Situated at a prime location in Bambalapitiya is the Mathura Restaurant known for their authentic Indian vegetarian meals. Having been in Sri Lanka for the past 17 years, Mathura is one of the oldest restaurants serving pure Indian cuisine. They are affiliated to the Indian counterpart and have branches in Bangalore, Singapore and Malaysia. With a new outlook, Mathura now offers a range of delectable Indian meals for guests to indulge in.
FiLankan Funkies is a home based food operation where you can order and purchase Filipino dishes as well as continental fusion dishes and smoked meat items. The group of foodies who prepare the delicious homemade treats are Milani Salpitikorala, her husband Dushyantha Liyanage and their sister-in-law, Lizzy Pinéro.
We just had to try The Floor by O! after our pleasant visit to The Shore by O! Being very different in concept, The Floor is a unique club with a Guinness World Record! (They got their thinking caps on and created a 1500 cocktail menu that lasted a whole month.)
Hannah is a 23 years young fitness and food enthusiast trying to make her followers the best version of themselves through a healthy lifestyle. She runs her own blog, ‘The Fit Pear’ (which we think is super cool). We asked her what kind of a drink she would make on a hot summer day and here is what we learned.
Tired of eating curd with just sugar and honey? Try out this simple recipe for the ever so famous Mango Lassi!
’’I started taking orders officially from August of 2016 but I have been baking as a hobby for ages for friends and family,’’ Chenuka Fernando, the whizz behind Sugar Inc. said. Chenuka makes beautiful cakes, cupcakes and cookies and hope to branch out into desserts too.
A chilled out and laidback ambience encapsulates the Sunday Lunch at Ramada experience: a musician straddling a guitar melodiously croons popular hit songs, families mill about, and guests ravenous after a refreshing swim on a hot day flock to the buffet and the grilling station by the pool.
Just as they sound like, they are a beverage made from either nuts, beans or seeds that people who don’t drink mammals’ milk such as cow, goat or sheep can have as an alternative. Especially in Asia (with a high number of the population who are lactose intolerant), having plant based milks couldn’t have come at a better time. Now everyone can enjoy a milky tea, a steaming hot bowl of porridge or a delicious dairy-free cake.
We headed to the shore at Mt. Lavinia to catch some good sights of the blue green sea and of course, to enjoy a meal at the Shore by O!
We headed over to The Ocean at Kingsbury to get a good view of the scenic Lankan oceans with some fresh sea food laid out in front of us. And boy, did we enjoy some good food. The aim of the restaurant is to provide an experience of fine dining – all the way from the cutlery to the food.
Brandy has always been the drink that is just added to our Christmas cake or the drink used as a home remedy to many sicknesses. It is a good drink, so I was determined to have it otherwise!
Movenpick’s main restaurant AYU, is a multiple themed buffet restaurant offering all day dining (breakfast, lunch and dinner). It hails its name through the Sinhala meaning of long life. Despite the fact that AYU only opened a couple of months back, we dropped by on a Tuesday afternoon for lunch and found ourselves pleasantly surprised as we were surrounded by large crowds of office goers and friends catching up for lunch.
This week I’m here to show some of the vegetarian and vegan products on the market in Sri Lanka. These are all products you can buy in the supermarket or speciality stores.
Aura Café opened its doors in November 2015 and has since served some delicious eats. Around two weeks back they launched their new menu which we were excited to try out. We met up with Malisha Kumaratunge, the proprietor of the café who explained to us, that they have retained some of their old favourites like the Jerk Chicken (Rs. 1100) and Pumpkin Gnocchi (Rs. 890) while they have introduced homemade ice creams into their new menu.
The newly opened Crab Factory at Taj Samudra offers a variety of exotic crab preparations for you to pick from. For crab lovers, here’s the place to indulge in a scrumptious spread. The place is a cosy little area with an ambience that would suit any occasion. Be it a romantic dinner for two or even for a family dinner it would be ideal.
