The Immortals #yamu
Savan’s written a list of ‘Immortal’ restaurants for yamu.lk. These are Colombo institutions which have been around forever. The main article is a historical reminisce with links to reviews and deets on the individual restaurant. There have already been a lot of comments here on what the Immortal restaurants are, feel free to also comment on YAMU itself.
Here are a few bites from the article itself. What’s striking is that what makes a restaurant immortal isn’t necessarily quality, though none of them are bad. It’s really more of a sustained and comforting mediocrity.
It’s a familiar and even sought after mediocrity that keeps patrons coming back. None of these establishments ever reached or even aspired to reach heights of culinary refinement, but they also never plowed depths of tastelessness and poor value. (Colombo’s Restaurant Immortals)
Of all the things we’ve deemed Immortal, Beach Wadiya is the only one that I think is actually great. Maybe Flower Drum, for the chili paste. What do you think?
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My ratings (5* means best)
1.Chinese Dragon ** Not bad
2.Beach Wadiya * total crap. Tasteless food. No variety. Don’t fall for the advertising. It’s a scam.
3.Flower Drum *** OK
4.Sakura Never gone to this one.
5.Siam House * Crap
6.Cricket Club Cafe *** not bad.
Have to agree with the review for Beach Wadiya. Maybe I’ve been there on the off days – because I’ve always wondered what people are going on about when they rave about this restaurant.
My Rs .02:
Chinese Dragon – ok, nothing special, but the service is really efficient and the sweet corn & crab soup is better than average
Beach Wadiya – pretty over-rated in my opinion and they’re not overly fond of locals
Flower Drum – ’80s time capsule, good place to take the old aunties and uncles, but their chilli oil is still the gold standard
Sakura – you can get much better Japanese in this town, but you’d have to spend much much more
Siam House – inconsistent – pretty fantastic on good days, but mediocre more often
Cricket Club – food is a bit insipid, but incomparable atmosphere
I just wanted to add a suggestion. I tried sharing your website on facebook and this is what comes up:
“YAMU
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You might need to tweak it a little bit – there is no logo that turns up and no actual description of the site when the website is shared on facebook.