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Is USD 3 rice and curry still a thing or did Instagram lie?

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Quentin Brasseur•171 rep•2

Two backpackers, 3 weeks, trying to stay under USD 40/day. Are hoppers still coins? What is a tourist-cafe trap vs a lunch packet?

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Lunch packet / rice and curry in a local "hotel" is still the daily staple. Typical traveller reports this year: LKR 250-600 local rice and curry, 300-700 kottu (chicken toward the top), egg hopper 80-200, king coconut 100-150, Lion in a restaurant 500-900. Tourist-beach mains 1,500-3,500. Best meals are the places with no English menu and a queue of office guys at 12:30.

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Yashodha Cooray•1195 rep•1

Galle Fort / A-Bay / Ella cafes are a different country, price-wise. I blew 2,800 on toast in Ella and then ate a 350 packet around the corner.

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Keisha Morrow•142 rep•2

Ask for "rice and curry, not too spicy" and you will still get spicy. Yoghurt or buffalo curd for the burn.

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Lasith Amarasinghe•1575 rep•1

Chasing the 12:30 office queue. Toast can wait.

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