Sri Lankan Street Food in Crumbling Colombo! (What it’s really like)
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1. LUNU MIRISA
ADDRESS: Colombo - Horana Rd, Boralesgamuwa
🇱🇰PORK CURRY: De-bone the pork and then cut the pieces into small slices. Place curry powder in a big pan to burn. Add cooking oil and mix with curry powder. Place the pork slices into the pan. Add turmeric powder, roasted curry powder, chili powder, black pepper, salt, cardamom, garlic paste, Garcinia cambogia, a liquid mixed with oil, cinnamon, ginger, garlic, fried lemongrass and curry leaves.Stir and cook for around 20 minutes.
🇱🇰JACKFRUIT CURRY: Chop the jackfruit flesh into small pieces. Place pieces into a pan, then add coconut milk, chopped onions, green chilies, curry leaves and Pandan leaves. Add salt, turmeric powder and curry powder. Add some pieces of cinnamon and mustard paste.Mix and cook for around 20 minutes. Add more coconut milk. Place chopped dried red chilies and chopped garlic into hot oil, mix, add turmeric powder and dump this mixture into the pan of jackfruits.
💸PRICE: 600 LKR/$1.63 USD for each dish | Jackfruit curry is a side dish
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2. MINISTRY OF CRAB
ADDRESS: Old Dutch Hospital Complex, 04 Hospital St, Colombo 00100
INTERVIEWEE: Chef Dharshan Munidasa
🇱🇰BLACK PEPPER CRAB: Place the crab in the hot wok and saute a bit. Season with black pepper and secret black pepper sauce. Steam for 20 minutes.
💸PRICE: 21920 LKR/$59.67 USD for 2kgs of crab
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3. UZMAN TEA ROOM
ADDRESS: No. 98, Abdul Hameed street, Colombo
🇱🇰EGG HOPPER
💸PRICE: 100 LKR/$0.27 USD
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4. UNCLE DUDDLY
ADDRESS: No.71, Abdul Hameed street, Colombo
🇱🇰STRING HOPPER BIRYANI: Slice green and red chilies, tomatos, onions and place in hot oil. Add eggs and mix. Add salt, pepper, chilies powder and mix. Place rice noodles in pot with fresh cow’s milk and gravy. Stir. Place mixture in a dish. Slice and stir-fry fried beef which was marinated in vinegar, chilies powder, salt, pepper, curry powder. Add chopped onions, chilies, curry sauce, ketchup and lime juice. Add beef to noodles and serve.
🇱🇰BRAIN KOTHU ROTI
💸PRICE: 2800 LKR/$7.62 USD each for big servings
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Bro Pls Visit Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
You Can Taste Food At Any Time
YOUR IN SRILANKA? I WANNA MEET AND SHOW YOU AROUND? at least take a pic with you goddamnn
When are you coming back to Kenya?
I think you should release a video explaining why you think it is appropriate to do a food review series in Sri Lanka under these circumstances.
This is not implying that you are doing a good or a bad thing, but there is a need to discuss this.
JAPAN consumes MORE curry than INDIA
I am so grateful for this opportunity to work alongside Sonny and his team. Sri Lanka is a melting pot of diverse cultures that has influenced our cuisine. The very first cuisine i wanted Sonny to try is pure authentic Sinhalese influenced food, also our staple diet as Sri lankans, which is rice and curry. We discussed alot about each curries, such as young jack fruit (polos) and hog plum curry (as seen in the end credits) and mallums e.t.c but clearly the winner was the Jack fruit curry and black pork curry which are unique dishes to Sri lanka and very popular amongst locals. This was such a fun day with Sonny and the team also with Chef Dharshana, who is the King of Sri lankan mud crabs. If you are a street food lover, Colombo city night life wins that category. Please visit Sri Lanka on your next holiday.. our beautiful island awaits you! 🙏🏽🇱🇰❤️🙂
Chef Darshana seemed like a very kind soul. And you had a great sense of humor about all the ribbing by Sonny about pork. Great job.
