Saffron and Vanilla is a home baker that makes superb desserts – she also teaches you how to make them yourself, if you’re interested. This

Life Food is a salad and juice counter at The Good Market shop in Lakpahana. We tried out their stuff and came away quite impressed.

There aren't a whole lot of shops in Colombo that cater specially to art students. Artworld is one of the handful – it's a small

If you want to have a nice tea in a Japanese auntie’s house, this is the spot. Euphorium is a tiny, hidden tea house off

Kinjou is one of the oldest Chinese restaurants in Colombo. Their stuff is as Sri Lankanized as it gets, but it’s just okay at best.

Taste of Asia is a popular favourite in Bamba, for Indian food, hoppers, kottu, and good Jaffna cuisine. (They’re also at World Trade Center, but

BeanBag.lk makes bean bags in a range of shapes, and they tell us their stock is generally less expensive than most bean bags on the

Lifestyle Gym also has a snack bar that serves some healthy wraps and drinks – we thought we’d pay a visit and check it out.

EDIT: We ordered from HappySocks.com in Sweden first, but have recently found out we’ve got a local retailer that has Happy Socks for better prices