Cook & Eat Your Meal At This Eatery With Its Owners, A SriLankan Family ...

This Eatery conducts a cookery class, where you can cook your meal with the host and later eat it.

Google maps location link; https://www.google.lk/maps/place/Bees+Honey+Cookery+%26+Restaurant/@6.8724328,81.0427187,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x3ae465ce99a496ad:0x67a3e91d784d5de4!8m2!3d6.8724275!4d81.0449074 Owner Mr. Seana +94 717609139 The Bees honey restaurant is situated in Kital Ella, near Ella. With the google maps location, you can go near his place but make sure to call him because it will be difficult finding the place on your own. If you go by road, you have to stop near the school and walk. But if you walk on the railway track from Ella towards Ella rock for 2 km then it would be easy to find this place, a lot of tourists come here in this way.

Here, either you can order for breakfast, lunch, or dinner and eat or you can join with them and cook your meal. They have a menu with soups, juices, etc.,

I called them the previous day to inform them I was coming, Mr. Seana asked me to come by 12 pm. So I arrived at their place a little before 12. It was difficult to find the place although they have placed signboards. I called them and asked for directions.

                                       

Since the restaurant was closed for several months they had to clean the place, the whole family Mr. Seana, his wife, and his two kids did all the cleaning in a jiff.

So the cooking started, with 6 curries (5 veg dish and 1 chicken dish) and red rice. They taught me how to wash the rice, the water level, how to cut the vegetables, and how to cook. They use clay pots and firewood, a true Sri Lankan village-style cooking.

                                      

The cooking process looked so simple, there was no much sauteeing. They mix all the ingredients in the clay pot before even taking it to the fire. I usually have seen cooking where each ingredient is sauteed and some of the ingredients made to a paste and added but not here. The chicken curry though looked simple when it was cooked, tasted amazing. The meat was perfectly cooked and so tender. The raw banana curry is something new to me. It was served hot and tasted excellent They used coconut oil only for cooking. All the 6 dishes with the rice were cooked in just 1 hour's time. The owner Mr. Seana is a farmer and grows his own vegetables which are used in these dishes. A great experience with lovely and tasty food. #itaste #srilankanlunch #ella

                         

The Bike Trip - 640 Kms & 20 Hours Of Bike Trip - A Trip Through Beautif...

#itaste #srilanka #biketrip

A 640 km bike ride that took around 20 hours, the limitations being that I could travel only at a speed limit of 40 to 60 km/hour because of the bike capacity and weather conditions. So I started my journey around 8.30 in the morning from bandarawela. The route I took was from bandarawela - Badulla - mahiyanganaya - Dambulla - Vavuniya. This route had lovely landscapes and dams with beautiful roads.

I had to make several stopping since sitting on the bike continually was very difficult. I had a lite breakfast of short eats after I crossed Badulla.

                                       

                                        

                                        

The road was good and not much traffic. At around 2 pm I reached Dambulla where I had my lunch. A nice quiet restaurant where I tried chicken chop suey noodles. A good lunch it was. After lunch, I started my ride again traveling via Anuradhapura towards Vavuniya.

Reached Vavuniya at 5 pm. Went to my hotel room and had a little rest and later went to a business meeting.

                                        

                                        

The next day I started my journey again at 9.30 am. I took the same route till Dambulla.

From Dambulla I took the Matale route to Kandy.... around 2 pm I had crossed Matale, so had my lunch at a random restaurant.

                                        

                                        

I had sandwiches because wanted my lunch to be light. After lunch, I started again to Kandy. Reached Kandy around 3.30 pm where I ordered pizza for takeaway for my cousin's kids.

                                        

                                       

So packing those pizzas I started again towards Hatton. It started to rain and it was difficult to ride the bike. But that didn’t stop me, I was drenched in the rain and it was freezing. Finally, I reached Hatton by 6.30 pm. It was 9 hours travel this time.

                                         

                                         

The next day the travel was from Hatton back to bandarawela... from Hatton to Nuwara Eliya, just passing Nuwara Eliya I had masala tea at the tea train. Reached bandarawela at 2 pm.

                                         

                                          

 This time it was 3.30 hours ride. A lovely trip through beautiful landscapes, waterfalls, and beautiful locations. A new kind of experience!!!!

                                           

                                          

                           

Best Pork Curry That I Have Tasted - Pork Curry With Roast Paan & Coconu...

