25 Years of Mastery
Our
Story
Spice Meat Shop was not built from a business plan. It was built from a clay oven, a family recipe, and a relentless commitment to the authentic.
For 25 years, our master butchers have hand-carved every cut and mixed every marinade by memory. No factory. No assembly line. The same hands that opened our first counter in Surrey still guide the quality of every product we prepare today.
The Clay Oven
Never Stopped.
The Tandoor Tradition
What a Clay
Oven Teaches
You
A tandoor runs at 480°C. At that temperature, there is no hiding behind sauce or seasoning. The quality of the cut and the depth of the marinade are the only variables that matter. Our founders learned this the hard way and built an entire business around mastering both.
The clay absorbs the fat and the spice from every batch, building a seasoning layer over years of use. A new oven is a blank slate. A well-used tandoor is a library of every great cook that came before. Ours has been building that library since 1999.
The Journey
A Quarter Century
The First Clay Oven
Spice Meat Shop opens its first counter in Surrey, BC with a single clay tandoor. The founder brings a mastery of heritage spice blending from a lineage stretching back two generations in the Punjab.
The Marinade Ritual Codified
After years of refinement, the 24-hour cold marinade protocol becomes the official standard. Every cut must rest in house-blend yogurt and single-origin spices before it leaves the counter.
The Second Location
Demand across the Lower Mainland pushes expansion to a second Surrey location at Duhra Plaza. The clay oven travels with the brand.
Abbotsford Arrives
The Fraser Valley community welcomes Spice Meat Shop at Meadowfair. Three cities, one standard.
25 Years of Mastery
A quarter century of hand-carved excellence. The same hands that opened the first counter still guide the quality of every cut today.
Authenticity
We do not adapt our recipes to be easier. We train our team to meet the recipe's demands.
Craft
Every cut is made by a trained butcher, not a machine. The difference is visible on the board and in the pan.
Community
We exist because the Surrey and Abbotsford communities supported us from day one. That debt is repaid daily.