Spicy Sri Lankan Hoppers at Toronto's Hopper Hut Dining on a Dime
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Date: 2020-05-20
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Nirmal
Lamprais is a Dutch Burger food, and you don't get authentic Lamprais even in Sri Lanka. The proper Lamprais will have a three meat curry (Beef, pork, lamb, Beef Frikkadels, at least one hard boiled egg, and rice cooked in stock. The emphasis is on the protein rather than vegetables, of which there will be two. The rice and curries will be packed in a banana leaf and baked to take it to the next level. The Lamprais shown in this video is an abomination, a scam. There are so many things wrong with the so-called authentic Sri Lankan food in this video, and I am way too lazy (as a typical Sri Lankan) to list them all out. Never go to a Hindu, Muslim, or hardline Buddhist owned shop if you want authentic Sri Lankan food. They have weird beliefs and will not serve beef and pork.
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Lamprais is a Dutch Burger food, and you don't get authentic Lamprais even in Sri Lanka. The proper Lamprais will have a three meat curry (Beef, pork, lamb, Beef Frikkadels, at least one hard boiled egg, and rice cooked in stock. The emphasis is on the protein rather than vegetables, of which there will be two. The rice and curries will be packed in a banana leaf and baked to take it to the next level. The Lamprais shown in this video is an abomination, a scam. There are so many things wrong with the so-called authentic Sri Lankan food in this video, and I am way too lazy (as a typical Sri Lankan) to list them all out. Never go to a Hindu, Muslim, or hardline Buddhist owned shop if you want authentic Sri Lankan food. They have weird beliefs and will not serve beef and pork.
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Madona
Now I understand all the people getting angry on the internet for silly things, cause Im upset over something trivial! Thats not traditional Sri Lankan, appers or whatever it is that you call it, thats Traditional Kerala food, Appam! Srilanka lies very close to Kerala, and there were lots of Malayalis there, so I can understand that Kerala food would have been adapted there, but thats Appam. Thats one of the staple foods in Kerala, the southernmost state in India.
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Now I understand all the people getting angry on the internet for silly things, cause Im upset over something trivial! Thats not traditional Sri Lankan, appers or whatever it is that you call it, thats Traditional Kerala food, Appam! Srilanka lies very close to Kerala, and there were lots of Malayalis there, so I can understand that Kerala food would have been adapted there, but thats Appam. Thats one of the staple foods in Kerala, the southernmost state in India.
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Don
Dhal is actually a lentil curry cooked with coconut milk. Actually that lamprais is missing an essential component. The rice in a lamprais is usually cooked with either chicken or beef broth to give a creamy meaty flavor. That caramelised onion thingy you tried is called seeni sambal which means sugar sambal- a connotation to the fact that sugar is used to caramelise the onions when making it. Source: my self. I'm a Sri Lankan. Kek
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Dhal is actually a lentil curry cooked with coconut milk. Actually that lamprais is missing an essential component. The rice in a lamprais is usually cooked with either chicken or beef broth to give a creamy meaty flavor. That caramelised onion thingy you tried is called seeni sambal which means sugar sambal- a connotation to the fact that sugar is used to caramelise the onions when making it. Source: my self. I'm a Sri Lankan. Kek
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Dhanika
Loved the episode as a lankan, but this isn't very authentic Sri lankan food. The Rotis looked leathery, the hoppers looked soggy, and that wasn't a lamprais at all. It was just rice and curry (looked good though) wrapped in a banana leaf, lamprais is very different. Also, coconut sambol isnt supposed to be sweet. They probably used desiccated coconut due to lack of fresh coconut.
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Loved the episode as a lankan, but this isn't very authentic Sri lankan food. The Rotis looked leathery, the hoppers looked soggy, and that wasn't a lamprais at all. It was just rice and curry (looked good though) wrapped in a banana leaf, lamprais is very different. Also, coconut sambol isnt supposed to be sweet. They probably used desiccated coconut due to lack of fresh coconut.
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Lucas
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HI FRIENDS thanks so much for tuning in as our Toronto season approaches its end! Please stay tuned as we will announce our next city very soon! Will it be YOUR city? Well, statistically probably not. But please watch anyway! I'm on IG staletwizzlers and Twitter lucaspeterson if you're into that kind of thing. XxxxoxoxoxoxoxoooX Lucas
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Emaad
Those bloody hopper hut buggers don't know how to make a bloody lamprais. It's not with daal curry. A proper lamprais has rice cooked in stock, a three meat curry, a curry with aubergine and plantain, belacan indonesian shrimp paste, seeni sambol, a fried egg and a cutlet. Get your shit together!
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Those bloody hopper hut buggers don't know how to make a bloody lamprais. It's not with daal curry. A proper lamprais has rice cooked in stock, a three meat curry, a curry with aubergine and plantain, belacan indonesian shrimp paste, seeni sambol, a fried egg and a cutlet. Get your shit together!
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Pradhapan
Actually, what he was eating is not kothu roti. Kothu roti actually means chopped up roti, so it's pieces of roti that are broken down and spices and all different types of ingredients are added. What you were eating was idiyappam or as you said, string hoppers.
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Actually, what he was eating is not kothu roti. Kothu roti actually means chopped up roti, so it's pieces of roti that are broken down and spices and all different types of ingredients are added. What you were eating was idiyappam or as you said, string hoppers.
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Hookemups
I'm Irish living in Aus and my great friend is from Sri Lanka. Some of my best memories of each year is to be Invited around to his house for festivities as all his friends come around and cook genuine Sri Lankan food. I just bring the Irish Whiskey.
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I'm Irish living in Aus and my great friend is from Sri Lanka. Some of my best memories of each year is to be Invited around to his house for festivities as all his friends come around and cook genuine Sri Lankan food. I just bring the Irish Whiskey.
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gk891
i always thought lamprais was pronounced like lump-rice. I could be wrong about that though. Nice to see Scarborough place featured on Eater. The variety of food available in Scarborough is incredible, especially Sri Lankan and Trinidadian.
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i always thought lamprais was pronounced like lump-rice. I could be wrong about that though. Nice to see Scarborough place featured on Eater. The variety of food available in Scarborough is incredible, especially Sri Lankan and Trinidadian.
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tuskerman
Nicely done Lucas! As a Sri Lankan-borne I really miss this amazing food. And Kudos for attempting all the pronunciations! But for future note, Lamprais is pronounced, LUMP-RICE. It's from the Portuguese. Cheers!
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Nicely done Lucas! As a Sri Lankan-borne I really miss this amazing food. And Kudos for attempting all the pronunciations! But for future note, Lamprais is pronounced, LUMP-RICE. It's from the Portuguese. Cheers!
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