Taste of Lanka is a Sri Lankan restaurant at 215A Main South Road in Green Island, Dunedin, holding a perfect 5.0 rating from 12 Google reviews. Sri Lankan cooking is distinct from Indian, built on coconut milk, curry leaves, pandan and true Ceylon cinnamon, with a heat that can surprise. The classic meal is rice and curry: a mound of rice ringed by small curries — dhal, a fish or chicken curry, vegetable dishes — eaten together with pol sambol, a fresh coconut relish. Hoppers, lacy bowl-shaped pancakes often cooked with an egg in the base, and kottu, chopped roti fried on the griddle, are other things to watch for on a good menu. Most kitchens will temper the chilli if you ask. On Main South Road in Green Island, Taste of Lanka brings the flavours of the island to Dunedin's southern doorstep.