WNJ focus on community
Wellawatte Nithyakalyani Jewellery together with Rotary Club of Colombo East will be organizing a mega blood and eye donation campaign on the 19th of January at the Wellawatte Nithyakalyani office further extending its duty to support the needy at large.

A new menu, under the creative culinary expertise of Chef Saroj has been launched for the New Year at The Bayleaf – serving Colombo’ s finest Italian cuisine. Chef Saroj with years of experience in many fine restaurants overseas , brings his passion and creativity, where he creates authentic Italian flavors for diners.
Emerging from the water, a little island, a short distance away from the Trincomalee harbour is the beautful Sober Island.
Prawns are a personal favorite. Over the past so many months, this column has produced many prawn related recipes.
In an era where people resort to electronic greetings owing to the time factor and convenience, handmade items hold great value and add personal touch to the most everyday greeting.
With the end of the holidays heralds the start of a new year and new school beginnings.
No.41 Horton Place, located diagonally opposite the Institute of Aesthetics , houses Colombo’s first fashion concept store as well as the cities largest contemporary art gallery.
Ulagalla the luxury resort by Uga Escapes located in the Anuradhapura district, recently upgraded its In-room Entertainment System to the highly renowned Geneva Sound System, known to be one of the most advanced in the world.
It’s been over a year since I began my culinary expedition.
Our first holiday for year 2014 was at a beautifully restored 19th century manor house and now boutique hotel which sits majestically perched above a hilltop on the outskirts of Galle. Tamarind Hill is located just north of Galle town.
Spring festival or Chinese New Year is celebrated in China on the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month of the Chinese calendar.
Cinnamon Grand’s, typically British styled Cheers Pub is a popular spot to enjoy the best of brews, pub grub and sporting action.
“Who can take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew, Cover it with choc'late and a miracle or two...
I’m polishing off a thick slice of strawberry cheesecake, which I can only describe as baked to perfection and then topped with fresh, juicy strawberries.
After the excesses of the holiday one can feel a trifle bothered to be going into complicated cooking expeditions.
A few minutes away from the picturesque Galle Fort and the splendid waters of the Unawatuna beach, Villa White Queen is a tranquil holiday home that was opened just last month.
Fibretec, a company possessing expertise in fiberglass technology, was incorporated in 1986 to produce handmade fibreglass articles.
Not only satisfied with receiving a ‘Certificate of Excellence’ award, Cinnamon Lakeside continues it’s triumphant winning streak being ranked among the top ten island wide in theTripadvisor Travellers’ Choice award. A popular internet based travel site, Tripadvisor markets hotels, flights etc., for the discerni
Ever watched the movie (Starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp) Chocolat? If you haven’t, you have missed out on the most amazing ‘food’ movie.
Amangalla, formerly known as the New Oriental Hotel, (The name derives from 'Aman' or peace in sanskrit and ‘galla’ is from the location Galle) portrays the complex patina of its past in an exemplary setting, wrapped with the rich colonial tapestry of Sri Lanka’s exceptional 400 year old Galle Fort.
Shenali Rajkumar takes great delight in baking cookies, and initially when she was trying to come up with names for her homerun business, she couldn’t seem to come up with anything.
Much like me, I am sure during this festive season, you must have indulged in one too many rich cake pieces or wantonly gulped down that brandy butter oozing xmas slice.
Angampora, the traditional martial art of Sri Lanka is known to be one of the oldest fighting disciplines in the world. According to the Sinhalese folklore, Angampora dates back to over 30,000 years.
The expert pastry chefs at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo bake a selection of heavenly delights at Goodies every day.

Paan Paan opened a brand new outlet, a week back, which happens to be their third outlet. Their focus is bread, which is available in specific variants in addition to savoury and sweet pastries.
During the festive season, ones’ kitchen is filled with the delights of the season.
December is a very busy and stressful time for everyone.
Nothing compares to home made food, and fresh factory produced pasta made to order by a mother-daughter duo can is a rather interesting concept.