So here it is. The big one… the most ambitious and bombastic new feature on Colombo’s restaurant landscape- the Ministry of Crab (MOC). Dharshan Munidasa, the food brain behind the operation, has garnered a loyal following through his consistently excellent Nihonbashi Japanese restaurants. MOC, however, is a much more prominent undertaking. In partnership with two of Sri Lanka’s best known ...
On the lookout for new places to hang out on the weekend, we took a casual stroll down to the racecourse on Saturday, only to find that the McDonald’s was not open yet. We then took a brisk walk to the nearby CH & FC to check out the newly opened Floor by O! the new O! at CH is ...
If you missed it last month, ‘If You Promise Not To Tell’ is back, being performed again at the Punchi Theatre in Borella at 7pm tomorrow. It’s organized by the Sakhi Collaboration, who work with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and intersex (LGBTQI) people in Sri Lanka. The play is “a performance of stories from queer men’s lives”. We’ve heard ...
Way too many Colombo stores seem to think it’s OK to silently follow customers around and just stare at them. It’s not. It’s just creepy and weird. Recently we went to Leather Collection. The manager immediately started following us like five feet behind. It was so obnoxious. They don’t even greet you or anything, they just follow you around ...
The Location R n R is located right opposite the Jaffna Bus halt and Informatics Institute. The restaurant is on the other side of the railway track so always make sure you look both ways before you cross. This friendly simple beach side sea-food restaurant is on a quite beach in an area otherwise devoid of nice restaurants. It might ...
A must go for the budding designers, the creative types and the school leavers who are stuck with the question “what now??”… or just anyone who is interested in the design scene in Colombo. REVEAL 2012 is the graduate showcase of Northumbria School of Design UK design students at AOD. Featuring Fashion, Graphics, Photography and Interior Design Reveal 2012 is ...
A while ago we went on a rather excellent Colombo City Walk arranged by Trekurious.com and run by Mark Forbes. Here’s a belated, selection of photos from our trek around Fort and Pettah. (photos by Danbee Shin) Gentrification on Chatham Street De Mel Building on Chatham Street (contains the excellent Pagoda Tea rooms) The iconic Cargills building, soon to become ...
Refresh is a monthly technology professionals meet-up. This month’s topics are Windows 8, the Phygital world and social media statistics from Sri Lanka. The free meet-up is this Thursday the 22nd of November at the Royal Skills Center. That’s the building next to Royal College. To get there go down Thurstan Road and turn right at the Flower Road junction. ...
Paan Paan is a new bread shop off Duplication Road. They make good bread. If that seems like a simple review, it is, but finding decent bread in Colombo is surprisingly hard. Roast paan or kade paan, which you get from any streetside shop, is the gold standard. This cheap bread is almost uniformly delicious, such that they serve a ...
Srina Palace is an unlikely little trove of treasures tucked away in various parts of the city. And it’s one of those places, like House of Fashion, that’s almost as heavily frequented by Colomboites as it is by locals. Where to begin with what you can buy at Srina P? Imported hair and beauty products (like Keune shampoo, Palmer’s body ...
Sugar Bistro & Wine Bar is one of the latest in Colombo’s flurry of new eateries (See Arabian Knights, Qbaa, Navayuga, R&R, Tsing Tao, etc.) They serve breakfast, tapas, main courses, wine and, of course, the Sugar burger. We really like this place. The food and drinks are good, but what’s really great is the crowd and location. The Food ...
This is YAMU’s weekly column in the Daily FT newspaper. We’ve reproduced the text below: FROYO 3.0 As far as we’re aware there are only three places in Colombo that sell frozen yoghurt – or froyo as it’s more affectionately known; at Yo-Mo, located on the ground floor of the World Trade Centre, Il Gelato and the Avirate Café. ...
If you're a fan of seafood, the Ocean at the Kingsbury is your new favourite place - for just 2000 bucks you get to gorge on a bevy of high quality fish and crab.
