This in addition to Seafood Restaurant in Galle Face, Green Cabin in Union place and Elephant House. They were known for good CEYLONESE beer not lampraise.
Green Cabin is still there and Pilawoos came much later.
Then, return ticket to Singspore was Rs. 7800/=.
My Salary in a Private Hospital was Rs. 15,000/=.
Incidentally, some guys used to drop . Rs. 30,000/= or more having known my predicament without a note to indentify who dropped it.
I guessed the guy but never probed.
I made lot of friends in Negambo and free ticket to a Hotel meal was a norm and I loved the fresh and crispy prawns.
Then still later Banana Leaves came in where I used to enjoy Masala and Dosai until I found Komala Villa in Sarangoon Road (Little India) in Singapore.
Then, still later, I found a Japanse Restaurant Ji Ling in Orchard Street, near Dhoby Ghaut Tube Station in Singspore.
Mustafa Center was where I did all my shopping.
I have never been to Mandarin Hotel but stayed in a boutique hotel near it.
Coming to lampraise, it was a delicious but a cheap meal. I was an "omnitarian" and lampraise is made on the base of meat stock. I am informed that there is vegetation and fish lampraise introduced on later occasions.
There is no lampraise in the city of KANDY.
It is Rs. 1500 to 2000 in COLOMBO and KANDYAN are so poor they have to eat what is dished out by Green Park Hotel chain in Pilimithalawa. Green Park Hotel is nowhere near the standard of Green Cabin and Pilawoos.
It looks like KANDY base price for a meal is Rs. 500 to 1000/=.
I had a secret place in the middle of the KANDY City with Singapore style meal where I used to go for a beer (no meals).
That is untill, the takeaway string hoppers and hoppers are dished out once the midday meals are cleared from the dining table.
CEYLONESE love a heavy "bath adi" which I became allergic, due to five types of chemicals in our rice.
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