Definitely made me want to visit Sri Lanka! The people seem (as you put it) innocent, but I am glad they are able to achieve political movement through protest.
The food looks amazing! Are there any other foods you'd recommend?
Can't wait to visit when I've got the funds!
i have been to sri lanka several times. polite and intelligent people. arugam bay and hikaduwa great places. the best black tea in the world. throw sonny on a surfboard.
Good work...Ruzaina keep it up girl...
Girl, you are doing great. Thank you for service to country's tourism sector.
Hope Sri Lanka will be back its glory! Stay safe my brothers, sisters and others from Vietnam 🇻🇳💖💖💖.
Its not easy when chinese debt trap diplomacy crippled them.
🇱🇰❤🇻🇳🙏
Thank you so much 🙏🏻💖
Love from Sri Lanka ❤️🇱🇰
Thank you
Thanks
Big up to Sri Lankans 💛 Those guys are true fighters! LOVE & RESPECT to you guys from MAuritius 🇲🇺
And to th crab too
Love u brother ♥️
🙏🙏🙏🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰
@@enough7495 ❤
@@jayd4103 ❤️
I was born in Canada but both my parents are Sri Lankan. I’ve visited a few times and love my culture. My moms chicken curry is the single greatest thing I’ve ever eaten. So happy to see Sri Lanka on the channel, thanks for sharing this sonny!
Those who people born in here hate our culture but you guy love it even born in abroad ❤
Same here bro ❤, Welcome to the SLCAN Club 🤝
Daai moodevi .i born in canada i born in canada everywhere😂😂
Sri Lankan food is amazing. I can definitely say I prefer Sri Lankan cuisine to Indian. Love from Morocco. 🇲🇦 🇲🇦 🇲🇦
As a Filipino, I hope my Sri Lankan Brothers and Sisters strength and courage. Stay safe as well.
Tama ka Kapatid..
@@Renz-q5w Pareho ang sitwasyon sa Sri Lanka sa atin. The pandemic made life in the Philippines more challenging.
@@dansantos1659 wala tayong Economic Crisis. Yung Nangyayari satin ay dati ng Normal mas lumala nga lang dahil sa War at Pandemic. Yung sa Sri Lanka mas Malala
@@dansantos1659 go watch the news about sri lankas economic crisis before comparing the two. They have it worse
@@BisayangdakoVlogz Kami po may truck hauling business ang pamilya ko pati may mga apartment complexes kami dito sa Zamboanga city, Cebu pati Dumaguete and we have several commercial complexes that we rent. When the pandemic hit grabe ang effect sa amin and many more like us, different ang perspective mo sa akin.
Nice to see Sri Lanka in recovery mode🙏❤️🙏. It's been on my bucket list for 5 years!! Pre pandemic, Sri Lanka was on the top, for travel destinations globally!! 🙏🙏 Be strong citizens ! ❤️ I look forward to seeing you soon 🌹🇨🇦
India has given over 2 billion US$ line of credit to Sri Lanka for help & speed it's recovery.
@@sahilgupta9675 imagine if this issue was covered worldwide instead of the same kinda topics ..
Tanks..💕💕💕💕💕😍😍😍👍👍💐💐💐💐🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰
Nice comment, thanks for the support
Why not come now, we need as many people as possible to visit and help get the country back on track and things are very cheap for tourists right now.
as a Maldivian i gotta say, i love my Sri Lanka ❤
MY srilanka? Did the srilankans sell their country to Maldives?
@@Sean-tz6cm no??? what are you on about 🤣
@@Sean-tz6cm Maldivians are the brothers of Sinhalese
@@Sean-tz6cm Maldivian and Sri Lankans (mainly people from Colombo) have a close relationship. I've got alot of Maldivian friends myself. Maldivians tend to come to our country for studies/ raise their kids.
