best sri lankan resto in manhattan?

[alkapal]

tomorrow evening, mr. alka wants some home-cooking (ie, sri lankan food). he loves string hoppers, especially.

can you recommend a good sri lankan place in manhattan? i only recall two sri lankan restos, but that was a few years back, and i can't recall their names, or which one was better.

can you help us out with recommendations of places, and your favorite dishes there? thanks.

[NancyC]

I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure Sigiri is the ONLY Sri Lankan place outside of Staten Island, best or not! Fortunately, it's yummy, and they do have string hoppers.

[NancyC]

It appears I'm behind the times! Last year another Sri Lanken place opened, called Nirvana Cafe. Not too much info on the boards yet. Looking forward to trying it!

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/469314

[ESNY]

Nirvana recently closed.

[NancyC]

Wow, that was short-lived.

[alkapal]

uh-oh. hope mr. alka didn't trek down there this evening....(he was at times square).

[alkapal]

thanks for the recommendation of sigiri. fellow hound thew also likes the food there.

[fredid]

Not an evening place - but the Dosa Man is apparently from Sri Lanka - or his grandmother was - and he offers a lunch that's from his grandma's cooking (or that was my understanding - It was a bunch of spongy "crepes" with what was called a dry sauce (several herbs/spices) and a mint chutney and a cream sauce - I really enjoyed it! SW corner of Washington Square Park by Sullivan - lunchtime but not every day.

I'll dig out his phone number and post it.

[EVillSweetLover]

i like sigiri on 1st Ave near 6th St...but it's the only Sri Lankan place i've ever been so I can't attest to its authenticity.

i can attest to its affordability, tastiness and BYOBness, though!