SRI LANKAN FOOD IS A MUST TRY! Lankan Railway Cafe, Mortdale Sydney Vlog Kottu Roti Hoppers Devilled

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Жыл бұрын

All I can say is WOAH!!! Sri Lankan food is so much more than I ever expected!
Sri Lankan food might take the cake for the most underrated and misunderstood cuisine. The food's incredible, and the vivid flavours you will taste are all a result of Sri Lanka's colourful history as a port for international trade in the olden-day Maritime Silk Route. Before ever trying Sri Lankan food, I had thought it would likely be much the same as Indian food. I'm sure I'm not the only one! Sure there are similarities, but there is so much more to unpack.
There are so many different spices, ingredients and cooking techniques used in Sri Lankan cuisine. You'll see influences from Indian, Chinese, Malaysian and Indonesian food, and even from the Persians, Dutch and Portuguese. Think stir-fries, curries, biryani, fried rice, and sambal.
In this video, we tried a Sri Lankan fried rice dish called 'thilak rice' with an incredible piece of devilled chicken, the national staple dish kothu roti, and string hoppers with lots of different curries (including chicken, mutton, fish and vegetarian curries).
Location: Lankan Railway Cafe, Mortdale
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@SydneyFoodBoy Жыл бұрын

Just want to say a big HELLO and THANK YOU to all of you watching from Sri Lanka ❤️❤️❤️ I'm so glad I could help to showcase your beautiful food and culture to the world 😁 thank you for all of the lovely messages!

@IZY_TUBE Жыл бұрын

Love from sri lanka ❤️❤️

@manilasiriwardena4502 Жыл бұрын

Also

@piyumindyasenarathne8997 Жыл бұрын

💕

@harryr5785 Жыл бұрын

Love from Sri Lanka ❤️

@tharusharanchagoda7623 Жыл бұрын

Love from sri lanka ❤❤❤

@terrigoone7084 Жыл бұрын

The only way to truly enjoy Sri Lankan cuisine is undoubtedly in Sri Lanka ! My respect to the Sri Lankan chef in your video 😊

@SydneyFoodBoy Жыл бұрын

Would really love to visit one day!

@mariAmJo90 Жыл бұрын

@@SydneyFoodBoy You should visit soon. It's a beautiful country with beautiful people

@itsfqndave Жыл бұрын

Having travelled to Sri Lanka, I can also attest to the beauty of their food. Their curries are so beautiful, especially with the added coconut cream, their sambal is soooo fresh and vibrant, their roti I personally think is better than Indian roti, and the way they use seafood is chefs kiss. Edit: next time @sydney boy food ask them for egg hoppa. It's the ultimate egg omelette.

@SydneyFoodBoy Жыл бұрын

I tried an egg hopper the other day! I loved it!! What a great dish!

@michaelrudolph1245 Жыл бұрын

You normally nevery hear of Sri Lankan Food, mostly Thai or Vietnamese Food is recommed. But since i travelled to Sri Lanka i absolutly love this food and for me it's really the best. So many different types of Curries and all easy to make. But prepare a lot of cinamon and curry & pandan leaves (hard to get in europe) beforehand.

@SydneyFoodBoy Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad more people are starting to see how beautiful Sri Lankan food and cuisine is Michael!!

@malikachandrarathna4996 Жыл бұрын

Thank yo so much. *lankave idan balana apita ena gamma* tysmm

@FoodieMeatsFood Жыл бұрын

I haven’t tried Sri Lankan food before but this has made me want to try ❤

@SydneyFoodBoy Жыл бұрын

Get out there and I hope you enjoy 😁

@FoodieMeatsFood Жыл бұрын

@@SydneyFoodBoy there’s one in my city I’ll have to try!

@falcongamer4483 Жыл бұрын

Hello im sri lankan , so proud about you chef and thanks for you Food boy for interview and show our county proud for world.💪💪💪💪💪💪 🇱🇰

@SydneyFoodBoy Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching my friend! Sri Lankan food and culture is beautiful!

@falcongamer4483 Жыл бұрын

@@SydneyFoodBoy are you visit sri lanka

@nireshperera2252 Жыл бұрын

The Lankan Railway cafe is an underrated gem that deserves to be in the spotlight. I love their food, and the owners are super friendly! It's one of the best authentic Sri Lankan cuisine experiences you can have in Sydney, hands down.

@jadeurn Жыл бұрын

Sri Lankan food is all about rice and curries and I'm really happy you tried the most authentic stuff like all the varieties of curries. There's a huge range of vegetable to meat curries in Sri Lanka and they're all packed with different flavours. You didn't disappoint, you went straight down to the must try Sri Lankan food. Loved the video!

