spices. Everything they sell is fresh, and it makes an enormous difference in flavor. When it comes down to it, the reason you add spices is to add flavor. If you are adding old spices that have sat on the shelf of the supermarket for months (having been ground, packaged and shipped months before that), it is almost like adding dust to your recipe. Gross. Come here instead. The prices are similar to grocery store prices as well, but here you know that you are purchasing something that is much fresher and of higher quality.
The owners and staff are really helpful and knowledgeable. No matter the question, they will have a plethora of advice and information for you.
Keep up the good work Silk Road!
Review #23 of Yelp's 30 Day Review Challenge 2012