Issue 53

26 January

Breakfast and Lunch

How do you like your brunch? At home? In an air conditioned room? In a garden? Or on the beach?  Well, if you answered on the beach then Sugar Beach is the place for you, with a brunch menu available from 10pm. And you don't need to wait until the weekend as it's available every day!

Are waffles best for breakfast or lunch? Maybe brunch... Anyway, Commons has a waffle promo until 31January, so just a few days longer. So check it out while you can, for a wafflicious snack or meal, savoury or sweet. Don't miss it.

There's another "Naughty Brunch" this coming Sunday at Love Bar, with an 80s theme. Starting from 12.30pm there's both DJ and live music and, the naughty part, freelow beer and wine for Rs3000. 

This week's burger offer: Burger House are offering two large chicken filler burgers for Rs720. Limited time offer.

Brew1867 have introduced a "Work from Home" pack, ideal if you're still working from home, or if you're just one a day off perhaps. The pack contains a full lunch, including chicken curry with yellow rice, apple slices, a croissant with jam, an avocado shake and a bottle of tea. The whole pack cost Rs2,000.

High Tea and Dinner:

We found another High Tea deal, at the Rose Lounge at the Marino Beach hotel. With We counted six savouries including tandoori chicken sandwich and and ham & cheese slider, and six sweet items including cherry brandy chocolate mousse and dulce de leche eclairs, and it is priced at Rs2000 for two people, or Rs2800 for three people. They also have smaller platters for smaller appetites, the simplest being Rs1,375 for two people.

But that's not the only one. We also were reminded of the High Tea platter at Galle Face Hotel, With three tiers of treats, the cost is Rs2,100 per person.

Momo has introduced a value Indian set menu meal. It includes Chicken 65, a portion of dhal, rasam and jeera rice. The whole meal is priced at Rs890.

BBQs are getting increasingly popular and this Friday evening Gloriance Sky Lounge will be offering a barbecue night promising plenty of sizzle and smoky flavour, starting from 7pm.

And the weekend dinner buffet is back at Pranzo at Water's Edge. Available on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 7.00pm to 11.00pm, it is priced at Rs3,950 per person.

Happy Hours & Ladies' Night

A new drink which should set you in the mood for the evening ahead. Made from five dark spirits, with cola and lime, it's called the Fauji Party Special and you can get one at Bombay Borough, available daily from midday to 10pm and comes with masala peanuts.

You can start your weekends early at Kava Bar with Happy Hours from 5pm to 7pm on Fridays and Saturdays, with music by DJ Resh. That should get the evening started on the right note.

Now we know that Love Bar has DJ party nights until late, but did you know that they also have a regular happy hour? Yes, from Sundays to Thursdays from 5pm until 7pm they have buy one, get one free on selected cocktails and shots. So it's worth going a little bit earlier.

This Friday night it's a special ladies' night at Playtrix. Ladies can enjoy freeflow cocktails from 10pm for free. There's a choice of four cocktails to choose from, and yes, they are free for ladies from 10pm until close.

For regular weekly ladies' nights you can check our website Ladies' Night page. 

Live Music and DJs

There's more music to choose from nowadays which is great for music lovers! The Steuart now has live music every night, Curve Bar four nights a week and Taphouse has music three nights this week.

As always, we only have room to list a few highlights; for the full list of live music, check our Gig Diary.

On Thursday Thursday evening you will find Redeemers back at Curve Bar, Magic Box Mixup at the Re.publk and Ishini and the Branch at Taphouse.

On Friday you can catch The Rugrats at The Joint, Magic Box Mixup at Curve, OiC at Colombar, Footprints on the Moon at the Re.pub.lk and The Kingdom at Taphouse.

On Saturday Aquarius will be at Curve, Xpressions at the Steuart and The Notion will be at Taphouse.

The big music event on Saturday is the Derana beach Concert at Colombo Port City, with lots of acts include Sarith Surith, BNS, Jayasri, Gayan Perera, Falan Andrea, Dinesh Gamage, Iraj, Peshala and DJ Mass. 

For music from the decks, on Friday head to the Cloud Cafe at Colombo Court Hotel for "Sky Night", an evening with seven DJs on the decks starting from 5pm. Alternatively at Botanik there's another Birds and the Bees evening with four DJs.

On Saturday there's an all day party from midday to midnight at PappaRich, with DJ Henricus and Trip Switch and various offers and deals during the day.  In the evening, it's Space Saga Vol, 3 at The Attic with no less than 8 DJs in the house.

There's probably more to be announced for Friday and Saturday, so keep an eye on our home page or follow us on Instagram at @HappeningColombo21 for updates when we get them. 

Other Events

Thursday Night is the regular Salsa Night at Playtrix starting at 8.30pm and there's 1+1 deals on Mojito and Cuba Libre cocktails.  If you want to brush up on your salsa for next week or if you're a beginner, then El Mambo's are hosting a free salsa dancing workshop on Saturday at Trainyard from 3pm to 6pm.

There's a few Open Mic nights this week, starting with Friday at Red Dwarf, then there's one on Saturday at Tea Talk at 6pm, and on Sunday at Fuel Hub Cafe also at 6pm. The latter two encourage spoken word as well as singing, so poetry, and comedy are also welcome.

Connect@6 is on again this Friday evening at Hilton Residences, a social and networking evening to meet new people, from 6pm to 10pm.  Alternatively there is a talk about the Climate Crisis at Barefoot Garden Cafe at 7pm.

On Saturday, Marvel Comic fans can compete in a quiz at PappaRich, starting at 5.30pm but do register in advance.

On Saturday morning there is another blood donation, from 9.00am to 1.00pm, at the Central Blood Bank at Narahenpita. 

On Sunday the Happy Market is back at Havelock Sports Ground from 11am to 7pm, with stalls by small businesses and entrepreneurs offering food, accessories, gifts, apparel and more.

Looking ahead to next week, on Wednesday there is an online Tourism event with a discussion of tourism in Sri Lanka and presentations on some less well-known tourism options like Culinary, History and Wildlife. So if you're interested to hear more ideas for weekend breaks or trips, do listen in.