Making Crab Curry - Colombo, Sri Lanka

This video is brought to you in part by the Sri Lanka Tourism Board All right, so he just took this little left lane over here to avoid the traffic jam It's crazy traffic Like what the hell is this guy doing what's this little american Say hi say hello This is where the courts are in colombo that's where everything Goes down That's where the courts are. Okay, that's where the judges and lawyers go the official The high court of colombo right there the high court Okay The second executive president of Sri Lanka was killed and suicide So he's the second president This is the best guy in the world if you ever come to sri lanka and you don't have this guy as your guide You're are an idiot He calls himself black He's indian He looks he looks dark skinned like a like an indian Which is a little different very similar All right. So we're here in the cinnamon lakeside hotel. This hotel is 340 rooms and it's a five-star hotel On a lake which is the bear lake and this pool is fantastic It's definitely a place to be when you come to colombo. I think it's the hotel The other hotel I stayed at was the gala face. It's more colonial. It's not as beautiful as this one This one's more boutique looking the inside is awesome and my room is fantastic. I love my room because we have all the rooms And tonight i'm going to be eating here at this restaurant right here Long fang which is a thai restaurant and i'm also going to be filming a chef right over here make some Crab curry and i'm just going to try a little bit to see how the crab curry tastes And then after that we're going to go here and have some dinner I've had a tiring day eight hours drive from yala And um, yeah and tomorrow morning I have to leave at 8 a.m Again to candy so I have a three hour drive i'm going to stop at the elephant Orphanage on the way to candy. So I i'm super excited about that because I'm gonna see some elephants finally because I didn't really see them in yada. We're like in a distance Okay, so this is uh, you know the cinnamon lakeside hotel You gotta check this hotel out Hello And this is the chef and he's gonna show us how to make crab curry, okay, so now Chef explain to me what the ingredients are So here we have the crab. Okay. Yeah Sliced onion green chili garlic Ginger Curry powder and cinnamon Okay, chef, let's start let's start so he's adding oil right now it's gonna be very spicy Not so spicy So, how how do you determine to make it mild or hot? What what is the ingredient that actually changes that more chili? Then you'll get more more spice. Okay. So which is the chili again? Okay So this is the the ingredient that actually changes the complete flavor of the curry Really it's this chili the red chili. Yeah, the red chili is the is the the one that really um changes the flavor. Okay Okay. Now the curry, uh cooked for 10 minutes Now it's ready What we're gonna do now he's gonna serve on the plate and then i'm gonna use my hands to open the shell Okay, so here we have crab curry first time i'm trying crab curry in sri lanka that's traditional here Um, we just saw the chef made it now i'm gonna show you how to eat it Obviously if you've ever eaten crab, you know how to eat it Just gonna eat it with my hands Very good a little hot though, it's like the flavor really gets into the crab No, not too spicy, but I mean it really gets in there