Meals are a very social occasion here, with much sharing of dishes and food tasting and discussion. As visitors we must be giving off ‘get your leftovers here’ signals. The Hotel has a resident crow who tries to get in on the social/sharing aspect. It watches our poor food consumption with a mercenary glean in its eyes and only shows concern if it looks like we’re in danger of finishing our food by hopping into the restaurant and ‘caa’ing’ with alarm. We’ve nick named him Dave. But Dave isn’t alone in seeing us as a soft touch. On a recent visit to Kandy we visited the Royal Botanical Gardens where one of the millions of dogs on the island shadowed us half way around the place. Even being bold enough to sneak under our umbrella to shelter from the rain and kept up with us until I gave in and fed it a bit of our fruit loaf.
Back at the school all the teachers are concerned that we don’t eat enough for breakfast. Breakfast for Sri Lankan’s is a mid-morning social occasion. We’ve tried to explain that we eat as soon as we get up, so for us a snack is enough but it still remains a source of concern, which seems odd given the number of helpful suggestions I’ve been given to lose my fat. Amongst which includes an Arab remedy of honey & lime in water which ‘sorts out’ too much oil. If this is right I think the Arabs have struck a new kind of Oil – Or rather an oil eliminating solution. Brace yourselves for a new fat busting craze!
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