Comments on: String Hoppers: A Bit of Food Nostalgia http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/06/19/string-hoppers-a-bit-of-food-nostalgia/ I'll get a better name soon, I promise Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:39:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: David Smith http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/06/19/string-hoppers-a-bit-of-food-nostalgia/#comment-4377 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:51:19 +0000 http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/06/19/string-hoppers-a-bit-of-food-nostalgia/#comment-4377 Sounds good, Can someone please tell me how much each of these (or a plate) cost in US dollars. String hoppers, plain hoppers, egg hoppers, some other mouth watering breakfast in Sri Lanka. I guess if you eat at a five star hotel the prices will be very high. How will someone eat these out side of the hotel and not to get caught in the black-market rates. Are there good and clean places, where tourists can eat for the same price of the local people. What will the prices be if we go with a local person. Thanks in advance Dave, Sounds good,
Can someone please tell me how much each of these (or a plate) cost in US dollars. String hoppers, plain hoppers,
egg hoppers, some other mouth watering breakfast in Sri Lanka.
I guess if you eat at a five star hotel the prices will be very high.
How will someone eat these out side of the hotel and not to get caught in the black-market rates.
Are there good and clean places, where tourists can eat for the same price of the local people.
What will the prices be if we go with a local person.
Thanks in advance
Dave,

]]> by: Lanka http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/06/19/string-hoppers-a-bit-of-food-nostalgia/#comment-4308 Thu, 29 May 2008 21:23:14 +0000 http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/06/19/string-hoppers-a-bit-of-food-nostalgia/#comment-4308 Sri Lankan food is something you must try before you die. It is quite possibly the best food every. (Not an overstatement :) Sri Lankan food is something you must try before you die. It is quite possibly the best food every. (Not an overstatement :)

]]> by: Gregory http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/06/19/string-hoppers-a-bit-of-food-nostalgia/#comment-4265 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:50:24 +0000 http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/06/19/string-hoppers-a-bit-of-food-nostalgia/#comment-4265 HAHA! I can not make it either this delicious string hoppers. My mother says it's impossible to make, since it has to do with the flour being the difficult issue. The press is also hard to get. You have to have a heavy duty press to get your hoppers out nicely and I'm hoping my tamil friends can get some when they import stuff from Sri Lanka. Nice page! Gregory. HAHA!

I can not make it either this delicious string hoppers. My mother says it’s impossible to make, since it has to do with the flour being the difficult issue.

The press is also hard to get. You have to have a heavy duty press to get your hoppers out nicely and I’m hoping my tamil friends can get some when they import stuff from Sri Lanka.

Nice page!

Gregory.

]]> by: Helen http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/06/19/string-hoppers-a-bit-of-food-nostalgia/#comment-4074 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:25:28 +0000 http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/06/19/string-hoppers-a-bit-of-food-nostalgia/#comment-4074 Ah, the bits at the bottom are the best aren't they? It reminds me of those little crispy chips that rattle around at the bottom of the bag, picking up the dregs of salt and vinegar - I LOVE those bits! Ah, the bits at the bottom are the best aren’t they? It reminds me of those little crispy chips that rattle around at the bottom of the bag, picking up the dregs of salt and vinegar - I LOVE those bits!

]]> by: ros http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/06/19/string-hoppers-a-bit-of-food-nostalgia/#comment-3991 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:18:31 +0000 http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/06/19/string-hoppers-a-bit-of-food-nostalgia/#comment-3991 Hi Amanda. Rice noodles are wonderful, aren't they? Then again, I love pretty much any type of noodle. You're right, Sri Lankan curries do bear a strong resemblance to South Indian curries (for quite obvious reaons) but they do have a character of their own. For a start, they can get really hot and the roasted spices and use of rampeh leaf give the curries a unique flavour. Hi Lea. I think you might be right there- I don't believe making these things can be that hard! It sounds like it does require quite a bit of patience though. Hi Amanda. Jackfruit is one of those strange fruits where you either love it or hate it. I love it and Goon seems to be the same. Don't be too disappointed about not living in Sri Lanka... trust me, you won't regret not having to deal with the bugs they have there! Those things are BIG. It's definitely a good place to go on holiday though. Hi Trig. I agree, eating with your hands does somehow make the food taste better. I still can't convince Goon to try it though. Hi Sophie. I'll see if Dad knows of anywhere in your area that sells them. If there's a big Sri Lankan community near you, chances are they'll have someone who'll sell them. Hi Amanda. Rice noodles are wonderful, aren’t they? Then again, I love pretty much any type of noodle. You’re right, Sri Lankan curries do bear a strong resemblance to South Indian curries (for quite obvious reaons) but they do have a character of their own. For a start, they can get really hot and the roasted spices and use of rampeh leaf give the curries a unique flavour.

