My favorite room was the one at the end, where you could look straight down to the beach . The food, of course, was amazing . You're living the good life ! Happy New Year !!!
I usually abhor travel vids, but I couldn't stop watching this. When exploring an unknown country such as this, a combination of great food, and luxurious accommodations can't be beat!
I'm following your channel for years. I'm a Sri Lankan who lives in Canada and it's a surprise to see you have visited my country ❤❤❤ hope you enjoyed the tour 😊
Just saw that you’ve been to my island and already left! How awesome . And your video is just fabulous. Thank you for featuring Sri Lanka 🙏 you have to return !
Joel, I'll watch this later. I love your travel vlogs! Just wanted to say Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year, and all that good stuff! Wishing you and your family a wonderful 2025!
Thank you so much for the Christmas gift BB. I'll buy Kenji a treat! I'm sure you would have seen these videos already. It's simply a compile into a feature length. You have a fantastic new year too my friend, take care!
This is wonderful. I am a Sri Lankan American live in the USA. We visit Sri Lanka every year. It is a wonderful place. I watch your recipes. I am a good cook, I love cooking all kinds of food. Thank you for visiting Sri Lanka
Wow!! Thank you Chef; I thoroughly enjoyed the virtual visit!! 😍 As always, I learn so much from you on these travel blogs 😊 That hotel is beautiful as were the sites 😍
Thank you Chef for the tour of Ski Lanka. (watched several times). Absolutely delightful clip of a beautiful country. I thoroughly enjoyed every moment. The food different ....love different and was tasting every morsel with you. Transportation mode looks a little scary.....you're a nervy guy. The accommodations were stunning. Terrific video, depicting the people and their culture. I felt like I was physically there riding along in the cab. Thank you, Thank you, for sharing.
Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the adventure. I'm not normally a nervy guy but Sri-Lanka was the most concerning country I've been to when it comes to road traffic. Cheers Bernice! 😊
Welcome 🎉 to my mother land 🇱🇰. Hope you enjoy every moment you stay here with Sri Lankan hospitality. In the meantime when you go back try to do some cooking videos to show our authentic cuisine. I'm watching your Chanel and enjoy your mouth watering dishes. May the new year bring you good health and happiness.
Good evening Chef! Delighted to see another interesting travelogue cum culinary journey. This time from our neighbouring country Sri Lanka. Also happy to see that you've stayed in one of the Taj luxury hotels. I've to watch this video tomorrow morning at leisure 😊. Have a great Sunday and fabulous year end❤❤.
@@recipe30 The 1st travelogue I've watched on your channel was on Bali. I must thank you for your baked camembert recipe. It was an instant super hit with my friends. Absolutely delicious. Warm regards.
This is surreal! You are one of the reasons I started cooking. The fact that you have visited my country brings me immense joy. I hope you had an amazing time in Sri Lanka. ❤
So glad you enjoyed the video! I’m happy you’ve been along for the ride since 2015. That will be 10 years, wow, you are a loyal follower my friend! Let's try for another 10 years! ♥️🎄
Joel enjoy the culinary experience of both the countries. Can’t wait for you to be back home and upload a new video that will combine food delights of both Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 and Thailand 🇹🇭. Cheers!!!
Woooooow you are touring and tasting the delicious Srilankan food in Srilanka..I am from Srilanka. It's a beautiful Island indeed. Hope you enjoyed our traditional food in a luxury hotel or on the street corner. The famous and delicious Kothu Rotti, string hoppers, Pittu hoppers and Kiribath ( milk rice) and more. Srilankan culture Tradition and hospitality would have left an everlasting impression I guess. Srilanka the beautiful and unforgettable!!
Im Sri Lankan and living in Melbourne, I’ve tried out lots of recipes on your channel and so happy to see your travel vlog from Sri Lanka, thank you for showcasing the beauty of Sri Lanka! Good luck with your channel
Hi, I’m one of your longtime subscribers! To be honest, I was amazed by your cooking videos 10 years ago, and you became my role model in UA-cam cooking.❤ As a Sri Lankan, I’m beyond excited to see your tour of Sri Lanka! I even checked twice to make sure it was really you because I could hardly believe it. I never imagined you would visit my country, and it truly feels special.❤ Wishing you all the best for 2025❤
Thank you so much for your support over the years Aysha! ❤ Sri Lanka is incredible, and I’m so happy to share this journey with you, yes it was really me. Wishing you an amazing 2025 too! Much love, Joel ❤❤
Thank you for such an epic video, I hope that you will be able to recreate some of the many dishes that we saw on your trip so that we can try to replicate them for ourselves at home. I'm from Birmingham in the UK.
