SRI LANKA | FREE Food In Boat Restaurant 🇱🇰

On the way to Dikwella town, I stopped by this unique restaurant by the road. The shape of the restaurant grabbed my attention and wanted to have another lunch to try their food. The whole family is working in this boat and they showed the real hospitality of Sri Lanka - they were super kind to let me record and also enter their kitchen. The whole experience is in this video - enjoy it!
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[@wasusantha7578]

I'm owner from bottuwa resturent. Thank you davud from the bottom of my heart. ❤ i really appreciate you bro. I was really excited that moment 😉. Sorry for it. So i wish you and your amazing youtube channel. Thanks again and again. 👍

[@dragonnetmedia]

Hi Susantha Please update your Facebook page with correct location and updated menu and some photos of the activities! I am sure many of the visitors like to experience your genuine hospitality with great food! Really happy to see and your lovely family including , wife , brother , kids are all pulling the weight together ❤️❤️❤️

[@cpv5453]

It'll be more beneficial to the business if u teach some English to the people who runs it,

[@magicalchannel2082]

Davud must see this comment. This is the owner of the amazing restaurant

[@wasusantha7578]

Ok thank ..🙏🙏

[@wasusantha7578]

@@cpv5453 🙏🙏👍

[@nilukasandaruwan1140]

මම ගොඩක් තැන් වල දැක්කා ලංකාවෙ මිනිස්සු න්ගේ මනුස්සකම තියෙනවා ගහන් කන්නෙ නෑ.. ගොඩක් තැන් වල නිකනුත් දෙනවා... ඒ වගේ මිනිස්සුන්ට එකෙන් ම Respect ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@dilshanv7594]

හැබැයි බස්ගැනනන් කියන්නෙම නරක විදිහට 😹

[@wasusantha7578]

🙏🙏👍

[@nilukasandaruwan1140]

@@dilshanv7594 බස් ගනන්ද? වෙන්න ඇති .. ඔය වීඩියෝ එකකම කොන්ඩෙ කපන්න යන සීන් එකක් තියෙනවා උත් ගහන් කනවා ..ඒ උනාට ගොඩක් තැන් වල එහෙම නෑ

[@DinethSiriwardene]

@@dilshanv7594 hamboo😂✌️

[@DinethSiriwardene]

තේරුම් ගන්න බැරි නිසා සමහර තැන් වල සල්ලි වැඩි අඩු වෙන සීන් වෙන්නේ.. sharma එක ගත්තු කඩේ කෙනා බයවෙලා හිටියේ ඒත් පව් ඒ මිනිස්සු sharma එක ඩොලර් එකයි ⁣වුනාට ලංකාවේ සල්ලි වලින් අපිට 300 කියන්නේ හෙන ලොකු ගානක්. ඒ මස් ටිකට ගෝවා ටිකට එහෙම.. නැද්ද මචං

[@tharindujayawardhana8219]

කෑම පිරිසිදුයි පිලිවෙලයි.. සරල සුන්දර පවුලක් . හිත හොද සුපිරි මිනිසෙක් ...මම ලංකාවට ආවම අනිවා යනවා සුපිරි කෑමක් කන්න ...

[@dimuthsadeesha9096]

Nice restaurant with an owner with a great heart .දැක්කා නේද ලංකාවේ මිනිස්සු කොච්චර නැති බැරි කම් තිබ්බත් තියෙන විදිහට වංචා කරන්නේ නැතිව ජීවත් වෙන මිනිස්සු.කවදා හරි ලොකු තැනකට යනවා අනිවරෙන්ම .ඒ සිද්දිය මුළු video එකම ලස්සන කළා. Nice video brother , Love from Sri lanka🇱🇰👑🔥

[@swarnasuraweera283]

👍🏾🇱🇰👌🏾

[@anumodkumar5933]

Yes

[@mostfamous3758]

උබට වරදින්නෑ අයියෙ හිත හොද මනුස්සයෙක් ❤️💯

[@jagathrathnayaka843]

හරිම කරුනාවන්ත ගතිගුණ ඇති මහත්තයෙක් ඔයා,ඔබසැමට සුබ පතමි ,,,

[@aakyl4ever]

He charged 300/- for the Shawarma but didn’t want money for the rice and curry. Since you insisted he then asked for 500/- in total adding an extra 200/- for the rice and curry. However giving out extra cash to small businesses at a point the country is going through extreme hardship is a great gesture of yours.

