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Vegetarian meal, fittingly, on the eve of the Tamil & Buddhist new year.

To start:
Ulundu vadai
Samosa
Chilli panneer dry
Sesame gobi fry (cauliflower!)

Meal:
Paper roast thosai
Masala thosai
Idly
Poori masala
(all with sambar, dhal & raita)

Dessert/drinks:
Masala tea
Salt lassi
sweets for take-away: Laddu & muscat

Fabulous place!  Vadai fresh from the fryer with the lightest floaty-crisp shell and fluffy flavoursome flesh.  Samosa fragrant with fresh spices.  Panneer to make you forget meat.  Cauliflower to wake children to the charm of vegetables.  And that's just the starters. 

My first experience of pooris, next - puffballs of resilient bread, like inflated pitta pocket except tastier and deliciously chewy in the mouth.  Idly, also a first, surprisingly tart and yummy smothered in sambar & dhal. 

Definitely the place to be initiated into the charms of all of the above.   Helpful waiters who point out things to try, fresh and good cooking, huge range in all categories, great prices (~AUD $30 for 6 hungry people). 

Name: Shanmugas
Address: 53/3 Ramakrishna Road, Colombo 6 near
Directions: near Roxy theatre opposite Ramakrishna Hall
Comments: Open 6 days 7am to 10pm, weekends and holidays 7am to 10:30pm.  Also available at Crescat Food Court.
Website: www.shanmugas.com