Stories / 14 Dec 2018
WHAT TO GET YOUR FOODIE FRIEND FOR CHRISTMAS – CHEF’S EDITION
Don’t waste another minute wandering aimlessly around the shops to find your impossible foodie friend the perfect holiday gift. Black Sheep Restaurants’ resident culinary experts will steer – or...
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Recipes / 04 Dec 2018
Chicken Kothu Recipe
A breakfast staple in Sri Lanka, Kothu is often made from the leftovers from the night before. It is also enjoyed out on the dusty streets of Colombo as a post-drinking snack. You can find it in roadside...
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Stories / 30 Nov 2018
The Best Things We Ate in 2018
With December right around the corner, members of the Black Sheep Restaurants family reflect on the best things they ate this year.
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Each year, I visit an old friend, Federico, at his vineyard, Fontodi,...
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Stories / 20 Nov 2018 / BY Christopher Mark
The Colombo Traffic Officer Who Became a Musical Icon
Introducing the infectious rhythms of baila, Sri Lanka’s unique form of dance music that originated among Portuguese fishermen and African slaves in the colonial period. Modern baila is now popular in...
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Stories / 12 Nov 2018 / BY Christopher Mark
The Humble Origins of the Greek Taverna
Sitting in a vine-shaded courtyard bathed in dappled sunlight, your view of the glistening Mediterranean all jutting cliffs and tree-covered mountains. Colourful plates on paper tablecloths, pinned in...
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Stories / 05 Nov 2018 / BY Palash Mitra
A Chef’s Obsession with Butter Chicken
I remember my first taste of meat on my twelfth birthday. When I was a child, my father got a job in India’s vegetarian Gujarat state. In those days there was no meat or fish allowed in the region so...
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