Aluthkade

Aluthkade, also called Pudukade, is a street food area in the Pettah district of Colombo. The name comes from the Sinhala for new shop, a term used across Sri Lanka for informal clusters of food and produce vendors. Stalls and small eateries along the street serve kottu roti, chopped flatbread stir-fried on a hotplate with vegetables, egg or meat and worked with metal blades that give the dish its characteristic clatter, alongside hoppers, isso wade, deep-fried prawn fritters, and faluda, a chilled rose-syrup and ice cream drink. Trade is at its heaviest in the evening and continues past midnight, when the cooking fires along the street draw both residents and visitors. Prices are low and payment is in cash. The street sits within walking distance of Pettah's market lanes, of Colombo Fort railway station and of the Pettah bus stand. Hours vary stall by stall, since the area is a collection of independent vendors rather than a managed market.