Surviving Sri Lanka!! Eating the RAREST Food in South Asia!!

One thing I love about the world and humans is that no matter where you go, people will find some kind of way to get high. We believe that the pain of existence is too much. Sri Lanka, is called the pearl of the Indian Ocean in 2019. Solitaire. Planet ranked as the world's top travel destination saying Endless beaches that welcome people Tons of elephants Cheap prices Fun trains and tasty

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make Sri Lanka irresistible in 2019. because the country has no money left to pay for fuel Imports Sri Lankans are struggling under rising costs Sri Lanka is not a disaster now in 2022, there is a very different Sri Lanka that started with the domestic terrorist attack in 2019, let's spread fear among potential travelers and then in 2020, the pandemic stopped tourism now, in 2022, Sri Lanka is going through an economic crisis like few countries have experienced before the prices of essential goods, from rice to fuel and medicines, have doubled, then tripled and continued.

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and fuel shortages are causing long lines at the pump leaving citizens waiting for hours with Sri Lankans. Caught in a turbulent storm of conflict and uncertainty, citizens of all backgrounds took the only action they could: storming the presidential palace, forcing President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee two weeks later and me landing in the capital city of Colombo. I am here in Sri Lanka for the first time on a mission to discover their food and share it with the world first of all Sri Lanka or Sri Lanka is Sri Lanka from Colombo I travel to the central highlands to the city of sweets and then I will drive to La Northernmost city of Jaffna smells a bit fishy here, of course, it is a fish market.

Okay, I'm looking for hidden stories about food and cold. This is not something that anyone in Sri Lanka can go around and hunt. These guys have special privileges and special rights to continue their lifestyle their lifestyle

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with the bed getting this fat out of their ass none of them are telling me right now hey don't eat it it's not sushi yes yes don't worry I wasn't even there tempted the original The inhabitants of this island still live today as they lived years ago in Mark Wiens' party, look at that delicious face. What's going on here?

The biggest festival of the Tamil town of Jaffna with a month-long festival filled with food and some unexplained phenomena. Can't. Don't fail to notice that there are so many people here who have a lump on the back of their neck, they are women who have a sweet tooth, with impossible to find homemade food that could soon become extinct because I eat intestines, especially if a cow is like Russian roulette. I put the gun in my mouth, I slowly pulled the trigger and what happened then there is the capital, oh my God, the water broke the melting pot of Sri Lanka's minority tastes, everyone in a city eats this because instead of cheese , this gives those flavors, yeah guys.

It's a substitute for cheese It's a brand of cow that guides our local Sri Lankan trip, right, she has made it her mission to share with the world everything that Sri Lankan food has to offer Regina says you are the best Malaysian food cook who do you know in Sri Lanka, yes, Tiffany she said yes, definitely, at a time when travelers are taking a hold on Sri Lanka, my team and I are diving in headfirst right now, there are food shortages, is there a food shortage? Who does it affect the most? I won't come here looking for conflict.

I am coming here despite it, it looks like a puffer fish, it is that delicious and to show it to you in the midst of painful challenges and adversities, he created this tripod with the tripod, this Pearl will shine again. I put it down here. It all starts here in Colombo. the food that unites all ages all professions all people is rice and curry in shops like this the selection of curry seems endless here in Luna Marisa lunch is about to begin good morning from Sri Lanka I am in the kitchen of a shop rice and curry and this will be my first taste of Sri Lanka for four right here, preparing a jackfruit curry Jackfruit meat, then throw it in a hot pan, add coconut milk, onions, green chillies, curry leaves and leaves of pandan, then season with salt, turmeric, curry powder, cinnamon and mustard paste in just 20 minutes these sparkling flavors come together when you take a look at this.

This is jackfruit that is not even ripe. It's still white. Hey? I didn't ask, but she doesn't seem to care. It has a slightly harder texture. It's not sweet. jackfruit flavors, if there's anything that has a slight peel flavor, like the green part of a watermelon, we'll soon find out why they're using that kind on this side, right here we have a pork curry every time you go to India, you're talking about India because that's where I've eaten the most curry in my life, obviously not many people in India eat beef, but I don't think I've ever had poor curry, it's made with pork belly shoulder. ribs, all thrown into a container to cook over the fire along with roasted curry powder and oil, what type of food is most often compared to Sri Lankan food?

It is often compared to Indian cuisine, but we are so unique that it is different. A delicate volatile combination of components that make up a bomb of flavor turmeric powder roasted curry powder chili powder black pepper salt cardamom garlic paste something called Garcinia Cambogia cinnamon ginger garlic fried lemongrass and curry detonator leaves our food and our kitchen , especially the authentic Sinhalese cuisine of Sri Lanka has many herbal properties and values ​​So it really nourishes you and also heals you, mind, body and soul, accompanying me in my mission to understand Sri Lankan food and culture. Rosanna Sri Lankan food and local explorer.

I want to dive into this. This is jackfruit. How do I do it? it just digs in, it's really good, I love it, the flavors slowly reveal themselves. Black is a chili, yeah that's cool. I just bit into one of those straight up, it doesn't taste like jackfruit at all, it just seems to be more about the texture it has a nice firm texture, it's spicy, it has some aromatic flavors too. I'm making a mess, how am I here? Well, yeah, and then, I've never seen a curried pork here in my life. Unique to Sri Lanka, are you a fan of this?

I have not tried it. Oh yeah, why not today could be the day that Rosina is non-Muslim, meaning she only eats halal food, and although pork isn't on that list, this is excellent pork. the spices are caked in there, it has a little bit of bitterness in the spices. It's not curious. I don't think the texture of pork is wonderful. I was thinking it's something I would maybe eat in Thailand, but I don't think so. They eat a lot of pork there, this is unique. I think you can only get so good and absolutely top notch here, it's also so spicy that my brain is boiling.

I know there are many conflicts here, there are many problems. Leaving the airport driving down the street like a tourist like someone who hasn't been here before, it's not immediately obvious that there is such a conflict here, but the irony that we're sitting here feasting, especially me as a Stranger coming. in gorging on delicious Sri Lankan food, while many people here can't afford to eat because prices have doubled and tripled. Right now this island nation of 22 million people is experiencing its worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948. Due to government mismanagement and the lingering effects of the pandemic, key foreign exchange generating sectors such as exports, remittances and tourism were brutally affected Sri Lanka is not a disaster for months, people here have suffered unpredictable blackouts and skyrocketing inflation that has caused food and fuel shortages, schools even had to cancel exams because paper wasn't that scarce at the moment there are food shortages, who is affected by this the most?