I grew up with hoppers, dosas, puttu, and even string hoppas. My mom used to make them for breakfast. Alas, I never learned how to make any of it. One day I will attempt to make it. Recipes are available. Thank you for taking us along on your trip to Sri Lanka
@recipe30 it is striking how similar Sri Lankan food is where my mom is from in state of Kerala. My grandfather was a fisherman and owned his own boat. My grandparents own a coconut plantation and the beach is so beautiful. The Arabian sea is so rough and it is dangerous to swim. Watching the man grate coconut, is the same way I used to grate coconut when helping my mom in the kitchen. 🥰 It was certainly a walk down memory lane.
This was a beautiful trip to Sri Lanka 👍 Beautiful photo 👍 Food looking exiting👍 My parents went there in the 70’s, I believe it’s a big difference now! My daughter are going there next month so I’ve forwarded this to her! Thanks for sharing and I wish you a HAPPY NEW YEAR❤
Looking forward to see what you cook from your trip. I ❤❤❤ sri lankan dahl, the one with the stinky little fish and curry leaves. Yum. Great video, I really enjoyed watching. I bet Kenji was happy to see you. Thankyou
Delicious! Beautiful! Fascinating! Many thanks for the discovery of a new world, wonderful people, amazing dishes! I think you can cook chicken with cashews, but the other delicacies - you need to go there and just enjoy! Happiness in the New Year and new discoveries in yourself and this wonderful world!❤
Thanks for the positive coverage. The footage in the beginning seems to be quite old. That construction site is now complete and operational now. (US $ 1.3 billion project. Largest of its kind in South Asia)
I knew a lot about Sri Lanka just through your travels Chef Joel ..!! I love this amazing country and I loved this vid very much, you have collected all the wonderful things from all your trips to Sri Lanka in one video, This is definitely a big work..!!🎩 ▪️07:58 l loved this restaurant ♥️ 33:49 That was nice, you have a good heart 💚 42:43 Delicious Sri Lankan cuisine ♥️ 43:29 Every time I watch this, I laugh heartily ♥️😅 ▪️58:56 Nice elephants, happy end after tears 😢💔 ▪️1:03 ♥️ It's a precious moment indeed, Egyptians love Ceylon tea, It's our favorite drink, especially after lunch. ▪️ Samindra Villa is awesome.. Really so beautiful villa ♥️ ▪️We have a tuk tuk in Egypt too but this is good and not dilapidated.🥴 ▪️Hope there's a video like this about Indonesia and Bali, perhaps about the six most beautiful islands in Indonesia. ♥️
Wow, Chef Joel, this is amazing! I felt so happy watching this video because Sri Lanka is my country, and my hometown is Kandy. However, I am currently living in the UK. Sri Lanka is a beautiful country and truly a paradise. Thank you for visiting my country, and I hope to visit there again soon🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰
Merry Christmas Joel. Best Wishes for the New Year to you and your family ! Did you receive the artwork with the two dogs I have sent? Fiore . Thank you for sharing your exotic traveling 😊
@@recipe30 Hello Joel, it was a small flat parcel ( bigger than a card) sent from UK (Scotland) and sent to the PO BOX you have posted in this channel. I did a small artwork / collage and thought to send you for Christmas. It was posted on the 11/12)2024. I hope you will get it. Regards. Fiore 😊
Hello Fiore, I’ve received the package! Thank you so much! It means a lot to me that you went to so much effort. It’s now on my fridge! That was incredibly kind of you. Wishing you a Happy New Year and all the best for 2025. Cheers, Joel ♥️
Recipe 30. If I knew you were coming to Sri Lanka, I would have come looking for you, because many of the new generation of chefs in Sri Lanka watch your videos. I have been watching for two years. When I went to Sigiriya, I had to come and go for the candy. Whatever, I salute you for trying to open up our country's cuisine to the world. 🥰♥️
I'm a Sri Lankan living in Dubai and it's very happy to hear your thoughts about the developments in Colombo in that kind of a way. Hope you've enjoyed your stay very well and thanking you for visiting my motherland on behalf of the entire Sri Lankan community.❤
Wonderful experience . Ilove their hotel Simple and elegant with great space of privacy .different foods and culture. Friendly people beautiful nature ✨️ ❤.thank you chef for sharing your amazing journey 👍🏻😍😍😍
Thank you for visiting Sri Lanka. Would have been better if Sri Lankan music was used for the background music of the video. Good luck and visit again!