And we love Maldives too 🥰
This series brought me so much joy. I went to Sri Lanka for a month in the summer of 2018, volunteering for that duration as well as traveling and exploring. The culture, the food and just everything about Sri Lanka while I was there has been one of the most unforgettable and amazing experiences I've ever had. I'm happy that there is a Sri Lankan restaurant near me where I can experience a portion of the amazing food I had there and I hope to go back soon. I miss this country and everything about it so much
Sri Lanka looks beautiful, and the food looks delicious. Sending love from the US.
but dirty
@@roundtrip4281 🙂👋 don't say that, food is not dirty everywhere🙂👍 ඔයා අනික ලක්කාවෙ කෙනෙක් වෙලා ඔහොම කියන්න එපා මේක සංචාරකයො නරඹන වැඩසටහනක් 🙂 රටට එන සංචාරකයො අඩු වෙන්න අපේම අය කියන දේවල් බලපානව. මාරයි ඔයාල අපේ රටේ ඉදල තවත් රට අගාධයට දාන්න බලද්දි ඇත්තටම දුකයි. 🙂👍
ඇත්ත කිව්වාම ඩෝන් යන්නේ ඇයි පින්වත?
@@mevan5569 😂 යකෝ උබ කාපු හැම කෑමක්ම අපිරිසිදු ඇති. ගිහින් බලපන් හොද හොටෙල්ස් ටෙස්ටුරන්ස්, වලට ඒවගෙ අපිරිසිදුද කියල උන් අපිට පේන්න කෑම හදල දෙනව උබ මේ ලංකාවෙ කෑම හැම තැනකම බිම දාල හදනව වගේනෙ අපිරිසිදුයි කියන්නෙ මාර එකෙක්නෙ 😂😂👋 ඩෝන් යන් නෑ ගිගින් හොද කඩේකින් පිරිසිදු කෑමක් කාහන් උබේ ඔය රිප්ලයි එක ඇතේ රටේම එකෙක් රට කන්න 🙂 කැත වැඩ කරන්න එපා බන් අම්මෙක් උනත් ලමයින්ගෙ වැරදි හංගනව අපි ජීවත් වෙන්නෙ මේ රට නිසා මිනිස්සු මේකෙ ජීවත් වෙන්න ඕනි ලංකාවට සංචාරකයො එන්න ඕනි රට ඉස්සරහට ගෙනියන්න ඩොලර් ඕනි. දරුවන්ගේ අනාගතේට ඒක ලොකු උදව්වක් ඒව තේරුන් ගනින් ඇත්ත කීවහම ඩෝන් යනව නොකිය.රටේ වැරදි ලෝකෙට කෑගහල කියන්න එපා රටේම ඉදල රටටම කෙලිනව 🙂👍 ආඩම්බරයි
Sri Lanka is one of the most mystical country, with such an amazing history, food culture. I wanna go there once in my life. Respect
Agreed
You will never regret it
Welcome to anyone at any time bro ✌
They are paying the price of tamil genocide
You are welcome at any time
I am amazed by the humbleness, kindness and smartness of Ruzaina... she can talk about food politics culture etc with deep understanding and knowledge.
BEFRS & Sonny Welcome to Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 🙏 your food videos are take us to next level. 😍🔥 hope you had a great time here..
Follow travel today Banda
He is the best food vlogger in srilanka
I love the way how ruzana explains our culture into the world❤️
wrgg
Are you really a nepali Sri Lankan ?
my husband is nepali & I'm srilankan..we both doing our YT channel that's why it's called nepalisrilankan
@@thenepalisrilankan1101 that's really awesome.
Am nepali myself, will sub you guys.
oh thanku somuch🙂❤️
It’s home 🥺~ chef. Most people I meet in Sri Lanka though they have the chance to go and live abroad,they choose to stay back and that just makes me think how humble these people are. They love their land and I just love it. Keep fighting for a brighter Sri Lanka 💪🏼
man its an island, and a long way to swim to the nearest country.... if it was land bound, then it would have been different... then again, the culture is unique and the land is so fertile, fresh water lakes, rivers, reservoirs all over the country, who in their right mind would want to leave this country? only fools leave hoping they can have better life elsewhere... you got to see to believe, you don't really need money to live and survive in this country.
