It seems like an obvious thing to say, but Asia is massive continent, home to a vast array of countries, peoples and cultures. As a result Asia is also home to a great many incredible cuisines, which makes introducing “Asian Food” something of a daunting task. Should we be taking about authentic Chinese cuisine? If so, which one? The saltiness of Shandong? Or the hot spice of Sichuan? Or Cantonese light sweetness. And we have not yet even listed all the cuisines of China yet.

So if we add in Vietnamese, Thai, Korean Japanese and all the other food cultures in the Asian continent you can see that we are dealing with a subject that we could never hope to fully address here. Instead we would encourage you to dive in and explore our Asian online grocery and see what appeals to you.

We are the leading Asian online grocery delivery service in the UK and so have a huge array of authentic products and ingredients to offer that we have sourced from across the whole of the Asian continent. Whatever cuisine you want to explore we can deliver the authentic Asian brands and ingredients directly to your door.

Let’s start with rice. It is a major store cupboard staple in most Asian cuisines, and few Western cooks will be without rice in their cupboard either. But if you are going to do Asian food the right way, you need to use the right rice. We can provide the Basmati rice that you will be familiar with, but we also have the glutinous rice you need to use with many Thai dishes, we have the right rice varieties to use when you make your own sushi, even black rice, so you never need to settle for the wrong kind of rice for a dish.

Noodles are a similar proposition. Like rice, noodles make up the majority of the calories in a dish but they also make a massive contribution to both texture and flavour. Whether you are looking for the firm and robust bite of Udon noodles – very popular in Japanese noodle soups or the more delicate texture of fine rice noodles or the comforting simplicity of Ramen, selecting the right noodle for the right dish is important – and at a well-stocked Asian mart you can make sure your store cupboard is well supplied. These are inexpensive staples that keep for an incredibly long time, so long term storage should never be a problem.

Rice and noodles form the base of many dishes from across Asia, but however good they are, they are a little underwhelming on their own. The incredible flavours of Asian cooking are mostly to be found in the sauces. Many cooks think they need to make these entirely from scratch, but just as you are unlikely to make your own cheese sauce from scratch, most home cooks in Asia buy their sauces either partly or completely made from their supermarkets and if you shop at our online Asian grocery you have access to all of the same brands you would find in Tokyo, Seoul or Shanghai.

From Chinese sauce brands such as Lee Kum Kee and Haday to Thai brands such as Smiling Fish and Maesri all points in between, when you shop with us you can build a store cupboard that cooks from Pak Kret to Tianjin would recognise – and when you have your store cupboard sorted you have the ability to get spontaneous with your cooking because you will always have the important ingredients to hand.

So come and explore. Asian food offers both spice and subtlety, and since many of the dishes in Asian cuisine can be prepared quickly the food of Asia is perfect for the modern “time poor” Western lifestyle. There is a lot to discover and a lot to learn – and it all starts at our Asian online grocery.