Actually, the farmers are the ones who are going through all this because they are doing everything they can to feed the nation, feed their families and not Everything, while we are partying here, this kind of partying you will only see in urban cities , the moment you go out, which is most of Sri Lanka, you will see how it affects them because sometimes they don't even have one meal a day. and they are going through it right now, Jesus, in difficult times of grave uncertainty, some people are taking all the measures they can, whether it is simply to survive day to day or something much more extreme, meanwhile, there are others who continue to do what they they know how to do best, standing out. the hard times until those times give way to better days Welcome to our next destination, this is the ministry of shit, this place is very well known, legendary, iconic for its seafood, here you can see they have some clams, they have giant shrimp like this one, take a look. in that river, prawns weighing up to a pound or two, but that's not what they are known for, of course, this place is known for the giant Sri Lankan mud crab.

They have all the typical sizes here, from small to extra large. and then they have a colossal jumbo, oh my god, and Crabzilla, that's what we're going to have today. Take a look at this. This is the first time I see it now. This thing is a beauty. That's about four pounds of crab right here, bro. Deep in the soft muddy base of the Sri Lankan mangroves, a large crustacean distinguished by its blue-green hue doesn't even attack me it's like it's very well behaved it's polite a delicacy that flies around the world more than Taylor Swift Mainly in the form of exports to places like Singapore, a single one of these creatures can sell for hundreds of dollars.

This is like the Rock's biceps stuck in a claw for too long. These expensive mud crabs were not eaten or appreciated in Sri Lanka, until 2011, when the Ministry of Crab did so. founded using this delicacy caught locally in their own backyard, so we are cooking the pepper crab, it is a famous dish in Singapore. Meet Darshan Munidasa, a local chef of Sri Lankan and Japanese descent, pepper crab has been very prominent in Singaporean crab dishes and what to do is very, very dry to be otherwise. I want to create a wet setup. You take black pepper.

This used to be black gold in Sri Lanka because a long time ago, until the Europeans came, we didn't have red chili in Asia. Huge crab, Crabzilla and look it's almost like a steak and through this we add our magic like pepper sauce and this is where the flavor of the crab moves into the liquid and that becomes our signature dish, the pepper crab black, we let it steam for 20 minutes and when the shell turns bright red, serve on the plate and enjoy, how do you ensure that a crab is a premium crab, apart from coming from nature at a good level, You can grate it before cooking it, so it is a selection process that makes the crabs good from 100 crabs? maybe you choose 30. and then who eats the rest?

Your direct competitors, are you always selling Crabzilla? Yes, it is rare to be ready to find one and when we do it is a grace from God and today you just had one. Yes. Sorry, it's the first. I have to go for the claw first, which is almost like a steak. Oh my god, it's so big. Here I go. I have a pretty good amount. Oh yeah, wow, the flavor of that sauce has really seeped through. the meat is so perfect, it's so sweet, juicy, there's so much meat, 400 500 grams per claw, you know, I love the idea of ​​

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a lobster, but there are actually no claws, so these crabs work with them, yeah , he swims with them, therefore, he has the largest muscle. it's around that leg, that's what you want, right, oh my god, I never get tired of this, it's so good, these guys are really sweet and have less textured membrane.

I grew up in the Midwest, so I have the least experience in the US when it comes to seafood. Nobody likes to look at hips, they just want big legs and that's it, but there is so much meat hidden in all this, but it takes a little skill, a little patience and some knowledge to know where. break it up while the sauce here is tremendous, it's spicy but delicate, it doesn't have a crazy intensity oh, it also has mushrooms, are there mushrooms inside? Truly, this is one of the best crabs I've ever had. You have restaurants all over the world.

You have lived in many places outside of Sri Lanka, what keeps you here now, this is your home, an amazing place, where else can you find crabs like this without miles of food? darshan munidasa is Sri Lanka's most famous chef restaurant tour, best known for founding some of Sri Lanka's most successful restaurants including Ministry of Crab, how have the recent crises affected his restaurant here? Well, it has affected everyone. All this is happening right after a terrorist attack in April 2019, followed by kovid in April 2020 and two years later we come to these. problems, so it's been four years non-stop, we never had a break.

Sri Lanka has hit rock bottom and has only just begun. In April of this year, the government ofSri Lanka banned the import of artificial fertilizers, pesticides and we decided it two weeks before. Sri Lankan citizens arrived here demanding that their president resign facing massive protests. The president was able to buy it resigned on July 13 and now we have reached a point where we can return to some type of normality. Fuel is slowly entering the economy and hopefully things will improve. get back to normal faster to some extent, we are also part of the solution. I mean, we have a hundred employees working here and I need to make sure that they do well too and not just everyone in the hospitality industry, so I think we need to rebuild, be positive and move forward, it's inspiring for me to see that in so many Places around the world, whether they are struggling with politics or natural disasters or the avalanche of problems that Sri Lanka has faced, you always see a huge exodus. and this is the time when people really need to come together and not abandon the country and the people.

Daunting tasks and enormous challenges await Sri Lanka's new leader, but at least those that have evaporated Hope from the last regime is now beginning to return Where are we now? Can you see how busy he is? It's wild here. I love them. Moon. I love the feeling. Reminds me of other places I've been. I won't do it. Say the name of the country, but without honking, yes, yes, it's an amazing visceral street food scene in the middle of the city of Colombo. Locals and out-of-towners come here to enjoy all kinds of quickly prepared food and this is our first stop, Usman Tea Room, a 25-year-old restaurant that brings out thousands of these bowl-shaped pancakes every night.

This is the first thing we are going to try here. What am I looking at? This is one of the most iconic foods of Sri Lanka known as Egg Hopper. Start with a small hot pan. then a thin layer of dough a mixture of rice flour eggs sugar coconut milk yeast and cooked basmati rice break an egg on top and season with black pepper how do you eat it? You can throw shade on it, so this is our own version of a taco. yes, that's exactly like a taco, oh my gosh, your water broke, that's amazing, it's the easiest way to eat a fried egg with your hands, the shell is so crispy and super soft, delicious fried egg in the middle .

I love fried eggs. that nothing this is Chutney it's spicy it definitely looks red it's too uh it's up to you bye bye large intestines oh yes very salty but also very fresh tons of chillies I love it I've never seen anything like this yes, but that's fantastic e-rolled Hub, a place where locals go when they crave Biryani, but this is Biryani like you've never seen before. I mean, normally I would think of Biryani as some kind of basmati rice and maybe lamb or some kind of fat. ton animal in oil tons of spices so what does Biryani mean to you?

