114 & 115. Sri Lankan Food and Yalumba Shiraz/Viognier 2003

The Blue Elephant was one of the few restaurants in the area that we had not tried yet and it just happened to be a style of food we had never experienced before so a visit made sense.

I booked a table to 7pm since the menu we got through the door said “Booking Essential” and after all, it was a Friday night so most places were busy and reserving a table made sense. However, when we got there we are the only customers and I worried that was how it was going to stay for the rest of the evening. It might have something to do with the “Jazz Band” that were sound checking at one end of the restaurant.

However, we were pleasantly surprised when the place began to fill up. There were couples, families and various other age groups represented and once we were served our meals it was evident that they were there for the brilliant food.

We started with a “Plate of Tasty Morsels” which was a vast selection of starters that almost filled us to the point of not wanting a main course. However, we continued on and had “Jo Jo’s Chicken” and a sort of prawn curry with garlic and coriander roti, all of which was exceptionally tasty, if a bit to spicy.

It was all helped down with generous glasses of the Yalumba which went really well with the spices but unfortunately didn’t have enough alcohol in it to drown out the cheesy 80’s music that the so-called “Jazz” 2-piece insisted on playing