Awesome video 🙂 Next year, I'm moving to Sri Lanka 🙂 I'm Canadian and have no experience. Your video has been very helpful. The only thing you didn't address was whether or not the food was Organic. I consume only Organic food so it's a great concern for me. Non-organic food kills the gut microbiome probiotics that I fight to maintain... I'm 74 yo and consider my longevity to the foods I eat. Antibiotics are a no-no as they kill much of the gut flora. I make a type of Yogurt that restores all of that but killing something. On one hand, I build it up only for it to be destroyed on the other... I am starting a YT Channel and will address those issues. In the mean time, I am searching for Channels that already deal with it. I've watched several of your food videos and enjoy them. I try to adapt recipes to my diet... Anyway, right now, I am making French Toast with Sourdough Bread, Eggs mixed with Garam Masala, Maple Syrup, etc... It's a first for me, so we'll see how it turns out... lol
Glad you enjoyed it! That sounds like a really interesting French Toast. Let me know how it goes! Eat fermented foods like sauerkraut, kefir, kimchi etc. Cheers!
Hey Joel, Love the video. Amazing captures and great storytelling ❤ however, just wanted to point out that you using Indian background music is just not right we two completely different cultures as you already know.
I have been following you and cooking your dishes over the years and enjoyed very much. I am so happy and surprised that you went to my mother land and trying our food. You should go to Negombo to try more fresh seafood and fishing experience next time. Excited to hear your feedback about our food.
Welcome to my mother land chef 🇱🇰 It's a great pleasure to us...And hope you have a great experience about our traditional foods and culture❤...We will stay to watch new videos about Sri Lankan food preparations from your channel 😇
I love to watch videos . Unfortunately i didn't know that you arrived to sri lanka. I'm glad that you arrived here and it's so proud to us as a sri Lankan addicted to watch your videos.
I think it shares similarities to Kerala, which is in South India, but that's as far as the similarities go. The two are quite different and unique in their own ways.
Thanks Yohan, I’m glad you enjoyed the video! I loved most of the dishes too, strongly influenced by South India and colonial flavours. Being an island nation, there’s an abundance of seafood, coconut-based dishes, red rice, and rich, fragrant curries.
I’ve been watching your videos ever since I got my first device. Never expected to see a video of your from my country. ❤ But btw, the music in the intro was mostly Indian 😂
Thanks for watching! I love Sri Lanka! Sorry about my ignorance, I will keep the music in mind for future videos, I only just learnt there was a difference. ❤❤
Sri lanka and Thailand 🇹🇭 are 2 beautiful countries with friendly people...love to both the nation's.. and to you chef joel😊😊😊😊😊😊
Cheers my friend! Yes, amazing countries ! ♥️🎄
Sri Lanka is better 😂
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Because specially both are buddhist countries ☸️ 💝🥰
Are you still in Sri Lanka please try Negombo it’s best city with all traditional foods
මම ගොඩක් කලක සිට ඔබේ චැනල් එක බලන්නෙ.හරිම සතුටුයි ශ්රී ලංකාව සංචාරයට තෝරාගත්ත එකට.මම ශ්රී ලාංකිකයෙක් ජර්මනියෙහි ජීවත් වෙන.
ස්තුතියි! මට දැන ගන්න හොඳයි ඔබට මගේ චැනල් එක ගොඩක් කාලයක් බලන්නට අවස්ථාව ලැබුනේ කියලා. ශ්රී ලංකාව නරඹන්න එක සන්සුන් සහ සුන්දර අත්දැකීමක් වුණා. ජර්මනියෙන් ඔබට හොඳින් සිටිය හැකි වේවා!
I'm following your channel so many years never thought you would come here.❤
Thanks for being a loyal follower! 🙏
My favorite room was the one at the end, where you could look straight down to the beach . The food, of course, was amazing . You're living the good life ! Happy New Year !!!