It is a type of rice that we call it because we have our own version. First sauté the eggs with chilies, tomatoes and onions, add rice noodles, fresh milk sauce and season with salt, pepper and chili. powder which is the carbohydrate now for the protein sautéed slices of marinated beef add chopped onions chilis curry sauce tomato sauce and lime juice Serve on plate oh my goodness, let's try this well. I haven't tried anything like this anywhere, it's very spicy from fresh chillies, oh man, I like how there's a bed of noodles, the rope hopper and on top of it fresh tomatoes, fresh chillies and then there's beef too, very flavor Surprisingly balanced French, this is good street food, how much does it cost for all this? dish is okay, so this is like a special dish, so it costs around 2000 rupees.

I think you and I, if we hadn't eaten all day, I think we could take it down, oh, easy, this right here. I'm very excited about this. cow brain wait, that's not a beef rating, it's a beef, right, I think it's a big brain, no it's not, cows are so big, their brain has to be bigger than the brain of a pig. Did you ask yes? First, the base is placed in a hot pan. chopped onions red chillies and green chillies then eggs add salt pepper chilli powder curry powder milk Roti chopped carrots and leaves now stir until the Roti absorbs all the tasty gravy this is the base now for the topping the cooking vessel waits for the arrival of an egg that the cow adds even more flavor with chili powder, curry powder and salt, then make it healthy with sliced ​​carrots, throw it on top of the Roti and find a friend to share it with, we eat this because instead of cheese, this It gives it that flavor, yeah guys, I don't.

I don't believe you, but it has to be better than vegan cheese, so just split some peas and mix it with the Roti, which has been cooked with all these other condiments, let's go for it, it's really good. I can not believe it. I'm not going to call it cheese, but it's so creamy and goes so perfectly with this bread that it reminds me of chiliquiles in Mexico City, they take tortillas, drizzle them with sauce and then it absorbs all those flavors and then they put some toppings on it. Eat it, it's like the Sri Lankan version of that, now we have two Mexican connections, wow, yeah, that was your connection, the egg taco.

There's something about this texture with this rotia and it's like soft but chewy at the same time, give it that with a little bit of brain, there's a really clear differences in the flavor here it's light it's spicy this is a little bit heavier but I still don't find that be too abundant in spices it is very well balanced so this is the typical meal of the night it is food after the party come here and eat this The next day you will feel better. I guess so, I'll feel great tomorrow. You know, it's so wild.

There are some people who I told were coming to Sri Lanka and they said, "Oh my God, have you seen the news?" This has happened to me so many times now that I don't even know what to believe when I watch the news. Yes, if it were here a month ago, it would be very different than it is today. Yes, this place was completely closed. closed by who there was a big protest against the former regime so it was just closed no one was interested because we didn't have gas we didn't have electricity we didn't have a way to move forward you know because they need to buy things and we need oil to move so there was nothing , so now it's completely different, now it's getting better, there's a new leader and there's a little bit of breathing room.

I don't know what magically happened, but little by little it's getting better. It wasn't long ago that there really was civil unrest within the country, but now you feel like this place seems a little more unified. I definitely think the recent protests brought everyone together because when there is a hunger strike, nothing else matters, people need to eat, food is life. So when that coup everyone unifies, do you think it will last? I mean, how long until people direct their anger at something else? We never know because Sri Lankan people are very innocent and if you are a very very smart leader you can manipulate your muscles and your people so that it may happen, it may not happen so I have no idea, I have no idea, do you? do you have hopes?

I have hopes. I hope people see through all these games you know and don't fall into the traps that have been set to divide and conquer outsiders. In the Highland Sweets City you will find people who belong to the Sri Malay Muslim community. Lanka, a community with its own history, culture and of course food if you taste it, life here has not always been easy for Muslims, as I recently heard from Paula. It was forbidden, bam, if Muslims have no choice by the book, what are they supposed to do? I want a mission to experience some extreme halal food.

He simply hammered the bone until it broke into 18 pieces, making it a choking hazard. in a country where halal meat is banned, I am very excited this morning because the trains in Sri Lanka are iconic, iconic is not the word, when you Google Sri Lanka you will see the train, wouldn't that be the iconic Colombo station Fort in the heart of Colombo was first built in 1908. It is the oldest and most iconic railway station in Sri Lanka. Taking off from here can take you pretty much anywhere you want to go. The trains were installed by the British and the British ruled us or colonized us and it has never changed the texts are the same most of the trains are still the same it has never changed is it a good or bad thing it works it still works but we have newer trains now the route from Colombo to the sweet highlands is one of the most beautiful in this country, but first give me a tour, we will need snacks, we have overcooked omelette with rolls, then we have the onion relish called sini, which sounds like a vegetarian option, yes, onion relish and bread, that's a spicy onion sandwich oh, these are fish fish samosas.

I have put all kinds of animals in a samosa, except fish, because we eat a lot of fish, they have a lot of things here. I think we just took some things that we worked out. the train and let's go, let's do it, getting the candy out of here involves a three-hour trip, that is if there are no breakdowns or mishaps along the way, but I know that there is absolutely nothing that can prevent this trip we are on from happening. Our route right now to Candy Candy is only 60 miles from Colombo, but it takes about three hours to get there due to the winding roads.

Yes, the roads, not the train tracks, because I couldn't get on the train today. There is a fuel shortage. This country and all kinds of trains are being canceled, right? Rosanna, yes. Sri Lanka's economic crisis means that importing fuel has become an incredible challenge for the average citizen. Filling your car with gas has become an ordeal that could consume hours of waiting in line, as you can see. It even affected the train schedule. If we wanted to take the train today, what would we have had to do? Staying in line for a long time, which is like a 50-50 chance, plus for the ticket, it's fantastic, so instead, what we've done. is that we've rented a bus, the silver landing is that we still have food boom, check it out, um, maybe don't look, this is a thin omelette and then literally nothing else, but overall I'm going to put that.

Go back and save it for an emergency, a bus accident or something, and I'm really hungry. This is what really captivated me. This is a Fish Samosa. I guess a lot of people in Sri Lanka eat fish. Fish is the main source of protein. and the most respected source approach, oh fish, highly respected, my problem is that I grew up in a place without much seafood. Central Minnesota isn't exactly a maritime destination, so every time I hear a fish taco, I think of wet tilapia when I eat here, you can't even realize there's fish here, it's meat, but it's also stuffed with potato, tons of spices, tons of flavors, that's pretty good, although it's a little cold, but if you like it, it's cooled down a little, this is another option.

