Off Lake Road, Boralesgamuwa
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Nelum Kole is a rice-and-curry kade in Boralesgamuwa that provides a convenient and cost-effective lunch spread.
With a gigantic spread of meats and curries that you can possibly think of, they've been in the rice & curry scene for quite some time now, and are consistently good at it. They also have a separate stand of fried rice, nasi goreng and the likes. 
Each rice packet/plate can be accompanied by four veg curries, and comes with fried red chillies and papadums.
Priced at a whopping Rs. 510, we got the Mutton Rice & Curry with dambala (winged beans) curry, polos (young jackfruit) curry, kiri ala (taro) curry and some cabbage leaves mallum.
All of the curries were prepared excellently. Well curried up with a tinge of sourness, the polos curry was particularly good. There were a couple of boney, gristly bits in the mutton curry, but taste-wise, it was incredible.
The kiri ala and dambala curries helped to dial down the spiciness of the above two, by adding a milky note, while the mallum gave a fresh crunch.
We served ourselves a Prawn Rice & Curry (Rs. 400) with dal curry, tempered ash plantain, kos mallum and tempered long beans.
Nelum Kole doesn't crowd your plate with a heap of rice, which is something I really appreciate. Instead, they offer generous helpings of curries.
The prawn curry was spicy, and had some fat, juicy, plump-y prawns. I loved the addition of red chillies in the kos mallum, as it made the whole thing extra savoury.
The tempered ash plantains at the Nelum Kole is a must try, if you wish to have some sweet and spicy kick. The tempered long beans were good as well.
We would've preferred a little more curry taste in the dal curry though, as it was kinda too milky.
Priced at Rs. 320, this portion of Pork curry didn't quite live up to our expectations. It had been infused with a good amount of spices for sure, but it was full of fatty bits, and just a few meaty pieces. Plus, the potion was quite tiny.
It's a well-kept eatery, with rustic decor, earthy walls and a thatched roof, which adds up to the local village home-like vibe. The rice & curry spread is now covered with plastic shields, and the staff was geared up with face masks.
Nelum Kole is still growing strong! We're not too happy about the increased prices, but they still do a solid job at crafting up some delicious rice & curry plates.
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It's near the Boralesgamuwa Lake. You can take High Level Road to Maharagama and loop back around, or take the 120 bus road and turn onto the Maharagama Road. Go till you get to the Lake and turn down a little lane near the end. Look at the map.
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thanks for this.
As for ambiance, on weekends you can listen to live music by 2 guys (i think they are from some campus).
also as a vegitarioan you will get 6 curries + pol sambol+papadam so u hardly have space on the plate to put your fingers in… but all that is tasty goodness :)
popularity of Nelumkole is proved by fake "Nelum kole"s scattered in and around colombo. there is one at sarikkamulla, panadura. one of the copy-cats said "අපෙන් තමයි බොරලැස්ගමුවෙ නෙළුම් කොලෙටත් කෑම දාන්නෙ" hahaha… cheeky.
anyways nelum kole has had good quality food over the years.
This place is the Bomb !! By far the Best Rice & Curry I've had.
They got food to serve the mood ! (Curry Oriented obviously)
I was enlightened about this place by a friend on a hungry afternoon, I was willing to travel the distance after hearing how good it is.
Treated my self to a Pork Rice & Curry with some nice veggies and battered Prawns and Cuttlefish !
Sadly this was the only time i visited the place, due to the convenience factor.
මම බත් කඩ ගොඩාක් වලින් කාලා තියෙනවා, එහෙත් නෙලුම් කොලේ බත් කඩේ , කියාල වෙඩක් නෙහෙ , නියම ගානට ලුනු සහ මිරිස් සමග සියලුම් එලවලු වලට සරිලන අන්දමට තුන පහ දමල තියෙනවා, මම වෙඩියෙම කැවෙ පොලොස් මාලුව , තුම්බ කරවිල සමහර දවස් වලට , මැල්ලුම් වරග , තලපත් මාලු මිරිසට , වට්ටක්කා වෙනි දෙවල් , කියල වෙඩක් නෙහෙ, පුදුම ගතියක් එන්නෙ කන කොට, නෙලුම් කොලය කඩය මෙසෙම වෙනස් නොකර දිගින් දිගටම , දිනෙන් දින වෙනස් නොවී දියුනු වෙන්න පතනවා
5/5
Shaxrina
Best selection of meat and vegetables! Hands down 🙌🏼
5/5
Ishan1994
We visited this place today, really nice place and mouth watering srilankan food.
5/5
bashini
Mouth watering Lankan food!! Sooooo good!! Only down side is that sometimes if you are really really hungry the portion size is not enough!!!