Take a walk through Jaffna’s main market for a taste of the city’s unique flavour.

We wanted to complete the list of Sri Lankanisms we had, coz we’re patta like that. You’re welcome.

Big enough to be rims on a rapper’s Bentley, Harpo’s 22 inch pizza can easily feed ten people. It’s got the usual tasty toppings and the added novelty factor of being the biggest pizza ever sold in Sri Lanka (AFAIK).

ON14 is one of our favorite rooftop hangouts, and they have events going on all week. Here’s the week:

Here’s a short list of bokken Sri Lankan words and phrases you need to know if you’re Sri Lankan or if you’re in Sri Lanka. Also, ‘bokken’ isn’t included in this list, but will hopefully be in the next one.

This weekend is starting to look really interesting, with Cinnamon Colomboscope’s walks, talks and theatre performances scattered throughout the city.

Onions and dairy would ordinarily not mix, but they co-exist happily in rare’s excellent seeni sambol and sprats ice cream.

You can follow the Sri Lankan General Election results here. We’ll update live. Until then, we’ve embedded a Twitter stream that’s interesting to follow, and a list of links below that.

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To be honest, the spiciest food you can find will be at your local buth kade. We’ve included a few of those, including the old-school