I know what you mean, that view is breathtaking! Cheers!
I usually abhor travel vids, but I couldn't stop watching this. When exploring an unknown country such as this, a combination of great food, and luxurious accommodations can't be beat!
Thanks for watching anyway Jazz!, glad you enjoyed it! 😊
Sri Lanka is a wonderful place, great tea, lovely people.
Agreed!
I'm following your channel for years. I'm a Sri Lankan who lives in Canada and it's a surprise to see you have visited my country ❤❤❤ hope you enjoyed the tour 😊
Thank you! Sri Lanka is beautiful, I had a wonderful time! 😊 ♥️🎄
I'm following your channel for years. I'm Sri Lankan whi lives in UAE and its's surprise to see you have vsied My home country ❤❤❤
Just saw that you’ve been to my island and already left! How awesome . And your video is just fabulous. Thank you for featuring Sri Lanka 🙏 you have to return !
Yes, it's on the cards to return, so much more to see and eat!
Joel, I'll watch this later. I love your travel vlogs! Just wanted to say Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year, and all that good stuff! Wishing you and your family a wonderful 2025!
Thank you so much for the Christmas gift BB. I'll buy Kenji a treat! I'm sure you would have seen these videos already. It's simply a compile into a feature length. You have a fantastic new year too my friend, take care!
This is wonderful. I am a Sri Lankan American live in the USA. We visit Sri Lanka every year. It is a wonderful place. I watch your recipes. I am a good cook, I love cooking all kinds of food. Thank you for visiting Sri Lanka
That's great, you're lucky to get there each year. Keep on cooking!
Thank you.
I can share some Sri Lankan recipes from my Grandma. Her food was very tasty.
Wow!! Thank you Chef; I thoroughly enjoyed the virtual visit!! 😍
As always, I learn so much from you on these travel blogs 😊 That hotel is beautiful as were the sites 😍
Happy you enjoyed it Nat, it was a very memorable trip ♥️🎄
@@recipe30I did enjoy it Chef and yes, such a trip would be memorable 😊
Thank you Chef for the tour of Ski Lanka. (watched several times). Absolutely delightful clip of a beautiful country. I thoroughly enjoyed every moment. The food different ....love different and was tasting every morsel with you. Transportation mode looks a little scary.....you're a nervy guy. The accommodations were stunning. Terrific video, depicting the people and their culture. I felt like I was physically there riding along in the cab. Thank you, Thank you, for sharing.
Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the adventure. I'm not normally a nervy guy but Sri-Lanka was the most concerning country I've been to when it comes to road traffic. Cheers Bernice! 😊
@@recipe301000% true, that's exactly is the only thing I hate about Sri Lanka....
Wonderful paradise Sri Lanka. !!
Welcome 🎉 to my mother land 🇱🇰. Hope you enjoy every moment you stay here with Sri Lankan hospitality. In the meantime when you go back try to do some cooking videos to show our authentic cuisine. I'm watching your Chanel and enjoy your mouth watering dishes. May the new year bring you good health and happiness.
Thanks so much, there's many exciting flavours in Sri-Lankan cuisine. All the best for 2025! ♥️🎄
Good evening Chef! Delighted to see another interesting travelogue cum culinary journey. This time from our neighbouring country Sri Lanka. Also happy to see that you've stayed in one of the Taj luxury hotels. I've to watch this video tomorrow morning at leisure 😊. Have a great Sunday and fabulous year end❤❤.
These are older videos, you may have already seen them. Cheers and enjoy!
@@recipe30 The 1st travelogue I've watched on your channel was on Bali. I must thank you for your baked camembert recipe. It was an instant super hit with my friends. Absolutely delicious. Warm regards.
Thanks for bringing us along, Chef Joel. What an amazing culinary journey!
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
This is surreal! You are one of the reasons I started cooking. The fact that you have visited my country brings me immense joy. I hope you had an amazing time in Sri Lanka. ❤
Thank you so much Mohamed! I had an incredible time. ❤️
Welcome to my country .l am very happy for your visit srilanka .l m watching yr vedeo since 2015
So glad you enjoyed the video! I’m happy you’ve been along for the ride since 2015. That will be 10 years, wow, you are a loyal follower my friend! Let's try for another 10 years! ♥️🎄
@recipe30 definitely 👍👍👌
Beautiful place Sri Lanka .
