A variety of canteens were maintained in Colombo and surrounding areas that day. A very cheap restaurant run by Tamil Hindus in Jaffna, the place where we were fed during our school days. These were called 'Saiva' hotels. The food at the Saiva Hotel was served on rhombus leaves. Thos, Ulundu Wade and Masala Wade could be bought here for as little as a few cents.
Located on Galle Road near Vajira Road in Bambalapitiya, the Saraswathi Saiva Hotel has been a popular destination for the delicious Tosa Wade that has been popular since then. Washing hands after eating should be done by the eater himself.
Like Narada Disasekara, our school friends enjoyed the Tose Sapattu at Saraswati in the middle of the night. Once I wanted to get more sambala and gravy in addition to the servant's broth, I called him by the Tamil word "kongang". It meant 'go a little'. Going to an unknown Tamil was a big mistake for me. One of the problems I faced was using the word kongjang instead of "vichchan".
“Little by little the sambols
Sambarani little by little
There was a song in the vernacular at that time which started with 'Those little bit'.
The old building that houses the Saraswathi Restaurant in Bambalapitiya was owned by Steven Zoysa, the father of Colombo South MP Bernard Zoysa. This was the home of Mr. Bernard Zoysa.
The Saraswathi Saiva Hotel in Bambalapitiya as well as another well known Saiva Hotel was nearby. It's the Greenland Hotel on Greenland Road. We went there when we got to taste a delicious chapati meal. The two sisters and I went for a walk along the beach to the Greenland Saiva Hotel with Dad on some holidays and my mom also did not forget to bring a parcel of chapati and uludu wade.
"Saiva" is a Sanskrit name for the god Shiva. It was used in Tamil as 'Shaivar'. Hence the shop of Shiva devotees (the shop that serves vegetarian food to the followers of Lord Shiva was known as Shivar or Sivar shop).
Cyber hotels (cyber hotels) run by Tamils in Jaffna were found in almost every city in and around Colombo on that day. Saiva shops near Pamankada, Thimbirigasyaya, Wellawatte, Maradana, Borella and Wellawatte textile mills were seen that day.
Hotels, cafes and bhavans were also named after the cyber shops. Ananda Bhavan is a popular cybercafe located in Borella. A popular song written on the theme of Ananda Bhavan Cyber Shop was heard that day. This is an important sociological piece of information.
The song is sung by Michael Peiris and Deepal Perera.
“Ananda Bhavan
They hit together and swallowed
Walking out
Tamils in Jaffna are blamed
Banana leaf - three tosses
Leave and bring
Itli Masala Wade - Sambar is served
Go to the faucet - wash your hands
Hela, hela, hela
They eat it and call it the blade
This is the fire of racism
Hate rages out - humanity is overwhelmed
Remember that Tose was bitten
People set fire to Ananda Bhavan and disappeared
Intoxicated with national love ”
When we were in school, our friends (including Ariyadasa) walked from the Saraswathi Saiva Hotel along the Those Ka Vajira Road to the Suneetha Hotel in Thimbirigasyaya. Our friend Narada Disasekara as well as singer Rohitha Wijesuriya often joined us on this journey. Students of Bodimwala near Visakha Vidyalaya took to the streets to see Narada Disasekara, who was very popular these days, singing Ranmuthu Duwa 'Chitrapataye Galana Gangaki'.
The cup of tea at the Suneetha Hotel in Thimbirigasyaya was very tasty because of the copper boiler used for it. A large copper boiler was placed in front of the hotel. It is constantly heated by coconut charcoal. The milk jug was inserted through a hole in the boiler. Its milk is heated to the required level. Milk tea is mixed in a long brass jug. It's interesting to watch the milk tea mixture rise about a yard and pour the foam into the cup or glass. This is a popular song of the day.
“Tea is increasing day by day
Drinking makes the body happy ”
The Ananda Bhavan Hotel as well as the Jaffna Hotel near the old fort of the fort were popular at that time.
The Rahimiya Hotel in front of Thurstan College, Colombo is a restaurant that Minister Vinson Perera used to visit. It was his custom to eat a hopper and a cup of tea with a fork. During his evening visit, Secretary K.A.S. Mr. Gunasekera and I were also present. Foreign affairs as well as the activities of the Ministry were discussed quietly while drinking tea from the vehicle.
We find Saiva Kada in any country. The taste of the hot uludu wade still lingers in the cyber shop at the Connaught Roundabout in Delhi. There is also a cyber hotel located in the Defense Colony in Delhi that serves some delicious cyber delicacies. Every time I went to Delhi I did not forget to visit this place called Sagara Hotel. No matter where you go in Delhi, you can enjoy cyber food.
Cyber hotels can be found in many cities in Australia. Visitors to the Melbourne Hindu Temple will not forget to try the Italian and hot Uludu Wade at the nearby Cyber Hotel. This is a place where Sri Lankan Sinhalese and Tamils often meet.
My friend Dr. Piazza Medis, who lives in Sydney, Australia, took me to a Maharaja's restaurant in Quakers Hill, Sydney. The Udaya Thos Kade in Wentworth Hill is also an unforgettable place.
When I went to Malaysia for the Asian Institute of Broadcasting Development (ABU-1991) to take a certificate course in television, I walked from Kuala Lumpur (Chinatown) every evening to Italia and Uludu Wade to the Thosai stalls in the far corners of the city to enjoy it. There are several shops in Thos. Wherever you went, Tose Masala Wade was a cheap and wholesome dish.
In the Pamankada area where we lived when we were children, the voice of the Tamil grandmothers who used to shout 'Those' masala wade at night is still heard in dreams. I still remember the cyber vendor's sambol and sambarani soup wrapped in a white cloth and placed on his head.
The Indo Ceylon Cyber Shop in Kollupitiya, Colombo is a household name. It was my custom to bring here many friends who had come to the National Savings Bank to meet me that day. One day I had a banking session with Prof. Ediriweera Sarachchandra who came to me and was invited to taste the Indo Ceylon Cyber Shop. Mr. Sarachchandra liked to taste hot Uludu Wade as well as Indo Ceylon milk coffee.
The taste of cyber as well as the taste of literature was experienced with him here. Mr. Sarachchandra used the word 'advertisement' as the appropriate word for the English word 'communication'. Mass Media was thus referred to as Multiple Advertising.
During the Indo-Ceylon discussion, Mr. Sarachchandra jokingly told me that you too were putting Wimal's mass communication on the word. Prof. Wimal Dissanayake introduced Mass Communication in English as Mass Communication. ‘Advertising’ is the noun.
Consciousness (presentation of facts in some way) The communicator should thus be referred to as consciousness-paka.
Students at Vidyalankara University also joked about a science professor. Although communication as well as communication can be considered the correct language, by now he has been promoting mass communication.
During the Indo-Ceylon discussion, I was able to learn from the conversation I had with Mr. Sarachchandra that the taste of Tose-Uludu Wade was more wonderful. Mr. Sarachchandra evoked a very subtle sense of humor in the conversation. Many of Sarachchandra's associates still remember these satires. Unbeknownst to him, he was able to make fun of her.
The taste of savory Saraswati cyber dining with a group of friends when we were young, as well as the taste of the milk tea that rose about a yard above the copper cup with fermented cow's milk in the copper boiler at the Suneetha Hotel, still lingers today.
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