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8 places across Parts Unknown & No Reservations

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Every Place Bourdain Visited in Colombo

8 places
1

Galle Face Green

Galle road

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"This is our Central Park," Dharshan Munidasa says (a chef and TV personality). Tony and Dharshan had street food here.

2

Nelum Kole Restaurant

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Tony had lunch at this local rice and curry joint with Kumar Lopez, CEO of Sri Lanka Press Institute, a news trade organization. They had chicken curry, spicy potatoes, beets, and rice.

3

Wellawatte Railway Station

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Tony took a 10-hour train ride to Jaffna.

4

Lakmali Hotel

Station Road

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Tony had a heavy breakfast here although he was feeling very ill. Sambal and chili, rice.

5

The Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon

Reid Avenue

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Postcolonial elite. Tony describes it as "the last remnants of long-gone empires." They drank coconut liquor

6

Hotel De Pilawoos

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Late night dish called kottu roti. It is made of diced veggies, eggs, curry sauce, and chopped roti chopped together.

7

Rifka Catering Company

Stewart Street

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They had biryani

8

Galle Face Hotel

Galle Road

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Tony stayed here. In the open air restaurant, a man scares away the birds from eating guest's breakfasts by shooting them with a slingshot

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