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if you are the kind of person who is swayed by reviews on tripadvisor, you will definitely be itching to visit the cloud restaurant at samann grand. it has a…4 MIN READ
i climb up the foul smelling stairway of schwack cinema in male – it’s like passing by the toilets in majeediyya, getting smacked in the head with the stench of…3 MIN READ
i remember when in the late 00s, a restaurant near STELCO called cafe mignon popped onto the scene serving sushi in male, likely for the first time. they only made…4 MIN READ
sri lankan restaurants are fucking hot right now – the scruffy newcomer machan is fast making a name for itself while the older, more upscale k-café is already much beloved.…3 MIN READ
what better way to say goodbye to eid than with some sweet and sour chicken? i’ve even attempted the dish at home and with reasonable success. the trick is in…4 MIN READ
i booked a table for four before i went to som tam thai, that small thai restaurant deep in maafannu. i’m with a small group of friends – moosaalhu, his…3 MIN READ
so i have been gallivanting in baa, the FIRST ATOLL that’s a biosphere reserve, declared protected during baaghee waheed’s short stature. and yes, in that atoll i experienced among other…3 MIN READ
it feels like a furnace outside so lunch at moon cafe might seem counterintuitive yet i have been waiting, no, aching for a chance to annihilate my guts ever since…3 MIN READ
it’s 4pm and the light slants halfway into dhon manik skyview where i sit with kaleyge again, awaiting our order which isn’t hedhikaa but rice and a side. kaleyge got…3 MIN READ
moosaalhu and i get some coffee from the shop across berebedhi mart near raalhugandu. it’s just past one, and i’m in need of something to pick me up because one…3 MIN READ
i’m here at coffee residence with kaleyge, a journalist and man of words (and word). if he says he’ll be there at 8.00am, he’ll be waiting for you at a…3 MIN READ
it’s the kind of day that makes you want to step outside and absorb your surroundings, which in my case are mostly trees, home to several clans of rowdy, roosting…3 MIN READ
it’s dinner time and i’m craving sri lankan again. i text a few people but they’ve already dined. bummer. and sampafulhu is under the covers. i don’t fancy eating alone…3 MIN READ
hey, i can’t eat tonight, machan, but i’ll have a hot drink,’ says ahamma, my friend from childhood as we ride towards our spot for the night. ahamma is a…3 MIN READ
there are those who talk down to their readers and there are those who talk to their readers and then there’s me who talks at you good people. and this…3 MIN READ
i shopped from fantasy this cheery ramadan afternoon – i suspect i still have a long way to go before they give me free groceries. i’d be ok with beechworth…3 MIN READ
we find ourselves on this windless afternoon, just before ramadan, at d’olive, olive garden’s facelift in time for the blessed month. it’s still the same old place with its almost…4 MIN READ
it’s well past midnight now and i have just finished off some very demanding work – it’s got me wanting something familiar and comforting, something with a little heart and…3 MIN READ
it’s 4pm on a friday and man, i am absolutely mad with hunger. i woke up a couple of hours back, like any good dhivehi man, and lay in bed…3 MIN READ
just how well do we know pain? how keenly are we attuned to its vibrance? it’s an unwelcome and unavoidable fact of an aging glutton’s life. you see, last night…2 MIN READ
so here we are walking towards cafeier, hasanfulhu and me, walking as two men may on busy majeedhee magu, that is with extreme caution. as we pass ooredoo, i nearly…3 MIN READ
