Issue 50

05 January

Breakfast and Lunch

It's often said that Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. There's now a new option to enjoy a good Sri Lankan breakfast, at Ceylon by the Avenue. They offer an la carte Sri Lankan breakfast with classics like kiribath, pol roti, string hoppers and more. It's available daily from 7.30am to 11.00am for dine-in, takeaway or delivery.

Of course on Sundays breakfast might become brunch and there's a new Sunday Brunch at Flow, at the Hilton Colombo Residence. They offer an extensive range of international and classic Sri Lankan dishes, available from 12.00pm to 3.00pm  priced at Rs4,200 per person.

There's some new lunch deals at the Four Leafed Clover. They have introduced a "Quick Lunch Fix" with a selection of set menus such as soup and pasta for Rs700, or Szechuan chicken and veg fried rice for Rs800. These are available from 11.00am to 4.00pm. 

And this week's burger offer comes from Burger Boss who are offering buy one, get one free on selected grill and crispy burgers for delivery.

If you prefer a Shawarma to a burger, Doner & Durum have a buy one, get one free offer on shawarmas. It's available all day, for dine-in or take-away (not delivery) and is available until 12th January.

High Tea and Dinner:

The Four Leafed Clover's high tea is back, offering a platter with six savoury and three sweet items. It's priced at Rs1,840 for two people, and is available from 3pm to 6pm daily.

There's a burger offer for dinner this week from the Hungry Foodie offering two double cheeseburgers for Rs1400, for pick up or delivery. 

And for some classic Lampraise, Momo are offering a selection including chicken, pork or fish priced at Rs690 and beef at Rs750. 

For a more substantial dinner, the Gardenia restaurant at the Ramada has reintroduced its dinner buffets on Saturday and Sunday evenings.  It's available from 7.00pm to 11.00pm and is priced at Rs3,500 per person.

There are some new buy one, get one free offers for delivery from Indian Summer through Uber Eats. It applies to five dishes including the classic Tandoori Chicken and their Chinese or Indian rice combos. This offer is until 14 January.

Happy Hours & Ladies' Night

Thursdays are Thirsty Thursdays at R&B with selected drinks buy one get one free from 7pm to 10pm, along with live music and DJs playing.

A reminder that Asylum still have one of the longest daily happy hours, from 5pm to 8pm every day, with selected cocktails and wines half price. 

We also found a happy hour food offer. In Food Studio at One Galle Face, from Monday to Thursday, one of their outlets will offer a "dish of the day" with 25% off, from 5pm to 7pm. This Thursday you can get 25% off a Beef Set Menu from Suksamran Thai. Next week it may be different!

Most Ladies' Nights are on Wednesday but Allstar have theirs on Thursday, offering selected cocktails free for ladies from 8.00pm to 10.00pm. 

Live Music and DJs

This week there's two big music festivals. On Friday, Agastra at the Taj Samudra features BNS, Senaka Batagoda, Chitral Somapala Kavindi Kulasenam Infinity and Billy Fernando with 2Forty2.  The evening starts at 7.30pm.

And them on Sunday, Hope 2022 will take place at the Musaeus College auditorium with Infinity, BNS, Wasthi and Gayan.

Other than the festivals, there's still plenty happening at the regular venues. The full list is here, but the highlights: On Thursday you should find Luminosity at Darley Road, Believer at The Steuart, Redeemers at Curve Bar and Thivanka Chiraj at Drunk Panda.

Some of Friday's gigs are still not announced (yes, really!), but we know of some including Cold Sweat at SunsetBlu, Legato at Darley Road, The Notion  at The Fox Den, Miracle at The Irish and Ishini & The Branch at Re.pub.lk.

On Saturday The Notion will be at Taphouse, OiC at SunsetBlu and Dillon at The Re.pub.lk.

From the Clubs, it's Thirsty Thursday at R&B with DJ Capital C, Dis & Dat and happy hours.

On Friday, it's "Lux 22" at Lavix with 5 DJs (Ace, Clifford Isaac, Sarini, The Music Director Fernando) plus Binu Sax and more.

At Level4, there's Double Jams with DJ Neco on Friday and Saturday. 

Other Events

There's two salsa nights this week, on Thursday at Playtrix, complete with deals on Mojitos and Cuba Libre, and on Saturday at The Irish, also with deals on selected cocktails.

Quiz Nights are also back at Playtrix on Tuesdays, with quizmaster Andy Kirk. This is now back to being a regular event every Tuesday at 8.00pm.

When did you last play Beer Pong? Well here's an excuse, there's a Beer Pong tournament at Playtrix with a Rs5000 prize. It's on Saturday so you even have a few days to practice, and starts at 8pm.

Looking ahead to next week, an event for Opera fans: the Lionel Wendt Theatre is hosting the world premier of Tharana Sigiri Opera on 14th January at 7pm. 

And a reminder of the Connect@6 social and networking evening at Hilton Colombo Residence on Friday from 6pm to 10pm. As well as a great opportunity to meet people, there's Happy Hours from 6pm to 8pm and live music. A good way to start a Friday night out!