[@mostalk9677]

I am so proud of this young man and the family.The way he is trying to stand on his feet is admirable.Big thank to david too.It is so sad none of the Local you tubers or any sri lankan tv chanels are showing this type of small business . Local population too must help this type of business and buy things from them.The country needs more people like this young man.

[@vidyutmulki2807]

Watching from India. Enjoyed watching this vlog. All your vlogs makes me to come back to beautiful Sri Lanka

[@Davud_Akh]

Thank you so much for following! Davud :)

[@sunilthimmaiah19]

India here too

[@learn1232]

@Thiru Sambu billions dollars worth fish is stolen from Srilankan Tamil fishermen by indian Tamils why don't u talk about it ? kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZbWo314nKqgr9k

[@Iamgreen786]

@@Davud_Akh You better cheak the kitchen before order foods..........your so kind and very sin.........i feel like your eating a fly shawarma.......not chicken shawarma..............ur every bite make me😱🤒...........but the hospitalty is good....very kind ppl.........but they must keep the kitchen clean......flys😖😖😖

[@kasunudayanga7494]

සුසන්ත අයියේ ඔයා මගේ comment එක දකී කියලා හිතලා මං මෙහෙම ලියනවා - ඔයා කියනවා ඔයාට තියෙන්නේ පොඩි දේවල් ටිකක් කියලා, ඒත් එයා කියනවා ඔයාට ලොකු හදවතක් තියෙනවා කියලා, ඒක මාත් කියනවා. ඇත්තටම ඔයාට ලොකු හදවතක් තියෙනවා ❤️ ඔයා ඉතාමත් සාදාරණ මිලක් කෑම වලට නියම කරනවා, එයා වැඩිපුරත් එක්ක සල්ලි දෙද්දී ඔයා ඒක එතරම් කැමැත්තෙන් නෙමෙයි ලබා ගන්නේ, ඒ දෙයින්ම පේනවා ඔයා කවුද කියලා, කුස්සිය තව පිරිසිදුවට තබා ගෙන, ඔබගේ රැකියාව තව තවත් දියුණු කර ගැනීමට හැකි වේවායි මා එක සිතින් ප්‍රාර්ථනා කරනවා 🙏🙏🔥 Thanks Davud for all u are very kind person ❤️❤️🙏

[@guitarpro4694]

What a kind gentleman, Simple restaurant but gigantic heart. This is what Sri Lanka is all about, No matter what religion you are in. If you go to a village regardless of your ethnicity they always try to feed. These people have less but has a bigger heart. Hatsoff to you Davud for reminding our culture to us and how we were back then before we entered to this hectic lifestyle. Keep rising champ 🇱🇰❤️

[@headlinesgenerator5426]

There are people who have money And There are people who are rich

[@headlinesgenerator5426]

I do not see your color I see you ...

[@headlinesgenerator5426]

For sure i come to your boat resto

[@nuwanwijerathna5351]

World Delicious food in Sri Lanka..

[@haroonmarikar]

amazing people . love from india . i will visit soon

[@samanniroshanadasanayaka9633]

එයාගෙ තියෙන පොඩි පොඩි දේවල්, පොඩි පහසුකම් නිසා එයා ටිකක් කලබල උනා. ඒත් මනුස්සකමනම් සුපිරි.

[@andrew88078]

Great clip, poor Restaurant owner, had a bit of a language problem, but great hospitality, this is what we are looking for it. Great family working together,iam 100% sure they will go long way.

[@Davud_Akh]

They have been amazing indeed!

[@mahindagunawardana6641]

Thanking you sir..for the kind and honest comment regarding that our kind businessmen and his family.... we Sri Lankan welcoming you with our legendary hospitality and smile.... visit our Island.. Its PARADISE...