Basically the same filling but it has a roti on the outside. Did I say that right? Roti, it's okay. I thought I was 17 r. Very satisfying. This is the Sri Lankan gas station burrito. It is perfect. It's warm. It's spicy. It's full of some things. I don't know exactly what it is, it sure has a very chewy Carby on the outside. I love it right now. We are an hour from Candy, where we will eat something much more substantial. Rosanna, what are we going to do? eating lots and lots of meat, lots and lots of foot meat, sorry I can't hear you here, lots and lots of meat.

I heard this place is famous for its bread, but what is it about sweet bread? Sri Lanka is one of the only ones. cities across Sri Lanka that have so many bakeries due to Dutch and English colonization it is the iconic dish that rules everyone's heart chicken kotu is one of the most popular street foods in this country it can be eaten with a variety of meats but here in Kandian Muslim Hotel chicken is king, the base comes from kodamba Roti cut into small pieces and then a flavor stick, a combination of chopped herbs and vegetables, chili powder and eggs.

What I like is that we got the chicken version and I thought you might like to shave the meat. but he just hit the bone until it broke into 18 pieces, making it a choking hazard, even the inedible pieces add even more to the experience, have you ever choked on this? No, they brought some sauce here. I don't know, yeah. I'm just going to smother it, yeah, okay, let's try this. I like it that way, but sometimes I like the way we don't show that there's random hard stuff here, but is it really a bone fragment? Yes I love it.

I'm going to order the chicken on the side next time, the best part is the bread here just soaks it all up right away, super tasty, reminds me of the taste of curry, okay yeah, we're in a Muslim restaurant right now, yeah , this country has it. many gastronomic influences from different people, different countries, different backgrounds and some of the people who have influenced Sri Lankan cuisine are the Malays, yes the Sri Lankan Malays first settled in this country in the 13th century, yourselfIt's Malaysian, yes, I'm Malaysian, even though they make Up to 0.2 percent of this country still had an impact on their cuisine when it comes to New York.

Impressive, many of these sweets that are celebrated are Malaysian, however, we must remember that when it comes to food, it is a melting pot of different cultures. and that's what makes our food unique. Sri Lankan Malays are mainly Muslim, but Malay restaurants are rarely found. Why is it a dying community? Because they are marrying outside their culture, little by little and surely there will be no home. Rosanna has created it. her mission to raise awareness about her culture and other minority foods in Sri Lanka, that is not always as easy as evil, the restaurant sometimes gets stuck in the minds of those who learn them from their parents and grandparents.

Okay, check it out, home cooking in Malaysia, welcome to my core. memory situated in the highlands among thick forests the city of sweets is one of the oldest in the country it is home to a large section of Sri Lankan Malays including Hussein and his aunts there are only a few people who can really cooking like this, one of them is my grandmother, the other is this lady here, this is the pitu where you get it, so this is where the influences have mixed and you know, here they got married. Malaysian cooking means using homemade ingredients like toasting wheat flour or making coconut milk from scratch before using them. both for a dish called P2, then peel off the rice by hand and then mix it with toasted wheat flour and grated coconut before steaming it using bamboo attached to a pot of water under the steaming contraption.

It looks like I just took it out of a can. It holds its shape quite well, adding more layers to the melt, right, yes I tried the coconut, it's a little salty and the rice is moist enough to stick, but not soggy. I guess it will be mixed with the meat, that's exactly what it's called. Kimusundi This meat is cooked in three ways to dehydrate the beef by boiling it with black pepper, chili powder and rock salt, after boiling it, cook it for the second time by frying it and finally stir. Frost the beets along with powerful flavors like garlic powder, chili flakes and foreign pepper, lots of aromatics, very fresh flavor, interesting combination. of bold and fresh together, the meat is very bold, tough, chewy and quite tasty, and it also has some very light flavors, it's nice, it's kind of like a type of corned beef, so we prepare it and We bottle whenever we want. some rice and we want something chewy, we just add it to the rice with all the other curries, I mean, and it flavors the food exactly.

I literally ate almost the same thing in Mongolia. My name is Schultz, except for that. It was made with horse meat, have you ever eaten horse? No, would you be willing to accept it if it is halal? Are there many horses in Sri Lanka? I'm not going to eat horses in Sri Lanka, but maybe in Mongolia, yes, my biggest question about eating bullet food for the first time here in Sri Lanka is why is it not like any Malay food I've had in Malaysia? Sri Lankan cuisine is influenced by each other and they are married when it comes to food.

What's wrong with this dish? I would say that the Malay national dish of Sri Lanka is called babat. Babat curry is the stomach part. Who cleaned that Aunt Doreen? Oh yes, I trust her to prepare this dish. Aunt Doreen uses cow spleen, then beef intestines and even tripe, the Flagstaff opals. are seasoned with turmeric powder, coriander powder, chili powder, tamarind tomatoes and rock salt in a pressure cooker, she sizzles some shallots, chilies, three leaves and Pon Don leaves combine with even more flavors and Finally, the viscera, after just an hour, these horrible and strange cuts become incredible. opals, okay, if I'm honest, like stomach and intestines, especially of a cow, it's like Russian roulette, so there's a bullet chamber, yeah, and I don't know if this is going to be super delicious or super fun, you'd be surprised.

I'm looking forward to it, if we try some, we'll do it in my mouth. I slowly pulled the trigger and quickly, that's what I was waiting for. The spices here are so powerful that they combine very well with the natural flavors of those exact internal organs. Let's try this gut, cheers, oh you love it, huh, slimy, chewy, happy, very fatty, gelatinous and full of flavor, it's like this cow ate a delicious curry and then we ate the cow exactly, wow, perfectly said , this is quite a style of cooking that is going to be. extinct, it is, it is going to become extinct.

I know that in the past there have been some conflicts with different Sri Lankan groups. We are Malays. There are always Muslims among them, but when Muslims are attacked it is as if they attacked us with a mixture. From origins such as Sinhalese Tamils, Moors and Malays, Sri Lanka has a long history of ethnic conflict, even today, how are Muslims treated differently to anyone else on the island only when there is an election near? Most of the country is Buddhist and they are traditionally against the killing of animals. but 10 percent are Muslim and require a specific welding process.