@@rajwarnakulasuriya1906 Who in the right mind swims across country nowadays. Also I don’t think even landlocked countries simply allow migration without some legal implications. I’m not saying that the country doesn’t have fertile land or anything,I’m talking about people who have better job opportunities and though they get offered to work somewhere else,most of them simply don’t migrate because Lanka is their home. Fertile land and fresh water sources are good but the whole population is not surviving just based on farming,those factors were favorable in ancient days when civilization occurred but who in this century goes looking for fertile soil. Wake up Raj
I have watch many YT food vlogers going various countries but all in all I see the Sri Lanka people as the most humble down to earth people, their generosity, such a welcoming people, what a blessed people. One day I'll visit Sri Lanka. I don't have anything to help but with all sincerity I'll pray for my Sri Lankan brethren. With manner and respect, greetings form Northeast India. CutPut A Shatsang.
I agree to that.. let's pray for them. I love Lankans ❤
love ❤️
Really appreciate it. ❤✌🙏🇱🇰
Ruzaina.... This name has been in my mind the whole om my Sunday since I saw her yesterday with Sonny, What a beautiful name. In the future I will name my daughter this name, if God ever blesses me with a child... Love from East Africa, Kenya to be precise 🇰🇪 I love you Sri Lankan🇱🇰May God protect your country 🙏🏾🙏🏾
She is so sweet
@RuzainaHadgie
♥️ you from Sri Lanka 🙏
Sri Lanka will get through this and bounce back. Sri Lankans have been through so much, and are resilient people. Stay strong, Sri Lanka 💪🙏 🇱🇰
While sale Sri Lankans females in middle East
yeah we might bounce back in 100 years... 😂
Plz learn about Jehovah God's New Government from Heaven that will Change +Fix Earth 🌎🌍
@JW/Jehovah's Witnesses
Dear Sonny,
You are doing us a great help at this time.
As a Sri Lankan, I really appreciate your support.
May you always be successful!
Thank you for doing this sunny. The country needs shows like yours to once again show the world how great of a country Sri Lanka is.
Nice wishes 🎉
The sparkle in this ladies eyes is a reflection of the inner happiness of her people.Simply beautiful. Your videos are so much more than just food.I would say food for the soul as well.
I am from Srilanka currently in the UK. Thank you so so much for visiting our wonderful country. Visiting our island and experiencing it can really help the country...
You did it once again, Sonny and the BEFRS team! You’re fearless and will let nothing stop you from taking us ALL on these amazing food adventures. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Every single dish that you ate looked absolutely amazing! Especially the biryani! I’ve not seen it made with rice noodles before….YUM! Looking forward to the rest of this Sri Lankan series. Take care!
To all of the world watching out there, this series only covers only a teeny tiny bit of the massive vibrant food culture in Sri Lanka. There are so many otherworldly flavors and textures hidden within our island in all directions with all of the people, not within just the hills and the north! . Come explore, find more! ❤️
Obviously no one can eat everything from every country. All people are different and eat different things lol
Been in Lanka for a year , it’s not a country it’s a feeling to be experienced!! Me from 🇮🇳!!!
#EDIT: I am back in sri lanka!!! missed it back in India!!!! Ill Planning to stay for at least 2 months!! stationed at Katunayaka!!! So Hot climate !!! but still the same with better air and spirit. God Bless you Lankans!!! and yeah... not to mention your hospitality!!! Just WOW every time!!
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Oh man ❤
Your not cool
Come bk here dude things are getting better now😊
Sunny we live vicariously through you man. Your videos take alot of us to places we can only dream about!
Thank u ruzeina...sister ❤️🙏 "රුසේයිනා අක්කේ" අපේ රටේ නම ආහාර සංස්කෘතිය ජාත්යන්තර වෙත සාඩම්බරයෙන් ගෙනයනවට....
