Semondu

Semondu is Sri Lankan Airlines' attempt at semi-fine dining,which serves up continental fusion cuisine. The mains were presented well, and the portions were reasonably large. Overall we were pretty happy with what we got. We tried the Oyster lamb with cashew nuts (Rs.1100), and the Cajun crusted grilled chicken (Rs.1450). The lamb was served with fried rice, prawn crackers and a salad. The rice and prawn crackers married well with the oyster lamb, which was prepared like more of a stir fry with a mix of capsicums and peppers. We felt the rice could have used a bit more seasoning and the salad while fresh, seemed a bit out of place. For Desserts,we ordered the Triple layer Swiss chocolate mousse (Rs.600) and the Homemade honey comb ice cream with kithul honey (Rs.600). We were quite underwhelmed by the Homemade honey comb ice cream, and seriously question the ''Homemade'' tag. Which to us was more like 3 scoops of elephant house ice cream with tuile in the center and no real semblance of honey comb in the whole dish. One thing that we appreciated was the overall pricing of dishes, which ranged from Rs. 600 all the way up to Rs. 3500+. But be careful, taxes do tend to sucker punch you at the end though (1.3k for two).

Good food, fresh seafood and great service. Just slightly pricey but worthy. One downside,staff will try to get you to order more. :)