I really love it .
People look warm .
The food looks delicious .
Thank you so much for this amaizing video .
♥️🩵🎁
Thank you too Dolores!
Happy to be on this journey with you what a beautiful country, enjoy yourself & stay safe chef, Fiona 🙏👍🌲
Thanks Fiona ♥️🎄
Great to see you got a glimpse of Sri Lanka. Love your food recipes and they are amazingly simple and they are an inspiration in my restaurant !
Thank you so much, I love hearing that you're inspired by my recipes!
Joel enjoy the culinary experience of both the countries. Can’t wait for you to be back home and upload a new video that will combine food delights of both Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 and Thailand 🇹🇭. Cheers!!!
Thanks so much Ros! ♥️🎄
The cinematography is always top notch ,great stuff chef joel
Appreciate it ❤
Woooooow you are touring and tasting the delicious Srilankan food in Srilanka..I am from Srilanka. It's a beautiful Island indeed. Hope you enjoyed our traditional food in a luxury hotel or on the street corner. The famous and delicious Kothu Rotti, string hoppers, Pittu hoppers and Kiribath ( milk rice) and more.
Srilankan culture Tradition and hospitality would have left an everlasting impression I guess. Srilanka the beautiful and unforgettable!!
I'm so glad you enjoyed the video, Sri Lanka is truly a special place! I need to go again and see more and try more food!
Welcome to my country, enjoy the greenery with delicious food ❤
Really enjoyed this video, as well as the one from India! Thank you for sharing your experiences with us.
You're welcome, glad you enjoyed them Nelson!
Im Sri Lankan and living in Melbourne, I’ve tried out lots of recipes on your channel and so happy to see your travel vlog from Sri Lanka, thank you for showcasing the beauty of Sri Lanka! Good luck with your channel
Thanks neighbour!, it's such a beautiful country!
Amazing tour! The Chicken Kajugama looks fantastic!
Thanks, I agree!
Oh wow I love all your recipes and have been following. As a Sri Lankan I am immensely proud to watch this episode. Thank you
Thanks, it was a fun one to make! Hope you enjoyed it!
Hi, I’m one of your longtime subscribers! To be honest, I was amazed by your cooking videos 10 years ago, and you became my role model in UA-cam cooking.❤
As a Sri Lankan, I’m beyond excited to see your tour of Sri Lanka! I even checked twice to make sure it was really you because I could hardly believe it. I never imagined you would visit my country, and it truly feels special.❤
Wishing you all the best for 2025❤
Thank you so much for your support over the years Aysha! ❤ Sri Lanka is incredible, and I’m so happy to share this journey with you, yes it was really me. Wishing you an amazing 2025 too! Much love, Joel ❤❤
Well done for showing the RAW sri lankan culture
Beautiful ❤ frome Sri lanka 🇱🇰
Cheers!
Thank you for such an epic video, I hope that you will be able to recreate some of the many dishes that we saw on your trip so that we can try to replicate them for ourselves at home. I'm from Birmingham in the UK.
I hope so too! Cheers Ian, Happy New Year! ♥️🎄
Oh my God you're really here. I'm one your biggest fans. Welcome to my little paradise chef. Hope you enjoy everything my country has to offer ❤
I was there, I still need to go back and see (taste) more! Thanks Jackys! ♥️🎄
I grew up with hoppers, dosas, puttu, and even string hoppas. My mom used to make them for breakfast. Alas, I never learned how to make any of it. One day I will attempt to make it. Recipes are available. Thank you for taking us along on your trip to Sri Lanka
Thanks for watching Caroline! I love that you have those memories.
@recipe30 it is striking how similar Sri Lankan food is where my mom is from in state of Kerala. My grandfather was a fisherman and owned his own boat. My grandparents own a coconut plantation and the beach is so beautiful. The Arabian sea is so rough and it is dangerous to swim. Watching the man grate coconut, is the same way I used to grate coconut when helping my mom in the kitchen. 🥰 It was certainly a walk down memory lane.
I'm happy to see you visiting my country 😊..
Ayubowan Joel 🙏
This was a beautiful trip to Sri Lanka 👍
Beautiful photo 👍
Food looking exiting👍
My parents went there in the 70’s, I believe it’s a big difference now!
