Ramadan is a time of spirituality and reflection, but it is also a time for sharing food - especially Iftar table staples such as conjee, short eats and dates - with our loved ones and neighbours. While homemade Iftar is made with plenty of love, once in a while, you just want to take a break and eat out. So whether you’re observing Ramadan, or you’re simply a fan of food served at Iftar tables, this list is here to help.
With the holy month of Ramadan having started a few days back, premier five-star urban resort Cinnamon Lakeside has introduced a special Iftar buffet for those observing. Priced at Rs. 2650 nett, the month-long promotion will be on from 6:00PM to 8:00PM, starting May 27, at the hotel’s main restaurant, The Dining Room.
When you think of making chocolate brownies you usually think they need to be full of dairy milk chocolate and eggs to get that fudgy flavour, but one clever home cook has developed a range of brownies that are still big on taste and light on unethical ingredients. Meet Tashie Jackson, the creator of Smokeys - The Brownie Bar.
Using a slightly tweaked traditional Burgher recipe, Shalika Perera dishes out some awesome lamprais. His business, The Leaf has been in operation over the past five years but he only took on orders to be delivered on a Sunday. Lucky for us, that has changed and they now take on orders right throughout the week.
Premier five-star city hotel Cinnamon Grand will honour this holy month in the Islamic calendar leading up to Ramadan with an array of special Iftar offerings designed to bring together families and colleagues in harmonious fellowship.
To be frank, I am not crazy about a white pasta sauce, because when it comes to pasta I need my good old tomato pesto. But NOW, that has all changed thanks to the discovery of affordable parmesan. This recipe which is essentially based on a béchamel sauce is your refuge on crazy weekdays. Requiring only a few ingredients and 20 minutes of your time, this pasta sauce is a cheesy blessing that is set to make your life easy!
Being able to indulge in two of our favourite cuisines, Italian and Japanese under one roof got us quite excited. Located at The Promenade at Odel (Alexandra Place), Alexandra & Ward and Café Nihonbashi is a casual and cosy spot where you can have excellent Neapolitan pizza, sushi, dumplings and a delightful fusion of Western cuisine all under one roof.
The Harbour Room at Grand Oriental Hotel has just started a new offering for the foodies of Colombo. It’s all about Spanish food and paella on Friday nights. In Spain, paella is the dish that unites the people. According to the Spanish, there are more paella recipes than there are stars in the sky! We dropped in at GoH recently to check out this paella offering.
Premier five-star urban resort Cinnamon Lakeside in its continued efforts to offer its guests unique experiences that promotes an ’inspired living’ concept recently welcomed Chef Huanxi Yan to take on the reigns of the Long Feng restaurant.
Some good things don’t have to come to an end, not at all! In fact, some good things can go on throughout the day. So what GRAZE KITCHEN has done starting on May 27 (this Saturday), is extend their lavish and scrumptious High Tea to two sittings throughout the day on Saturdays, Poya days and any public holiday so that you can enjoy one of the best high teas in Colombo at leisure.
Jointly owned by Huzam Ismail and Therika Miyanadeniya, Cafe Bellissimo is a quaint cafe complete with a white picketed fence and is a great spot for reasonably priced good food. We met with co-owner Huzam who shared with us that Cafe Bellissimo was born out of their joint love of food, and the need to find food that they loved that wouldn’t break the bank. A glaring necessity, because finding good food that’s cheap is hard to come by.
With Dolce Italia opening its doors in Colombo in January 2015, Sri Lankans were able to dig into freshly baked Italian pastries as well as pastas and pizzas. The restaurant moved from Havelock Road to Skelton Road a few weeks ago, and are now equipped with a mini supermarket where they sell Italian groceries and locally grown Italian tomatoes.
Broccoli. It’s a vegetable that divides the people, some love it and others hate it. For me, it was a slow burn to finally loving it. I detested it as a child, as my mother would steam any ounce of goodness out of it and I would be left with a soggy little tree that would fall apart in my fingers. Now that I’m older, I’ve discovered a wealth of ways to eat broccoli that not only taste good, but are nutritious for me.
Brown bread has become a staple in my household, thanks to my ulcer infested gullet. Since it’s only me that eats it, there is always some remaining bread. One of my few pet peeves includes wasting food. I can’t stand it and I am very strict with myself regarding it. Thus the birth of this sweet treat! It’s super easy and requires a measly amount of preparation time.
