Foods

GOING DUTCH: THE BEST LAMPRAIS IN TOWN!

Lamprais is a popular lunch meal that we Sri Lankans know and love. This Dutch-Burgher influenced dish has been a staple in Sri Lankan cuisine for many years and while the recipe may have been changed and developed over the years by various food outlets, there are some things in a lamprais that can never change.

Are you ready to Ramen?

Those packets of instant ramen might be a quick fix for a lazy night, but you HAVE TO TRY Ramen Misoya’s authentic Japanese Ramen this weekend.

VISTAS BY MOVENPICK Reviewed

Perched on the 24th floor of the Movenpick Hotel is their swanky rooftop bar ‘Vistas’. Fancy cocktails, delicious tapas, and stunning views are a few things attached to its name.

Cup Cafe Mt. Lavinia

Cup Cafe recently relocated to Mt. Lavinia and is now situated on the ground floor of the British Cosmetics building. The space is relatively quaint and they continue to serve good food.

Better Butter By Fuzzie

Fazana Ibrahim has always loved cooking. Translating her passion into her venture Better Butter, Fazana explains that butter wasn’t the first idea she had in mind

The Startup Cook – Christmas Cookies

Is it just me or is everyone feeling Christmas a little earlier than usual? Certain stores in Colombo are already decorated, Christmas sales have begun and radio stations are generously squeezing the occasional

CAFÉ KAI at the HILTON

Gourmet on the go is exactly what Café Kai at Hilton Colombo is all about. It’s a trendy authentic coffee bar where you can drop by and pick up a gourmet treat while buzzing around attending to your work.

Navratna Reviewed

My memories of the Taj’s Navratna was when I was maybe six or seven years old and my father would take me and my cousins to the restaurant for a Sunday treat

Takeout Lanka Reviewed

One of Bangladesh’s famous burger joints is here in Sri Lanka! With more than 2000 burger sales a day at their outlets in Bangladesh, this foreign burger joint opened a month back and they’ve garnered a lot of attention.

Sugar Bistro

The Sugar Bistro restaurant at the ODEL Promenade is constantly packed whether it’s for brunch, lunch or dinner.

Head Down to Epicure!

The restaurant is located down Gregory’s road and has a variety of high quality food at a reasonable price. From organic food and highest quality French duck, including the Beef, presentation of food was beautiful, everything is fresh, no preservatives are added in celebration of all of that it has been inclu

Crab Factory

The Taj Samudra Hotel in Colombo is home to the Crab Factory (situated right next door to Navratna – the hotel’s Indian restaurant), which was launched just two weeks ago

Bubbluscious; it’s a Bubble experience

Birthed with the vision & extensive industry experience of a passionate Tea Taster, Bubbluscious opened its doors to bubble lovers little less than a year ago. Presenting not only a unique range of luscious Bubble Teas; Bubbluscious was also t

Butter Boutique

It was a rainy morning when I first stepped into Rukshi Nethicumara’s home. This was in 2010 when she had just started Butter Boutique and was baking from home.

Almonds Exclusive

Almonds Exclusive is Colombo’s latest fine dining restaurant, home to an intercontinental cuisine, ranging from Arabic, Mexican, Spanish, Thai and Western delicacies.

New menu at The Sooriya Village

The Sooriya Village, with all the greenery that surrounds it, makes you forget that you are in Colombo. From the moment you walk in, you know you are in a space that is all about music and the arts but they also offer a multi-cuisine menu curated by Koluu.

Counting Calories at Calorie Counter

The first time I was introduced to the Calorie Counter at its first restaurant in Colombo 05 a year or so ago, I was expecting healthy food in its usual bad taste. A year down the line, I eat at the Calorie Counter at least once a week as do most people I know.