200 Park Rd, Colombo 05
Open until 08:30 PM
Yum Yum does a huge range of imported nuts and candies. Everything from dried kiwis to marshmallows to almonds to nachos.
*Relocated to Park Road.
This bright shop is bursting with imported nuts, candies, mashmallows, baking supplies and more. Whether you're a home cook or just like snacking, it's a delightful shop.
Yum Yum just moved to Bambalapitiya from Dehiwala, which is great because it's walking distance from office. So yum.
There are two categories of thing here:
First, nuts. In Colombo you can get easily cashew nuts and almonds and peanuts (for a price), but at Yum Yum they have every nut possible, from every corner of the word. In the end we bought pecans (Rs. 612 / 100g) from Australia and walnuts (Rs. 357 / 100g) from Romania but along the way the owner insisted that we sample peanuts (I passed), corn nuts, honeyed almonds, and honeyed cashews. And that was only scratching the surface.
There are more nuts that you can shake a very long stick at, most in the Rs. 400 per 100g price range. Despite peanuts long-standing attempts to assasinate me, I love nuts and find them to be an excellent gift. There's a huge range here which is a delight if you're into it.
If you prefer snorting your nuts, they have ground varieties (Rs. 400+), which I presume are also for use in cooking and baking. They also have pastes for Rs. 900+.
If you're already getting bored and thinking about candy, they have plenty of candied nuts for about Rs. 450 per 100g. Almonds, hazelnuts, all obscured by chocolate and sugar you heathens.
Before we get into candy, let's explore nature's candy - fruit. Yum Yum has the largest selection of dried fruit outside of a hidden warren in Pettah.
Dried kiwis, figs, mangos, apricots, tomatoes (also a fruit), pomelos, papaya, seemingly every kind of fruit is on display, much of it imported from Thailand. So you don't need to go to King Power for dried mangos anymore.
Finally, candy. They have lots and lots of candy. Like jelly beans (Rs. 290 / 100g). Why anyone eats jelly beans is beyond me, but they have a quote from US President Ronald Reagan on why he recommends them.
Also, whatever these are. OK, I'm sorry. Aside from sour candy (which they have a lot of) I'm not really into candy. They do have everything from Hello Kitty lollipops to regular swirly lollipops to stevia-sweetened chocolate bars to sweet candy to sour candy and back.
Also marshmallows, and macarons, and - on the savory side - nachos and cheese.
The place just moved and right now the owner seems to be there, talking to everyone and insisting that you sample at least a fraction of the nuts and stuff that they have on offer, which is nice. Everything is handled, weighed, labeled and packaged professionally.
The location itself is well lit, very clean and beautiful. Whereas the Nut Shop at the top of Dickman's Road is basically just nuts in a jar, Yum Yum is much more professional, and has a much wider range. The place is spacious, convenient (Galle Road ftw), and has wide opening hours (10:00 AM to 8:30 PM, 7:30 PM on Sundays).
This was a nice shop to have in Dehiwala, but it's much nicer to have in the city. You can easily drop Rs. 1,500 getting three or four items, but they're very high quality items and just so much fun to browse. Dried pomelo, who knew?
Whether you like dried fruit or nuts or candy, Yum Yum is like being a kid in, well, a shop exactly like this. It's bright and full of wonderful things to eat and we're very glad it's in Bamba.
This bright shop is bursting with imported nuts, candies, mashmallows, baking supplies and more. Whether you're a home cook or just like snacking, it's a delightful shop.
No matter how old you are, walking into a candy store will always bring out the kid inside of us. That's exactly how we felt when we walked into Yum Yum.
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On Galle Road, Yum Yum is just before Majestic City (on the opposite side), near Amrithaa's and Majestic Electric.
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YoshithaVidanagamage
Would they happen to have Frootloops by any chance? :)
Bhagya YAMU STAFF
We didn't see it on the shelves, but your best bet would be to call them up and ask :)
Nihal
Are those candies from US or european country i guess they are from malaysia i bought black forest from them taste is similar to indian cadburry :( Candy planet is far better than compare to the quality of their sweets
Abbath
the black forest is from malaysia i guess. but their other candies come from belgium and the US. both candy planet and yum yum tastes the same. and yum yum's prices are far better than candy planet
AnilaRamzy
They are malay,and they took from malaysia…and price doesnt matched at all wd the things (even i hav enough in pocket)…better buy another!!!!
Anonymous
The price is cheaper because this candy is from Malaysia and India.
Shenny
OMG!!Love this place!
Quality stuff and really good service!!
Clewin
UPDATE: They don't allow you to try samples.
kurt novasalic
EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL THE PRODUCT RANGE, PRODUCT QUALITY, THE REASONABLE PRICES, however the only downfall is the location I suppose but overall without a doubt YUM YUM is GREAT!!!!!!
kevin
The product quality and variety of choice provided to the customer is sure to have you craving to get back into the store more than once
kevin
The quality of the products as well as the brilliant range of choice and variety provided to the customer which is matched by very good service by the staff is sure to have anyone craving to get back into the store more than once