Is Offal Awful? Malay Restaurant, Dehiwela #yamu
We’re working out of Dehiwela so today Savan and I reviewed Malay Restaurant on Hill Street. This deeply gentrified hole in the wall has the usual biriyani and rice and curry, but also a range of Sri Lankan Malay specialities. These tend to be parts of meet (usually cow) that are… unusual. Fried brain, tongue and spleen curry are acquired tastes. I honestly don’t like them at all, but Savan does.
You can see our differing reviews in the (hacky and amateurish) video above. There’s more photos and details about the Malay Restaurant at yamu.lk. Which is not even in beta, btw.
Posted on Monday, July 16th, 2012 in Colombo, food, Sri Lanka, YAMU.
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I think the common way of spelling it is Dehiwala not Dehiwela – just saying in case you get less hits when people are searching.
Secondly, eating bovine brain is not the best thing to do. You can get prion diseases.
Prion disease is basically “mad cow disease” – it is extremely rare and unheard of in Sri Lanka (as far as I know – feel free to correct me if I am wrong). It can be transmitted by all types of ingested beef (not just brains).
There have been cases of bird flu in Sri Lanka – just wondering if you eat chicken?? ;-)
LOL, craishee video. :D What did you shoot it with?
One word – NO.
Ewww, yuk, gross and disgusting do not even touch the surface!
I do believe that Dehiwela is spelt correctly according to all the road signs in Colombo – perhaps tastyjujubes should complain to the RDA ;-) and wtf is prion disease? Must have a google.
I think “wela” is right.
Are you sure?
Because Dehiwala gets 1 270 000 hits on google while Dehiwela gets 261 000 hits including a “did you mean Dehiwala”
Wikipedia uses Dehiwala [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehiwala-Mount_Lavinia ]
Dehiwala gets 1000+ hits on youtube while Dehiwela gets 156 hits.
So I think I’ll stand by my assertion that the common way of spelling it is Dehiwala and not Dehiwela.
Lol, I don’t think the hits prove the spelling right! Most Sinhalese place names with that sound come from the words “wela” — a field for planting, usually linked with a crop like Dehiwela (lime field) or Ambewela (mango field) — or “wella”– a beach, or riverbank, like Hanwella (hide bank) or Lewella (blood beach).
mmm, Blood Beach. Sounds like a slasher movie. Sri Lanka is so damn colourful…
Brave to try those. Looking forward to more Yamu.
Love the frigging video!
Dehiwala is the correct name as it is the direct translation of the Sinhala name
[...] is a video from the purchase and degustation of the fruit. As per our Malay Restaurant review (where Savan enjoyed the tripe and lung and spleen more than me), I am less enamored with durian [...]
great offal…try the deep fried Babath…tripe..an absolute treat ! Ox tongue tastes great too.. Be adventurous try out these dishes and you wouldn’t regret it one bit.
Great fast service, Nice and clean place
Your faces said it all. How did you manage to keep that food down?
I too decided to try their fare and ordered lamprais to my absolute shock was served white rice (told it was ghee rice) with pol sambol, bombay potatoe and seeni sambol along with some chicken and ash plantain wrappped in banana leaf under the guise and label of lamprais! Even when I pointed out that this could never be lamprais and to check a recipie book I was told I was the first to complain ever that this was how they always made lamprais!!! Dont be cheated DONT BUY THIS ITEM! I told them to pick up a parcel from green cabin, dutch burger unioin or fab and compare – to no avail or understanding I gave up trying to explain.