Issue 33

09 September

Breakfast and Lunch

Tintagel have introduced a Brunch Box,  a pack containing a selection of breads, waffles or a choice of eggs, a cold drink plus tea or coffee. Although it's called a brunch box, it's actually available all day so if you're good with sundowner waffles or eggs then you can order it for the evening too.

The Bayleaf have also added a new treat to their menu in the form of the Bayleaf Platter. Available as a 9" or 12", it offers just what you need for casual grazing, perhaps with a game or a movie, or indeed a webinar!

For a more traditional lunch, the Flag and Whistle have a daily set lunch of a curry, rice, three side dishes, papadam and chilli for Rs350. The dishes vary daily.

The Sanora have added to their Sri Lankan delivery menu, with hoppers, kottu, curry and more. They also have a Far Eastern menu with a selection of rices and noodles and currently offer a selection of burgers, including a vegeburger and triple deck chicken. All are available for delivery.

High Tea and Dinner:

t-Lounge have revamped and relaunched their high tea for delivery. The High Tea Box is for two people and contains savoury sandwiches and pies, sweet rolls and tarts, macaroons and scones and, of course, tea. 

Indian Summer have some new buy-one-get-one-free offers, on chicken lollipop, tandoori chicken or chicken 65 biriyani. These are available until 14 September via Uber Eats.

Playtrix also have some buy-one-get-one-free offers, on hot butter calamari or fish and chips. There too are available through Uber Eats only.

Movenpick delivery are offering free side dishes when you order two mains, from a selection. Two nasi gorengs gets free spring rolls; two chicken biriyanis gets a portion of samosas. There's also a free side with two spaghetti bolognaise or burgers.

The Ramada are celebrating Jaffna at the moment with The Taste of Jaffna family feasts. There are two set meals available, seafood or mutton, and these can be ordered online through the Ramada's own online system. 

Happy Hours & Ladies' Night

With lockdown this week there are sadly no options for happy hour, ladies' night or even gentlemen's night.

We hope that we will be able to enjoy these again, when it is safe to do so.

Live Music and DJs

With places closed, there are of course no live music options this week, at least not in person.

Many international artists are livestreaming gigs or other events, and we are listing a few. 

It's great to see some from local musicians as well.  Minesh D has been hosting a music chat on Wednesdays at 6pm and hopefully there will be another next week.

Soundscape have also launched a "Live at Home" livestream, featuring a local musician playing at home.

Keep an eye on the gig diary, we'll add music events as soon as we hear of them.

Other Events

Once again we have a great selection of online events, from home and from around the world.

This Friday is World Suicide Prevention Day so there are quite a few discussions and talks on this, sensitive subject. On Thursday, a panel discuss Suicide Prevention from their professional and personal perspectives, at 5.30pm. On Friday, a Suicide Prevention Network discuss "Creating Hope Through Change" at 2.30pm, and at 6.30pm there is a discussion on Bipolar Disorder and Suicide Prevention.  On a related subject, on Thursday at 6.30pm there is a discussion of the Impact of Domestic Abuse in the Workplace.

If you've ever dreamed of setting up your own business, you'll want to join the talk on Sunday at 3.00pm, How to Become a Successful Online Entrepreneur. And, if it is something you have been thinking about for a while, then the talk on Sunday at 11.30pm might be for you too, How to Reduce Procrastination and Sustain High Performance.

There's a business webinar on the subject of Shipping and its Current Challenges, hosted by the CBB, on Friday at 10am.

There's also a couple of discussions of Covid: On Friday at 2pm a panel of experts discuss the way forward, and on Sunday at 5pm another expert panel will discuss Life with New Variants.

On to other subjects and on Thursday at 8.30pm another panel will discuss The Return of Travel, what to expect when we can start to travel.  On Thursday there's a British Museum talk about How to be a Stoic, at 10.30pm. And there is another Spoken Word Open Mic, this with peer coaching, on Saturday at 10.30.

This week the Armchair Traveller can visit Greece, with a virtual tour of Athens, Crete and Santorini on Saturday at 9.30pm. And just a few hours earlier, on Saturday at 6.30 you can visit Shiraz, exploring Persian Gardens and Mansions. 

Events are being added to our diary almost daily so keep checking back and see what's new.