This is the leadership power play that has been at work for centuries and continues to work here to this day. The debate over this Halal practice has been on and off for years. This year. without exception, sorry, put it there. I'm Fozzy fuzzy fuzzy. I like it too. Perejil is a meat seller who offers halal meat at the Municipal Central Sweets Market. Recently there have been problems with food imports or food shortages. Yes, have you been able to stay open every day? no, it's not closed with the total shortage and political chaos, it's really difficult for them if it's not with Scott, so this is not something recent, it's something fluid that changes continuously, it depends on who takes office, it's been two months since the elections, although far from it. was still suffering from supply shortages, the halal meat issue has faded away for now, at least until the next election, so I heard recently that Paul always banned the labeling and even the separate preparation of Halal meats where the neck is cut in the catalog and the blood is drained if you can't prepare it to keep our way will you still have muslim customers?

No, you can't do that. Not if Muslims have no other option according to the book. What are they supposed to do? Each nationality in Sri Lanka has its own rights according to our regulation that really cannot completely ban all Halal sales. Yo, these are our rights, they are actually well protected by the government. Yes, Candy has one of the highest Muslim populations in the country and many Muslim restaurants, but. If you're looking for Malaysian food, I'm told Aunt Doreen is one of the best in the area. Rosanna says you are probably the best Malaysian food cook she knows in Sri Lanka.

She said yes, definitely. Doreen is the president of the Sweet Discomfort Association. As? Did you get that degree? The reputation came from my grandmother and she takes that photo every day for the kids, so you have it all the time when you were a kid. Yes, from time to time she cooks for large groups in her community and today she comes well equipped. She is cooking. greatest hits of Sri Lankan Malay food starts with oxtail Aunty Doreen's friend Miss Muna is here to help first take out shallots Curry leaves garlic paste Ginger paste fresh local tomatoes and chillies add chilli flakes coriander powder black pepper Tamarind and finally large medallions of chopped oxtail how long does it take in the pressure cooker?

Normal cooking takes two hours, ladies, this looks amazing, this is definitely homemade food, food made with love, can you point out every single thing? I don't even know if I recognize the rice, yes, yes, but there is something. there and we want people to try it and then guess what it is. There's something hidden inside like a prize inside a cereal box. Oh, I thought there would be an action figure inside. Do you want an action figure? Now I do this. it's the feet, vegetables, vegetables with another surprise on your action figure, yeah, and then from here it looks very dense and they're still the tail, right, oh my gosh, these are all my favorite cuts here, here we have the tail , this type of soup. won't find it anywhere except in a Malaysian home oh wow oh that's so good, it's so rich in butter and just a load of cumin which I haven't tasted in abundance in any of the dishes, but so far it's very powerful, very delicious, this soup is very good, especially when it's cold and you feel a little sick.

Do you have any problems getting meat in recent months? It's not exactly enough, but when there was no gasoline or diesel in the country there was no transportation to bring the meat. Curry from anywhere and how long that lasted one or two months. Did you have any backup food? We were fine because we eat three meals, but the poorest people had nothing to eat well, so our duty was to help them and how do you do that in particular to me? I asked them, I called them, and then I just said, "You're coming to kage or Food City or something.

It's amazing. I can't get over this. Someone. Yeah, it's just a really thick broth." You saw all the collagen in the cola, it seeps out and there's a great lingering spice that just hangs in your chest, makes you feel warm like taking a shot of whiskey. You should have had a bottle here in every Muslim community. There are people who drink but our community is open about it, yes, you know, we don't hide it. I drink liquor, yeah, I'll drink it like she does any day of the week, not that I get drunk, but I just don't, well, yeah.

Yeah, I've gotten drunk once or twice, what should we try next? Try with shallots Curry leaves Pandan leaves Garlic paste Ginger and pepper paste add glorious beef tongue along with tomatoes and let it steam in the pressure cooker oh my goodness look what you see here its a typical food we have We have very less vegetables oh wow, okay, let's try it you say, wow, that's one of the best tongues I've ever had in my life, you're an amazing cook, what did I tell you? I'm really impressed, it's a texture like no other because sometimes stewed meat can break down a lot, it's soft but keeps some of that tongue texture so it doesn't just fall off completely, it's right in the middle, oh .

It's so good when I was a kid, once my dad bought a cow tongue. I think he was trying to scare me like, hey, he looks at this and I was like gross, like a typical Minnesota kid. I did not know that. It could be delicious and is now one of my favorite things. All of these trimmings are things I wouldn't have appreciated when I was younger and now I really appreciate it for our final dish. fried shallots, pandan leaves, fresh chillies and curry leaves. I add dill seeds. Ginger paste. garlic paste and chili powder before adding the cow feet super tasty tender gelatinous sticky little sticky everything has the perfect level of spice it just hums in my mouth keeping me warm but not painful according to the guest this is how we cook I cook I don't think likes very spicy informal racism.

I have been attacked by a microphone. Why is it so important for you to show me Malaysian food? It's about acceptance. We have given so much to Sri Lanka, from the clothing industry to music and dance. from the industry to the food they have accepted all that, but every time something goes wrong we feel like outsiders, so it is important for me to show that this is our culture, this is who we are, we are here to stay, we are inhabitants of Sri Lanka, this is our country. we are Sri Lankans, what strikes me about this food is that it is not national food, it is a mix of different cultures and different backgrounds and of course the local geography also has local ingredients at the moment, it just sounds as if the traditions are preserved by people who still cook the food, have you taught your children to cook this?

Yes, that's fantastic. I think as long as there are people alive to prove it, it will continue to be transmitted. Yeah, why wouldn't you want to keep this? Yeah, you'd have to be crazy now. I am on a mission to experience the life and diet of the people of Sri Lanka not long ago, before any Outsider set foot on this island, there were the Veda, the first inhabitants of this land, it is telling me right now, don't eat it, it's not sushi, yes, yes, don't worry, I wasn't even tempted, although many better ways of life have faded over time, everything here is about efficiency, if you look hard enough, no I can't wait to try this deep in the hidden corners of Sri Lanka, oh god you can still find people alive now, yes they will tear us apart like they did long ago, they created this tripod.