This Pork Curry with Roast Paan (bread) and coconut sambol is the best pork curry that i have tasted. Google Maps Location Link; https://www.google.lk/maps/place/360+Ella/@6.8732605,81.0490585,17z/data=!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x3ae465b6bfeea78b:0x1965d6dc18c4d61f!2s360+Ella!8m2!3d6.873302!4d81.04918!3m4!1s0x3ae465b6bfeea78b:0x1965d6dc18c4d61f!8m2!3d6.873302!4d81.04918 #itaste #360ella #porkcurry

I have come to Ella for shooting some travel vlogs, that you can see on this channel. You can also check out the travel vlog playlist. So the last time I came, I tried this black pork curry with roast Paan. The 360 cafe which is usually busy with European and Russian tourists was less crowded The waiter suggested that the mutton curry with rice which he said is also a star dish there, but I decided to go with the pork curry. The combination of that roast Paan and the pork curry was amazing The pork curry had the right amount of spiciness and its flavors were excellent. The best pork curry that I have tasted so far. Travel Vlog Playlist; https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhLL9NCkc8Z_OzOIGvvMh61DTM-CgD3Vj

Trip To Bopath Falls - Rathnapura, Sri Lanka & Lunch At Bopath Falls Roc...

A beautiful and yet a dangerous falls. Bopath Falls is situated in the district of Ratnapura, 3 km from kuruwita town.

Google Maps Location; https://www.google.lk/maps/place/Bopa... To reach this place from Colombo, one can take the Ratnapura or Badulla bus and get down at kuruwita. From kuruwita, the bopath falls is just 3 km away. A tuk-tuk can be taken from here to reach this place. The are many hotels in this area and if you are planning to spend more than a day then you have a lot of hotels to choose from.

I reached the bopath Ella entrance, the ticket cost is 20 lkr, As I walked in, there is a park-like area leading to the bopath river. From there I walked for 500 meters to reach the main falls. There is a path towards the side which easily leads near the waterfalls.

There was no one around, because of the current pandemic situation. The water was very forceful. You can take a dip here but you have to be very cautious because of the force of the water. I stayed for a while and took a swim. I was not able to go to the place where the water fell because it wasn't too safe. Although I stayed to the sides I could feel the water force pulling me.

After a while, I got dressed packed my bag for returning only to realize that the path I came was no more. The water levels increased which I did not notice before. It was a little difficult to find another way to get to the banks. somehow with great difficulty ( climbing and clinging to rocks), I found my way to the banks. I wanted to try going on the raft, which I did for 100/- lkr. The water is below your knee depth but if people want to reach the other side without getting wet then the raft ride is fun. So it was lunchtime, The bopath falls rock chalets hotel, a hotel just near to the falls is the one where I went to have lunch. The front structure was under construction. They have six rooms and a swimming pool with a restaurant. The whole place looks peaceful with the sound of the waterfalls ringing in the ears. I ordered for the Mongolian noodles and chili pork. The Mongolian noodles came with chicken, squid, pork, and prawns. I requested them to avoid prawns and pork in the noodles.

The chili pork looked like deviled pork, coz usually chilli pork is thin layers of pork deep fried. The deviled pork which i got had more soy sauce to it, which affected the taste. I was not happy with its taste.The noodles tasted good though.

The price of noodles was 950 lkr and pork was 800 lkr. BIT EXPENSIVE FOR ITS QUALITY AND QUANTITY

42 Year Old Eatery Serving SriLankan Style Pork Rice & Curry - Kattayar ...

#itaste #belihuloya #srilankanrice&curry Belihuloya is a village in the Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka. It is approximately 150 kilometers from Colombo on the Colombo Badulla highway.

Belihuloya is situated at an elevation of 616 meters (2,021 ft) above sea level. This hillside location is a climatically transitional area, linking both the dry and wet zones and the hill and low country.

Belihuloya is derived from the Belih Oya ("Oya" being the Sinhala word for river), which flows through the area. Google Maps Location; https://www.google.lk/maps/place/Hotel+Shiroma/@6.7089765,80.7581546,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x3ae38babe041948d:0x1951f76475141187!8m2!3d6.7089712!4d80.7603433 Hotel Shiroma or Kattayar Kadae as the locals call it is situated just before Belihuloya when you pass the balangoda town. In operation, for 42 years this eatery is run by its second generation owners now.

They serve dishes like the parota, kothu parota, pol roti, srilankan Rice & curry , appam etc.., They have chicken, fish and pork to chose from as side dish.

They sometimes have wild bore curry too ( wild bore meat is leagal in srilanka) The evening appam is special here, having those crispy and hot appams with a side dish is heaven. If you happen to pass by this way don’t forget to try their rice and curry.

The chicken rice & Curry is priced at 250/- llr The fish and egg rice & curry priced at 180/- lkr The vegetable rice & curry priced at 130/- lkr