WE ARE JUDGING SRI LANKAN FOOD IN THE UK 🇬🇧🇱🇰 is it any good? 🧐

[@arunaabahayawardana5802]

The fun part of the video is that you literally experienced Indian food prepared in the Sri Lankan style, showcasing the unique blends and flavors of their spices. During colonial times, the British faced a rebellion in 1818, which they managed to suppress after suffering significant losses. Subsequently, they employed various tactics to force the natives to surrender completely to the British Crown. Documented historical events can be found in the archives. When the natives resisted surrendering, the British resorted to destroying their vegetation and livestock. Since you have traveled to Sri Lanka, you may know that all the mountainous tea, rubber, coffee, and vegetable plantations were introduced by the British. After the rebellion, they destroyed the natural herbs and food sources known to the locals, leading to widespread starvation. To further humiliate the natives, the British brought in over 15,000 Malayali laborers from Kerala, followed by Tamil workers for the tea plantations. Even the Muslim population largely originated from Kerala. As a result, only a few remaining people may know exactly what the natives consumed before the colonial era. The locals were forced to surrender and work for a meager plate of rice, dhal (lentils), and dried salted fish. The southern part of the island, once a wet and fertile land, has become a harsh, dry zone due to deforestation and the destruction of natural water flows. Most of what people grow now can be traced back to India, particularly Kerala. The curry powders and mixes used are essentially adapted versions of South Indian masalas. Much of the native vegetation that once thrived in the land has now become extinct due to this destruction. Here are some dishes you might have encountered and their influences: Mutton Rolls: Not authentically Sri Lankan; predominantly influenced by Kerala and China. Vada: Of course, from Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Fish Cutlet: Similar to mutton rolls. Vegetable Roti: Mostly akin to Kerala's vegetable paratha wrap. Chicken Lollipop: A South Indian influence. Hoppers (Appam): Originating from Kerala. Deviled Dishes: Primarily influenced by China and the Indonesian islands. Curry (chicken, pineapple, mango, etc.): From Kerala. Kottu: Mostly from Kerala. Rice is a common staple food across Asia, but Sri Lanka has its unique varieties of rice that you have yet to taste.

[@ChannaJayawardhana-h1o]

Yes, bu they are not the same.. like lankan versions of those..

[@latta_lot_ta]

Foods have no barriers....Now those foods are branded under SL,wherever it comes from...

[@tharinduranawaka6771]

As far as I know, kottu originated from east of Sri Lanka . This is according to many reputed chefs and food critiques. And cutlets and rolls are more influenced by the Dutch not by the kerala people

[@tongeo632]

Sri Lankan and Kerala culture and food is bit similar but taste wise sri lankan food is the best and hygienic.

[@arunaabahayawardana5802]

@@tongeo632 hygienic, all depends on the way you cook.

[@miggytenn]

Love how much you guys embrace Sri Lankan culture. Wish you all the best wit your channel - hopefully it becomes more than just a hobby

[@janithakumara8053]

thank you for promoting us to the world. bless you!!!

[@Guidotv222]

@@janithakumara8053 thank you for watching our vlogs ❤️

[@shaunratnayake5957]

You guys must be travel full times and Sri Lankan will falling love with you. By the way I’m Sri Lankan but brought up Uk 🇬🇧 and live in Banbury, look yum yum but waiter is not Sri Lankan, he is back man. Your Sinhala great and so proud of you guys ❤

[@Guidotv222]

@@shaunratnayake5957 ❤️

[@MihisaraManawadu-g2g]

Thank for enjoying our food, hopeful that food made you crazy...😊

[@weflysolo]

Love the videos loi, the passion for the food really shows! Makes sense cause you were always a whizz in the kitchen 👌🏼 keep exploring and showing the world because I’m definitely going for a Sri lanken asap! Looks bangin! Hope you’re good brother

[@shakilasanjeewa1665]

Hoppers is actually a breakfast food. Sometimes we eat in evenings too with some black tea 😀 I watched many of your Sri Lankan videos when you guys were in SL. Love your SL Sinhala accent..master it :) keep it up : ) watching you guys from China. Edit 16:30 yes we cook pineapple curry. But it's not too common I guess. I love Polos curry. And we make something called achcharu with baby jackfruit/Polos .. And mango curry is my favourite 😍

[@Guidotv222]

@@shakilasanjeewa1665 wow that’s fascinating how you can cook sweet fruits into savoury dish. Such as great idea, not many cultures do that 😍

[@kumarisamarakoon2849]

Wow... amazing video of sri lankan food❤❤❤ Thanks for uploading this. Specially your sinhal is superb ❤

[@siyanmocreations6216]

Both of you enjoyed the real flavor of pure sri lankan spicies,thanks

[@Guidotv222]

@@siyanmocreations6216 yeah we could not live without it 😊 thanks for enjoying the videos, we’ll be back in SL soon

[@berenissi_]

