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Had a great week off last week with the family. After a trip up to London we picked up Toby, our little cocker spaniel, from his favourite kennels Rising Sun, near Honiton. He was mute from all excitement, which guaranteed a couple of days peace and quiet at home. The weekend was a double header of Erratics cricket matches. Home games mean we provide the tea so for me it was back to back Spanish Tortillas. It always amazes me how they vary each time though I'm sure I do everything the same. Anyway, here's my recipe (actually it's my wife Antonia's but it's the one I use - never as succesfully as she does I hasten to add).

Here are some of the new Buddhas that arrived last week in our Indonesian container. There are all sorts of different shapes and sizes available. You will be able to get them in our Exeter shop and online in a few weeks time.

Last week our annual container of new stock from Indonesia arrived. As usual getting it open was a family affair with Dave and Yvonne joining us at the warehouse for a day's heavy lifting. Dave is back again unwrapping and polishing the new furniture. There are some lovely pieces including two traditional antique wheeled chests - one shown here.

As mentioned in last week's newsletter we are going to run our first ever competition. All you have to do to qualify is to be registered on Mokodirect so we have your details on our database. All entries must come via our Contact section and not direct from an email account.

One of our favourite tapas ingredients are chickpeas or 'garbanzos' in Spanish. Known mainly as the key ingredient in hummus and falafel they also make this great little salad (see below) that can be served as part of selection of smaller dishes to make a great grazing meal or as a garnish with a main course fish dish.

Some of our favourite products have caught the eye of the style magazines recently. 25 Beautiful Homes featured Black+Blum's High & Dry Dishrack and Hilary Green's vases from Dartington Crystal. Costing between £40 and £45 each bottle vase is really collectable and looks stunning with or without flowers.

Everyone here at Moko loves to travel whether it is to take in the sight and sounds of an exotic location or in my case to sample the culinary delights of a different culture. Personally speaking I'm lucky enough to have married into a Spanish family from the rural heart of Mallorca so many is the Sunday we've spent over an enormous paella. When we do go out we tend to head off to Pollensa or Palma for Tapas, one of our favourite lunch time haunts being La Boveda.

Some of the simplest tapas you can do at home are Pinchos, in their simplest form a cocktail stick with a few complimentary ingredients on; try olive, anchovy and caper or cheese, serrano ham and a pickled chilli. Really anything goes, just enjoy experimenting.

Just as easy are Montaditos, a thin slice of baguette or rustic bread with toppings such as grilled red pepper (look for pimiento piquillo in the deli section of the supermarket), king prawn and olive or the same pepper with ham and fried quail's egg. There's plenty of warm/hot variations to. Traditionally they originate in the Basque region but are now popular throughout Spain.

We've just got our hands on this fantastic range of Spanish ceramics which include a tapas tray - perfect for your Pinchos and Montaditos

For those of you familiar with our direct imports this beautiful hand crafted lacquerware from Vietnam has been popular for years. You can get the Oval Bowl and Dragonfly Jewellery Boxes from the Unique to Moko section in Our Favourites.

Company Director Therese and Nikki our Exeter shop manager recently spent a hectic week in Vietnam on a sourcing and buying trip. While they were there they caught up with Sue who used to work for us before setting of on a travel adventure - she's still out there somewhere now.