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ahanma and i are waiting at the post office, on the first floor. he was summoned here because the good people of maldives customs wanted to interrogate him over a…6 MIN READ
alifulhu messages me while i’m visiting samfa’s family after hukuru. ‘do you guys want to come to dinner at ours?’ says the text. ‘we’re making biryani.’ i ask samfa if…6 MIN READ
finally, i’m going to try patio’s sri lankan lunch special, this time with alifulhu, man of great talent and compassion. it’s been a few months since our last meal together,…4 MIN READ
someone’s decided that what hulhumale needs is another indian restaurant. and they’ve gone and placed it right next to bombay darbaar, how’s that for confident? and tonight, i’m here with…4 MIN READ
male experienced a boom in sri lankan cafes after covid, and now a new one, lanka café, has opened up in hulhumale phase one, near bombay darbar. tonight i’m waiting…4 MIN READ
unlike most of you, i’m not too big on noodles and i admit i know nothing about ramen. but i’ve heard good things about ramen house in phase one and…5 MIN READ
nami at riveli feels quiet and charming as i wait for samfa, nadheemadhi, and abdurrahman, sitting on a fancy cane backed chair. it is six thirty, and the three staff…4 MIN READ
so i’m trying to locate this new noodle place, china lanzhou noodle, where i’m to meet sampaafulhu, who’s recently returned from a trip, and nadheemadhi for dinner. it’s near hai…3 MIN READ
ah, thai delight – there are few cuisines as delightful as the food from this eastern land, to us south asians anyway, and i’ve been meaning to drop by for…4 MIN READ
despite the rain, or maybe because of it, the allure of noodles has made me prep for a trip to hulhumale to check out that noodle bar. initially, i’d thought…5 MIN READ
after the fall of the house of sushi, there’s only been one serious japanese contender in these parts – sushi zu. but they’re not exactly affordable (or consistent since chef…4 MIN READ
i’m here at white tern cafe in hulhumale with hasanfulhu and hasanbe’ – yes, i’m the jinni between these two hasans as people used to say back in the 90s.…2 MIN READ
alihokko and i reserved a table at maldive kitchen – he’s an old friend from primary school and we are catching up after a funeral. he’s never been to this…4 MIN READ
it’s mid afternoon and the day is a furnace. sweat runs down my neck as @shaari_ and i walk towards patio from the bus stop, passing by the scorching central…3 MIN READ
sampaafulhu is in a hurry to go to hulhumale – she tells me i might get free lunch from that korean place, ‘hi lemon’, that’s just opened up near the…5 MIN READ
here i am at my mother’s tonight, at a hiyaa flat done up nicely. and it would be a nice enough space but for the ugly sofas my parents have…3 MIN READ
it’s the day before roadha and i’m in hulhumale to get some grub. the sun’s going down and even the busy streets seem kinda beautiful and poetic in this golden…3 MIN READ
i must admit, it looks funky this restaurant, bright, cheerful, almost like they’ve swallowed too much lemon, i mean it’s really fucking YELLOW inside! but does scoozi have what it…3 MIN READ
OK, so i am probably voicing an unpopular opinion here and risking my legion of followers, but pizza mia is pretty fucking mid. yes. MID! let me explain, but allow…5 MIN READ
husenfulhu moseys over to hulhumale phase one to check out the newly opened cinder. oh boy, what will he find out?
i am in a taxi, i think i’m going to hulhumale. i have a bag. what’s in it? a mango! i remember now. it’s from my friend dhaleyka, a huge…4 MIN READ
