While drinking a very disappointing (truly awful) iced red velvet hot chocolate at Coffee Bean (Rs 600) and staring out of the window to distract ourselves from how much we were being ripped off we noticed Aashkii the rather striking high-end saree shop next door. My companion was excited by the large Satya Paul poster prominently displayed outside the store front. I ...
Anim8 is an expensive but fast print shop. It’s a really bare bones operation carved out of a residential house on Thimbirigasaya Road (ignore the big Anim8 sign on the opposite side, the working shop is actually on a narrow alley). They have this giant, intimidating Terminator printer – an HP Indigo Press 5000 – which does everything from business ...
The Heladiv Tea Club at the Dutch Hospital has been quite highly recommended to us recently. We know they do excellent desserts, but apparently they also do good cocktails and you get decent (drinkable) bottles of wine for just Rs. 2000. The Drinks Since this is a tea club we decided to go for tea-based cocktails. They have two of ...
I like this place more than I care to admit. I am not keen on American impersonation coffee houses in Colombo but Coco Veranda is a few grades above your average Starbucks clone. Their premise on Ward Place, particularly the all important veranda is slicker and better designed than the Coffee Bean’s brown sofas and some wood, insta-coffeehouse job on ...
This review has been long delayed, perhaps because it’s so close to home. I am such a frequent customer of Harpo’s Pizza that they, thoughtfully, have called to thank me and invite me for stuff. So it’s pretty good. We’re including this as a service, but it’s really delivery (4869000), free in Colombo 1-15, Rs. 100 to the suburbs. Harpo’s ...
The new Savoy 3D cinema is just…wow. It’s huge, the seats don’t suck and the screen is HD. That’s right, no more trembling, blurry projections. Just a crystal clear, blazingly vibrant, enormous screen. Our praise may sound a bit effusive, but honestly, that’s the power of a decent cinema. Until now Colombo has been struggling, albeit amiably enough, through poor ...
The BANG BANG crew is commendably reclaiming the Viharamahadevi Park for their Oh My Goat party. That public space, however, shuts down at midnight, about when most music/dance parties get started. Therefore, BANG BANG is also hosting an afterparty at the ICE nightclub up the street. ICE is across from Coffee Bean on Horton Place, so about 1km from the ...
While Sri Lanka has successfully tried its hand at many a cuisine, chaats are somehow not our forte. For the homesick Indian, there are few places to which you can dart for a bit of home cooked cheer in the form of a bhel puri. The Indian Chaat Corner is possibly the only establishment in Colombo dedicated to serving chaat ...
This is without a shadow of a doubt Colombo’s best Japanese bakery. It is also Colombo’s only Japanese bakery. In absolute bakery terms this is a good place to go for cakes and general sweetness. It is a really well appointed space – cute, clean and just easy to be in. Walking down Flower Road on a hot day and ...
Greenlands is great, and a long-running institution from what I gather (my girlfriend’s dad says he used to relish his trips here whenever he used to visit Colombo from Kandy as a teenager in the 1960s). It’s a budget South-Indian joint in a peaceful location, that has oodles of run-down character and is as cheap as anything. The downstairs is ...
An annual event organised in order to raise awareness on Autism. Autism is a complex neurological disorder affecting the mental development of children and is said to be one of the fastest growing developmental disorders all over the world. It has been estimated that more than 40 000 children and adults suffer from Autism in Sri Lanka and the numbers ...
The European Film Festival kicks off today (1st of December) and will continue till the 7th of December (Friday). The movies are screened at 3.30pm and 6.30pm at the National Film Corporation at Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 07. The film festival is a collaboration effort of Alliance Francaise de Kotte, British Council, Embassy of France, Goethe Institut, Embassy of Italy, Embassy ...
Hotel De Pilawoos is one of the most popular 24 hour eateries named Pilawoos. Believe it or not, this is a big category; there are at least 10 Pilawoos in Colombo. The brand has become diluted and YAMU writers have gotten indigestion trying to figure out the best one. The original was supposedly in Maradana and is long gone. This ...
Wanting to demonstrate to a foreign visitor the excellence of Sri Lankan Chinese food the other day I stepped into Flower Drum. I’ve long believed that in terms of taste and value for money this ancient staple of the local Chinese scene was the real archetype of Sri Lankan Chinese food,surpassing the older but less reliable Chinese Dragon. On this ...
The Old Boy’s Association of Zahira College Colombo has organized a walk on 1st of December (Saturday) to celebrate the school’s 12oth anniversary. The school invites all present and past pupils as well as the public to be a part of this memorable day. The walk will commence from the school premises at 8am. The event will be followed up ...
Lanka Hands is a great place to buy gifts and souvenirs from. It may not be quite as classy as Barefoot or Paradise Road, or have it’s own trademark range, but it sells plenty of nice Sri Lankan craft items and at a better price than its competitors. The shop, spread over 7 or 8 rooms each filled with something ...
The lawn of Waters Edge will feature a plethora of music, with entrance by the Rs. 1,000 day pass. We’ve included times from the program, but these are obviously not solid. Rocky Road (Rock) – 11 Spike – 11:30 Dawn Jay (RnB) – 12 Black Velvet – Yohan And Honorine (Pop/Retro) – 12:30 Sandun Ranga (Hip Hop/RnB) – 1:30 Prince ...
