Food

Import taxes add Rs.130 to a bottle of cooking oil, Rs.880 to a kg of butter, Rs.625 to a kilo of yoghurt. Government finds taxing food an assured way of making money as people will buy food irrespective of the price.

Colombo, Jan 5 (@serial.eaters #Instagram): If you've been on the hunt for restaurants with healthy alternatives to fast food, Bowl'd is a great choice! This little spot is almost hidden at the very far end of Sea Avenue, Colombo 003, and we had been wanting to check it out for quite a while. We are so glad we did! Here's how our...

17-year old Tharushi Vidushi Rajapaksha's biodegradable lunchbox could be a substitute for the environmentally destructive plastic lunchboxes now in vogue

The hottest new restaurant in Colombo is L’Epicure where the cooking is at a whole different level, says Irfan Husain. "When we asked the manager to convey our compliments to the chef, he replied: You are looking at him!”

Colombo, Dec 29 (@serial.eaters #Instagram) Caramel Pumpkin is quite possibly one of my most favorite spots in Colombo, and it’s honestly no secret that I’m a big fan. If it were up to me, I would just suggest the place for any and every meet up (…and most of the time, I actually do!). Not only do they have yummy...

Boiled, skinned and then cooked in a spicy gravy, rat is more popular than chicken and pork with customers at the Sunday market in the village of Kumarikata in Assam, in Eastern India.

Colombo, Dec 20 (@serial.eaters #Instagram) Having been asked to check out Villa Raha's cafe quite a bit, we decided we'd give the luxury villa's cafe a shot. We hadn’t heard much about the cafe but had our fingers and toes crossed that it would be a good one that we could recommend to people without hesitation. Occupying the spot Superfood...

Colombo, Dec 7 (@serial.eaters #Instagram) So, we were really excited to check out Peppermint Cafe, not just because of the pretty pictures of the place & food, that we've been seeing on their Instagram feed, but also because friends who'd been there already seemed to either love it, or hate it, with no in-between. We don't let opinions like that...

Colombo, May 24 (newsin.asia) - This Ramadan season, Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo celebrates the tradition of the fasting month with thoughtful offerings and a great Iftar feast in its famous all day dining restaurant - Table One - and the Sapphyr Lounge. Table One – As the sun sets, spend blessed time with family and friends at Table One, the all...

Pickles of some kind or the other have been part of cuisines across the globe for 4,000 years as can be gleaned from history. They also tell us about cross-cultural connections which mark food all over the world, writes Visual and Cross Cultural Anthropoloigist Dr.Lopamudra Maitra Bajpai.