I'm going with the tripod, ah, it's trying to adapt with the flow of the wind. Good morning, we are here today. in central Sri Lanka and we have traveled far to this remote area to meet the Veda people. They're behind me right now. This tribe of hunter-gatherers finds refuge in natural structures like this cave and masters the art. of pyrotechnics with this historically invaluable skill, they are able to prepare a traditional tea withrefreshing and digestive benefits. I'm intrigued, I'm hungry and I treat myself to breakfast. Wow, look at this fine gentleman. Hello, grab. Both of my hands are very Alpha, soon today's hunt will begin a hunt that could last minutes or hours depending on what unfortunate animal crosses your path in this vast jungle, but before that it is important to be in the right mental space, as when you drink your morning cup of coffee. coffee everyone is chewing the beetle nut everyone's mouth lips and teeth are stained red one thing I love about humans is that no matter where you go people will find some kind of way to get high we have to pain of existence is too much He removes the shell from the beetle nut, why do you chew the beetle nuts?

He says it's the equivalent of a cigarette, it's essentially a stimulant that helps you feel a little lighter and a little better, so he's crushing this thing he has like a mini mortar. When combined with enhancers and catalysts, beetle nut produces stimulating effects. Oh, it turns out it's for him all the time. I mean, I thought it was going to be like a welcome gift or something. Welcome to my house, let me show you how I use drugs since I am. I'm already quite stimulated. I think I'll settle for some tea. Oh thanks. This looks like a sugar cube.

Maybe they make it with honey or maybe they bought it at the store. Very rich. It tastes like pure sugar. Do I enjoy that tea? It itself tastes woody and very earthy. I agree with that. Very nice foreign energy. The men get to work. Forget about rifles. Forget shotguns. Here it is best to hunt with bow, arrows and axes. Weapons optimized for weight. Speed ​​and silence. This lifestyle does not come with luxury. To be picky about food choices, the Vetta diet is rich in meat and this jungle offers a wide range of potential proteins, including that of wild boars, iguanas and monkeys.

Right now they have spotted an animal that I had never thought of as a potential meal at this time. It is a native species of peacock and its hunting is strictly prohibited by all except the Veda, apart from its obvious majestic natural beauty, the peacock is also a rich source of protein and nutrition. Thank you, the Vedder have a great respect for nature, so they hunt under a strict code. They never kill animals that are pregnant, they feed their young, they play, sleep or drink with our bird and our tip. The hunting party ventures deeper into the shadow of the jungle to prepare a three-course meal unlike any you have ever seen before.

This is a male peacock. I've been told that they don't normally prefer to eat mail because the male is going to be extremely tough, so let's try it to see how it tastes and from there right now they're lighting a fire, it looks like it has some flint to use that for. put a spark on this kindling, oh interesting, so he rolls it up in what looks like a very thin cloth, so he blows on that thing that's on fire, smoking like crazy and I think he'll soon put that on the stick. today's cook but first the bird must be clean.

Now they are going to remove the feathers from the bird and this is a technique that I had never seen before. I have always seen that hot water is used but instead of heating water they' We are simply going to heat the bird directly over the flame, it smells like what you think, it smells like burning hair, strange, but he's scraping the feathers, everything that's charred just comes off the body very quickly, you can see. It's all about efficiency here, just doing it as effectively as possible, so now that the bird is completely singed, it really doesn't look any different from a small turkey, maybe a little thinner, they've opened everything up, gizzards and huge peacocks.

He's evidently putting his hands deep inside, he's getting this fat out of the butt area. Peacocks are believed to possess unique health benefits. Your fan's eyes can become an antidote for radiation stings. Burned feathers can be turned into medicine to treat extreme headaches or. Even worse helplessness, then there is this part. This is the biggest butt I have ever seen on any bird. The peak area melted in the sun. Arthritis and gout. He's telling me right now. Hey, don't eat it, it's not sushi, yeah, yeah, don't worry. I was not even tempted with the peacock ready, prepare our kitchen utensils, as far as I understand, today we are cooking this peacock in three different ways.

The first way is here. Pieces of peacock are covered and grilled, without barbecue sauce or MSG. don't even salt what I think is absolutely brilliant is that using products from Mother Nature they created this tripod. I'm going with the tripod ah, it's trying to adjust it with the flow of the wind. What I love is that in just a few minutes they created. This perfect roasting device, single use, completely biodegradable, in addition to this, here are other peacock preparations. I would say it's more of a peacock stew. The making of this dish begins here on the river bank, where they have a unique way of extracting clean water.

First dig a crater and remove all the water inside. Over time, water flows back into this container, only this time it has been filtered by the sand. The result is clean and clear mineral water, bite-sized pieces of peacock and the water is placed in a pot. Now the seasonings, salt, chili powder and pepper are mixed well and heat is applied. Obviously, this is a more modern kitchen. 50 years ago you probably wouldn't be boiling food in pots like this, but nowadays it's basically impossible not to have influence from the outside world, so we have a little bit of the traditional and a little bit of the modern nowadays also add lemon juice to brighten the flavor and then add flour to thicken it, if you follow it at home, feel free to substitute the peacock for chicken to accompany our local tulip protein. carbohydrate that combines wheat flour and boiling water until the mixture becomes pasty the food is cooked but we still cannot eat they tell me that they first offer the food to the spirits of the forest to believe that they are the spirits of their ancestors inhabiting this jungle protecting them by helping them hunt, so these spirits are invited to the meal and offered the first foreign bite here they have something that reminds me of ugali like in Tanzania, but the texture is very different, not so sticky, it's kind. chewy and semi-solid the texture has a granular nature sometimes I think it's sand otherwise very nice so I have a little meat here the peacocks look beautiful tastes beautiful I was told it was going to be like a stone this is like a Soft stone, it's like a stone that's been cooking for some time, it's definitely a very, very dense meat, but the flavors are exceptional, it's spicy, it's salty and I'm really impressed overall, they're going to put ribs on us, you're saying the meat.

I'll also help you put meat on your bones, which is nice to know that I'm trying to get taken out here in the jungle. Next on the menu is grilled peacock. Now he eats half of it and the other half is preserved using something he has never seen before. First they cut it into slices. into smaller pieces to preserve the meat, it is saturated in wild honey. Acquiring honey requires expert-level observations of nature and a lot of patience. The search for honey can take days; You will often see them looking up into the trees and wonder what they are. they are looking for they are looking for hives they are looking for a honeycomb once they find it they climb any tree necessary to collect it being chopped is just part of the job and absolutely worth it delicious very nice now completely covers the surface of the meat with honey The high concentration of The sugar in the honey draws water out of the bacteria that, if left hydrated, would spoil the meat, and I'm told that once covered in honey they can keep it for up to a month, which is amazing because they definitely don't have Samsung refrigerators here, okay?

