Breakfast During Power Cut In Sri Lanka 🇱🇰

Matara, Sri Lanka - Getting Sri Lankan breakfast during power cut
My first video from Matara ➡ • I Got A Lift From A St...
I am still in the beach town of Matara and currently we have several hours of power cut every day. Many restaurants have to close during the power cuts, so it’s not that easy to find food then. Some restaurants have a working generator, but by far not all of them. Join me on the hunt for some Sri Lankan breakfast during a power cut.
The restaurant in the video
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The tea house Matara
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[@KenAbroad]

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[@chaw294]

I don't take/like heavy breakfast, it will make me lethargic the whole morning. I prefer to eat bread ( only 2 slices ) spread with either jam, butter or sekaya ( egg custard ) Once in a while, l will have a small packet of nasi lemak or a piece of roti canai.

[@amavividanagamage7227]

Usually we eating rice and curry, coconut roti, milk rice, string hoppers, pittu.

[@adithyasenarath1025]

Milk rice with onion sambol are best for breakfast

[@sihina7777]

String hoppers with chicken curry or dhal curry. i love it

[@sihina7777]

Please visit anuradhapura and sigiriya . There are lot of ruins in sri lanka

[@AmuthanVethanayagam]

I liked the waiter. He explained everything and also mentioned about extra charges for extra items. No misunderstanding at the end. Very professional. Food was reasonably priced as well.

[@helarawula]

Dear sir thanks for visiting our Restaurant and had our meals .We are so glad about your KZbin video about us.If you had visit 🇱🇰 in another vacation kindly request you to visit our HELA REWULAGE KATAGASSMA Restaurant again. I will hope you will be the best traveller of youtube ❤️

[@KenAbroad]

Thank you very much 🙌😊

[@ude3333]

Very interesting name of restaurant

[@hansiherath6278]

Superb👌 Hela Rewulage Katagassma😍🤤

[@romeshsandakelum2485]

❤️❤️❤️

[@bcdesilva]

@හෙළ රැවුලාගේ කටගැස්ම , ඔයාලගේ මෙනූ එක ඉංග්‍රීසියෙනුත් තිබුණා නම් හොඳයි නේද? I think that you have to keep your MENU in English as well!

[@mathewsverghesekolath5232]

Its safer to walk against the oncoming traffic. On the right.

[@lahiruekanayaka2662]

Look at our Sri Lankan peoples how honest and friendly even in this difficultly era 🏅

[@lindyashford7744]

Hi Ken, watching from the U.K. as you visit my favourite place in the world. Please, please walk on the correct side of the road, that is facing towards the oncoming traffic, it is just so dangerous not to. That little tea place is a lovely spot.

[@kushanprabodha]

😌❤🌹

[@juliajoy16]

Looked like a delicious breakfast, which is way more substantial than my toast and tea here in the UK! That little tea place was really nice and the man was so lovely ☕ Enjoying your videos as always 👍

[@Yasin_Affandi]

Thanks for sharing this wonderful video. Power cut, exploration must go on. I do always enjoy buying tea at a tea shop. That shop has lots of nice tea selections.

[@ramedhacthoradeniya1475]

Hi Ken, a complete video about different flavours of Sri Lankan tea sounds a good idea. All the best

[@GavCeylon]

Hi Ken I'm a Sri Lankan living in US. Really enjoying your SL vlogs and hopefully you wouldn't get discouraged by all the power cuts. You should try Milk Rice for breakfast in Sinhala it's called "Kiri bath" it's our kids fev Sri Lankan breakfast meal.

[@manuunirashi2493]

Thank you for coming to our country .. Actually one of the best resturnt in our country in Matara area. Different dishes can be eaten for a different taste. You get more food than you pay for. The cleanliness is good.

