Here is a much belated selection of shots from Sri Lanka......the other Green Isle & haven of food. We ate everything from egg hoppers with coconut sambal to fresh platters of amazing local fruits. It also gave me the chance to understand the origin of spices and curries that generally arrive dried and packeted to Ireland.
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An Egg Hopper - basically a crepe cooked in a small hot wok-like dish. Often served
with an egg cooked in it. |
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| Nutmeg fruit with the nutmeg seed centre and the mace covering it. |
It is amazing to drive through a countryside where the markets, streets, fields, everywhere is just lined with the freshest of fruit....literally everywhere. Coconut groves, banana trees, stalls of avocado & papaya fresh from the local market..........
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| Papaya |
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| Bananas! Absolute (-ly amazing) bananas |
.........and then of course there are the tea plantations.....and the tea that tastes like.........tea! It's tastes flavourful, rounded and so drinkable. I am not a tea drinker on any normal day of the week but having seen the production of the real deal tea, smelt the oils being released when the leaves are rolled and then tasted it freshly poured from the pot, I am a convert.
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| Tea Plantations outside Kandy |
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| Rolling the tea ......not cigars :) |
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