The Panipuri Kid

Abdul Hameed St, Aluthkade. July 2023.

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A Dinner for the Ages

Chicken chirga, a variation on the traditional Mogul tandoori chicken, is readied for the expected Friday night crowds in Colombo’s inner city area of Aluthkade. July 2023. Chirga is marinated in the same mix of tandoori masala spices and dahi yoghurt, but is roasted over coals instead of in an oven. Tandoori chicken may very well be the world’s oldest surviving dish; tandoori-style ovens have been found in the ruins of the Bronze Age Harappan Civilisation of India and Pakistan, dating to 3000 BC.

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Chicken roasting over coals.

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Dinner on Abdul Hameed St, Aluthkade.

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Aluth Vadé

Abdul Hameed St, Aluthkade, Colombo. July 2023.

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Masala vadé.

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Colombo’s famous isso vadé.

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A Contemporary Sri Lankan Rice & Curry

Unpolished endemic red kuruluthuda rice, with white jackfruit curry, stir-fried kangkung, and farm fresh pork sausages. 

The Last Slice

Pizza, shot on assignment for Leo Burnett and Coca Cola Maldives, in September 2019.

Bacon & Egg Baozi

This breakfast consists of an oversized plain baozi (steamed bun, normally stuffed with meat), fried and cut in half to hold bacon, a fried egg, cheese, tomatoes, and caramalised onions. Colombo, Sri Lanka. September 2015.

Bacon & Egg Sandwich

Bacon and egg on sourdough bread, with bell peppers, mushrooms, lettuce, pesto, and Grana Padano cheese.

Sri Lankan Cutlets

Shot on assignment for Ashraff Associates and The Radh, Kandy, in October 2018.

Sweet Afternoons

High tea, at The Radh, Kandy. Shot on assignment for Ashraff Associates in October 2018.

Black Olives

High tea at The Radh, Kandy; shot on assignment for Ashraff Associates, in October 2018.