@Colourcorn Жыл бұрын

I eat Sri Lankan food everyday since I’m most Sri Lankan only quarter Aussie!😊and he’s right it’s a must try!!!😊😁👍🏽

@lovadesi Жыл бұрын

Sri Lankan vegetables are loaded with all sorts of high nutrients. The range is amazing. You get a large variety of greens which are very high in vitamins and minerals. This is the beauty of mouth-watering Sri Lankan food over and about the vast preparations combining spices, coconut, oil and herbs. Sri Lankan food should get its due recognition. Thanks for this video.

@evettebuono2108 Жыл бұрын

Looks insanely good, thanks for showcasing a gem in this part of Sydney. Can’t wait to try that rice dish!

@SydneyFoodBoy Жыл бұрын

And thank YOU for watching Evette! The rice dish was incredible!

@munchkin8024 Жыл бұрын

A lots of love from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰❤

@TheRealBobSmith. Жыл бұрын

that food looks amazing . And i never thought of trying Sri Lankan food .

@SydneyFoodBoy Жыл бұрын

Definitely worth the try some day Bob! Hope you enjoy and thank you for watching 🙂

@indigo2844 Жыл бұрын

Bob, good to see you here and giving poor old Lucille and Larry Longprong some respite. Might see you at this Restaurant one day!

@vihi6165 Жыл бұрын

I'm from sri lanka .Sri Lanka has delicious food as well as beautiful places

@WasanaGS4804 Жыл бұрын

I'm from sri lanka too😊

@dini2425 Жыл бұрын

sri lankan languages are beautiful too you know🙂

@vihi6165 Жыл бұрын

@@dini2425 yeah I know

@isirachehansa4886 Жыл бұрын

actually most of these i tried sri lankan food guys eat indian and none sri lankan food and call them sri lankan food but real sl foods are rice,kevum,kokis 🤣🤣🤣

@malikachandrarathna4996 Жыл бұрын

yes agreed

@martinlhz Жыл бұрын

Defos giving sri lankan cuisine a try after watching this! Production quality is 🔥 keep it up bro

@SydneyFoodBoy Жыл бұрын

Thanks heaps Martin 🙂🙂

@WhosBlox Жыл бұрын

Kotu roti is my fave. When I explain it to peeps I say it’s Sri Lankan pad Thai made with bread 😅

@SydneyFoodBoy Жыл бұрын

😂 great way to explain it tbh! I love it too!

@amell3540 Жыл бұрын

it’s not the bread we use it’s a type of roti we use called godamba roti to use for the kottu roti. you could buy the roti at coles now.

@bawanthaliyanage4571 Жыл бұрын

It’s more of a pad see ew but with wheat noodle (bread cut in noodle shape). But honestly one of my favorite street foods ever. So many different varieties as well, cheese kottu, dolphin kottu, palandi kottu, string hopper kottu etc

@lookingformyname8871 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for traveling Sri Lanka. Love from Sri Lanka.♥️❤️

@mravina1614 Жыл бұрын

😁 I think you created a new way to eat string hoppers! We usually mix it with dhal, coconut sammbol and jackfruit curry (chicken or fish etc.) and eat like you would eat rice and curry. With the texture of string hoppers, some curries work better than others. I usually love thibbatu mallum (wild eggplant sambol) with string hoppers, jackfruit curry and dhal.

@shingi_bangi Жыл бұрын

😂 yah he got me on that part i still cant stop my laugh 😂

@irena-talita Жыл бұрын

The food looked DELICIOUS and I love that you tried all the different dishes 🍛..The nice thing about Sri Lankan food is the creamy curries with the coconut 🥥 cream so yum . I can’t wait for the next video ..x🥰💕

@SydneyFoodBoy Жыл бұрын

I somehow feel like you've tried more food than me Irena 😜😜😜

@sandalidesilva6929 Жыл бұрын

Our magical foods. love from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰❤

@laksirigunasekera6878 Жыл бұрын

An awesome video.. I appreciate you showing love to our food

@SydneyFoodBoy Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Laksiri! 😁

@winterbear4003 Жыл бұрын

I am a Sri lankan..... when you are trying sri lankan food, it just gave me a huje proud & it make me more happier.... You may try cheese kottu as well brother ....

