Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Preparations to feed 300+ guests for dinner on 30th March 2012
All hands on Deck! 20 helpers to cook for the night's guests
Oh What a sight?
The cooks surround the pot
What scrummy dish is that I see?
Akila and Issanka
Mahesh after a long drive the previous day coming to Ratmale only at 9.30pm in the cab.
As usual only imbibing and not working!
Pol Kiri for the curries
Cooking in progress
The pose
Fried fresh lake fish
Leela at work
Akila and Sagara pretending to work
Who is pouring the oil?
Women at work and the men at play
Pouring the coconut oil into the huge wok!
Tell me who bends down more than a cook in rural Sri Lanka
Cooks X 20!!
End of the cooking
Unloading stuff from the cab
At the well towards the evening
Clearing and cleaning at the well
Final supervision by Leela (Shashika's Mom)
Final Preparations for serving the dinner
Food Served on a Nelum Kolaya (Leaf of the water plant Nelum)
At nightfall with the reflections over the ponds
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
The Bon Fire from the beginning
Meeting the main people from the Village
Scenes from the March 30th Party at the Lodge - dinner for 250 people
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