Food4Thought | Best Samosas in the country

I love to eat

More specifically, I love to eat good food.

So I thought maybe I should share my experience for others to do the same for the simplest reason - why should anyone eat crappy food?

Firstly I have to say, I’m no food expert nor a food reviewer (I’m not too sure whether I got that title right). But I just find good food and eat it. 

This is my favorite place to find samosas in Sri Lanka - Hotel Thaj in Jaffna. If you are ever in Jaffna you can’t/ shouldn’t miss this place (it’s easily accessible down the A9 road close to the 3rd cross street). Hotel Thaj has been around for some time and whenever I visit Jaffna I make sure that I pay a visit and grab my dosage of samosas. They serve chicken samosas and the taste is incomparable because it’s too good. The best part is that they don’t cheat with the meat. Sometimes, when we go to a restaurant we feel dissatisfied with the quantity of the dish they serve, but I have never felt that way with the Thaj Samosas, it has always been a fulfilling experience. Thaj hotel produces samosas every morning and the evening on a daily basis, so if you want fresh samosas make sure you go between 10.00am-1.00pm and 5.00pm-7.30pm. This amazing creation is served at a reasonable price of Rs.80/- (During my last visit in December 2022).

Don’t sit and ponder - grab your samosas and share your experience so that more people get the taste of good food!

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Location - Thaj Hotel

A whisper from a Phantom

With So much hope I carried you home

home of mine, I live alone

I love the darkness echoes around

As you came in, its yet to be found

I cover myself with this hideous face,

but I'm instantly cured by your beauty and grace

Carried you home, with immense hesitation

I had no plan, only innocent persuasion

Fallen Angel of that I'm sure

Am I her destiny? , A carcass has no cure

Her eyes shine concurring the darkness in whole

while her melodious voice remains to sooth my broken soul

Mask I wear to hide myself from her

Simple words I say to connect and confer 

With this darkness around, this phantom can only say

My heart is the only thing I can
offer, with no hope I whisper, you to stay...

 ~ Inspired by the phantom of the opera

9th September 2011

Music of the night

Big Empty

Back home,

I feel like a stranger 

in this familiar place.

Messy,

I try to find a space 

to rest my head, 

which has a mind of its own these days.

I close my eyes

Faint images started to unreel

I gazed in to the night that time stood still.

1.38am so little time.

Moon at its peak and showering its light 

we arrived,

high energy to keep company 

mindful social distancing 

we barely touched 

guilty circumstances prevail

I step in with happy smoke,

I exhale deliberately

Into her lungs 

as she collected the molecules of smoke.

She smiled, 

eyes never lie they say.

who are they?

I wonder.

as I did it again,

This time I was flying high.

2.12am is it time to go?

we still kept a foot a part. 

She only answers questions.

its never the other way around.

the time slowly leaked with desperate songs.

2.42am we are still here,

empty cigarette pack,

empty shot glass

so time to eat some barbeque chicken, 

yes that's it!

hush now its a secret code!

2.56am I exhale valiantly

to no avail.

We have to depart

no more time left

We are certainly good at breaking boundaries

and building them right back up.

we still remain.

I have no clue why.

3.08am its a 6 period day, she said.

hurried pleasantries 

we bid good night,

strangers back again.

I had no idea what I was looking for,

dazed and confused 

I make my return.

Mind is filled,

big empty

under the shocking realization,

that I'm all alone this time. 

6.25am - emptiness is deafening. 

Reversus est ad mentem

Today I'm excited,

I feel weightless

A man on fire - I glow

I've been away for far too long

To find myself,

To be found,

In the midst of loosing,

Lost,

battered and bruised,

I survived.

Up-beat, steady pace - I walk

remembering the golden days,

Sun was the limit,

seemingly limitless.

The prodigal son returns,

Home,

Where I belong.

No Surprise

I came to this place, which was ever so green,

I was attacked by people around me monstrous to be seen,

with desperation counted my days,

helpless, flabbergasted with cuts and bruised in terrible ways

Then came the light lasted few desperate lives,

escape wasn't an option until my heart was pierced despite the worthless dives.

Am I to stay here, should I leave? left me with a difficult choice,

Or should I proudly fight a hopeless battle with no rejoice.

I learnt my survival as I was crowded with the shadows that went passing me by,

I was gradually digging my own grave as the days went by

God! send me a message from heaven or a clue of some sort

"I shall not quit" I said to myself as I helplessly fought

Finally with God's grace, I got a break to find my way back

The damn silver line was quite visible comforting me like a sweet mint fag

I took a chance to gulp the drink from my last cup of sorrow,

With a wish of hope, freedom, wealth and a sane tomorrow 

I've counted by last days to finally arrive here

With a sigh of relief, head held high, I walk without fear,

I hold no regrets, my mind filled with memories and I couldn't ask for more,

"Be gone" I said to myself, without hesitation now here, I go.....

22nd December 2009 - My reflection on leaving MCB bank that resulted in choosing to let go of my 6 years of established banking career during the time.