@skvarea5788 Жыл бұрын

Noiiiiiice!!!.. luv spicy food!..have had indian curries ..but have never tried Sri Lankan food though....I'm just eyeing that goat curry and coconut sambal.🤤❤️

@SydneyFoodBoy Жыл бұрын

I think everyone needs to try Sri Lankan food! It's definitely different to what you might expect!

@vihangavimukthi453 Жыл бұрын

I' m from Sri Lanka thank you again and again for doing this bro.appriciate that 😍😍😍

@Las-yv5id Жыл бұрын

Here we go! Will be sending this to all my SL brethren.

@SydneyFoodBoy Жыл бұрын

🙏🙏😁

@minhamansoor6029 Жыл бұрын

Commenting with pride as a srilankan. Thanks for showcasing the srilankan food

@lapetitechouette7690 Жыл бұрын

Looking at the stringhoppers just gave me memories of when I was in school sometimes when my mom couldn't pack me up a lunchbox she'll buy a packet of stringhoppers with pol sambol and the taste was heavenly.. I miss it

@ruwansudarshana5011 Жыл бұрын

WORLD BEST FOOD IN SRI LANKA PROUD TO SAY IT 🍳🍤🍗🍞 LOVE FROM SRI LANKA 😀

@ravindu- Жыл бұрын

You have tried not only tastiest but healthiest curries in the world. We cook them with lot of spices so it boost immune system, also vegetables like Okra is very good for the stomach. It lower sugar, and reduce heart attacks as well. Reason why south asians live longer. ❤️🇱🇰

@lovadesi Жыл бұрын

This is something people don't talk about when referring to Sri Lankan food. In fact, nutritional value is the most special thing about vegetables and curries.

@pennythejet Жыл бұрын

Looove Sri Lankan food - egg hoppers & crab curry are so good! I also used to hate the bitter melon soup as a kid, but now I love it and even crave it now I'm older.

@saveenkudagama Жыл бұрын

thank you for appriciating srilanka.keep it up bro.😃💛💯

@SydneyFoodBoy Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words bro!

@sonilkaaa Жыл бұрын

Proud to be born as a Sri Lanka who gets to taste these foods daily ❤️

@ans1628 Жыл бұрын

Eat string hopper dhal curry with coconut sambull it's taste super.

@SydneyFoodBoy Жыл бұрын

Oooo I see! I should have combined a few together like that!

@unlimitednature Жыл бұрын

@@SydneyFoodBoy and mix then together for 10 - 15 seconds then eat...

@pubudunipabasarani5147 Жыл бұрын

thank you brother.I'm from sri lanka.If you visit our country you can enjoy many srilankan's foods and you can visit many beautiful places in srilanka.😍😍😍

@Chimmy713 Жыл бұрын

The food looks really great, thank for trying our County food❤

@semi17 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for trying Sri Lankan food!!!!!! Love from Sri Lanka❤

@toadethfishing Жыл бұрын

love your videos man, very underrated creator! Keep it up and hope you blow up soon.

@SydneyFoodBoy Жыл бұрын

Thank you heaps Elton 🙏 appreciate you my friend!

@mr.3minutes Жыл бұрын

I love Sri Lanka, amazing food and people ❤. Thank you for this video! 👍👍

@rashmigunasekara3319 Жыл бұрын

Love from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰😘

@SydneyFoodBoy Жыл бұрын

Love you right back Sri Lanka!

@marshedevries1844 Жыл бұрын

Yummmmmmmmmm. So keen to give this place a visit

@SydneyFoodBoy Жыл бұрын

Hope you love it 😁

@simoncrossan1443 Жыл бұрын

Awesome Vid. Hoppers are a must as well. Cheese, egg, plain... Good entre'.

@SydneyFoodBoy Жыл бұрын

Tried hoppers just recently! Loved them! They have this lacey crepe texture, wonderfully stuff

@SGEditz Жыл бұрын

Shoutouts to the editor of these videos getting better and better 👏👏

@SydneyFoodBoy Жыл бұрын

He means a lot to this channel! What would I do without him!

@Not_GoldenBucket Жыл бұрын

Proud to be born in Sri Lankan 😊😊

@nethmisilva2971 Жыл бұрын

Ah. Yes! Home food😍❤🇱🇰🔥

@TheDondon91 Жыл бұрын

Killing it brother! Videos are getting better each time. Keep them coming

@SydneyFoodBoy Жыл бұрын

Thank you heaps mate! All love to Brian the videographer :)

@lostgirl2798 Жыл бұрын

I'm salivating now. Sri lankan foods are packed with lots of spices. When I say a lot I meant it. It's full of favours and lots of health benefits...

