The food we ate in Srilanka
Last month, my wife and I traveled to Sri Lanka to celebrate our wedding anniversary. Here’s a glimpse of the food we enjoyed during our stay. We took an early morning flight from Chennai. If you’re familiar with the boarding process and the high prices of airport food, you’ll understand how hungry we were. We stayed up all night to catch the morning flight, and thankfully, Air Asia served breakfast. It was my Anadtha Sukhebava moment. 1. Biryani: After landing in Colombo and checking into our room, it was almost 2 PM. We took a quick shower and hit the streets for lunch. Following a suggestion from the hostel staff, we walked into a restaurant two blocks away and picked two types of biryani from their display. The biryani wasn’t exceptional, but we ate it to satisfy our hunger. One thing that stood out to me was how they included an egg with the biryani—I wish this were a universal standard! The chicken pieces weren’t as tender as I’d hoped, but we ate it anyway. After all, protein is...