Here, the roast peacock, I must say that Mel Peacock, all shows no flavor, is a leaner part of the animal. I mean, it's slightly charred and smoky just from the way they cooked it, but it doesn't really have much flavor. You want to try? some mmm, I feel like it's indulging me right now, this is the honey version, this one is completely soaked in honey, the preserved kind, they're going to eat this peacock in a month, let's try it on another foreigner I've had . Before I know it, it's not fake honey, it just tastes like a different kind of sweetness.

Similar texture, like a dry, tough chicken breast. I like very well. We found Mark Wiens. Look at that delicious face. People should do that more often. Gosh, people in their cubicles at their corporate jobs only yell from time to time. I know you already do it on your pillow and sometimes in the bathroom, but just in the office with your coworkers, let's go after lunch instead of a digestif. They have even more beetle nut first peel and crush the beetle nut now I don't know how prehistoric man discovered this well good placement of the snail shell, but burn a dry and empty snail shell, this transforms the shell into calcium hydroxide which turns into a paste after adding water, this becomes a catalyst that turns the effects of beetle nuts up to 11.

I can't wait to try this. I'm going to throw up like I did when I chewed tobacco when I was 15 years old. Finally combine the paste, beetle leaf and beetle. nut and enjoy your chewing it smells like chlorophyll like fresh leaves everything we have witnessed today is the last practices of vetta that are still clinging to existence it is so difficult that it dries your mouth immediately I can feel a little tightness in my chest, a slight paranoia and I feel like I'm late for a job interview is how you feel against the convenience of modern life and opposed by government regulations, the examined culture struggles to persist, it will live only in books, museums and sequences like this, he said he wants you to do it. stay happy no matter what it is even if you have children or not thank you very much yes I am fine but I can have children I think he is praying for me but the only problem is he thinks I am powerless thank you for our way to through Sri Lanka.

The trip has taken us from Candy to the northernmost region where you will find the city of Japan. Here you will see the largest concentration of Tamils ​​in the country, a community that occupies 11 percent of Sri Lanka. What's going on here? The biggest festival. gift now and I have long heard that I am on a mission to discover the unique food that Tamil traditions have brought to this country is that it is a bad idea. The market is the busiest and most prominent fish market on the Japanese peninsula. It smells a little fishy here, of course.

Okay, we're here to buy freshly caught seafood for breakfast and maybe even make friends with some exotic creatures like this. It looks like a puffer fish. Pufferfish are famous for their tetradotoxin, which 20 minutes after consumption can kill an adult man. or even someone like me it's so delicious we don't eat it Sri Lanka zone how to clean it properly ah my boy for all things Sri Lankan cuisine Rosanna joins us local jafta Joseph when was the last time you were here two weeks before, I guess? that with all the seafood here you have more than enough for the people here yes, they are exporting you to the South in addition to being a key supplier of seafood for much of Sri Lanka.

Java is the birthplace of the Sri Lankan Tamils, so it appears that the majority of the Tamils ​​here are Hindus, ninety percent are Hindus separated from the Indian Tunnels who were brought to this country during British rule. Sri Lankan Tunnels have resided here since the 2nd century BC. There is also a large Christian population here, the Portuguese first and the Dutch. they entered and then converted most of the Hindus, are you a Christian yourself? So we will come to your house shortly and cook some different dishes. Is this food you grew up with? Yes, foreigner, do they give you? to eat like this every day one item, not all, so these are the Hoppers, right, yes, but this is the Japanese version, okay, rice, flour, sugar, egg, salt and coconut milk, mix to To create this native Sri Lankan dish, cover the bottom of a small wok. with a thin layer of silky liquid and then an extra shot of coconut milk, in a few minutes you will have an attractive milky Hopper that goes perfectly with anything on the table, so this is the shrimp, no, that is the coconut sambal to make this beloved Sri.

Lankan dish, simply mix and grind onions, curry leaves, chilli powder and lots of scraped coconut. Oh, this is great, there's like a bed of coconut with a soft center and then this is very spicy, but it's interesting how it looks like a shredded coconut, but it absorbs everything. the overload of spices and coconut Tomo cuisine of Sri Lanka is a melting pot of Indian cuisine Colonial influence and foreign traders the taste for jaffna for protein eaters Seafood is the preferred choice cuttlefish from the market is cut into rings layers of flavorThey start with fennel seeds, fenugreek and garlic in coconut oil followed by curry leaves, onion and green chillies, finally the cuttlefish that cooks and combines with even more flavors before finally reaching the table.

I'm going to try this cuttlefish alone, it looks like squid, but maybe it's crunchier. delicious, what spices are here, is there Jeff nakari powder and how is chocolate curry powder different from other curry powders in the

south

. They don't specifically use cloves in their curry powder, but that's cinnamon. Here everything is there, but there is a little more clove. and extra chilli powder, yes i try the chilli powder, it is very spicy with a rich tamil culture of temples and food festivals, jaffna is worth the visit for travelers who are willing to make the long journey here by car or by train are you in before yes, when did you build an inn here after the peace dog in 2002 for more than two decades Sri Lanka suffered a civil war that killed more than 100,000 people and the war finally ended in 2009, tourism began to prosper, so I thought about Renovating my house with minimal facilitation.

Laundry. They came and inspected all parts of Japan. Why it was selected as Top Choice. Sri Lanka earned its place on the world tourism map. So did his cooking. I thought this was just a bowl of noodles, but they. we are something like individual portions of pancakes rope hopper rice flour water and salt form a dough why is it pink uh purplish that dough is squeezed through a rope making extruder after a five minute steam they are ready how do you eat this spongy? we put two or three together, so to soak it up with all this coconut broth, this is a shrimp curry, our fresh market shrimp join the curry soup made with coconut milk, green chilies, onions, liquid salt, turmeric powder, squeezed tomatoes and lemon juice.

Elli pancake inside. I've got a shrimp wrapped up, I've got a little bit of that sambal and then before you know it it's in your throat, it's good, those noodles really do a good job of absorbing this sauce and that's really amazing, not too spicy . I think cuttlefish is the hottest by far what's your favorite thing here shit that's hot too gotta handle it makes me feel like I'm cleansing my insides my impurities abs are clean in portions then a blast of coconut milk adds tamarind juice chocolate curry powder ginger onion curry leaves garlic paste the crab how do you eat crab?

