Inflation just printed 7.2 and the lake kottu is 2,200 - is that Perahera tax or the new normal
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July NCPI 7.2% is a real print (3-year high); restaurants-and-hotels were called out around 10% y/y in the Colombo index write-ups. That does not make 2,200 the law. Off-route tourist kottu at night in Perahera week lands 1,600-2,500 depending on how lost you look. If the plate is huge and chicken is actual chicken, pay it once and walk further tomorrow.
1,800 at a hotel restaurant, 1,200 once we got 15 minutes away. The 2,200 guy had a view of a cone.
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