Your cohost for this episode was fantastic. She’s so warm and inviting with a smile that just pulls you in.
I'm very grateful to all of you blessings us ♥️ love you guys from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰
I am a Sri Lankan. I am proud that you have come to our country in the face of the economic crisis that our country has fallen into. Also, I invite all foreigners who watch your videos to come to our country to watch and have fun.
As a Sri Lankan I personally love our food and we are in much better shape than we were a year ago thank you for all the love and support
The Sri Lankan version of Biryani looks moist & not dry like some other versions. Would love to have the Sri Lankan version. I would also love to have their roti
That was not actually a biriyani, it was a spring hopper kottu afaik. I think they did a miatake. Sri Lankan biriyani isn't that different to mainland biriyanis.
Its string hopper biriyani but the regular biriyani is similar to Pakistan or Indian but with the sri lankan touch of flavour.
That definitely wasn’t a biriyani but as you said, it is a string hopper koththu.
We pronounce it Buriyani
I was wondering when y’all will visit Srilanka and now finally it has happened!
I’m glad, despite everything that’s going on you guys still managed to give a positive outlook of our country and show the world how beautiful Srilanka really is and it’s food. Thankyou for taking me back home and thankyou for Visiting !❤️
This show is so amazing. It makes me feel like a kid watching cooking shows again and actually learning about food and culture.
I am from Sri Lanka thank you all for respecting us.
Well done, Ruzaina, for co-hosting and for that fair, unbiased, realistic, informative and pleasant introduction to our Sri Lankan cuisine to foreigners.
17:29 ...this is the perfect quote, especially for a food/travel show. We will always have differences, we will always have conflicts, we will always have hardships... but, so long as we remember what we all share as human beings and strive to work together to better ourselves and our collective situation, we can overcome.
I’ve been a subscriber for sometime and silently wishing Sonny to come to Sri Lanka and show the world what a wonderful place our country is. Thanks Sonny.
Thanks for ur support dude. This video means so much to lankans. 🇱🇰
Promote south Indian Arabic influence food as Sri Lankan food. Like Mohammad riswi who give free briyani to anti government protests now sale Sri Lankan females in middle East
@@sachds3333 So crabs that are found only in Sri Lanka, Mellum, abarella, kos, kalu pol maluwa(in this case with pork) are "south Indian Arabic influence food"? OK
@@sachds3333 Cry about it 🤣🤣🤣
one of the most beautiful and friendly country also have so many tasty foods.I love Sri Lanka..great video too
"Sticking through tough times until tough times give into better days"
Sonny is a poet
Thank you for visiting Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 Sonny and Please keep promote our country for the better cause!
Watching Sonny for years and finally having him in your county. Priceless! Thank you for this episode.
South Indian & Arabic food as SRi lankan food. Shameless Sri Lankan male your female sold in middle East by main anti government protestor Mohammed riswi
Thank you for visiting Sri Lanka. Looking forward to watch many more videos as we have plenty of tasty food items 🇱🇰
Ruzeina ❤
This show really shines with a great local co-host. And what a great co-host she is!!!
Thanks Sonny for visiting Sri Lanka during a much needed time like this❤ especially to boost our tourism sector 🇱🇰
While painting south Indian & Arabic culture as Sri Lankan. Like Mohammed riswi who give free Briyani to anti government protest now sale Sri Lankans female in middle East. Most girls are not found but according source most girls are victims of phycological warfare in social media who participated in anti government protest
She has such a good spirit. Keep the great vids coming!!
Sri Lankan rice n curry is amazing... I've lived there for over a year and I still miss it, unlike most South Asian cuisine, rice n curry in Sri Lanka is not just tasty, but its also healthy.
Ruzaina is awesome - I also like to describe Sri Lankan food as a mix of Indian and Thai cuisine (kinda). Thanks for visiting the little island!