@rickvan23 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic and perfect💖 Thank you my friend for uploading this beautiful video👍👍👍

@tiktoks3050 Жыл бұрын

Love from srilanka 🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰

@anandawijesinghe217 Жыл бұрын

I also feel hungry when I see your food vedios.Nice delicious Sri Lankan food creamy , cryspy everythig.

@sathayeesuppiah3671 Жыл бұрын

Awesome, first time watching this vlog, wish to visit this place one day.

@harryr5785 Жыл бұрын

You must visit Sri Lanka one day bro❤️ thank you for talking about our cuisines and flavours, shoutout to the chef and owner of the restaurant too! My good sir ate string hoppers with okra, snake gourd and bitter gourd 😭 gotta try that one day

@duality7 Жыл бұрын

No karawila 🤢

@harryr5785 Жыл бұрын

@@duality7 YES KARAWILA 😤

@duality7 Жыл бұрын

@@harryr5785 😂

@SydneyFoodBoy Жыл бұрын

Will do! And my pleasure, thank you for watching 🙂 did I do something I wasn't supposed to? 😅

@harryr5785 Жыл бұрын

@@SydneyFoodBoy not at all😭 you just invented a new way of eating string hoppers.

@kimtaeeliza Жыл бұрын

Thanks for trying sri lankn food💜️

@TheShani2012 Жыл бұрын

Looks very authentic and made with love and care. (This comes from me, a ruthless Srilankan food critic )

@DazzyRascal Жыл бұрын

You got a great energy, love the showing of Sri Lankan 🇱🇰 food

@SydneyFoodBoy Жыл бұрын

Thanks heaps Darren! Was a pleasure to try SL food

@yesangaruhini8862 Жыл бұрын

Thank you soo much for promoting our culture !!!!!!

@Broadbent906 Жыл бұрын

Chanaka is the best chef! So down to earth and humble as well. We drive from Kellyville for over an hour in traffic each way and its worth it. Right next to the station so catch a train if you like.

@chamudinawoda7372 Жыл бұрын

I Really proud of my country ❤

@Asho... Жыл бұрын

Love from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 ❤ i loved watching you eat man ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤

@User5hhki98ncz Жыл бұрын

Thank you Kev. Loving the videos

@SydneyFoodBoy Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Anita 😁

@hasaganakawshalya3117 Жыл бұрын

I'm from sri lanka ❤️ we have so many delicious foods in our country 😊not only foods , beautiful places also 😍

@vindiv7024 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for showing our nice and tasty foods to the world and hats off to the chef....missing those lovely spicy dishes🤪🇱🇰

@esha5704 Жыл бұрын

Yeahh we have so many delicious kind of foods!

@hannahjacobs3416 Жыл бұрын

dude the dhal/papripu and beetroot are my faves i can eat both everyday and they also make good add in to like any other food like soup or pasta even in ramen or noodles and with western food too

@girlfromtaprobane Жыл бұрын

With lots of love from Sri Lanka

@kurinchikumaran9218 Жыл бұрын

Nice !! It's just 5 min away from my work..will definitely stopping by

@b.wathsala846 Жыл бұрын

Hey nice video and I'm from Sri Lanka I love Kottu Roti😋❤

@hansanabro42 Жыл бұрын

Try String Hoppers with Dhal and Sambol !It's the best combination🤗

@duality7 Жыл бұрын

Bruh Lankan food is unlike anything else. It's nothing short of amazing. It's quite different to Indian food in many ways. I recommend anyone to hit up a good local Lankan restaurant. You need to try watalappam for dessert and if you can find it, ambul thiyal. Lamprais is a really popular Dutch-Sri Lankan fusion food too that's great. String hoppers too. List goes on and on.

@user-pr8gx3ed8l Жыл бұрын

WOW Nice Video 🤩😎 Best Restaurant 🤩🤩🤩😋😋😋

@merinettedupain-cheng5888 Жыл бұрын

Love from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰🥰

@RMS777 Жыл бұрын

SRI LANKAN FOOD Great upload 👍

@SydneyFoodBoy Жыл бұрын

THANKS!!