[@caroltafalla]

Much Love from Israel..❤You have the sweetest heart and soul Davud..A very friendly and simple person..Keep going and Keep rolling your camera because i can't wait to see your another amazing adventure from one of my favorite vlogger accross internet. God bless Davud😊Your the best!!👌👏👍💕💕

[@shayomiperera6959]

👍💜️💜️💜️

[@Davud_Akh]

Thank you so much for the attention and love! Davud

[@shehanmaduranga1795]

you are very friendly davud... Much love 🇱🇰❤️

[@Davud_Akh]

Thank you 🙌

[@indihera647]

Nice vedio.. The guy in restaurant super kind guy👍👍👍👍🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰 genuine Sri Lankan hospitality. Nice family also.

[@sunilthimmaiah19]

He has so beautiful family and smile...god bless them with more customer and happiness..

[@chandhart4601]

200% true.... Family with kind heart ♥ ❤️

[@nimayasilva2374]

Am watching from Italy, but am a Srilankan.so proud of my country to see like this from your vedios and you are a nice gye with a beautiful hearted.well done Bro..... 👍👍

[@sarvachris]

Thank you so much for featuring this young man and his business. This is the true spirit of Sri Lanka.

[@nilminigamage631]

He didnt expect to charge for rice and curry, although you generously paid for it, thats the real srilankan hospitality, even though they have little they like to share them with the others...👍

[@kingsexploits]

It was a thoughtful gesture, and I'm tempted to visit this boat, which is run by a family, on my next trip. I believe no permanent structures were allowed on the beach following the tsunami, and I'm sure he came up with the concept while looking for an abandoned boat.

[@haroonmarikar]

i see youtube videos from so many countries often . But i find srilankans one of the friendliest . Love from india . Hope they get through the crisis soon .

[@surangajayawardena8352]

Davu.. Thanks for visiting Sri Lanka bro. This guy served rice and curry for free. That was their lunch tiime and they welcome you as a special family guest. That's why they arranged rice and curry for free. Thanks

[@dhanushkadhananjaya6282]

One of the best man in KZbin. Thank you for visit Sri Lanka and supporting small businesses ❤️🙏🏻🥰🇱🇰

[@SailorsDiary]

Most of the time you meet people like you,i meen realy kind guys💙Wish you to reach 100k also from sri lanka 🇱🇰

[@Davud_Akh]

Thank you so much! 😍

[@r.tmusicproduction6702]

Hello Davud , you are a lucky person . Think about the Srilankan situation now and offer free food for you that good hearted gentlemen . Thank you for looking after people like them. Stay safe enjoy you travel .

[@nisansalagunathilaka2434]

I am so happy people of my country are treating you well.

[@y.v.5069]

Wow. Owner of the restaurant is such a gentleman. Great. And Davud you also such a great man.

[@nalin8182]

What a lovely meal at a boat restaurant run by very humble family. Owner make every Srilankan proud. Offering rice and curry free of charge. What they were preparing for family lunch. 👪 that's really Srilankan hospitality. Enjoy your stay in Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 Much Love ❤

[@YoeyVGML]

What a lovely generous person you are Davud, I really love watching your videos and I hope you stay in SL longer! God bless 🙏🏽

[@pinky5958]

Lovely family buisiness. Kind gentleman. This is not simple this is awesome 👍

[@kimmcdermott2]

Hi Davud, I'm a new subscriber, I live in Ireland. Your videos are very informative, I love how you interact with different cultures. You are a very nice, kind man. Thank you for the videos 💕

[@ShehanMs2]

That's Sri Lankan hospitality at it best 👌❤

[@pramodagunawardana2987]

This is our village ... We highly appreciate your visit ..🤝 Reasonable prices ... Thank you

[@pabaa587]

Im sri lankan.. oh! I want to see you my dear.. much love 💐

[@Davud_Akh]

Much love back! :)

[@srimaarambawatta4793]

Thank you..Mr.Davud ..😘👌 You are great person ..❤🎉 😘👍🙏

[@goldbell1972]

You are blessed in many ways, Mr Davud. You keep meeting wonderful people everywhere you go 👍🙏

[@sathayeesuppiah3671]

Beautiful vlog, sir.thanks for sharing. From Malaysia 🇲🇾.

