Villa Vatura

What really captures your attention as you enter Lorraine Bartholomeusz’s cosy little home in Colombo is the aroma of steamed ...

Having opened their doors to customers in early March this year, Simply Strawberries by Jagro has been nothing short of a fantastic ...

This year Colombo’s official Oktoberfest will be bigger and better. With a grand atmosphere, a grand castle theme complete wit...

Trying to keep the everyday midweek dinner exciting and interesting is a constant battle that I face. 

Arroz con Leche also known as Rice Pudding is a popular dessert in Spain.  It’s milky, sweet and of course rice based, wh...

‘Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication’ is a quote many hotels and accommodations should live by. For a luxurious bo...

On Artist Angle, this week, we feature someone who loves to take photographs of nature and looks out for fine details that your...

The hotel occupies a pride of place in the development of tourism in the Jaffna District.

“My mum would bug me to help her in the kitchen because it was always the last place I’d want to be but I eventually sta...

When I was growing up weekends represented a foray into culinary intricacies of the world. Mainly to give my mother a respite from t...

Recently I was assigned to a project that required my newly acquired skills to dabble with Spanish cuisine. 

While on a quest to unfold the inland beauty of the southern coastline, we visited a charming hotel which was once known as the &lsq...

It’s about being an islander. Turquoise blue waves washing sun drenched beaches are somehow instinctually woven into our very ...

Manesha Peiris has been running Délicieux since the beginning of August, a home-run bakery venture she started after her frie...

How about dining underneath the Mango tree, instead of the Jam Fruit tree? Well, there’s just the place in Colombo – the...

In Jaffna city, Vishnu Bavan Restaurant is a popular venue for great vegetarian food variety.

One of my favorite pastimes is to flick through cookery books, ‘OUUING’ and ‘AHHING’ at the glorious spreads...

A known fact about Lankans is that they do love their Rice. Well that might be a fact by default since Sri Lanka is an agricultural ...

It was time for some sporting action with a close bunch of friends last weekend. It was a day out with the speed freaks at the pheno...

The danger of having a large family is that inevitably the culinary requests are numerous and varied. 

It’s a carnival atmosphere as thousands gather by the roadside to cheer the ‘Caravan’. A parade of vehicle- floats...

Fish has never been a personal favorite of mine. The texture has always been a little too mundane for the palette. But when there is...

Our choice for last weekend was a villa that blended relaxation and adventure, located at the first resort in Sri Lanka. 

Hungry.lk is a website, which provides food promotions from varying cafés and restaurants for people who are searching for me...

Yes, the rains have been pouring down hard over  the past few weeks but the heat still continues…!! 

Last weekend having visited the cooling hills of Kandy I got a chance to sample a truly scrumptious dessert that ignited every taste...

A record-breaking ride, across the country from the West coast to the East coast from dawn to dusk.

Admit it. The name is enticing. When one says hokey pokey the first thing that is normal to reminisce is the hokey pokey song & ...

Spending time away from home whether it’s a vacation alone or with friends, the Hikkaduwa beach is always fun. On our way from...