[@KardosoMedia]

Nice spot for some nice Sri Lankan Tea. Great way to start the day. Looked like a nice day..Sun was shining amazingly

[@rushithakarunaratne7905]

Hi Ken thanks for coming to Sri Lanka 🇱🇰.... this is the first time we have faced a situation like this. The country is facing a crisis situation. We are praying for the situation to be over soon. Thanks visiting Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 and hope things will be better in the future. God bless you always.

[@duliabimani3766]

Stunning video.Love the tea house.Like every video from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰

[@BeyfighterFaris]

YES YES YES! Sri Lanka tea special video pls. Make a tea party!

[@bennett8535]

The real problem with restaurants isn't so much the electricity (or lack thereof), but rather the severe shortage of cooking gas. The electricity is helpful, and helps keep you comfortable, but there's no cooking without the fuel for the stove. I know people who have been searching for cooking gas for more than a week now, and have resorted to using wood.

[@phanneebutrabamrung73]

Love the story in the tea House 🏠 with you 😀 Thanks so much

[@user-cr1ke8mj2i]

Superb ❤️🖐️👌 හෙළ රැවුළාගෙ කට ගැස්ම ❤️

[@sudeshfonseka5184]

You lucky guy (enjoying srilankan food / weather /an people's hospitality ) keep it up theyre lot mo beautiful places to go

[@ASH-ss6yg]

Thank you covering Srilankan experience..😍😍😍❤❤❤❤❤🇱🇰🙏

[@bhavanikidnapillai292]

Hi Ken. Try string hoppers and curry or coconut milk gravy for breakfast.

[@kennyx8482]

wow, that egg rice looked absolutely delicious...with the onions and that..yum!

[@sathayeesuppiah3671]

Enjoyed watching your videos, thanks for sharing. From Malaysia 🇲🇾.

[@judyoh9008]

The fried rice looks delicious, I too like the egg yolk soft/half-cooked. I think when you order food in Sri Lanka in future, you have to tell them that you want small portion. The past few orders that you made, they served you extra large portion, eg kottu and the chicken roti. Very interesting to know that they sell mango tea in Sri Lanka. I think it is a great idea to try several types of tea in one session in one of your video later. Reminds me of the video in which you tried several types of Milo drink in Malaysia.

[@sfox29]

I really have enjoyed your videos from Sri Lanka. I am from the US and I go there for a month every year. I was there during the early part of your trip, but was never in the same place as you at the same time. Sri Lankan tea is excellent, and it makes a good gift for friends back home (or anywhere else), but you should buy it in a regular supermarket, rather than in a store that caters to foreigners. It's far cheaper, and you'll get the same stuff that people really drink there.

[@devindiw]

Enjoy your time in Sri Lanka Ken! Love seeing your tour here in SL

[@kingsexploits]

That Green Banana she initially showed, the skin will never turn yellowish and it was well-ripened enough for you to try. Ask for "ANA MALU" next time. They are very sweet as well.

[@deela262]

Yes Aana maalu variety of banana peel turns a lighter green when ripening. Its soft to the touch when ripe. Very sweet.

[@ude3333]

It's very nutritious too.

[@kingsexploits]

@@ude3333 Yes. Most Cricketers eat this with some Yoghurt to keep a continuous supply of energy during playtime.

[@ESAKKI1986]

Still with lot of problem in srilank people are generous much love from india

[@thilinavindana9362]

Good luck brother.. You chanal And your travels

[@niroshanviduranga6328]

Hi Ken, 1st British introduce Coffee plantation in Sri Lanka.. in that time, it was world famous brand.. But due to disses ,All the Coffee plantations were destroyed .. then they try some other options and ends with.. Tea.. and as a Sri Lanakn... we have some health resistance with Coffee .. so most of us use Coffee to get worm in Cold wether conditions and.. as a medicine in some stomach problems .. 😁

[@williamhartz8707]

The vegetables with the rice & egg looked delicious.

