One random day a while ago Davo, Pete and I started talking about the differences between Indian and Sri Lankan food for no particular good reason. After listening to them rave on and on about how good Sri Lankan food is in the ACB tea room...I was determined to give it a try. So the mass email went out and a night of indulging in Sri Lankan food was organized: Wednesday night 7pm for 7 people! Araliya was the name of the restaurant (http://www.araliya.com.au) and it's situated on Glenferrie Rd. Hawthorn near the corner of Burwood Rd. (Thanx Pete)!So Pete and Neha (Davo's girl) were super duper and drove us to Araliya (NB. It's faster to go Victoria pde than Johnson St after 6pm from uni)! After studying their menu for a while and still having no idea what most of the exotic sounding dishes were...we all decided to go all out for the banquet and settled for Set Menu A.
We started off with Stack of Thosai for entree, then there were a number of dishes that we shared for mains: Jaggary Beef Curry, Red Lentils with Baby Spinach, Spicy Beans with Cashews, Mallum (Shredded Vegies), Coconut Sambol, Mango Chutney& Cucumber in Yoghurt. These were served with Rice, Papadams and Roti. To top the night off dessert was Polpani pancakes (crepe like with caramelized coconut filling) served with cinnamon ice-cream! The food was absolutely delicious! I enjoyed and savoured every single bite I took. It was a great night with excellent food and company :)
Stack of Thosai
Jaggary Beef Curry
Red Lentils with Baby Spinach
SpicyBeans fried with Cashews
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