Sri Lankan Adventure

The inaugural Ethnic roulette food post. How exciting. I know I'm excited, but I've been known to get excited about riding the Scarborough RT, so what do I know? Obviously nothing about Sri Lankan food, thus the adventure.

So I'm hoping that I'm not the only one who was completely unaware of the fact that Sri Lankan food existed. Well I suppose I could have conjectured that it existed, because well, Sri Lankans have to eat something, but I didn't know it was any different from say Indian food (Sorry Sri Lanka but you have got to get a better PR person.) Without further ado here are crappy pictures of Sri Lankan Food. Crappy because we were the only people in the restaurant and it was kind of awkward to be taking pictures.

The picture in the corner is of tasty crab soup which was like a spicy chowder but not so potatoy. That is just the beginning of the mind bending powers of my adjectives both real and imagined.

For the main attraction we had mutton curry which was served with what coconut sambol and string hoppers. The string hoppers were noodle like creatures that were turned into pancake like serving devices. They came with a mysterious yellow sauce that looked like thin hollandaise sauce. So now for the most important question: what makes this curry any different from any other curry? The answer: The curry flavour seems much more intense. In an Indian curry the flavour seems to build until half way through eating it you think to yourself "Wow, this is pretty spicy." In the Sri Lankan curry it seems to hit you as soon as you put it in your mouth.

The most remarkable thing about the trip however was not the food, it was the picture in the mens bathroom. It was like a 3D wolf in the forest with leaves falling masterpiece. I think I'm going to start taking my camera to the bathroom with me more often which sounds so much wronger than I thought it would... moving right along.

We missed out on Hoppers which is a shame because they look off the hook (Its true, Google that shit!) It was also the namesake of the restaurant. The Hopper Hut located at about Kennedy and Ellesmere, not to be confused with the Chinese Hut located nearby. For further instructions consult google maps.