[@dismafernando800]

Hello Ken.. You should try 🔸Fresh green leaves porridge ( kola kenda ) 🔸Helapa , Wandu (kind of pan cakes/ cup cakes made by Sri Lankan traditional rice flour) 🔸Steamed Manioc with Coconut Sambol + Black Fish Curry For breakfast during ur stay in Sri Lanka. There are more authentic dishes in here.. Love to serve u dear friend if u can visit here our premises.. Enjoy ur journey🚩 Stay safe Bro👊😇

[@SaveUpandFly]

Nice breakfast Ken. We were eating rice kiribath for breakfast when in Sri Lanka very delicious

[@kushal809]

Awesome video 🔥🔥👍

[@aashadilrukshi1505]

Hi ken..a nice video..yes Srilankan people mostly eat rice..morning also..you now became an Asian..really good ken..healrhy food rice..staysafe..have a good day..🙂👍

[@aa.r2588]

Wow ken how far you have travel. Ken always off the beaten path.

[@cdesilva3321]

Hi Ken, We have being following you ever since you are in Sri Lanka and we are Sri Lankans as well. A very important tip for you for your safety on the road. The norm is you should be on your right hand side of the road when you are walking on narrow roads here so you see the on coming traffic. Since you are in down south of Sri Lanka you must and must visit the Galle Dutch Fort. Cheers

[@EasyPeasy1337]

Great episode 😎

[@lynia6587]

Hi Ken 👋 Woww first off all the fried rice looks super delicious with two sunny side ups 😅 I would add some salads or few slice of cucumber wow that would be a complete dish but it’s surely a big portion 👍🏻 normally our great grandparents and ancestors have big breakfast especially rice because they need the energy for working at the paddy field or do farming. As for me if I’m having this big breakfast I would skip my lunch and dinner 😂 that would be my only meal 😅 I’m a coffee drinker too but sometimes I drink black tea , love the spices tea on the shelves 👍🏻 I sometimes add half tablespoon of cinnamon powder into warm milk + honey = really soothing and try add 1-2 cloves to your black coffee if you want a strong taste of it , really delicious 😋 btw I always have some fruit shakes and coffee in the morning , sometimes I cook fried noodles for breakfast or buy roti canai. Great idea if you want to make a video about SL tea...looking forward to the next one 👍🏻🥰

[@themorningflightinindonesi3558]

I also learned eating rice in the morning in Indonesia. I remember when I reached first, I took breakfast in Bandung with yellow rice with chicken which is simply a dinner menu in my country. 😀

[@hspitiyegedara]

Hi ken.. in sri lanka we are eating rice and coconut samble for breakfast and also milk rice and onion samble is another famous breakfast

[@dammikaranatunga9395]

Thanks for visiting Sri Lanka during one of the worst economic crisis. Stay safe and i hope you will enjoy your stay regardless the inconveniences.

[@BreakawayBites]

Exploring the local neighbourhood , having breakfast & drinking tea like the locals. Conditions are pretty rough out there. Stay safe ,be vigilant, Take care mate.

[@malindumethsara6635]

" හෙළ රැවුලාගේ කටගැස්ම " ❤️

[@SLGear]

That look delicious!

[@NamalJayathunga]

I like your videos 😍 Eat rise, coconut sambol (pol sambal), sour fish curry (embul thiyal) for breakfast.

[@vidyutmulki2807]

Watching from India. The portion of rice is very huge I used to consume this in two days. My experience with food in Sri Lanka has been amazing

[@kaylaethage2343]

Good to see u man

[@vodkadave69]

Tea video would be great Ken 🫖☕️

[@kwokweng76]

nice video ken!!! i hope u go back to thailand

[@rushithakarunaratne7905]

Hi Ken . Sri Lanka tea is the best. So enjoy it. Stay safe.

[@c-darklocal]

that green long banana won't be yellow unless it's too late to eat. it's supposed to be eaten when its green because it's already ripped. the girl didn't understand the question about ripe, she thought you wanted a yellow banana. that's either "anamaalu" banana or "ambun" banana. and it's tasty. edit: you should feel soft to the hand even if it's green. if it hard it's probably too early to eat.