[@sudubolevlogsudu3664]

We are from london but I m srilAnkan my wife from Italy but we both love to watch your video it’s awesom and it’s make us realx.you are the best.hope one day we can meet you in london.thank you for coming our beautiful lovely srilanka.bless you

[@Vlog-qb6nc]

you very kind for our peoples.appreciated🙏🏻

[@pasindusulochana406]

I proud of my country 🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰 love❤❤ you..

[@gaminiperera9976]

Hello sir I'm ex sri lankan I live in Ireland I do watch your video soo nice and very miningful understanding of sri lankan life's video's soo moving your kind heart ❤ were ever you go your next journey and whatever you do blessings !!!! with you always thank you:)

[@kalumwanigasekara8292]

Delicious food and Beautiful family...✌👍

[@dileenijayatileke5712]

Watching you interact with the simple folk of my country brings tears of joy to my eyes. God bless u. From the UK.

[@funtravel2627]

You r so kind person bro 🥰🥰🥰 I love to watch ur videos 🇱🇰🇦🇺

[@jokersclub9822]

Wow proud to be a Sri Lankan🇱🇰

[@ruwanbandara4123]

Hi Davud ,Iam watching videos from Italy.Iam srilankan from Colombo .You cant escape from srilankan Hospitality .Kind hearted peoples .Awsome .

[@dragonnetmedia]

That’s a cool nice place! Everything except Chicken Shawarma that you have ordered was complimentary from them!

[@SmartEngine-]

MashaAllah good people, beautiful living.

[@DanielLeybag]

Looks delicious, watching from Baguio City Philippines 😍😍😍

[@wimalsithra5131]

I am Sri Lankan, watching from gapan, Philippine

[@joyemmanuel8782]

Yu have a big heart brother! Do good! Love from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰❤️

[@srimaarambawatta4793]

ඇත්තටම අපේ රටේ මිනිස්සු පිරිසිදු කම අතින් නම් හරිම පහල මට්ටමක ඉන්නෙ..වෙන රටකට ගිය අය මේ කියන දේ තේරුම් ගනියි ...මෙතන ගැන නෙවෙයි මං කියන්නෙ මේක අවස්තාවක් කරගන්නව මේ අදහස අනිත් අයටත් දැනගන්න ලංකාව කොච්චර ලස්සන ,සුන්දර උනත් වැඩක් නෑ..ඒ තැන්වල පිරිසිදු කම ,පිලිවෙළ නැත්නම් ...අනිත් එක තමයි පොඩියට හරි බිස්නස් 1ක් කරන්න හිතනව නම් ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාව චුට්ටක් හරි කතාකරන්න පුරුදු වෙන්න..වයස අදාළ නෑ චුට්ටක් ඉගෙනගන්න ..මේ තැනත්,ඔබේ පව්ලේ අයත් හරිම සුන්දර යි...ඔබේ වියාපාරය දිනෙන් දින දියුණු වේවා . ..😘👌

[@sampathkeb]

You are a very kind gentleman. You enjoy the hospitality of the people of Sri Lanka. Accept the honor bestowed on you 🌷♥️

[@benaimaamai6283]

Restaurant owner said..free of charge food for you bcoz of you are a guest for him. After your push he counted all of food for 500/= ..such a nice person and his family ආදරේයි බෝට්ටු කොල්ලෝ..👍👍....

[@lesliedesilva5963]

brother i have to thank you again. This town THALALLAis so close to my home town . On the way to DIKWALLA you have pass my hometown is DONDRA.. also the foodvyou ate makes my mouth watering. I know thw tast . Thanks again your videos take me to my motherland

[@MrJeypaul]

You are a kind man Dawood and so was this gentleman and his lovely family. Irrespective of cultures love knows no bonds. Thank you for posting this video. God bless…🙏🏻

[@menakafernando4731]

You are very friendly.. 🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰

[@indianpatriot1376]

Davud your vlogs are more and more interesting to watch, like this one. Really this small businessman has a big heart. As always, you encourage the small businessman giving extra money. Hats off to you for the help.

