Sri Lankan cuisine is one of Asia’s most vibrant and complex, a fragrant, fiery and varied tradition shaped by centuries of trade, migration and the abundance of the island’s spice gardens and coastal waters. Our culinary experiences take you to the heart of this tradition: hands-on cooking classes with local chefs in family homes, guided street food walks through the markets and back lanes of Colombo and Kandy, spice garden tours that explain the origin and use of cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and pepper and farm-to-table meals on traditional banana leaves in village settings. We also explore the colonial culinary legacy -the Dutch, Portuguese and British influences that have woven themselves into Sri Lankan baking, preserves and desserts. For food lovers, Sri Lanka is a destination of discovery and pleasure.