[@charanashettiarachchi7691]

Hi Ken, Sri Lankans like to drink tea all the time. That's why coffee is not available everywhere. Thank you for visiting Sri Lanka in this deficit time

[@adithyasenarath1025]

Your are right place in Matara.That is one of the best restaurant in Matara

[@BandongzkiOfficial]

Safe travels brother ❤️❤️❤️

[@HamNoytheDutchGuy]

Nice tea shop, and rice in the morning is not European Ken 😉 thanks for sharing and as always, C Ya in the next one, cheers 🙌🍻

[@callmeimesh]

Nice welcome enjoy sri lanka 🇱🇰💖

[@krishorkumar9174]

Thank for sharing information about nice tea center which located in matara I am also recommended Tea house which provides different types of pure celoyn tea

[@carlitasingco2159]

Good evening everyone happy Saturday ken GOD BLESS 🇵🇭❤❤❤❤

[@shenillakitha616]

Here in Sri Lanka most of the local restaurants have their potions as half and full. So the half means the normal portion. Also when it comes to Sri Lankan food potions, its always bit large when comparing with English countries 😅

[@peacelove728]

True, I'm Slovenian, and my Sri Lankan wife says the amount of rice I eat in a meal is like a Sri Lankan child. And I like rice.

[@thilankavija6418]

Hey Ken. You can ask for cofee from most of the shops in Sri Lanka. We do grow coffe as well in Sri Lanka

[@Fighter723]

You can eat green bananas because they do not turn yellow when ripe.It Delicious❤️❤️

[@uthpalashalini3716]

Hello! Ken thank you for visit my country..come again 🙏

[@user-vm9nk4mp7e]

Very Good Mr.Ken - The tea shop owner behaved very nice normaly he il not make tea but for you he did

[@hazelleung2649]

So friendly and nice of Sri Lankan.

[@fenandonisansala3370]

Hiii… ken welcome to Sri Lanka… u went correct resturant for eat rice… delicious food they have…

[@stormtrooper2170]

Ken. I prefer green tea.. but not in the morning..😁 My favourite tea is Ooolong tea.. 👍👍

[@jonathanjoestar8498]

I am on my tippytoes for the day Ken and Ali collab 🙌

[@prasannaranga1889]

OMG. That is the spiciest shop in Sri Lanka. It is very good for Locals.

[@ashvinkangatharan9037]

Hi Junge, Ich gucke jeden Tag dein KZbin Kanal und Gefällt mir, Ich bin auch aus Sri Lanka aber lebe in Bremen Germany.

[@chaw294]

Good evening and happy weekend, Ken and everybody.

[@KenAbroad]

Good evening 🙌😊

[@isurushashinthawijesinghe2086]

Hela rawla 😍😍

[@shancharan7834]

Beautiful place and nice tea house owner. I've missed Srilanka....Now, I'm living a fake life in Canada

[@fathimafazna1063]

Nice breakfast ,Ken ya having a breakfast like your 's is very good for the health,, enjoy sorry to say there is a power cut in Sri lanka

[@phanneebutrabamrung73]

Wow you are going to touch 👏 💯 K 👍👍👍

[@All_About_Coc]

Love from Colombo, Sri Lanka 💙 I can't start my day without having a cup of tea..And one @ around 6.00 pm We do have coffee(twice a week may be)..Tea is love 😶❤️ I don't eat rice in the morning but some Sri Lankans do :)

[@bhanuka_18]

bath nththn agata pana nh bn😁

[@peacelove728]

Traditional Sinhalese people eat rice 3 times per day. Also poor people.

[@romeo_foxtrot_]

Love your videos man !! by the way you can eat the long green bananas so even though it looks green it's ripe

[@KenAbroad]

Thanks 💪 will try it

[@sammurphy4122]

In Sri Lanka elderly people eat sweet potatoes , mung beans, milk rice, string hoppers and hoppers made from rice flour etc. The younger generation eats boxed ready to eat cereals. bread, eggs, sausages, cold cuts etc. in cities but in the villages they eat what their parents eat.

