Issue 74

14 September

Meal Deals and Food Offers 

Garton's Ark offer dinner cruises from Nugegoda, along Diyawanna Oya, or Parliament Lake, with an international dinner buffet. Normally happening at weekends, this week they also have a cruise on Thursday, priced at Rs4,200 per person (usually Rs4,700 at weekends), starting at 7.00pm. This weekend they are also operating a lunch cruise on Saturday, specially priced at Rs3,800 per person.

Seafood lovers: there's now a weekly seafood market dinner buffet at Ayu, at the Movenpick. For Rs6,900 per person you can enjoy a wide variety of seafood, cooked how you like it. The seafood market is on Friday evenings, from 7.00pm to 10.30pm.

There's a new Hoppers promotion at Commons, starting 15 September until the end of the month. There's five options for filled hoppers including tandoori chicken or tuna salad, starting from Rs850 for two, while egg, milk or honey hoppers start from Rs650 for two. There's also an extensive Assorted Hopper Platter with a total of 12 hoppers, starting from Rs3,200.  

Pork lovers, this weekend is specially for you at with "Pork Night" at Pegasus Reef, Wattala, with a buffet featuring a range of Sri Lanka and International pork dishes on offer this Friday & Saturday from 7pm.

If you're out late and you've worked up an appetite, you can now head to Cinnamon Lakeside's Dining Room for an ultra late snack or a very early breakfast. On offer are string hoppers, milk rice, curries, roast paan and more, from midnight to 4.00am, priced at Rs3,600 per person.

We're saddened to share the news that Takeout Lanka, who have been serving up some great burgers, fries and shakes, will be closing down at the end of the month. So if you want to get a final order in, please do so by 30 September. We are really sorry to see them go and wish the team all the best for the future.

Drinks Deals

You may know the night club W lounge, with Bollywood Dance and DJ mixes. They also have a happy hour with a "buy one get one free" deal on beer, Monday to Saturday from 7pm to 9pm.

And Bro Pub are offering free beer! if you spend more than Rs1800 per person on food between 11am and 5pm, you'll get a free pint of beer. That sounds like a good deal!

Did you know that Asylum have extended their happy hours and it is now from 5.00pm to 9.00pm, every day. That's a whole four hours to enjoy their "Calamity Cocktail range, as well as the Spiked Coffees that we tried ourselves.

Live Music and DJs

Big gigs this weekend are Umaria, Chitral and Supun with Infinity at Colombar; and "Sundown": Chitral, Lahiru, Marians and Gypsies at Excel World, both of these are on Friday 16th September.

On Saturday, Umaria and Lanthra will be with Doctor Exclusive at the Asylum premises.

Next weekend, Summer Fest on Friday 23 September has Senaka, Falan, Umaria, Dinesh, Kaizer, Lahiru, Nadeemal and Dilmin with Point 5, performing at Excel World. On Saturday 24 September, Beach Park at Port City will welcome "Tropical Jam" with Magic Box Mixup, Jamlab, Rugrats, The Drift, Pop Culture and Flipside.

The week after, on Friday 30 September, "Interstellar" sees BNS, Wasthi Jaya Sri, Kanchana and Infinity outdoors in the open air at Excel World, while Saturday 01 October is metal night with the next "Mosh Scream Rock" featuring Trishira, Sevexth, Nefertem and Whirlwind.

Jazz fans, this Sunday there is a jazzy brunch at Playtrix with En Route on stage for some smooth jazzy numbers from 11am to 4pm.

For EDM and DJ nights, this Friday the long-awaited "Secret Series" will take place at Travelling Bruncher, with a total of ten DJs.

On Saturday, the newly reopened Disques is hosting special guest DJ Puffy, the 2016 Redbull 3Style champion. Also on Saturday, "Inscape" at Kava Bar has a line up of seven DJs including Jayy Vibes, Echo Daft and Kryptone.

Next weekend the latest "Vinyl Vibes" will be on Saturday 24 September at Kava Bar, stand by to hear more.

And further ahead, there's lots brewing in October; we'll have more news next week.

Other Events

This weekend the Pearl Protectors have arranged another beach clean up, this one at Brown's Beach, Negombo. This is towards the goal of a "nurdle free Lanka and volunteers will be warmly welcomed from 2.30pm to 5.30pm.

There's a couple of foreign language films on offer next week. As part of their Film on Monday series, the Goethe Institut will be screening the German film "Neubau" at the Goethe Hall on Monday at 6.00pm. Then on Wednesday, it's the next in the "Bonjour Cinema" series with the French film "Quai d'Orsay" at the Regal Cinema, Dematagoda, at 7.00pm.

The new quiz at Kami Maki has moved from Thursdays to Wednesdays so, trivia buffs, your choice is now Wednesday 7pm at Playtrix, hosted by Kirky, or Wednesday at 7.30pm at Kami Maki hosted by Spy.

For yoga enthusiasts, Serena is holding two morning classes at Prana Lounge: Vinyasa on Mondays at 8.30am and Sivananda on Fridays at 8.30am.

Next weekend, Hospital Street in front of the Fairway Hotel will be transformed into the Fairway Colombo Street Food Festival for two days, Friday 23 and Saturday 24 September. Enjoy a variety of classic street food and comfort bites, beverages and music from 6.00pm.