Download the PDF file .<\/a><\/p>\n<\/object>\nWhy are there so many take away street hopper\u00a0food outlets in Sri Lanka, much more than\u00a0MacDonald\u2019s and KFC\u2019s in most other countries?<\/p>\n
Once, I met a young Australian tourist in Colombo, \u00a0and when asked whether he was enjoying his\u00a0holiday in paradise, he said, \u201cI love that \u2018hopper\u00a0city\u2019 in the holy village down South, the hoppers\u00a0were fantastic nourishing treats at such low prices\u201d\u00a0When ask which part of the hopper he preferred.\u00a0\u201cOf course the crispy frills, he said, but the fleshy centre with a \u2018bull\u2019s-eye\u2019 on top\u00a0was delicious, but disastrous when the yellow half cooked yolk starts dribbling down\u00a0the chin. There you are that was the impression of a foreign tourist eating hoppers\u00a0for the first time.<\/p>\n
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Why do Sri Lankans love hoppers Written by Dr Harold Gunatillake-Health editor Why are there so many take away street hopper\u00a0food outlets in Sri Lanka, much more than\u00a0MacDonald\u2019s and KFC\u2019s in most other countries? Once, I met a young Australian tourist in Colombo, \u00a0and when asked whether he was enjoying his\u00a0holiday in paradise, he said, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7131","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-articles"},"yoast_head":"\n
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