When a family member or friend changes something that you are used to seeing them do such as eating, it may come as a bit of a shock. Food is something we consume multiple times a day, it’s tied to cultural traditions and celebrations. You might feel as though they are rejecting an important part of your relationship with them. You might be concerned they aren’t going to get enough nutrition. Maybe you can’t relate to them anymore.
There is always more ways to enjoy a drink rather than having it the usual way we do, thus presenting you with my ever so famous vodka jelly!
Shangri-La’s Hambantota Resort & Spa framed by swaying coconut trees, overlooking the pristine southern coast of our beautiful Sri Lanka which spans 58.8 hectares, making it the largest resort in the country announced the launch of ’The Table by Golden Circle’. This new food and beverage loyalty programme offers unparalleled benefits to members who dine at Shangri-La properties both on the road and close to home.
Situated on the 4th floor of the Platinum 1 building (which you probably already know of, considering that it houses Mango, Nike and The Body Shop), Kingsbury’s Lobby Bistro provides good vibes, great food and sea views disappointingly marred by plentiful construction around the area.
I am a sucker for good éclairs. Sadly good éclairs are really hard to find in Colombo, unless they are homemade, as they tend to be hard or worse, overly sweet. The secret to enjoying them at their best is as they are made. The fresher the better, you see. Lucky for me, aside from my mum’s homemade éclairs, I seem to have stumbled upon probably the best éclairs in Colombo courtesy D’eclairs.
I still remember the first time I had sour orange juice with pepper and I was a convert for life. So I thought why not spice it up a little and make a fun cocktail out of it?
Snackster is a brand that hatched out of the need for a snack at your work place. It is a brand that came in to existence to fulfill your need for a snack during your long work hours in office. Since its initial stages, they have evolved greatly from an online business model to a mobile food business, through their own snack truck that go from place to place covering many events.
Colombo has seen a growing appreciation for Japanese cuisine, and indulging the gourmands is Mövenpick Hotel’s newest offering, Robata Grill and Lounge. We recently dropped by for lunch.
Now, I know we’ve all had our fair share of anecdotes ever-so-generously conveyed to us by the older and possibly wiser folk. From little yarns about behavior, eating certain food, how to do this and how to do that- everyone’s grown up hearing most of these little Lankan quips and possibly even believing and practicing a few. Maybe (as have I) you’ve raised an eyebrow or two at a couple of them. To free us all from passing on yet another empty wi
What started off as baking brownies for her family resulted in Probodini Senavirathne thinking it would be a good idea to sell brownies as gift packs and that’s how Say it with a Brownie came to being.
The most common misconception out there when it comes to vegan or even vegetarian diets is that you have to consume meat in order to get enough protein, but actually, there’s protein in all foods. Some of the higher protein foods are soy products (edamame, tofu, soya mince), nuts and seeds (cashews, walnuts, chia seeds or pumpkin seeds), beans and legumes (black beans, chickpeas, lentils).
With the Sinhalese and Tamil New Year celebrations last week, life’s been pretty eventful. Like us, you’ve probably enjoyed more than a couple of days off from work and hopefully treated yourself to vacation and some good food! With a few Kgs of happy-weight and a body still in party mode- are you geared up for the work-week, routines and household chores, yet? Welcome back!
It is the one drink that I will never get sick of and believe it or not I tend to have it even when I have fancier options. And I love fruity drinks, so this was a result of one of my experiments, introducing a combination of Old Arrack and pineapple juice.
Tea Avenue, located at Barnes Place, recently revamped their menu and they have added some delicious new items to the menu that foodies will find hard to resist. We dropped by to see what the new menu had to offer.
It’s time to add a new word to your inner foodie: Momo. Tucked away at the end of Majestic Avenue, adjoining Colombo’s frequently travelled Galle Road, Momo’s by Ruvi offers a piquant punch of traditional South Asian flavours wrapped in a rich momo batter.
The Waffle Café is a breath of fresh air to the ever growing number of cafés in and around the city of Colombo. Neatly tucked away in Etul Kotte (close to the Parliament Road), this café serves up the best Belgian waffles in Colombo.
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