Team North America: Rob, Tom, Will and Kelsy

We are trying to make the concept of “Cultural Dinner Night” a tradition here at the New York office of Projects Abroad. Every month or so we go to a restaurant featuring the food of one of our destination countries, with the purpose of getting out of the office but also learning about one of our countries through its cuisine.

Last night the featured country was Sri Lanka. Jessye couldn’t make it since she was in Costa Rica but we had the pleasure of Rob Levine, the Director of Canada, joining us as he was in New York for a short stop over after visiting our programs in Peru.

We ate at Sigiri (see-gih-REE-yah) a Sri Lankan restaurant in the East Village and sampled a lot of dishes from the dhal vade (friend lentil patties with Sri Lankan spices) to several different curries! Below are my delicious aapa or hoppers which are bowl shaped rice pancakes and are great for spooning up some black curry.

What is your favorite Sri Lankan food?

My aapa or hoppers