Let me talk to you about Lamprais.
The wonderfully smelling parcel that comes to you beautifully wrapped in charred banana leaf is not just one dish, but the... Read More...
I am someone who would travel all the way to India to buy myself some proper Indian sweets.
It all started with the shiny gift box my mother placed in my han... Read More...
Everything’s in bloom! With the approach of April and the dawn of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, it seems as though nature itself is preparing to welcome the f... Read More...
I am not quite sure when exactly my love affair with Spain began. Was it while watching Spanish movies in which the languid speech of the dashing performers rol... Read More...
This is the season of abundance and that includes abundance of guests!
So how do you prepare yourself for the hordes who will come knocking at such short not... Read More...
Sometimes you just gotta say, fudge it.
Christmas is just approaching and you are tired to the bone, having worked your backside off the entire year and you... Read More...
Imagine a beautiful sunny day, cool breeze caressing your hair and you, in your prettiest yellow sundress, the sun warming your hair, sunlight illuminating your... Read More...
Sri Lankan Christmas is quite a unique affair. Mothers, aunties and grandmothers in their floral aprons bustle about the kitchen yielding wooden spoons and extr... Read More...
Sri Lanka is just your typical, ordinary island in the sun. We drink coconuts out of the tree and eat seafood right off the ocean, wear coconut leaves around ou... Read More...
If you grew up in the 90’s in Sri Lanka, chances are that you are of the custard pudding generation.
Back in the day, custard pudding and jelly was a delicac... Read More...
Here’s something for you to chew on.
The easiest, butteriest caramels that you have ever eaten. No one has ever stopped at just one of these babies.
Growi... Read More...
Today I’m writing about a dish that changed my perception of cabbage. The Sri Lankan cabbage mallum, or gowa mallum as we Sri Lankans as we know it is a househo... Read More...
A treat for the Dornish Lords & Ladies
I can just imagine the lords and ladies of Dorne sitting around devouring Gulab Jamuns, syrup trickling down their c... Read More...
Once a year, the whole family, mother, father, brother and myself flanked by a plethora of family friends and their families head down to Katharagama to pay hom... Read More...