{"id":37862,"date":"2019-08-14T08:22:45","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T08:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=37862"},"modified":"2021-12-12T02:43:26","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T02:43:26","slug":"first-look-melbournes-best-new-buffet-is-at-citrus-a-sri-lankan-diner-in-fitzroy-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/first-look-melbournes-best-new-buffet-is-at-citrus-a-sri-lankan-diner-in-fitzroy-north\/","title":{"rendered":"First Look: Melbourne\u2019s Best New Buffet Is at Citrus, a Sri Lankan Diner in Fitzroy North"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #99ccff;\">First Look: Melbourne\u2019s Best New Buffet Is at Citrus, a Sri Lankan Diner in Fitzroy North<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Source:<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.broadsheet.com.au\/melbourne\/food-and-drink\/article\/first-look-melbournes-best-new-buffet-citrus-sri-lankan-diner-fitzroy-north\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Broadsheet<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800080;\">It\u2019s all owned and run by one family. The kids manage front of house, while mum and dad are in the kitchen preparing a $15 all-you-can-eat feast that includes curries, spiced vegetable dishes, spicy sambols and chutneys.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37863 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/New-Buffet-e1565770351461.jpg\" alt=\"New Buffet\" width=\"600\" height=\"419\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body-content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #8c07f2;\">Ravindu Somaweera is 24 years old and has been in Australia for just three years, but he\u2019s already a restaurateur. He co-owns Citrus, a Sri Lankan diner in Fitzroy North, with his sister Mansala, mum Shiyamalee and dad Keerthi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #8c07f2;\">The staff is \u201cjust the family\u201d, says Ravindu, who manages front-of-house with Mansala, while Shiyamalee and Keerthi run the kitchen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #8c07f2;\">Shiyamalee is the head chef and was taught to cook by her older sister Priyanthi, the head chef and co-owner of Chef Lanka, a Sri Lankan restaurant with three Melbourne locations. The Somaweera family had been working there since arriving in Australia from Sri Lanka, before deciding to go into business together at Citrus.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body-content\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #8c07f2;\">The family lives in Pascoe Vale but saw a hopper-sized hole in the Fitzroy North market. When some friends decided to move on from their corner site adjacent Piedimonte\u2019s, the family jumped.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #8c07f2;\">Originally called Citrus Gate, the restaurant started with an \u00e0 la carte menu of burgers and a few Sri Lankan dishes, but it became clear pretty quickly that the Sri Lankan food was more in demand. They scrapped the Western dishes and added a buffet \u2013 typical in Sri Lanka for lunch, the biggest meal of the day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #8c07f2;\">\u201cWe weren\u2019t sure if it was going to be successful,\u201d says Ravindu. \u201cIt was really slow at the start \u2026 but once [the locals] got to know the flavours, word-of-mouth did the trick and now someone brings someone new every day. It\u2019s getting really busy now, and mum\u2019s happy because everyone\u2019s liking the food.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body-content\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #8c07f2;\">At lunch and dinner, you\u2019ll find 15 or so dishes from all over the island country. A vegetarian combo plate is $10, or you can get an all-you-can-eat feast for $15. It\u2019s the deal of the century.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #8c07f2;\">Pick up a plate and lay your foundation with two types of rice \u2013 saffron and vegetable. Then, remembering to take small scoops to fit everything in, hit each bain-marie for an assortment of dishes that change daily, including yellow-lentil curry, spiced potatoes, fried soy beans, hot buttered fish with peppers, devilled chicken, slow-cooked beef curry, cashew and turmeric curry, green beans with curry leaves and coconut milk, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #8c07f2;\">Next, swing around the island bench and find room for spicy coconut sambol, chilli paste, and chutney made from ambarella, a small green tropical stone fruit that tastes like a fibrous pear when stewed. If you\u2019ve got questions, whoever\u2019s working front-of-house will explain and lead you through the line-up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #8c07f2;\">Wash it all down with a mango lassi (Ravindu admits this is traditionally Indian, but delicious and popular in Sri Lanka nonetheless), fresh juice or one of the many bottled Sri Lankan soft drinks in the front display.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #8c07f2;\">\u201cGinger beer is the most popular there,\u201d Ravindu says. \u201cThey say that without ginger beer [a meal] is not complete.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #8c07f2;\">For Ravindu, the ingredients in Australia sometimes leave him missing some of his favourites from home, such as jackfruit curry. He says jackfruit is more expensive here, but you\u2019ll occasionally find it on the Saturday-night menu, when the buffet costs $19.90 instead of $15.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #8c07f2;\">Citrus\u2019s dry spices and coconut milk are imported from Sri Lanka, so the flavours are as close to what the Somaweeras ate in their home town of Kandy in Sri Lanka\u2019s Central Highlands as possible. The difference here is that Shiyamalee works to ensure every dish is gluten-free, and all the non-meat dishes are vegan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #8c07f2;\">She\u2019s also made many of the buffet curries mild, so diners can add chilli to taste. It\u2019s what Shiyamalee is used to cooking for her children. \u201cI like mild, I don\u2019t like spicy,\u201d Ravindu says, giggling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #8c07f2;\"><strong>Citrus<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #8c07f2;\"><a style=\"color: #8c07f2;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Citrus\/@-37.783179,144.984254,15z\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x4ca2dea50cbe9c8e?sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiz3MPdxN7jAhWUbysKHRclBYIQ_BIwCnoECA8QCA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">252 St Georges Road, Fitzroy North<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #8c07f2;\">(03) 7012 7601<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #8c07f2;\"><strong>Hours:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #8c07f2;\">Mon to Sun 9am\u20139pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #8c07f2;\"><a style=\"color: #8c07f2;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citrusfitzroy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.facebook.com\/citrusfitzroy<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; First Look: Melbourne\u2019s Best New Buffet Is at Citrus, a Sri Lankan Diner in Fitzroy North Source:Broadsheet It\u2019s all owned and run by one family. 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