My daughter are going there next month so I’ve forwarded this to her!
Thanks for sharing and I wish you a HAPPY NEW YEAR❤
Thank you so much Anette, tell her to book the trains in advance! 👍
I am your big fan from Sri Lanka , happy to watching this video ❤️
That makes me happy, cheers!
Looking forward to see what you cook from your trip. I ❤❤❤ sri lankan dahl, the one with the stinky little fish and curry leaves. Yum.
Great video, I really enjoyed watching. I bet Kenji was happy to see you. Thankyou
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. This trip was before Kenji actually. ♥️
What an amazing documentary, it put me into dreamland 🙏
Cheers peter!
Delicious! Beautiful! Fascinating! Many thanks for the discovery of a new world, wonderful people, amazing dishes! I think you can cook chicken with cashews, but the other delicacies - you need to go there and just enjoy! Happiness in the New Year and new discoveries in yourself and this wonderful world!❤
Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the video, it was an amazing trip.
Ohhhhhhhhh
My god.....
Ur in Sri Lanka
My country.I like to see you becoz Iam ur fan's
Well deserved vacation!
All the best for the New Year!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Happy new year!
Thanks for the positive coverage. The footage in the beginning seems to be quite old. That construction site is now complete and operational now. (US $ 1.3 billion project. Largest of its kind in South Asia)
Yes this was a compile of my older trips.
Mouthwatering 😍 😌 🤤 i miss sri lankan cuisine 😢
It is so good!
Welcome to Sri Lanka. So nice to see you in Sri Lanka. 😍 Enjoy your stay here. 🕺🏼💃🏼
Thank you, I had a great time! 😊
I knew a lot about Sri Lanka just through your travels Chef Joel ..!! I love this amazing country and I loved this vid very much, you have collected all the wonderful things from all your trips to Sri Lanka in one video, This is definitely a big work..!!🎩
▪️07:58 l loved this restaurant ♥️
33:49 That was nice, you have a good heart 💚
42:43 Delicious Sri Lankan cuisine ♥️
43:29 Every time I watch this, I laugh heartily ♥️😅
▪️58:56 Nice elephants, happy end after tears 😢💔
▪️1:03 ♥️ It's a precious moment indeed, Egyptians love Ceylon tea, It's our favorite drink, especially after lunch.
▪️ Samindra Villa is awesome.. Really so beautiful villa ♥️
▪️We have a tuk tuk in Egypt too but this is good and not dilapidated.🥴
▪️Hope there's a video like this about Indonesia and Bali, perhaps about the six most beautiful islands in Indonesia.
♥️
A fantastic trip this was, will go back again for sure and see more! Cheers Sama.
Thank you for the series.. All the way from Maputo Mozambique 🇲🇿 we appreciate
You're welcome Jean, cheers from Australia!
This video is Another level filming ,could not expected!!
Keep it up your level best🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤☝️🤜🤛🤟
Thank you for the kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
I’ve been following you for a long time, so nice to have you here 🇱🇰❤
Awesome! Thank you!
Don’t use Indian music for background
That was the closest I had, sorry.
Yes sri lanka like only island music and english
Don't you know how hard it is to find copyright free sri lankan music
Wow my favorite chef in my country ❤wellcome to Sri Lanka
Oh I am so happy that you made it to Sri Lanka ❤ My home country 🎉 Hope you enjoyed the best food there ❤
Thanks! It was an amazing experience, I definitely enjoyed the food!
I am a Sri Lankan and I am glad that you came to my county ,I hope you enjoyed your stay
Thank you my friend!
Love your travel doco! Thank you 😊
You're welcome, hope you enjoyed it! 😊
Good to see you In Sri Lanka ❤️ thank you for the your promoting video of Our country
Appreciate it! Sri Lanka is amazing.
Amazing video from wonderful country. Thanks bro 🙏😊
My pleasure Andrew! 😊
Wow, Chef Joel, this is amazing! I felt so happy watching this video because Sri Lanka is my country, and my hometown is Kandy. However, I am currently living in the UK. Sri Lanka is a beautiful country and truly a paradise. Thank you for visiting my country, and I hope to visit there again soon🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰
Happy you enjoyed it, I'd rather live in Sri Lanka than UK! But that's just me, take care! ❤
Great video! Thank you
Glad you liked it!
