Lamprai & Spice Cafe — Local services in Lunenburg

I visited Lamprai and Spice Café for the second time this month with my family, and it is definitely worth the trek from Halifax to savour Suni's authentic, flavorful offerings. As a lover of spicy, exotic foods, I can say that I was absolutely delighted by the meals she lovingly prepared for my family, and we experienced the full spectrum of her kitchen prowess. We feasted on the three available combos both times: tamarind beef, coconut shrimp and butter chicken. I like my food extra spicy, so she offered me a chili shrimp sambol condiment to accompany my already sublime butter chicken - amazing! The side dishes with their complex spices and ingredients danced on my tongue and made my mouth very happy! To go with our food, we ordered the Sri Lankan iced coffee, which was delicately sweet and creamy and very satisfying - I am in love ❤.

She also showed me her industrial spice grinding machine, where she prepares her two delicious blends: roasted spices for meats and poultry and another curry mix for veggies. I purchased and used both at home, and they are perfect for those nights when you are craving flavour but do not have a lot of time to cook everything from scratch.

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My wife and I spent the day in Lunenberg while on a 2-week vacation through NS this Spring and push come to shove, this was probably the best meal we had on the trip.

The owner works alone out of an 8-foot wide store front, only accepts cash, and makes everything herself. The owner was also one of the friendliest people we met on the trip, and that’s saying something in Canada. We took the meal over to the small park next door and ate at a picnic table. It was the perfect setting for such a great meal.

While I am not very experienced with Sri Lankan food, it was amazingly flavorful. The special the day we were there was an amazing chicken curry over rice with a lentil stew on the side. We only got one order to split and we still couldn’t eat all of it due to the tremendous size. We also got an iced coffee which was also the best coffee I had on the trip. I went back to tell her how good the meal was and she gave me the biggest hug.

Lunenberg is a gem of a town for many reasons, but I would drive several hours just to get another meal from...

I feel so blessed to have this gal and her cafe in our town. Her Sri Lankan food is like nothing else you can get around here, and it is deliciously nourishing and prepared with such care. I would be embarrassed to tell you how many times a week we bring home her meals. I do like to cook, but I spend so much time making specifically kid oriented meals, that I appreciate having a few containers of soul-warming Sri Lankan come through my door so that I can sit down and eat a hearty, nutritious home cooked meal without spending another hour in the kitchen. That, and the fact that I have tried and failed to replicate her recipes at home. My hope is that one day she will offer cooking classes and/or publish a cookbook! A Bonus: she uses compostable paper takeout containers so I am not filled with the guilt of stuffing styrofoam into the trash can. I am already looking forward to my lunch later today, knowing it will be my favourite shrimp curry and...