It only comes around once in two years. But when it does it takes Colombo by storm! That’s the Colombo Art Biennale (CAB) for you. Based on a particular theme conveyed through traditional art, installations and digital art as well, a host of local and foreign artists display their work around the bustling city for five colourful days.
We’re still on about Galle after the literary festival. But it’s impossible to make a trip down that way without dropping in at ‘Mama’s’. In a matter of months, since its opening nearly a decade ago, ‘Mama’s Café’ on Leyn Bahn Street in the Fort developed a flattering international reputation for its rice-and-curry.