Things get spicy when Joy and Ali experience the hot, hot heat of Sri Lankan cuisine. Joy heads to the Hopper Hut to try none other than the hopper - a milky breakfast crêpe. She also nibbles on some vermicelli-like string hoppers. For a spice overload, Joy boldly digs into a spicy lamprais – curried vegetables and rice wrapped in a banana leaf. Lucky for her, she cools down with a sweet green softdrink called Nelli Crush.

While shopping at Ambal, Ali discovers the secret ingredient to Sri Lankan cooking - Maldive Fish. He also picks up a pack of real cinnamon and comes face to face with a baby shark.

At RaviSoups, Sri Lankan food takes on a fresh new dimension when Ravi Kanagarajah updates seafood soup Kool and steamed pittu - a spectacular steamed dhal roll bathed in a coconut curry and crowned with a delicately-fried red snapper.

Hopper Hut, 880 Ellesmere Road Unit #215-217, Toronto, 416-299-4311
Ambal Trading, 591 Parliament Street, Toronto, 416-928-6665
Ravi Soups, 322 Adelaide Street West, Toronto, 416-277-6703

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