Let me put the big thing in your hair, it kind of squeezes out the flesh when you do it, do you get some cartilage in there too? No, no, it's a technique, it's good. technique, so I have my meat, how does it look pretty good, it's good, it's like yeah, why are you asking me how much validation do you need? It's very nice, it's really a spicy paste that wraps that crab. I got a pretty decent dose of meat in there. and it's really good with noodles, it just helps it go down. Can you taste the difference in the strong flavors in this curry?

Yes, it's where crab curry was initially born, so Jaffna has been up and down, up and down more than anywhere else. In Sri Lanka, when it comes to tourism, yes, in 2019 Sri Lanka earned 12 percent of its GDP through tourism, but after a civil war, domestic terrorism, a pandemic and now an economic collapse, those numbers tourism have been decimated and perhaps no place is feeling the pressure. More than this remote city of Jaffna Europeans, what is the state of tourism now in Japan, so they can't come, whether outsiders come to see it or not? The sacred festivals continue unabated as they have for generations and with great events always come impressive, welcome parties. to the kitchen this morning we took our dose of protein and now it's time for vegetables and that's because right now they are in an indoor restaurant, people will come to this restaurant shortly after the event that is coming up shortly, this is the Lure festival lasting 25 days, but without the usual crowd of tourists, the delights of Japan are still flooded with thousands of Indian tomals from all over the country after the ceremony they will drop into Tamil restaurants in search of this foreign here we have spices potatoes peas lots of good vegetables we have a bar let's have dosa let's have rice lots of banquets but first, on the 20th of the novel, the festival has started abroad, this festival pays homage to Lord Muruga, the Hindu god of war and the god of the Tamil people.

Have you been attending this festival since you were a child? Yes, yes, whose restaurant will we be in? try soon is to take a break from cooking to guide me through this epic event each night. Before sunset, a unique and different altar is energetically carried around the now lower temple of Kovil. I can't help but notice that there are so many people here who have a lump. on the back of your neck what the lump is, it's like Obama saying that God is sitting on your back, the bigger the lump, that means you carry it for longer and then they keep it that way to show that they are proud. of what they have done, but how do you make a lump like that?

I'm dying to learn more about this mysterious necklace. I try to get close to some of the men. Can I shake your hand? But just like the girls at my high school, can you come here? They all refuse. my insinuations oh you have managed to persuade one of the devotees but there is a problem but I don't know where to put my microphone it is a sign of respect any male from the age of three cannot dress above the waist and doing so could cause great offence, where do I put this here? Very well, sir, how are you?

Feel good. Can I ask how you got this? The accepted tradition here is that these curious lumps on the neck develop over time and are a result of carrying heavy loads during this festival. I think they are more likely the result of Synthol or oil injections. I can't prove it, but I know that whenever a physical attribute becomes a status symbol, some people will take a shortcut to obtain it. kind of like my hair transplant after the altar turns its third corner. I'm going to the restaurant to beat the post-ritual rush. Are you the mind behind this menu?

Yes Yes. I think we should try the Dosa because it can lose its crunchy texture. Starts with a fermented dough of lentils, rice, salt and sugar, all spread thinly on a hot flat surface, spread with a complex paste of mashed potatoes, chili powder, curry powder, onion, garlic, cumin seeds and leaves of foreign curry, which has its own delicious Masala, the chutney is full. coconut flavored and super spicy it's just a combination you don't really understand where I'm coming from this is a koruma not coruma a symphony of flavor cinnamon nutmeg star and meats onions lemongrass green chilies tomatoes garlic fennel seeds and mustard seeds come together in hot oil and then pandan and curry leaves, then chickpeas, potatoes, carrots and foreign green beans.

I like that it's not mushy so it has a good texture and you know, in some places you go, all the food tastes the same, it's clearly different from what it is inside the dosum and the chutney too for you, what spice comes out more. I'm getting a lot of them, like cinnamon, cumin, staranis and nutmeg, so you're a vegetarian. How old were you when you started being vegetarian? You have never had meat, yes, ever in your life, like most religions, the beliefs of Hindu Tamils ​​and Christian Tamils ​​are reflected in their diets for Christians, practically anything is fair game for Hindus, This means no meat, why is it important for you not to eat meat?

His family is very involved with the temple, so they don't eat meat, you know, it's a form of respect towards the animal, is it more like great respect or like real worship? So we tried the kuruma, what's this called? An advanced version of the more familiar Roti prata Roti dough is grilled as usual, then fried and diced in The Griddle with chopped onions, green chillies and tomatoes, then the Roti is finished with a handful of chilli powder and the extra heat of the chili sauce in a portion of the dough. They serve 300 every night and I can eat it with a fork.

Yes, fantastic fried flatbread. I love meat, but this is very satisfying, it feels full of flavor, it's sweet and sour and spicy all at the same time, there are fresh onions. What is this pepper and green chilies? There are chili flakes in there, that's a bad idea, wait. It could also be a mistake. Oh, sometimes meat eaters in the US, when they hear about the vegetarian diet, they picture a loaf of bread or a salad and it sounds boring, but it's when you come to places like this maybe you could do this at least for a food it would seem that an event like this is such a fascinating spectacle it is so interesting I think tourists would want to come and see this Usually a lot of people came here, I mean at this moment, in a personal moment, but in the last four years , many people did not come because of the bomb explosions and the Corona effect, this year also the economic collapse.

I wanted to ask you all this time in 2019 called Lonely Planet. Sri Lanka is the number one tourist destination and now it is as if Sri Lanka has fallen so far from that point. Will he ever be able to return there? Sri Lanka is a magical island. I always kept saying this because we have beautiful beaches. they have beautiful landscapes, they have beautiful farms and if you want beach and warm weather you come here, if you want really nice and cool weather you go to the central province and we are resilient people, we have been through 30 years of Civil War, we have been through the bomb explosion, we've been through an economic crisis, we've been through the grind, but we still keep coming back again and again, so we've got it all here, all we need is a simple plan from leadership and we'll be back to it in no time. that's right that's great come on guys that's the end of our four video series from Sri Lanka and oh my goodness what an adventure from Colombo to Candy and somewhere in the middle of nowhere here in Japan and I have to thank you very much for making this trip possible, for coordinating us, connecting us with people for researching everything you did for the series, thank you very much, I should thank you for coming to Sri Lanka to this place, yes, at this moment it was not the easiest and no It was the easiest thing for you, you know, to go through the economic crisis with us, but you are here and thank you very much because this is going to help Sri Lanka tourism like crazy, it is an absolute pleasure, that's all for this guys, Thank you so much for watching, see you next time as a hidden meat menu here.