CHOPSTICK TRAVEL: JAFFNA A Culinary Adventure
'Chopstick Travel' visited a local home for Jaffna style spicy curry and khool, a seafood dish prepared only in Jaffna
Under the Sri Lanka Tourism’s Travel Blogger and Influencer Programme, Luke Martin and Sabrina Davidson of ‘Chopstick Travel’ - the popular Food Travel based Youtube channel visited Sri Lanka recently to explore Sri Lanka’s culinary diversity filled with rich flavours. ‘Chopstick Travel’ is one of the growing international culinary travel channels on You Tube which boasts over 93 million global views and over 500,000 subscribers.
Sri Lanka Tourism has designed this programme together with Chopstic Travel with a focus to promote Jaffna, as a popular seafood heaven for growing international foodie travellers. Travelling in association with the Visiting Blogger Programme of the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, the dynamic pair of successful Youtubers recently dove straight into Jaffna’s culinary and cultural scene.
They came seeking to document the most authentic and traditional cuisine of Sri Lanka, in order to share their experiences with their large audience, and had the opportunity to do so in the northern city of Jaffna. ‘Our goal is to help put Sri Lanka back on track to becoming a top travel destination. In my opinion, Jaffna is set to become a travel hotspot in the near future. We’re so excited to be able to let the world know about this fascinating city’ Luke shared.
The Youtubers were able to experience the taste of some local toddy, identical to Jaffna, made out of the sap of the Palmyrah tree’s flower. ‘I’m so impressed by the bravery of the toddy tappers, collecting this delicious drink daily. After tasting the toddy, I fully understand why it’s such a popular drink locally. What a special experience,” Sabrina said after tasting the local drink. “We’re excited to share this traditional practice with the world’.
Afterwards Luke and Sabrina visited a local fish market, where the fish were coming off the boats and being brought directly to the market. This also was a first time experience for them of the culinary adventures they had so far.
Chopstick Travel will be featuring the unique preparations, fascinating processes, and their reactions to these dishes and practices in the Jaffna episode of their upcoming 5-part Sri Lankan series.