I must post the pictures of the fruits and food we eat in Sri Lanka.

Many of these fruits we saw and tasted the first time in our life.

Rambutan (the fruit with the “red hair”, tastes like lychee);

the sourfruit (fights against the cancer);

Wood apple (the tree with the flowers, wood apple opened has tamarind-like taste);

Mangosteen (the purple one with eatable white center only);

custard apple (green & purple).

           
And the familiar fruits: passion fruit, pineapples, watermelons, bananas – green, red, yellow (small, medium, large); … and so many mango types…     and King Coconut!

And we tasted the famous duran.  Well, what to say… I satisfied my eager to try it, and I am done!

The “normal” people would tremendously enjoy the huge variety of fresh sea food.  But since we are vegetarian, our cooked food selection was limited to the vegetarian version of rice and curry.  But no regrets, since we tried so many new leafy vegetables!

Here are a few pictures of few rice & curry dishes we eat in Sri Lanka.

Lunch at the beach guest house in Dickwella

Lunch at Glosenber Hotel, Galle, Sri Lanka

Pumpkin soup

Dinner at friends house – rice & curry (jack fruit curry, cucumber curry, and many others…)

 The deserts at Cinnamon Grand Hotel

Famous Sri Lankan’s tea!!!

One of our friends in Sri Lanka suggested visiting the Handunugoda Tea Estate, and we followed his suggestion.

We got VIP treatment, and were greeted by The General Manager of the Property,  who gave us unforgettable tour of the plantation, explained how they cultivate the famous Virgin White Tea, how the tea is produced, packaged, etc.  Virgin White Tea is priced at a hefty 1500 US dollars a kilo.

The cup of Sapphire Oolong and then a Rainforest tea accompanied by the delicious homemade chocolate cake was the delightful break during the hot day. 

Then we visited the museum and tasted all teas produced in the Estate, including the Virgin White Tea. What an experience! The visit to the Tea Estate can’t be completed without the purchase of the Virgin White Tea!