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Sri Lankan

Hoppers and curry sets are a mainstay at Many Little.

Hatted chef fired-up to open hot new Sri Lankan restaurant on buzzy south-side strip

Many Little chef-restaurateur Gayan Pieris hopes to expand Melburnians’ notions of the island’s vibrant cuisine at fire-driven Agnii.

  • Dani Valent
Good Food's Young Chef of the Year Viveik Vinoharan (left) and Mitch distillery Dutch Rules founder Danny Perera.

Lamb biryani sausage, ‘Lankan-leaning’ pasta: Young Chef of the Year opens first restaurant

Find it inside a gin distillery in Melbourne’s east that celebrates Sri Lankan food and drink in surprising ways. This is your first look.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Meatball curry from Lankan Filling by O Tama Carey

Spice up your meatballs with this Sri Lankan-inspired recipe from O Tama Carey

The chef and owner of celebrated Sydney eatery Lankan Filling Station shares her recipe for meatball curry from her latest cookbook.

  • O Tama Carey
Egg hoppers at Many Little.

Regional Restaurant of the Year nominee Many Little to change hands

It’s delicious news for fans of Gayan Pieris’s cooking, with the Sri Lankan chef to become the restaurant’s owner next month.

  • Frank Sweet
Chef’s menu at Many Little in Gippsland.
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Many Little

A bolt of brilliance in the Peninsula’s leafy hinterland.

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Hopper set at Hopper Joint.
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Hopper Joint

A richly detailed homage to a culture of hands-on eating.

Egg hoppers.
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Prince of Yazh

Spicy subcontinental excellence.

Citrus buffet
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Citrus

A help-yourself curry hotspot.

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Ceylon Wok

Standout stall in a destination food court.

Ceylon Spicy Foods owner Rajika Bandara.

Ceylon Spicy Foods is an all-you-can-eat flavour extravaganza

The friendly suburban restaurant excels at complex curries, crisp hoppers and the kind of Sri Lankan food “your mother would give you at home”.

  • Sanka Amadoru