[@nayanitharu7077]

Davud is a heart rich with humanity ❤️ God bless you!

[@alonefighterhashan]

You are very kind with people. Even if you see some flaws, you are patient. Very good Davud. I started watching a lot of your videos. Thank you for coming to Sri Lanka and making videos like this.❤️🇱🇰

[@Bibi-xn5rn]

God bless you kind man.I like how you are supporting the small businesses. Its a great help to the poor people. I hope more visitors will do the same as you.Your videos are very interesting. Different cultures food people ect.

[@American_Mod_Bubby_Achchi]

Keep enjoying the treasures of Sri Lanka brother! You are doing a great job!

[@aziskitchenandgarden]

Friendly family. Sweet kids. Father was a bit nervous n shy. Maybe cos it is the first experience of having a stranger inside his kitchen. Especially a foreigner. Regarding comments about the hygiene here. Pls note that for an unknown reason late March, April and May is the housefly season. (There are ways to chase them away) But we always have to adapt to our surroundings. That is how we get immune to certain diseases. The way our country is going now with scarce food, power cuts etc we will have to expect water cuts in future. If so people will have to use outdoor privies like decades before. 🤭 Never complain about petty things. We should all have a high tolerance level. So glad u enjoyed this family's hospitality Dawud.

[@DinethSiriwardene]

Love from 🇱🇰🇱🇰

[@ntlocal6345]

I love the hospitality. Love from Papua New Guinea.

[@arunalokuge1595]

What a Simple lovely person you are David ❤️! And good luck for the beautiful family ❤️ !!

[@ShamindaPerera]

"Came for shawarma, but ended up with rice and curry!" Hahaha, Welcome to Sri Lanka!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@isururanganath]

I think he wants to say 300 for Shawarma & 200 for rice and curry, total 500 hundred. But there are miscommunication and total become 800.. As I see on his price chart, foods are cheap. So rice and curry must be 200 rupees..

[@susanthadinesh5414]

You have a great humanity. I enjoy watching a video the most. Careful friend wherever you go in the world .. love with all your heart

[@ajithdealwis2112]

Hi Davud, You are in deep south of sri lanka, where u can enjoy most of sri lankans traditional food, communication barrier is a disadvantage thing , if not, it would be a wonderful event bro, Go ahead,with lovely sri lankans.

[@loiss5209]

This is why I love watching your videos! Your very generous and kind. You bless people. Unlike some other you tubers who are cheap lol.

[@surangadarshana198]

Mr, Davud you are so kind and speech is very well. wish you all the best.

[@mallikawettasinghe1585]

අපේ රටේ සමහර මිනිස්සු විදේශිකයෙක් දැක්කහම මරාගෙන කන්න තමයි ගණන් කියන්නේ .එහෙම කරන්න එපා ඒ මනුස්සයෝ ඔයාලගේ බඩු වලට වටිනාකම ටත් වැඩියෙන් දීලා යන වෙලාවල් තියෙන්නේ .අපේ රටේ විදිහට වෙනකොට විදේශ ජාතිකයින් රටේ මිනිස්සු දිහා වැරදි විදිහට බලන්නේ .ඒ නිසා ලංකාවෙ මිනිස්සුන්ට විකුණන ගානටම .ඒ මිනිස්සුන්ටත් බඩු දෙන්න පුරුදු වෙන්න .එතකොට ඒ මිනිස්සු දන්නවා අපේ රටේ මිනිසුන් සාධාරණ වෙළඳාම් කරන්නේ කියලා .සමහර අය ගැන නම් හරිම දුකයි.

[@junjiscomb7909]

Just in the case if ur wondering ... Places like this start serving ppl around 6pm here in SL cuz sri lankans don't eat out during day . explains why everything was done in slug speed o.o

[@jeanettedias64]

Awesome boat restaurant, lovely couple n cute n adorable kids. The view is awesome, we too r traveling with u to different continents by watching ur excellent vedios. Bless u Davud.

