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Samanthi . . . . Sri Lanka's most beautiful Chef
After all these years of travelling to Sri Lanka, and living for months in Arugam Bay, i have failed to hail the unsung hero’s and heroin’s of this tropical isle. So, i’m going to start with the one person that provides me with all the fuel i need to surf! Samanthi is affectionately known as ‘Number 1 sister’. I have known Samanthi and her family for the past 6 years. She and her sister, Erandathi, were the teachers at the Pre-School, near the Buddhist Temple, at the south end of the village. Samanthi and her family have fed and watered me over this time. They have even tolerated me living in their cabanas and at times the castle. I have to surf and go fishing to prevent the weight piling on! The problem is the food! Samanthi’s cooking is the best. It is not only the Rice n Curries that she serves up, but the cakes, pizzas, desserts and short eats. I never come home to Devon lighter than when i went out. Samanthi heads a team of sisters in the kitchen. She is up and starting the kitchen duties at six every morning, and regularly works through until midnight during the tourist season. Way back, when i first arrived, it was Amma doing the cooking, and forever supplying me and the brothers with Tea. Now it is Samanthi, with the assistance of younger sisters Gayani and Ruwanthi, and cousins Geeva and Sudu. There is a constant call for me to come and eat from the kitchen, and if i miss a meal, it is always waiting there for my return. Not only is Samanthi an awesome cook, but she is also beautiful. Be warned though! She has four protective brothers, a father, and a brother in law!
November 24th, 2010
Windfalls! Apples!
These are real apples! Not selected for their colour, shape or size . . . . . but because they are apples! And these apples show real character, and taste like real apples! Not to be outdone, my father brought me a gift as well. All i have to do is skin, chop and cook! And then . . . . . . . . . . . . . blissfully eat with piping hot custard . . . . . . and cool clotted cream . . . . . that melts over the custard and apples! I guess the front door will be locked again, and i’ll be sat in front of the wood burner enjoying the spoils of autumn. Don’t try contacting me at this time!
November 24th, 2010
Mince Pies!
Oh how i love this time of year! Mince Pies! And homemade to boot!
A truely special gift from my mum.
Now is a time to lock the front door, warm the pies, dish up the clotted cream, and sit around the wood burner! Heavenly times!
Thank you Mum. I knew there was a reason for me to still be in the UK!
A plateful of Heaven . . . . . . . Home made mince pies!
November 24th, 2010
body clock is all outta sync!
December 17th, 2009
is back in the UK & not loving it! 2 days to get home from ABay, its cold and the surf just ain’t doing it for me! Yes, i was spoilt in SL!
December 16th, 2009
Rain, Rain, Rain! - Well, well, well! Water was what we asked for, and water we finally got! Monsoon rains arrived in a vengeance! Day and night it emptied from the heavens above. There has been a constant battle to prevent water from flooding property. Lagoons were full and breaking through to the ocean, causing a brown stain to spread across the once untainted crystal blue sea. A month where laundry failed to dry, had been re-washed and re-washed to rid it of that damp and musty smell that materializes when it fails to dry. New doors and windows were swollen from the moisture and refused to slot back into their previously once perfect apertures. There is a coolness in the air, still warmer than our summer, but a coolness that requires a t-shirt at four in the morning. An abundance of green has arisen from the once hard and dusty ground. Farmers are hurriedly catching up with their tasks of ploughing and sewing seed. Mosquitoes have woken to torment those that have the sweet blood they love to feast on. I feel fortunate that my once desired blood has become sour and less attractive to them. Them that sing in ones ear so torturing a once peaceful sleep. Perhaps the arrival of a British visitor was the cause of all that rain. As now, having left these shores, the rain has abated and the sun once again taken its rightful place within the expanse of a rich blue sky!
December 5th, 2009
is one minute up, and the next down! What to do! Ten more days and it’ll be all over until the next time! If there is one!
December 3rd, 2009
got beaten up on main point yesterday! Off season soo much more powerful, with the break more sectiony and the reef more shallow!
December 3rd, 2009
has been handing out wax to the grommets around the coast of Sri Lanka. Looks like a surfboard etc plea is due on my return to the UK!
December 1st, 2009
must remember his shoulder is totally shot & shouldn’t keep pushing the fishing boats up over the sand. 4 mths now & getting worse! Aaargh!
November 19th, 2009
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