Best Colombo street food crawl for one evening Pilawoos Galle Face or somewhere else

Strong one-evening crawl: (1) Start at sunset on Galle Face Green for the legendary isso vade (prawn fritters, around 200 LKR each), kottu carts, and grilled corn, eaten standing with the sea breeze and kites flying overhead. (2) Walk to Hotel de Pilawoos in Colpetty for the famous late-night cheese kottu (yes, locals do queue for it, especially after midnight; the chopping rhythm IS the show). (3) Finish with watalappan (Sri Lankan jaggery custard) or a faluda at a local cafe like Indra or Pillawoos itself. If you want a deeper local crawl skip the tourist Galle Face stretch and head to Pettah at dusk for short eats (samosas, vadai, rolls) and freshly-pressed sugarcane juice. Always cash, small notes, busy stalls only.