Hi Lea. I think you might be right there- I don’t believe making these things can be that hard! It sounds like it does require quite a bit of patience though.

Hi Amanda. Jackfruit is one of those strange fruits where you either love it or hate it. I love it and Goon seems to be the same. Don’t be too disappointed about not living in Sri Lanka… trust me, you won’t regret not having to deal with the bugs they have there! Those things are BIG. It’s definitely a good place to go on holiday though.

Hi Trig. I agree, eating with your hands does somehow make the food taste better. I still can’t convince Goon to try it though.

Hi Sophie. I’ll see if Dad knows of anywhere in your area that sells them. If there’s a big Sri Lankan community near you, chances are they’ll have someone who’ll sell them.

]]> by: Sophie http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/06/19/string-hoppers-a-bit-of-food-nostalgia/#comment-3989 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:02:40 +0000 http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/06/19/string-hoppers-a-bit-of-food-nostalgia/#comment-3989 Oooh, these look like great fun, I'll be looking out for these! Oooh, these look like great fun, I’ll be looking out for these!

]]> by: Trig http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/06/19/string-hoppers-a-bit-of-food-nostalgia/#comment-3988 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:32:38 +0000 http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/06/19/string-hoppers-a-bit-of-food-nostalgia/#comment-3988 I remember being taught to eat "the Bengali way" with my right hand, while on voluntary work experience at my local Bengali restaurant, Joy in nearby Broadway Market. It was a great experience, and it did make the food taste better (in a strange kinda way) I remember being taught to eat “the Bengali way” with my right hand, while on voluntary work experience at my local Bengali restaurant, Joy in nearby Broadway Market. It was a great experience, and it did make the food taste better (in a strange kinda way)

]]> by: Amanda (Little Foodies) http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/06/19/string-hoppers-a-bit-of-food-nostalgia/#comment-3987 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:49:34 +0000 http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/06/19/string-hoppers-a-bit-of-food-nostalgia/#comment-3987 I'd never heard of jackfruit until a few weeks ago then saw it on Asha's Foodies Hope. This dish looks great! I'm currently kicking myself that I never went to Sri Lanka when I had the chance (when I worked for Kuoni I was given a choice of Sri Lanka or somewhere else and I chose the somewhere else!) What an idiot! I was desperately trying to get away from my Duran Duran days - that is my pathetic excuse! I’d never heard of jackfruit until a few weeks ago then saw it on Asha’s Foodies Hope. This dish looks great! I’m currently kicking myself that I never went to Sri Lanka when I had the chance (when I worked for Kuoni I was given a choice of Sri Lanka or somewhere else and I chose the somewhere else!) What an idiot! I was desperately trying to get away from my Duran Duran days - that is my pathetic excuse!

]]> by: Lea http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/06/19/string-hoppers-a-bit-of-food-nostalgia/#comment-3985 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:36:24 +0000 http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/06/19/string-hoppers-a-bit-of-food-nostalgia/#comment-3985 I've never heard of those before either! And I am also a huge fan of rice noodles! Must add to my "must eat" list!! I am betting your parents hid the noodle making contraption from you because they probably didnt want you to master it first go and steal their thunder! ha ;) I’ve never heard of those before either! And I am also a huge fan of rice noodles! Must add to my “must eat” list!!

I am betting your parents hid the noodle making contraption from you because they probably didnt want you to master it first go and steal their thunder! ha ;)

]]> by: amanda http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/06/19/string-hoppers-a-bit-of-food-nostalgia/#comment-3983 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:57:32 +0000 http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/06/19/string-hoppers-a-bit-of-food-nostalgia/#comment-3983 i've never seen string hoppers before! tyler and i have been on a huge rice noodle kick lately. it seems like every time we go out to eat these days it's for some kind of thai rice noodles. this entire plate looks incredible. i much prefer curries with more indian flavors than thai or chinese, which i would assume sri lankan curries have. i’ve never seen string hoppers before! tyler and i have been on a huge rice noodle kick lately. it seems like every time we go out to eat these days it’s for some kind of thai rice noodles. this entire plate looks incredible. i much prefer curries with more indian flavors than thai or chinese, which i would assume sri lankan curries have.

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