10 healthy food places in and around Colombo

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The healthy lifestyle is one of choice. It’s not for everyone. But for those who love to keep their calories under control, Sri Lanka, surprisingly, does offer quite a number of authentic healthy eating options. Here are 10 places you can try out, if you’re a health conscious eater!

Healthy Living

With the slogan ‘Live Life Longer,’ Healthy Living is a ‘meals on wheels’ kind of concept where healthy food is prepared daily and delivered on request right to your doorstep. Started by proprietors Shehan Selvanayagam and his wife, the idea behind this venture was to make meals not feel like diet food. Responding to a need for healthy food prepared in a Sri Lankan style, this venture caters to those who enjoy a Sri Lankan meal, albeit the healthy way! Find them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/HealthyLiving.lk

The Salad Bar

Serving healthy salads, wraps and paninis, The Salad Bar, situated on Parliament Road, Rajagiriya, is a fast-service alternative for health food in Colombo. Offering over 30 ingredients and eight dressings to mix into hundreds of combinations, the Bar allows customers to be creative with their dining experience by choosing their own ingredients for the salads and wraps. The Bar also offers delivery service to your door-step if required. Find them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thesaladbarSL

PaanPaan

For all things bread, and for healthy options to choose from, you can drop into PaanPaan, which has outlets in Colombo 3, 4 and 5. They offer an array of breads of which the healthy range consists of kurakkan roast paan, whole meal bread, brown bread and multi seed bread. You can find them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/PaanPaan.lk

The Café, Cinnamon Grand

‘Low in calories but high in flavour’ is their promise. This rooftop café located at Cinnamon Grand offers healthy light refreshments. Freshly squeezed juices, fruit smoothies and light healthy salads are some of the options you can choose from. You can find them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CinnamonGrandC

Yo-Mo Frozen Yoghurt

A relatively recent entrant into the specialty frozen yoghurt market, this shop offers delicious, healthy and natural desserts. Their primary product is natural low fat yoghurt which is combined with seasonal fresh fruits, dry fruits and a variety of other toppings and sauces. Yo-Mo contains a blend of four different strains of live probiotic cultures and prebiotic fibre and is 98% fat-free. You can find them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/YoMoFrozenYogurt

The Bread Company

Bringing you fresh German Artisanal healthy bread with no stabilisers, no preservatives and no artificial add-ons, The Bread Company is located at Colombo 5 (they also sell their breads and other products at The Good Market at The Colombo Race Course on Saturdays). They use low quantities of wheat flour and more of the healthy flours such as rye and malt imported from an organically certified supplier in Germany. You can find them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thebreadcompanylk

Dushy’s

Also at The Good Market (Diyatha Uyana Battaramulla), Dushy’s is a small stall that offers delicious organic health food ranging from salads and juices to waffles.

Foody Goody

Open on Saturdays at The Good Market at Racecourse, Foody Goody offers ice-creams with a healthy twist. They also have a stall at the Battaramulla Good Market. Their ice-cream is preservative and additive fee and comes in flavours of mango, strawberry, passion fruit and more.

Salad Guru

Sourced from small producers who locally grow their ingredients, Salad Guru offers nutritionally rich, organic and tasty salads and condiments. Their ingredients are freshly sourced every week and all their salads are approved by a qualified nutritionist. In addition to your yummy salad, you will also receive a nutritional breakdown of how much protein, carbohydrates and fats your salad has. Salad Guru is located at The Good Market at Race Course. You can find them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/saladguru

Juice Bar, Lifestyle

Offering a healthy, low-fat food fare comprising breakfast specials, beverages, juices, sandwiches, salads, snacks and desserts, the Juice Bar at Lifestyle wellness centre, is ideal for a post workout healthy snack, or even a quick bite on the go. Their snacks are delicious, low in fat and high in fibre. You can find them on their website at www.colombolifestyle.com/ (Trekurious together with DailyFT explores Sri Lanka for the curious traveller. Trekurious works with talented individuals and great brands to create amazing experiential tours, activities, and events in Sri Lanka. You can find out more at www.Trekurious.com.)