Food looks amazing! 😍

[@MihisaraManawadu-g2g]

Visit Sri Lanka, expect you'll get a lots of experiences that you've never ever had before

[@SerangaSenanayake-ml5mx]

Thanks for trying Sri Lankan food Sir and madem ❤❤

[@DEEN133]

Nice video enjoyable Little Lanka one and only in the Greater Manchester. Presentation and interior settings exciting 🇬🇧🇱🇰

[@Amalidinu20Rushan20]

Thank you very much 👋👋🫶🏾🫶🏾✌️✌️ I am so glad to see you guys enjoying foods…

[@kaushansamzconnect1373]

he is good with the hand maaan... love from sri lanka 😍

[@andrewsundaram3996]

Love Sri Lankan food. Happy to see you were able to visit a Sri Lankan restaurant in Manchester. Wonderful video 😊

[@nethnavodya7291]

සිංහල කතා කරනවා අඩෙ😊❤❤❤

[@Moreish20-c9f]

Normaly sri lankan people cook pineapple curry with the yellow rice or lump rice

[@NonLol-p2p]

Happy to hear you talking in sinhala and thats so sweet ❤ love from Sri Lanka ❤

[@NilanthiAnkuburagedara]

Thanks for comming sri lanka. ❤

[@anfarzulfath4005]

❤❤ nice vlog❤

[@shaunratnayake5957]

Hay bud, I think best way to eat hoppers put filling in middle and fold and eat. You two so great.i never hear Colombo chicken curry but i must visit that restaurant, i have to proper Sri Lanka food. Yum yum 😢

[@Guidotv222]

@@shaunratnayake5957 yes I remember having fillings in my hoppers in SL 😁

[@amalsanjeewa]

good i like this. sri lanka my country. thanks you for U come my mother land.

[@luhith123456]

The lady was super graceful eating spicy Sri Lankan food in knife and fork ❤

[@isurumaddumage1922]

very nice to see you learn so many Sinhala words.

[@lobsterdiaries6901]

Pls mix little bit from all curries with little bit of rice and then eat. I mean mix very well 😢otherwise u won't feel the whole flavour combination

[@Guidotv222]

Thanks for your advice, I’ll try it.

[@chrysimpett1145]

What. Of. The. Price. Of. Hoppers??? Charge. Silley. Money

[@shaunratnayake5957]

I love you two 2️⃣ thank foods as lovely laidback couple. Love the Sinhala accent. Secondly food not bad but seems like bit more European type, maybe I am wrong. I’m Sri Lankan 🇱🇰 grew up in the Uk 🇬🇧

[@malanihangarapitiya4731]

Lovely couple Love from Sri Lanka❤❤

[@Guidotv222]

@@malanihangarapitiya4731 thank you so much ❤️

[@nitheeksha-u2l]

Oh my god your sinhala speaking style is very good Love from SL

[@kalumwanigasekara8292]

Mouth watering food... make another video, please...

[@evanud]

Wow Sri Lankan foods❤... One of my favourite dishes ❤

[@dnktutorials4224]

Love from Sri Lanka ❤❤❤❤

[@TharinduPereraprofile]

Love from Sri Lanka... ! ❤️❤️❤️

[@Guidotv222]

@@TharinduPereraprofile ❤️❤️❤️

[@somehome007]

Aah... you should've try the coconut tree restaurant. That's what I could have original sri lankan taste so far in here UK

[@Squirrel.shorts]

❤❤❤❤ Sri Lanka ❤❤❤❤🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰 Subscriber from Sri Lanka

[@s.b.asokadissanayake4276]

Cashew fried with curry leaves and cashew curry are delicious. End up with Yoghet drink.

[@anushaudayarathna5563]

Love you 💕💗 sri lanka 🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰

[@Amalidinu20Rushan20]

Bro ✌️ ✌️ you have a mass try crab curry and the brown curry Thank you so much enjoy you guys

[@englishwithcharithaSL]

hopper is a night thing too

[@Guidotv222]

@@englishwithcharithaSL I never knew that! Thanks for the info 👍

[@englishwithcharithaSL]

@Guidotv222 welcome

[@IruAndOpa]

Cool video guys... yah spicy too.

[@DhammikaPradeepK]

I know, Pineapple curry is very testy. I think the real taste comes out when mix and match the meals 👌💥

[@faisfais4899]

🎉🎉🎉❤❤nice good thanks gays all the best 👍

[@sanjayaperera8683]

All healthy foods❤

[@82kaysquared]

Hoppers are eaten for breakfast as well but mostly for dinner

[@Lionkingbonafide]

The lady is having the hoppers in the right way..🎉

[@dileepadarshana7936]

Im subscribed your channel from Sri Lanka good luck

[@MasonParker-h3w]

Come back again guys ✌️

[@Lionkingbonafide]

Sri lankan rice is always white rice (keeri samba) and not red rice or chinese fried rice method.. good with more vegetable Curries. If you need more meat curries with least veg curries, then try Ghee/Dunthel white Rice with curry leaves and cloves with more than 1 meat and thin Pineapple rings and mango chutney

[@visit2SL]

🤩🤩🤩 Visit Sri Lanka...!

