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. ...
Heaven Is A Place In Dehiwala? Sometimes you come across places that you really don’t want to share with the rest of the world. YAMU however, demands sacrifices so I’ll share something I’d rather not. Lani’s Sea Food Restaurant. On the massively underrated Dehiwala Beach this is a bit of tropical paradise somehow hidden in one of Colombo’s least promising suburbs. Opposite the ...
Breeze Bar is one of Colombo’s quieter, more expensive drinking establishments. Located at the fancy Cinnamon Grand, you can expect both good service and good drinks here. It’s both a poolside bar – ideal for snacking and sipping at between dips – and a, well, normal drinking bar. Breeze isn’t cheap, but it’s a nice place. The chairs inside, however, ...
Iced tea – or ice tea – is great. Especially when it’s just Rs. 45. We recently stumbled across some packaged Heladiv ice tea at Cargills. Heladiv tea definitely existed like 5 years ago although it seemed to disappear for a while somewhere in between. It appears to have come back now, complete with new garb (we liked the ...
AOD (Academy of Design) will be holding a character drawing workshop on their premises in Thummulla today. You’ll get to learn some techniques to help realise your imaginary characters & probably end up having a bit of fun while at it. Entrance is free.
We love the DBU. A beautiful clubhouse, an excellent bar and though there are consistency issues on its day their lamprais is the best in the city. So when we heard that our favorite ethnicity based drinking/sporting union had opened a restaurant open to all (ie non members) on its premises we were excited. The DBU it seems is finally making ...
Dilly’s is a store that’s been in existence for over 2 decades. It’s got a bit of a reputation of being an aunties store, but that’s not so true anymore. Part of what makes Dilly’s kinda great is that it is different, the designs are unusual and are instantly recognisable. They’ve got a line aimed at you PYT’s called Tammy. ...
YAMU has done a lamprais taste-off with six contenders. Spoiler alert: the DBU won. We did not, however, cover every possible lamprais. One notable lump we left out was from Fab, which we had a chance to try this weekend. And it was good. There are many things sold as lamprais, but few are authentic. What most miss is ...
A few days ago I stepped into Flower Drum for a quick lunch, four small dishes between two and walked away 4000 rupees poorer. Stunned by the price I resolved not to depart from street lunch staples like the beautiful R and R, Hotel de Plaza, Greenlands Hotel, and Indi’s excellent Dehiwala bath kade all of which will serve you a tasty two person ...
Indu Dharmasena and Soundarie David Rodrigo are staging the official Broadway/Disney version of Beauty And The Beast. Indu is an established and entertaining stage director and his work is usually entertaining. He staged his own version of B&B in 2002, but this upcoming production – (August 10-12th) at the Lionel Wendt – hews much more closely to the movie we ...
Little yoghurt pots, like chocolate milk and biscuits, are very popular in Sri Lanka. You can get them at any kade or supermarket, and they’re usually eaten straight from the pot. Perhaps somewhat strangely, plain seems to be the most popular flavour. So we tried out five different brands of normal set yoghurt to see which was the best. ...
With the promise of hosting the best and the biggest reggae event in Hikkaduwa, One Love Reggae 2013 featuring internationally renowned local reggae act, the Jayasri Twins backed by XOTIC Band will be held on the 19th (Saturday) at Long Beach Surf Cafe in Hikkaduwa. The event will also feature Dj Shiyam, Dj Damith and Dj Jay Vibes. In addition ...
These amazing photos are by Nazly. Thanks Nazly! I love the Dehiwala zoo. While I am not going to deny that the place has its share of problems I fervently believe there’s not much better you can do with Rs 100 in this city than get a ticket to our much maligned zoo-park. This is particularly true on a weekday afternoon, from ...
I know, right? Yet another rave on the beach.. snooze. But before you get to ranting, you guys, this party on September 22nd looks good. Asvajit, Shiyam & the rest of the crew have grown so much over the last year & there’s a larger mix in their set these days, you can hear they’re exposing themselves to more. The crowd generally ...
Hansa Cafe is hosting another Poetry P’lau on 3 November. P’lau’s a bit open mic, bit like hanging out with friends. It’s a relaxed environment where you’re encouraged to share whatever talent you may possess, be it through music, song or words. They serve good coffee, there’s free wifi and if you’re shy you could just be a part of ...
There is a powerful new (well, new to me) force in the world of Wellawatte’s dining options- Nalapaham. From their base down an unassuming lane off the Galle Road a team of Tamil cooks is whipping up appams, indiyappams and curries of such deliciousness that competitors on the Tamil/Jaffna non veg circuit(Yaal, Yarl, Hotel Rolex, Hotel Maiyuri, Katpaham) should tremble. ...
Worker Watching The Sea Colpetty… Kollupitya… Colombo 3, many names for the same place. Covering a large swathe of Colombo from the Galle Face Green south to the Bambalapitya junction and inland as far as Colombo University at its westernmost point, this is one the city’s most significant districts. Till recently a leafy and largely upscale residential neighbourhood by the ...
Lil’ Orbits is an American doughnut franchise that’s recently come to Colombo. We seem to be getting alot of chains opening up here these days – BreadTalk, Mango, Baskin Robbins – and TGI Fridays is apparently on the way. So is Lil’ Orbits anything to get excited about? Well, it’s alright, nothing too special but not bad either. They’re basically ...
The Bombay Sweet Mahal just past Wellawatte junction is one of our favorites, especially for their amazing layered juice (Rs. 290). We dropped in on our way to the Savoy 3D Cinema to try their strawberry juice. Strawberries seem to be in season and all the juice shops have them, we had an especially good sip at the Kohuwela ...
