If you’re on the lookout for the latest brunch spot with a cute ambience and a tantalizing menu, look no further than The ‘Stache, down De Fonseka Road, Colombo 5. Founded by Tash, who previously owned the renowned Tosakanth’s Roast Paan, this breakfast and brunch restaurant is a delightful addition to the culinary scene. Tash’s hands-on and diligent approach ensures that the staff are familiar with flavours and consistently deliver exceptional
Taj Samudra Hotel, Colombo announced the opening of their newly revamped speciality restaurant, the ‘Crab Factory.’ The new restaurant finds its space right next to the hotel’s popular speciality restaurant ‘Navaratna’ and offers private and intimate dining space for guests to relish mouth-watering crabs and fresh seafood catch.
Cinnamon Lakeside, Colombo introduced their brand-new Bento Boxes available at the Royal Thai restaurant, all 5 weekdays between 12.00 PM -3.00 PM. Attending the tasting of the Corporate Lunch package, we got to observe that the Bento Boxes are equivalent to an executive lunch, fully competent to fulfil your ‘Grab and Go’ meal requirement.
Experience the ultimate culinary journey at the upcoming Jaffna Food Festival hosted by Hotel MaRadha in collaboration with Danu Innasithamby and Thushara Innasithamby of My Sister’s Kitchen. The festival will be held from May 11th to May 14th and promises to be a gastronomic delight. Thushara’s collaborations with various hotels and restaurants have always been successful, earning her a reputation for delivering unique and delicious food that ap
If you’re a fan of pizza, then you know that New York Style Pizza is THE pizza; it has a thin crust, a tangy sauce, and a generous amount of toppings that make it the perfect pizza. And if you’re in Colombo, then you don’t have to look any further than Champion Slice to get a taste of this iconic pizza style.
Café Francais, perched at the very front of Park Street Mews, needs little to no introduction. The quaint French bistro has had its doors open since 2014, serving the finest dishes that are quintessentially French and Mediterranean cuisine. From casual and outdoor dining to private spaces that eludes a finer dining ambience, Café Francais caters to a variety of diner requirements both in terms of its versatile ambience as well as through its care
In this series, we talk to people who turned their passion for food and baking into a business idea. We talk to home bakers who are constantly experimenting and innovating and navigating through these difficult times to bring the sweet and the savoury to our doorsteps. Baker and Director of New Vaishi Cake Deco & Academy, Pushparaja Sudharshika is an avid baker, cake artist and educator in baking. Her business, fondly named after her daughter, ha
I recently visited one of Colombo’s oldest Indian restaurants - Alhambra at Ramada by Wyndham. While I had dined at Alhambra many times before, I hadn’t been there recently and wanted to see if the food was still as good as I remembered. I’m happy to report that Alhambra did not disappoint.
Following a week’s expedition around the island, dynamic TV Chef and MasterChef Australia finalist Simon Toohey presented a rare culinary experience to a select crowd before he returned to his homeland.
Ramada’s famous Iftar buffet, priced only at LKR 5900/= net per person, is happening as the sun sets for guests to break-fast at the Gardenia Restaurant. From fresh juices and dates to salads and mezze, the buffet presents culinary fusions of Mediterranean, Indian, and International cuisines. Group discounts and bank card offers are also available for the Iftar buffet.
The newest restaurant entering the culinary scene in Colombo is ElPodio, a family-friendly restaurant that aims to offer unique culinary experiences to their guests. Located in the heart of Rajagiriya, casually tucked away at the busy but serene Royal Gardens, ElPodio officially opened for business on 24th March 2023.
The Hilton Colombo is presenting their International Hummus Festival for the 2nd consecutive year in the form of an extravagant, mouth-watering international Ramadan dinner buffet at Graze Kitchen, which will be taking place from the 23rd of March to 20th of April 2023.
The recently launched Courtyard by Marriott Colombo, part of Marriott Bonvoy’s extraordinary portfolio of 30 hotel brands, is marking the holy month of Ramadan with a special Iftar Buffet throughout the entire month.
Home-based food business, Mad Curry Skills by Chari, run by home cook Charindi Meegasthanna together with her husband Chinthaka Dharmakeerthi is a known household name among the foodie community.
Food Studio at Colombo City Centre has firmly cemented itself as a food court to be reckoned with - from constantly aiming to maintain high standards to evaluating the outlets under its belt, ensuring that diners enjoy good food when they dine there. Hot Chook is by no means a new addition to the Food Studio’s lineup, and they’ve made quite a name for themselves over the past 2 years among foodies for their yummy food and their fun challenges - t
Sri Lankan Michelin-starred Chef Lahiru Jayasekara collaborates with Shangri La Colombo for a gastronomically delightful culinary affair. It’s a Friday evening and the Capital Bar and Grill at Shangri-La Colombo is buzzing with a full house, and tables of guests all eagerly awaiting to enjoy a night of gastronomical delight curated by Sri Lanka’s very own Michelin-starred chef – Lahiru Jayasekera.
