Over the years, Jaffna's two most iconic ice cream parlours—Rio and Lingam's—have acquired their own faithful following. We pit them head-to-head in the ice cream wars.
Thush's brownies are definitely some of the best around town. This home baker only offers one item with variations - brownies - but using a recipe that has clearly been carefully perfected and is consistently well executed.
It's not often that we make 'yay' inducing finds in Colombo so it's with much glee that we found Ambrosia. They do baked goodies, but they're not a home baker.
Mmm. Tasty cakes. Nom nom nom. Seriously, the English Cake Company makes some amazing sweets and savories. It’s run by a home baker and her family and they make really tasty sweets like brownies, lemon and blueberry cake, passion fruit tarts, cheesecake, pavlova, etc. They also make savories like quiche and pizza, plus homemade yoghurts and curds. It’s all really ...
Takas is an online shop that sells mainly electronics, ranging from headphones to cell phones to laptops to cameras to electric kettles. I ordered a smartphone from them and it arrived promptly and simply with a free t-shirt, which I suppose doesn’t happen every time. Takas is different from other online stores in that it offers warranties on everything and ...
The venerable lion beer Lion Beer. Our brew is competitive with any international beer and far superior to the local Carlsberg. But how much does it cost? The printed price is Rs. 140 but prices vary widely around Colombo. We called 21 places and put together a list, what we call the Lion Index. Note that this isn’t comprehensive. We ...