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!