The Burghers
Lamprais
Lamprais and wine, with wines more specifically focused on milk wine and king coconut wine. Lamprais is like biryani's brother in terms of rice popularity; we've even had a grand lamprais taste-off which you can read about (tl;dr: best over the counter lamprais is at Fab and the DBU). I just realized that I've never actually had homemade lamprais despite having Burgher friends (I'm looking at you, Crystal).
Breudher
Oh, and this baked little goody. We're not sure of homebakers who specialize in Breudher, but we've seen it at Perera and Sons during festive seasons.
Image courtesy of www.pennylanekitchen.wordpress.com
There are plenty of things which are common to all Sri Lankans, regardless of which community they're from — like rice and curry, haal-masso, pol sambol, but there are also dishes which are special to each ethnic community on our little island. If you haven't had any of these while living here, it's high time you befriend someone who could bring a dish over, come Vesak, Pongal, Eid, or Christmas.
Happy eating!
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