@imalkiperera4857 Жыл бұрын

Much love from Sri Lnka🇱🇰

@tokeykwong Жыл бұрын

Wauu so delicious my friend

@susiii6008 Жыл бұрын

I' m verry verry happy about your video because of i'm sri lanka .. i wood like to invite sri lanka foods lovers visite our country .. we have tasty food and beautiful places .... thank you so much...💜️🇱🇰

@lilaclemonade686 Жыл бұрын

Good stuff! Looks pretty authentic compared to a lot of Sri Lankan food made abroad. However, butter chicken is not Sri Lankan at all. It is indian. The tiny bowls of curry need to be eaten with rice. Rice served in the middle of a plate with all these curries around which is mixed a little at a time (generally with your hands) with each other along with the rice. String hoppers are supposed to be soaked in a liquidy curry like potato curry and chicken curry... with coconut sambol on the side. That too is generally mixed together and eaten with your hand. One of the curries you mentioned is called snake gourd curry and not snake goat lol (the chef may have miss pronounced it). Do visit Sri Lanka someday, the food is out of this world.

@samanthaprabathdissanayake1580 Жыл бұрын

Lot of love from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 ❤

@marie1239 Жыл бұрын

Next one on the list for us to try :). The food looks delish. How do you research the places you do a video on? Do you go off recommendations from your insta followers?

@SydneyFoodBoy Жыл бұрын

A lot of the time, I hear places from word of mouth! If I meet someone from a particular background, I like to ask them where to find the best food from their cultural background and that's how I find a lot of places! I absolutely get recommendations from my Instagram followers too! Thank you to everyone who messages me :)

@canuxbro5083 Жыл бұрын

Wow 🤩 very good ❤️🇱🇰😍❤️

@thenature5978 Жыл бұрын

Oh..... you gave my mouth watering 😋

@SydneyFoodBoy Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!!

@deesticco1719 Жыл бұрын

The strings are eaten usually with any meat curry and famous pol 🥥 sambol for mainly breakfast and dinner! Do Sri Lankan high tea or any cafe that is almost there in every block Fab, Perera and Sons, Caravan if it is still there or at Cinnamon Gardens!

@fernovids Жыл бұрын

Man, you got me hungry all over again

@caseynguyen5545 Жыл бұрын

I would love to see you try Maltese food - I don’t even know where I’d go to eat it 😁

@mojonewslk Жыл бұрын

Wow i really like your videos...keep it up

@isaiah513623 Жыл бұрын

Firstly you have lost weight - so I hate you 🤣 but good on you. Secondly at 42 secs that family - you can see they are the most gentle beautiful family and I pray their restaurant thrives after this video. Another cuisine to add to the rich tapestry of cultures Australia has been blessed with. Thirdly, how on earth did you find this place outside of South West Sydney? I know exactly where that restaurant is as I know Mortdale well. Really good video & I will be paying them a visit!!!

@SydneyFoodBoy Жыл бұрын

I've lost weight?? Really? 😜 Thank you Hailey! They are 100% a beautiful family, hope you get to try their amazing food!

@annienewton3999 9 ай бұрын

Im KZfaq all the time as over there in January so looking forward to trying some of the food xx

@edisonroy9177 Жыл бұрын

Wow sri lanka food yummy yummy 🙈

@malmotumotu5218 Жыл бұрын

Sri Lankan food is beautiful and rich of flavours and it’s best to eat it with the hands

@shaliniprabaharan4554 Жыл бұрын

Yum

@susanthafernando6383 10 ай бұрын

Islanders food heaven old de ceylon . Sri lanka got more than 5000 dishes and recipes..yes old authentic succulent dishes. Food heaven in the world. 👌👌

@SydneyFoodBoy 10 ай бұрын

Can't wait to try more Sri Lankan food in the future!

@quilton1857 Жыл бұрын

We’ve been an love this place too! Your video was awesome though. Made us want to go today and new subscriber :-)

@SydneyFoodBoy Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and subscribing! 😁

@varunagoonasekera7329 Жыл бұрын

If you do not mind, in your video you are consuming the Sri Lankan food somewhat wrong. The stringhoppers should be placed at the base of your eating plate and the curries from the small dishes in the serving plate should be placed on top of the stringhoppers using a table spoon. After this the curries should be mixed with the stringhoppers while eating. Preferably the food should be consumed with your fingers. In Sri Lanka this meal is consumed with the fingers but you can eat with a fork as well. If you ask the restaurant chef who prepared the food he will tell you how to consume this food. This way the food is much more delicious.

@SydneyFoodBoy Жыл бұрын

I see!! I must try this next time! I apologise for getting the eating technique wrong! Thank you for teaching me Varuna 🙂

@varunagoonasekera7329 Жыл бұрын

@@SydneyFoodBoy Not at all. There's no need to apologize. I am just letting you know how we Sri Lankans consume this meal. This way the taste is much better. All the Best! Good Luck to you.