[@vasanthabalasooriya6586]

good to see good sri lankan man still can find in sri lanka,when i come to sri lanka i will come and see you,take care

[@damindadineshimaduwagamage9044]

paw....ahinsaka manussayek :😌. A great heart meets another great heart. Thank you for helping him.

[@kasunliyanage9416]

That family who owned the restaurant are very kind and friendly ..what a super experience davud..enjoy ur stay brother

[@onithasenitha4962]

I see ur more videos very good man good luck u everything

[@gulmohar6709]

You are kind hearted person May God always bless you. I found food was bit expensive. Hat's off to you.

[@janaagri257]

Your video is very valuable. Thank you for feeding this innocent good man..❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏👍👍

[@lindyashford7744]

Those little gingerly sweets are really nice. Not ginger, but sesame. The crispy things are poppadom which are also sometimes fried as big whole rounds. They are made of a kind of gram flour and are often served with rice and curry.

[@bevanadam3422]

Thanks Davud... Enjoyed it. The video made my day

[@cultureranger.6245]

Watching from Ghana

[@manowerapitiya1471]

Davud, This Boat Restaurant was an interesting stop in Dikwella. Very obliging host and family ❤. The crispy bread that you had is called 'Pappadam'. South Indians and Sri Lankans have it as a flavor enhancer for rice and curry. Some has Black Bepper, others have Cumin seeds mixed in the 'Urad dhal' batter, they are made in to circular forms and dried in the sun. . You may have started a new fad eating Pappadam with Dhal curry. 😜😂 Safe journeys to you. 🙏 Mano.

[@taimurahmed9490]

In sri lanka, you will also find Elephants by the road too waiting to be served (instead of serving you).

[@junjiscomb7909]

dude! lol

[@deela262]

Yes and even the wild ele has a name😇

[@basubasavraj1481]

Davud you are the great🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Anil-fh5yw]

Try milk rice, pittu with coconut milk, vege roti, pol roti Fruits- pienappals, cashu, mangus

[@Sandramarylily]

Another beautiful chapter of a beautiful story 👍

[@kushal809]

Awesome video 🔥🔥👍

[@cultureranger.6245]

I enjoy every episode. It is getting to its climax

[@liyanagemaheshika6103]

Wow this over village ❤❤❤

[@dinugamage9872]

You are very kind person.yours vlogs very nice!good luck!!!!

[@rizkhanmohamed669]

hey bro I love you so much bcz you're the humanity man.where you went any where you're filling them heart very nicely and bigly.just I watched suddenly your one of video like a HOW THEY ARE TREAT YOU IN DAMBULLA.and I start to follow you bro..and I filled your videos in my KZbin..thank you so much and wish you all the best to continue your self service like this not only srilanka every world..we are waiting to watch you bro

[@ABHINUTV6479]

Very friendly Sri Lankan people’s .

[@arunifernando8380]

He is a kind man 🌹❤️🌹 thank you

[@jyotiprasadsharma7039]

It is my daily habit to enjoy your vlog. You can say i always hunt you.

[@divinejourney-official50]

ආපනශාලා කරද්දී මැස්සෝ වහන්නේ නැතිව අතට ප්ලාස්ටික් glows දාගෙන පිරිසිදුව පිලිවෙලකට කෑම හදන්න මේ අයට කියල දෙන්න ඕන ,ශවර්මා එකේ දෙතුන් පාරක් මැස්සෝ වැහුවා ,,,අඩුපාඩු හදාගෙන පිළිවෙලකට කරන්න පුලුවන් ,,,, අනෙත් හැමදේම හොදයි 💜 good luck

[@chandrabandara7658]

There difficult also he make good food for you thanks him good family

[@udaramadumalka4762]

Congratulations for 45k subscriptions ❤❤❤

[@manowerapitiya1471]

Brother Davud, before you leave Sri Lanka you must taste Passion Fruit Juice, Wood Apple Juice (Diwul Kiri) , Beli Cream and of course fresh Palmyra or Coconut Toddy . Mano. 🍷🍸🍹