We love a good Sunday Brunch and Colombo’s newest city hotel; Courtyard by Marriott is promising a Sunday Brunch you simply can’t say ‘No’ to. Beira Kitchen is Courtyard by Marriot Colombo’s signature all-day dining restaurant that serves a range of local and international cuisine and every Sunday, the space comes alive with families and friends settling in for a lazy Sunday Brunch at the city hotel. From 12.00-3.00pm, the Sunday Brunch is priced
How do our food experts cook and eat? This week, food photographer and food stylist, Chamali, takes our Q&A!
Taking her own spin on artisan cookies, Radeesha De Silva has revamped KUKIFIX to be a hip, trendy cookie spot that aims to please your sweet tooth. At the heart of KUKIFIX resides hard work and dedication to constantly innovate new flavours such as Crème Brulee and Kinder Joy which are quite hard to find in the current Sri Lankan cookie sphere.
It’s November 2016 and five Sri Lankan friends are opening a restaurant. They’ve found a four-bedroom flat above an old pub in Cheltenham, UK and they’ve got plans for the tired old tavern. On a shoestring budget and days of sweat, long hours and hard work – the quaint old pub is now a bright, quirky Sri Lankan Street food resto-bar. The Coconut Tree is open for business.
Sri Lanka’s food scene has continued to grow as Lankans increasingly demonstrate an affinity for embracing a variety of different cuisines. However, there has always been a significant dearth of Pakistani cuisine in the country, perhaps due to people conceiving Pakistani and Indian food to be one and the same.
Love is in the air this February and Sri Lanka’s premier gourmet food and beverage store Park Street Gourmet is all geared up to help celebrate love all month long. The Park Street Gourmet stores, in Colombo and in Galle, are decked in celebratory red hearts and red decor, ever ready to help their customers find the ideal gift for their Valentine. Their range of Valentine’s Day hampers with chocolate hearts and roses, cookies and cakes and sparkl
Cinnamon Red Colombo recently hosted an exclusive preview luncheon to introduce the menu lineup available for their ‘Vegetarian Buffet’ which will be from 12.00pm every Poya Day starting from February 5th 2023. Given that the hotel is located quite close to the heart of Colombo, this buffet certainly serves a fascinating array of choices to the busy people on the lookout for vegan/vegetarian practice on a significant day.
How do our food experts cook and eat? This week, Sri Lankan-born Janani of @jansistubitsukitchen takes our Q&A!
This February, Shangri-La Colombo welcomes Michelin-Starred Chef Lahiru Jayasekera to host three exclusive Michelin star dining experiences at the Capital Bar & Grill. Chef Lahiru joins Shangri La Colombo for Volume Three of the hotel’s Culinary Collaborations series which was launched in November 2022. The series aims to showcase personalities in the culinary arts and engage in the exchanging of ideas and offering culinary delights to guests.
Brownies.lk is a home-based small business located on Thalawathugoda Road, Kotte. Brownies.lk kicked off during the Covid-19 lockdowns back in June 2020. “Our brand is quite unique from the name itself. The meaning of our name has two perspectives; local and global. In the local context, ‘Brownies.lk’ means it’s the go-to place if you are craving brownies in Sri Lanka and in the global context, anyone would know that we are a Sri Lankan brand and
As China gears up to celebrate the year of the Rabbit, Cinnamon Red Colombo is gearing up to present an exquisite Chinese-inspired buffet menu for foodies this Sunday (January 22).
Sri Lankan MasterChef contestant hosts pop-up dinner at Shangri-La in support of the Indira Cancer Trust...
Paan Paan recently unveiled their newest outlet at Avirate, down Maitland Crescent, in the midst of well-wishers. Replacing the space that was once Avirate Cafe, Colombo’s beloved artisanal bakery is conveniently located and offers freshly baked bread and savouries that are delicious and affordable.
Founder and proprietor of CJ Kitchen and CJ Artisan Coffee Roasters, Chandu Sri Ramana started the brand during the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdowns. “I’m a huge fan of coffee and I have tried so many varieties of coffee. Being a coffee aficionado or javaphile, lockdown gave me a big opportunity to create my own blend of coffee. Our main focus is to provide the perfect bean-to-cup experience for coffee lovers, households, restaurants, business
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