Merry Christmas Joel. Best Wishes for the New Year to you and your family ! Did you receive the artwork with the two dogs I have sent? Fiore .
Thank you for sharing your exotic traveling 😊
Merry Christmas, and New Year to you too Fiore. I haven't received anything as yet, was it snail mail? Cheers, Joel.
@@recipe30 Hello Joel, it was a small flat parcel ( bigger than a card) sent from UK (Scotland) and sent to the PO BOX you have posted in this channel. I did a small artwork / collage and thought to send you for Christmas. It was posted on the 11/12)2024. I hope you will get it. Regards. Fiore 😊
Hello Fiore, I’ve received the package! Thank you so much! It means a lot to me that you went to so much effort. It’s now on my fridge! That was incredibly kind of you. Wishing you a Happy New Year and all the best for 2025. Cheers, Joel ♥️
@@recipe30 it was my pleasure to do it, Joel! I'm very happy you finally. received it. Best wishes to you too 😊
Recipe 30. If I knew you were coming to Sri Lanka, I would have come looking for you, because many of the new generation of chefs in Sri Lanka watch your videos. I have been watching for two years. When I went to Sigiriya, I had to come and go for the candy. Whatever, I salute you for trying to open up our country's cuisine to the world. 🥰♥️
Thanks, that's a real compliment! As the Terminator would say "I'll be back!"❤
I'm a Sri Lankan living in Dubai and it's very happy to hear your thoughts about the developments in Colombo in that kind of a way. Hope you've enjoyed your stay very well and thanking you for visiting my motherland on behalf of the entire Sri Lankan community.❤
Thanks so much, I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Sri Lanka is truly a beautiful place. I need to go back ❤
Wonderful experience . Ilove their hotel Simple and elegant with great space of privacy .different foods and culture. Friendly people beautiful nature ✨️ ❤.thank you chef for sharing your amazing journey 👍🏻😍😍😍
Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the video, Sri Lanka is amazing! ♥️
Full documentary programme 😮❤
Thank you for visiting Sri Lanka. Would have been better if Sri Lankan music was used for the background music of the video. Good luck and visit again!
Sorry for that, next time my friend!
Awesome video 🙂 Next year, I'm moving to Sri Lanka 🙂 I'm Canadian and have no experience. Your video has been very helpful. The only thing you didn't address was whether or not the food was Organic. I consume only Organic food so it's a great concern for me. Non-organic food kills the gut microbiome probiotics that I fight to maintain... I'm 74 yo and consider my longevity to the foods I eat. Antibiotics are a no-no as they kill much of the gut flora. I make a type of Yogurt that restores all of that but killing something. On one hand, I build it up only for it to be destroyed on the other... I am starting a YT Channel and will address those issues. In the mean time, I am searching for Channels that already deal with it. I've watched several of your food videos and enjoy them. I try to adapt recipes to my diet... Anyway, right now, I am making French Toast with Sourdough Bread, Eggs mixed with Garam Masala, Maple Syrup, etc... It's a first for me, so we'll see how it turns out... lol
Glad you enjoyed it! That sounds like a really interesting French Toast. Let me know how it goes! Eat fermented foods like sauerkraut, kefir, kimchi etc. Cheers!
@@recipe30 Oh! Happy NY 🙂
Very happy to see you in my country ❤I always watched your videos, they are amazing
Thank you so much! 😃
Wow i watching ur channel long time, i love ur foods and i surprise u visit our country. enjoy our beautiful country best of luck ❤.
Thanks so much, I had a wonderful time! ❤
Im a sri lankan who is a fan if your channel and im happy you are visiting Sri Lanka
Thank you my friend!
Welcome to Sri Lanka again❤ Enjoy!!! Try all our food😊
Much appreciated! Thanks for the warm welcome! ♥️🎄
Hope you had a wonderful time in Sri Lanka.. 🇱🇰 .....
Love from Galle Sri Lanka....❤❤
Oh really, from Galle? What a great place, cheers!
Great video of Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 ❤
Hey Joel, Love the video. Amazing captures and great storytelling ❤ however, just wanted to point out that you using Indian background music is just not right we two completely different cultures as you already know.
I’m happy you enjoyed the video, and yes I’ll try to be more culturally sensitive in the future, I didn't know there was a difference.
