for those who know me, they know i love to eat. and while i will eat just about anything, i am not easily impressed. but in sri lanka, i experienced the hopper on my first morning at the galle face hotel, and life would not be the same after that. it is sort of a crepe prepared in a very hot steel bowl about 6 inches (15 cm) in diameter. think of the hopper as a crepe bowl. you get one hopper, put rice, lentil curry, and prawn curry all mixed in inside it and eat the whole thing. i like the concept of eating the “bowl” that you put your food in – and yes, it is a breakfast dish. i was so anamored of the hopper, i think i stayed at breakfast at the fortress hotel (see below) one time for nearly 3 hours – with my friends david and jessica. jessica, after going back to perth, started practicing making hpppers – hoppers are addictive! for more advanced diners – it only takes about one day to become one - you move on from plain hoppers to egg hoppers – they place an egg in the bottom of the pot, and remove the hopper when the egg is over easy. now add your curries, and chilies, and fried onions…. trust me, you’ll go back for more.
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