I would’ve said a mix of Indian and Indonesian
Malay influence and being surrounded by sea just like the south east asians
Sri Lanka is a beautiful country and Ruzaina is funny😅...Mob love from Kenya 🇰🇪
Sri Lanka is a magnificent country and it pained me to see the difficulty the people were having over the last few months. I hope to return soon and stay for awhile.
meh that sht hole look like step country of india
@@somchais123 if you compare Sri Lanka to San Francisco, LA, Baltimore, NYC or Chicago, it looks like heaven...
Those crabs look amazingly delicious. My husband and I watch all your food and travel adventures . Thank you for sharing your experiences. We admire you for trying to eat anything serve in front of you, you are daring and brave and funny. More power to you & please stay safe. We are from the Philippines but had been living in Cedar Hill , Texas( Dallas County) for 30 yrs.
Really Proud to hear that you are in Sri Lanka....!!!
Thank You for your whole team for visiting our country....
Ruzaina is a great tourist embassador for Sri Lanka. She covers our diversity very well and she is very informed. Great job!
Been watching your chanel for years. Im really happy to see you finally come to my country.. Cheers
I've been there with my fiance....and omg... really the food are delicious and the people's is so humble,kinds and a perfect places for healing...all the best for people's there...
Her laugh is so infectious! Thank you for this, Sonny.
God bless him for not only showing the culture and food, but also acknowledging the social issues !
he finally came to Sri Lanka. as a Sri Lankan I really waited for this to happen. hope you enjoy! much love from Sri Lanka
Thank You very much Sonny for visiting Sri Lanka
That food is amazing . Thanks for showcasing the amazing foods of Sri Lankan to the world
Thanks Sonny for visiting Sri Lanka, there is so much more to explore. Ruzaina, did a perfect job at communicating the country’s situation. Can’t wait to see more videos. Would be nice to see him go to a village and eat some home cooked food by a paddy field or something (may have to buy the villagers lots of vegetables to cook you a meal the way they do best as they probably don’t have much money to buy vegetables themselves)😢
Sri Lanka is definitely on my bucket list, Thanks again Sunny and crew For the amazing content.
10:56 Gota flying with the crab to Singapore Funniest thing EVER!!
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@@zes7215 Yessss!
Sonny you are amazing.
Thanks so much for the window into such a beautiful place and it's wonderful people..
We're so privileged in America and most of us have no idea.
Omg I was waiting for you to do a video on Sri Lanka for ever, yayy amazing!! And it’s *Colombo* lol, oooo and it’s so nice to see you and ruzaina, the last video it was Mark and her. So happy that you are covering my motherland sonny☺️ also thanks for showing the hard-times it’s going through.
Sri Lankan cuisine is surprisingly underated,we got a part of Toronto called little Tamil Elam,many Sri Lankan and Indian restaurants, it's mindblowing how similar yet different Indian/Sri Lankan cuisine are,I'd pick Sri Lankan cuisine anytime heck yeah
I am from tamil eelam, living in markham. 30 years. You know something, many srilankans came to canada during the civil war. worked in Italian greek and other fine dining canadian restaurants, are currently owners of many restaurants in the GTA. thanks for your support 🙏🏾
Nothing beats a mutton roll or kothu roti from Babu’s catering 🤙🏾
Same with Pakastani, Nepali, and Bangladesh food, but many people just lump it together with 'Indian' food...
Sri lankan sinhalese cuisine is very much different ( eg unique way of cooking curries using coconut milk and spices) to Sri Lankan tamil cuisine ( which is more like South indian)
@@deela262 Well Sri Lankan cuisine is a mix of Sinhalese, Tamil, Malay, Moor and Dutch influences.
Its good to see pork and crab curry with local spices. Thanks for showing this Ruzaina . Sri Lanka has most unique curries with spices. Sonny Thanks for visiting Sri Lanka 🎉
Is there anything that truly distinguishes Sri Lanka from Tamil Nadu? Always saw SL as an extension of it, culturally and culinarily.
@@nahor88 Yes you are correct. Coz there is no proper Sri Lankan content youtuber. Some Village cooking channel Have who cook Sri Lankan authentic food. But not like this type of show. Also there is an influence from Indian cuisine.