Don’t we all recall with some childish wonder, the food vendors that made our evenings so delectable? Whether they travelled on foot, cycled or drove expertly through the streets of Colombo - adults and children of all ages, would rush out hoping to grab a bite of the treats they had on offer
If you are looking to try some new dishes to please your taste buds, head over to The Sandwich Factory. Here are 4 items that may just be the thing you need.
As a nouveau vegetarian, who decided the meat had to go from the diet, I would say that the journey to get there was no walk in the park! Since 2012, I’ve been contemplating this decision by weighing the pros and cons, posing numerous questions to vegans and vegetarians alike, prior to making one final push towards a new me!
In a bold move to introduce culinary diversity to discerning diners in Sri Lanka, Singaporean resident in Sri Lanka Naserah Tyebally founded the Colombo Supper Club in 2016. This former lawyer who has called Sri Lanka her home for the last 16 years is a passionate foodie at heart. She loves experimental food and in particular chef and produce driven restaurants.
Peanut and jam sandwiches was my go to breakfast, snack or sometimes even dessert since I was a child. It is a classic combination that will never go wrong. Also, it’s one of the easiest things to make!
With a personal life experience pushing her to explore her creative side, Sherryl Brendon started to work on her baking skills. She developed these skills further at the Peggy Porschen Academy in London while also being a full time teacher there. Now back in Sri Lanka, Sherryl takes on orders for intricate handcrafted decorated cookies.
The new kid on the block with hot dogs, burgers and juices is MOTHER. Located in the premises of Divine Cakes at Queens Road, this little outlet serves the most delicious hot dogs imaginable. We dropped by to see what MOTHER has to offer. Here’s what we thought of our experience.
The Sunday Brunch at Galle Face Hotel features a varied menu to suit all ages. The buffet is laid out on the Verandah which is just about the most beautiful spot in the hotel. Overlooking the beautiful blue sea and watching the waves overlapping each other is for sure one of my favourite sit outs. Although it was really hot outside it was surprisingly rather cool and comfortable inside.
Every season HSBC Colombo Fashion Week partners with four premier restaurants in Colombo to curate unique, limited edition menus and signature dishes from the 13th to the 19th March, intended to provide attendees with an appetising gastronomical experience. This year proves to be no different.
Moshi moshi, fellow Japanese cuisine lovers. Ginza on the Edge is the Japanese restaurant located at Waters Edge, Battaramulla, serving you with delicacies as if straight from the land of the rising sun.
A staple in South Asian, European and Middle Eastern cuisines, the humble chickpea is a versatile addition to your pantry. From the legume family, these nutritional little powerhouses offer a range of health benefits due to their high fibre, protein content and abundance of other vitamins and minerals such as iron, phosphate, calcium, magnesium, manganese, zinc and vitamin K.
When it comes to traditional cuisine, Jaffna stands out as a popular destination that has its own unique range of different specialties. While on our visit to Jaffna we discovered how to prepare a few of these varieties.
Adding flavour and colour to Colombo’s culinary offering the first Turkish restaurant was launched with much pomp and pageantry very recently. Located on Milagiriya Avenue in Colombo 4, diners will discover a mixture and refinement of traditional fare that draws its inspiration from Central Asian, Middle Eastern and Balkan cuisines.
The success story of Bakes by Bella highlights how powerful social media is in this day and age. What started off with baking at home just for the love of it, to eventually opening a separate Instagram page titled Bakes by Bella just to post her baking success stories, Melissa Dharmadasa (a Biomedical Scientist by profession) seems to have formed an almost celebrity like following simply because she whips up some really fine baked treats.
Sri Lankans and tea always go hand in hand. When my mother used to travel, she carried about 7-10 boxes of the assorted Dilmah fruit tea bags for her friends abroad. The milk tea was the champion for us. We never understood the huge hype about the flavoured and coloured cups of fruit and herb teas. We decided to give these ‘cuppas’ a shot and here are the shortlisted favourites.
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