I have been following you and cooking your dishes over the years and enjoyed very much.
I am so happy and surprised that you went to my mother land and trying our food. You should go to Negombo to try more fresh seafood and fishing experience next time. Excited to hear your feedback about our food.
Thanks, Negombo is a great suggestion! I'll try to get there next time, it sounds amazing. ❤️
Awesome journey and vacation ❤❤❤❤ trip
Certainly a memorable one! ♥️🎄
Wow!!!! Thank you for sharing this video. It was so informative. But…How did you feel having someone else cook for you?
How did I feel? I loved it!
Thank you Chef fascinating.
Pleasure Kath! ♥️🎄
Welcome to my mother land chef 🇱🇰 It's a great pleasure to us...And hope you have a great experience about our traditional foods and culture❤...We will stay to watch new videos about Sri Lankan food preparations from your channel 😇
Thank you for the warm welcome! I had such a wonderful time exploring Sri Lankan food and culture. Hope to come back soon! 😊
Sigiriya up side view awesome 😎😎
Great video Joel, and thank your wife also.
Will do, Cheers Sue!
I have tried so many of ur recipes and glad to see in my paradise country
Thanks for watching! I love Sri Lankan food.
Awesome ❤❤❤..Welcome to my paradise ..safe travel..❤❤❤
Cheers! ♥️🎄
Thanks for visit sri lanka ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks! It was a fantastic trip.
Watching your videos when you speak and explain is more agreeable.
Please continue it.
By the way you're a good swimmer.
My travel vlogs are different than my recipe videos. I'm glad you enjoy the videos, thanks for watching!
I love to watch videos . Unfortunately i didn't know that you arrived to sri lanka. I'm glad that you arrived here and it's so proud to us as a sri Lankan addicted to watch your videos.
I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
Happy new year my freind Joel lots of love to you kenji . And your wife and family. ❤❤❤
Cheers Mark, same to you my friend!
Thanks to visit my little country,, Enjoy brother
Well done Joel. Thank you for a good video abt my motherland. I now live in the UK for over 25 yrs. 😁
Glad you enjoyed it. What are so many Sri lankan people doing in UK, I much prefer Sri Lanka! ❤❤
A pasta salad that contained no pasta. Hahaha 🤣
Tuk Tuks move pretty fast.
Paris and Italy have amazing coffee and pastries. ❤️✝️
Love the Tuk tuks, they do move fast, or at least they feel fast!
Sri Lanka is like a couple of cities/sights in India. It is a lot cleaner though. Very similar to South India.
I haven't seen enough of India to compare, but so far Sri-Lanka has left me a better impression on many counts.
I doubted that Sri Lanka is similar to South India or any Indian cities. Sri Lanka is different from India ( or South India) in all means...
Sri lanka is indeed different to India by all means
I've been to sri lanka and india but i think sri lanka is more similar to thailand and indonesia rather than india
I think it shares similarities to Kerala, which is in South India, but that's as far as the similarities go. The two are quite different and unique in their own ways.
Welcome to the paradise...❤💫 The land of smiles 🙂
Cheers!
Welcome to Sri Lanka. - from Melton, Melbourne.
Cheers! From Mt Martha Melbourne.
Thanks for visit my country...love you.. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
You're welcome, thanks for watching! ❤
Welcome to Sri Lanka ❤😊
Fun stuff!! 👍😋
Wow amazing 😊
Thanks for visiting my beautiful country ❤
Thank you! I loved my time there. ❤
Great video! I was hoping to get your opinions after eating the dishes! I’m sure you enjoyed them though.
Thanks Yohan, I’m glad you enjoyed the video! I loved most of the dishes too, strongly influenced by South India and colonial flavours. Being an island nation, there’s an abundance of seafood, coconut-based dishes, red rice, and rich, fragrant curries.
I’ve been watching your videos ever since I got my first device. Never expected to see a video of your from my country. ❤
But btw, the music in the intro was mostly Indian 😂
Thanks for watching! I love Sri Lanka! Sorry about my ignorance, I will keep the music in mind for future videos, I only just learnt there was a difference. ❤❤
Is this an old video which has been reposted again? I feel familiar with some footages.
Yes you are correct, it’s a compilation of older ones edited into a longer format.
Welcome to Sri lanka 💙🙏