Tuesday, March 20, 2012

List La Vida Lanka: Foodie Experiences


Sri Lankan Foodie Spread with Hoppers in the Middle! (photo grabbed from sri-la.blogspot.com)
I started this list almost a year ago and managed to list down quite a few items – upto 17 out of the 22 (for the 22 months we're here) I’m targeting.  However I got pregnant and for the first trimester my relationship with food went down the drain – even just writing about it.  After that I pretty much got pre-occupied with everything pregnancy and motherhood so unfortunately the List La Vida Lanka took a back seat.  But since we’re almost at the tail end of our journey, I want to finish listing them down for you dear readers and also complete the experience.  The must-go might be a bit ambitious with a baby and all (when I took note of it I didn’t really expect that I would be expecting) but we’ll see.

In any case this list is all about the Foodie Experiences I would like to do before leaving Sri Lanka.  Here they are:

#18: Eat Hopper – I have done this but I later found out it was not the right way of doing it.  Apparently I was kind of eating it bare ergo bland – so NOT like Sri Lankan cuisine!  So before we leave I have to pay homage to proper Hopper dining.

#19: Eat Wattalapam – it’s a dessert much like our Leche Flan… I wonder if I could also make one.

#20: Eat and watch how Kotthu Rotti is made – S, a friend of mine from work suggested I eat this (although she warned me to eat it after I give birth).  What I remember from her description is that it is a mix of everything (hmmm…) and how they prepare it is like a spectacle.  They usually eat it after a good night out – much like how we go to a Pares Pares or Behrouz after clubbing in the Philippines.  Hehe!

#21: Understand and of course eat what makes up a full Sri Lankan meal!  It is much like eating Korean food – you know lots of elements.  But mostly with the same basic foundation – CURRY.

#22: Cook Sri Lankan food.  I am not a fan really.  For almost 2 years of living here, the Sri Lankan food I like is the toned down version.  But living in a country will never be complete if you don’t at least TRY to appreciate their cuisine. 

So that rounds up the List La Vida Lanka…  let’s see how good I am at achieving it! 

6 comments:

  1. The egg hopper with mutton curry is really, really yumm. If you're not used to the pungency of the local spices it will literally make your tummy bubble... But if you don't move, it will go away naman. Haha... I kept on eating it when i was there :)

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    1. Hahaha! If I don't move... pano kaya yun? Hahahaha! Sige will try that!

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  2. OMG roomie! I can't believe naunahan pa kita ;p Check ako sa lahat ng nasa list mo! I love egg hoppers :D I also love this onion sambal...nakalimutan ko na tawag

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    1. Naku ganyan ako ka-aversed sa cuisine nila... so you've cooked Sri Lankan food??? WOW amazing! Sige pag hindi ko ito ma-complete I will ask you to Guest Post! HAHAHA!

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  3. Hindi pa naman ako ganun ka amazing to cook Sri Lankan food ;p Had in Sri Lankan resto lang here. Yung Kotthu Roti deceptively looks like pad thai kaya magugulat ka na lang sa disconnect of flavors when you eat it. Hehehe

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    1. Oh thanks for the heads up! Hahahaha! Did they do it in front of you? My friend told me to watch them do it too :-)

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