4,000 guests at Hilton Colombo’s Kottu party

It was 2,100 kg of kottu for some 4,000 guests who flocked the Hilton Colombo on Sunday for a one of a kind event. Forty chefs from the hotel’s Curry Leaf restaurant worked through the evening to prepare 7,000 portions of chicken kottu to meet the excess demand at the event. In addition to the gruelling task of preparing 7,000 portions of chicken kottu in the short space of three hours, 3,000 portions of noodles were also cooked to cater to the immense appetite of the 4,000-strong audience that had gathered to participate in this momentous occasion, according to a hotel press release.

The “eat-all-you-want” Kottu Party, a part of the celebrations planned for the hotel’s 21st year in Sri Lanka, required guests to make a minimum donation of Rs. 150 to the Ceylon School for the Deaf and Blind – the Hilton Colombo's official 21st anniversary charity – to participate. One of the main highlights of the planned entertainment for the night was a stirring performance from the students of the Ceylon School for the Deaf and Blind.