[@dilansandahasgunasekara4485]

Good Lovely

[@DineshRoshanBandarakulathunga]

Lot of foriegners visit srilanka and after going them country , next time will not go any other country ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@raviseneviratne8846]

Fork and spoon,no way that you can enjoy SriLankan food, no way.😢

[@Guidotv222]

I ate with my hands !

[@Jude_a]

It’s totally fine. Even sometimes in Sri Lanka also Sri Lankans eats with fork and spoon. The best and authentic way is to eat with your hands which is correct. However people need to enjoy our food that’s what matters 🎉❤

[@darklegend7322]

Come one dude it’s ok to eat with fork and spoon. It’s definitely not the best way(it doesn’t taste the same). But some do use cutlery 😅😅( very rarely) And for the people that don’t understand why people say it tastes better. 😊😊In my opinion,When you normally eat with a spoon or a fork, what your toungue touch first is whatever the material that the cutlery made up of. But when eating with the hand the taste buds directly touches the food so it tastes better.

[@mevanc7304]

Who cares as long as they enjoy the food. That’s what matters.

[@DSCKottawa]

Is it nigh impossible to eat the skin-on mangoes or the bone-in chicken with a knife and fork, at least for me.

[@knightofceylon-ms1us]

Mate come to London and try Mo's at Wembley, you'll get more authentic Sri Lankan kottu😊

[@songmusicprabash1856]

❤❤lovely ❤️❤️🇱🇰

[@PathumBandara-k7k]

Thanks guys 😊❤

[@chrysimpett1145]

What is. The. Price. Of. Hoppers???

[@stk_lk]

Donut wadei = Ulundu wadai or Ulundu wadei Other type of wadei = Dhal wadai or Dhal wadei

[@KingFrag.official]

Hi😊

[@rasikaliyanage3807]

Oludu wade😂 parippu wade❤

[@samitham.wijesinghe9092]

Next time try lumpraise or black pork curry

[@SanjuNarendra-i7d]

She's like as sri lanken girl. I no who is she ❤️😊

[@Guidotv222]

@@SanjuNarendra-i7d how do you know her 😂

[@manjulaperera]

Hey ...guys .. love from tokyo

[@Young.cool2000]

Go to Liverpool THE LiON Sri Lanka restaurant

[@Lionkingbonafide]

Never to order the same menu item when you go with more than 1 person, so that all could taste each dish and next time when you visit, you know exactly which Curry to order for oneself..😅

[@jeewanthadezilva9953]

Sri lankan food best i am indian

[@raviseneviratne8846]

In real terms, Sri Lankan food has not gotten due recognition at the international level like the European dishes.but it's high up there like all other dishes in its own right.

[@Guidotv222]

100% ❤

[@Chamathnethmina2003]

as a srilankan,we have heard before pinapple curry

[@EricMunasinghe]

Lovely food thx chefa am living frans really am chef eric in paris 😂 and hey my bro you don great job and you eat with your hand but sorry to tell you sir lankan leady who with you she's using spoon but you hand thx

[@MyPinkNotebook]

The lady is not Sri Lankan!

[@WasanthaKumara-vx5dx]

❤good

[@stinnywee1945]

Y'all look like vampires without the tan 😝

[@travelaksha3245]

😮😍🇱🇰

[@kevinchanaka1942]

Sri lankan food 💯

[@MasonParker-h3w]

I said come back 😅😅 i cant delete now

[@WAMM07]

❤🇱🇰

[@thilinasamaraweera3477]

If you don't know how to eat Sri Lankan food just watch some video how to eat Sri Lankan food

[@happypoppypandashow5806]

❤❤❤😊

[@Madushankayoutb]

🇱🇰 ❤

[@SACHEE2005]

❤❤❤❤❤❤😊

[@milinda.lakmal96]

❤❤👌👌

[@RohanaSamanthaJayasekara-ll4qc]

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[@shaun5761]

Your woman is so beautiful mate 😊 u are one lucky man. What is she mixed with if u don't mind me asking

[@SupunPraneeth]

What's with the Indian music lol

[@Guidotv222]

Julie couldn’t find copyright free Sri Lankan music 😂

[@webshealth]

❤

[@nalanifamily2509]

Beautiful wife we glad ❤

[@jeewanthadezilva9953]

#srilankafood

[@share2brain79]

Kulle thiyala kema denne yakkunta

[@kumarisamarakoon2849]

Kottu, you can eat with a fork.

[@My.Blue.Bucket]

That a lot 😮❤

[@DilrangaVeerarathna-b3h]

Love from Sri Lanka ❤

[@ashen.jayakodi]

❤❤❤❤