[@myfanpage3523]

Love you ken 💕🇱🇰🖤

[@anthonymf4754]

Breakfast looked very good.

[@dileepawithanawasam8805]

This is a very bad time for Sri Lanka. It is a great thing for us that you are in our country at this time. We appreciate that. ☺️👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@tharangaegalle5272]

Three main meals in sri lanka comprises of rice but for the breakfast you can have pittu string hopper milk rice rotty etc as well

[@rajinderkaursidhu752]

The rice looks delicious and big portion. Usually I prefer bread for breakfast, seldom I eat rice. Maybe once a month I eat Nasi lemak which famous in Malaysia . When you walk on the road always walk against the traffic so that you can see any vehicles coming . Just be on safe side.

[@jsmurthy7481]

Some steamed food items are good for breakfast with, of course, your fav tea n fruits

[@shanukishanuki9407]

The best restaurant in matara❤️

[@mfindingfootprints]

I would like to eat “Mun Kiribath” with “Maldives fish Sambol”as my breakfast. Mun Kiribath is made of rice, mun bean and coconut milk. That is very delicious. In addition to that, I would like to eat String hoppers as my breakfast. In Sri lanka, Rice with “coconut sambol” and “ Dhal curry” is the best combination to eat as breakfast. If you interested to see tea and tea plantations, visit Kandy district or Nuwara Eliya district. There are lot of tea plantations and tea houses to check there.

[@Sumithwaruna5]

U r in my city mate .be careful when u walk.dont forget,walk right side.enjoy friend.welcome to Sri Lanka

[@ASH-ss6yg]

Love from 🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰

[@Jude_a]

There are many different types of bananas are available in Sri Lanka. You better to try those and do some comparison. 😋

[@hamimahatan3325]

Take care Ken

[@viranthibyrde9301]

We mostly like tea not coffee, adding normally milk and sugar. Sri Lankans normally drink tea in the mornings and in the evenings and after meals, whenever visitors come, we are famous for tea, rubber, coconuts and spices, fruits. Mostly rice prepared in different ways thrice a day with tea normal or common here. Eating fruits, drinking fresh fruit juice, fruits made like achcharu, lunu dehi - lime fermented with salt, Sinhala achcharu - pickle, Malay pickle, chutneys made with dates, limes, mangoes, Ambrella etc mixed with rice are typical Sri Lankan food eating style. Sri Lankan foods or recipes are very different from other Asian recipes. We use spices and coconut milk, other asian countries use mostly sauces and syrups when preparing food but asian food more similar types of preparing than western recipes, no offense, smarting curries flavoured with spices normal here. Please encourage other westerners to visit our country and try out our food recipes or our common menus please. Thank you for visiting our country, please visit Sri Lanka more often, GBU!

[@chamara19851027]

Superb 💕💕💕

[@loveforever17]

If you like rice for breakfast try milk rice "Kiri bath" with spicy sambol or sweet sambol (seeni sambol).

[@vimukthi.007]

Hi ken I think you should know that some varieties of banana can be ripe while still having a green colour. You should try one and see, I recommend the variety called "anamalu"

[@ravindumadushanka1524]

හෙල රැවුලාගෙ කටගැස්ම ❤️

[@philipgeorge7753]

Here in India we make batter from the rice, then we make Idli or dosa for the breakfast. Rice is used only for the lunch. Dinner normally we use wheat flour to make chapati.

[@RavishaWeerasekara]

Generally in Sri Lanka, the Full portion is for 2.5 persons. Half is for 1 person. But this is applicable only for small to medium size roadside cafes and restaurants.

[@leevikiviranta9071]

my breakfast is slice of black bread, 2 fried eggs, big cup of coffee....i'm from Finland :)

[@user-xf7ip2qb1b]

Haha how funny ! I'm in matara with my lady right now ! 😅 if I see you I'll say hello ✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️

[@awildahernandez129]

You make me so hungry 😋