@@nahor88 There are similarities since they are neighbours but Sri Lanka (Sinhalese and Sri Lankan Tamils) and Tamil Nadu are different
Omg I miss those delicious rice and curry every single day . Living abroad you miss the authentic favor. Thanks best ever food review show ❤
And Ruzaina
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I've always been a fan of you Sonny. Thank you for showing my country to the world at this very moment. We all appreciate all your help. Please visit Sri Lanka, the gem of Indian ocean
Wow so amazing 😍😍.
Omg you're channel is amazing ❤
Sri lanka has a very different unique culinary culture .. fantastic foods are always .thank you for visiting sri lanka ..a most awaited video
Thank you for coming to my country ❤️. I always wanted to see your reaction to Sri Lankan food. Cant wait to see the rest.
I have a beautiful friend from Sri Lanka. She has the most caring kind soul and loves food like no other. She makes the most amazing dishes and loves sharing her culture.
Im from sri lanka. And u sir!! Are a booster!! This is the best video that ever described superbly in my vision. Thank u for that.
Love from North East India 🇮🇳
Hi man how are you doing
I'm good, and how are you bro?
Only India 😔🤦👏
Nice to see, you are in my coutry! 🇱🇰
Thank you so much for visiting Sri Lanka at this difficult time!❤️🙏
I was in Sri Lanka in beginning half of April 2022. I was in a town rather in an urban city so the way of living was very different. The electricity was cut during noon and night and the amount of hours increased the more days I stayed there. It went from 2-3 hours over to 5 hours. March/April are the hottest months of the year reaching 40-45 degrees Celsius, so the lack of ceiling fan made it really hard, especially since I came from a country that had winter that had -4 degrees Celsius. There were also people in trucks who stood in queues that were miles long just to get gas. I heard a mother threatened to jump if she didn't get baby formula since the inflation made prices reach 3-5 times their original ones and kept increasing every day so the mother couldn't afford anymore. Luckily the police got her down by offering some baby formula. I also think I heard that some parts of Colombo had electricity shut down, which was unusual at the time and the people weren't prepared compared to those who live in towns and villages. So many of those who lived in Colombo went from door to door begging for water. Those who live in towns and villages started farming and grew their own rice and started trading with rice too. From what I heard, Tamil people who mostly live in towns/villages seemed to fare better than Singalam people who mostly live in urban areas since the Tamil have had more experience with oppression. Might remember it wrong, but a lot was happening so it's hard to remember it all. Not trying to start a war in the comment section, but trying to provide what information/personal experiences I have regarding the situation in Sri Lanka.
I guess Singalam is the main 'Sri Lankan' ethnicity, and Malayalam and Tamil are the main minority ethnic groups?
@@-jank-willson Sinhalese people make up the majority of the country (over 75%), the remaining 25% is made up of Tamils, Moors, Burghers (locals mixed with European colonisers), Malays, Veddas (indigenous tribal people) and Chinese Sri Lankans. There are no Malayalis in Sri Lanka
@@KD-zj4ye old demographic, Sinhalese 69 % . Sri Lanka economy is import based economy which Tamil & Muslim community control. Numbers don't matter who control the economy have upper hand
@@dilshab1075 I'm sorry, I don't keep up with census data. If your figure's right, I'm not far off, so there's that.
The rest of your comment is irrelevant to my comment where I answered the person above. Please stop replying to my comments with irrelevant stuff - I already ignored you once. Are you and "Sach ds" the same person? Because you both keep camping under my comments/replies with irrelevant crap, and you both sound the same
@@KD-zj4ye I not subscribe the channel but my first watched episode is food ranger , mark wein , sunny species noodle eat competition
I’ve been big fan of Sonny and his team for a long time. He makes the most unique & interesting videos. He opened my eyes and broadened my mind about other countries, their cultures and very different cuisines. I love how he presents his content in a respectful and non judgemental way. Watching my country Sri Lanka being featured on his channel really made me happy and proud. In a time where we're in a crisis and people are struggling to get by each day, this certainly puts a smile on your face. What's best about our people is that we still try to see the positive and enjoy even with what little we have. We're the kind to party while the ship is sinking. We will fight for freedom and we will help whoever when it's needed.
So thanks for coming here and showing the world what a beautiful nation we are. We welcome everyone with open hearts and a warm cuisine. No tourist will starve even how badly the news shows the crisis is happening, cz we're really getting better these days.
I hope Sonny goes out of Colombo to show our village cuisines as well cz that's where you will find some of the most unique, authentic Sri Lankan food.
And to anyone who's reading this and is currently vacationing in Sri Lanka, Ayubowan! Thanks for visiting us.
Thank you visiting and ..sharing... ❤ 🇱🇰
1:53 fun fact: In the Bengal region of India and Bangladesh unripped jackfruit is considered a delicacy. In Bengali it is called 'Gachh-Pantha'; 'Gachh' means tree and 'Pantha' means goat or in this case, mutton. Because if it is cooked correctly; it can rival the mutton curry in texture and taste.
In Sri Lanka, it's some times called "Gas Kukula", or tree chicken!
I'm hoping Sri Lanka and their people will recover ASAP 🙏🏻
Praying for our brothers and sisters suffering from economic crisis to ease all your hardships and pain due to your difficulties in tour country. May you all be blessed and be supported soon from different countries. I wish people to see the reality of life and start to helo others, no one should feel the hunger and no country should be poor. God bless Sri Lanca. Godbless you Sonny and the whole team. 🙏🏼❤👨👩👧👦
I was so excited to see that Sri Lanka also makes food out of the jack fruit. In Brazil, a lot of vegans and vegetarians use the jack fruit as a meat substitute. I personally love the jackfruit as it is, but it’s mind blowing how jack fruit tastes just like chicken when you stew it
Hi, the jack tree originated in the Sri Lanka/South Asia tropical forest and grows well in the warmer part of Brazil too.
I’m from Sri Lanka……. And really happy to see u here. And I’ll hope to see u around Colombo. ❤ And thanks for visiting here.
I love Sonny and his team. This is a great show. It's charismatic, it's funny and informative as well.
Hands down one of the best Food Reviewers out there!!
Thanks for visiting Sri Lanka dude, and thank you for showing what Sri Lankans are capable of doing!!!
We shall rise!!
Sonny always manages to find lively hosts in different part of the world, amazing
I've been your fan for years now and I was waiting for you to make a video about my country throughout that time. Finally, you did it. Thank you!!
Thanks Sonny, Thanks so much Ruzaina .... Love you both..💓💓💓💓💓💓💓 Great job for Our Country
Thank you so much for this, specially for all the details you have added in the description. We are travelling to Sri Lanka in Jan and this is the best food guide we could have got. Looking forward to more of your videos 🌟❤️
♥️and you are welcome 🙏
This is why I love this channel it's more than a food a vlog! Thanks for visiting us Sonny!
Sonny I love the way you bring all different cultures, colours and creeds on plate. Dude you are a legend we need more people like you to bring peeeeeeeeace to humanity
I've LOVED ur vidoes, and its great to see you and ur team in srilanka.❤❤ we have so many cultures which makes us united and a country with good ethnicity . its great to see you in SRI LANKA. And also we have so many types of food that im sure ull love.❤🤘🤘
thanks to you respecting srilanka and who watches this vedio worldwide please visit srilanka enjoy here with people and srilankan food, you all can help us rise up again and we will be back to glory 🇱🇰❤
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Srilanka seems beautiful ....and cool flag too
Thank you for coming to our country and showing the world who we are through cuisine 🇱🇰🙏❤️
Forget the food... Ruzaina is breathtaking ❤️
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Wtf ganja is your real name it mean meruana in india
If I knew you were in Sri Lanka, would've dropped by to say hi. Been watching your video for awhile now. Absolutely love them!