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New Asha Sri Lanka Restaurant

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322 Victory Blvd. Staten Island, NY 10301

718-420-0649 

 

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  • Asian
    Daily 10am-10pm
    $
  • All Major Credit Cards
    Takeout
    Dinner, Lunch
  • None
    Accepted, Not Necessary
    No Parking
Description

Though Staten Island rarely receives plaudits for its restaurants, the plucky island leads the way in Sri Lankan cooking, thanks to a thriving immigrant community that demands great food. Catering to the culinary needs of Buddhists, Muslims, and Hindus, New Asha stirs up "black curries" made with complex toasted spice mixtures, proffered with wonderful homemade breads such as bowl-shaped hoppers (a/k/a appam) and potato-stuffed thosai.







  • 2008 | Sri Lankan

    Leading the pack of Ceylonese restaurants in the southernmost borough is New Asha Café, where one of our favorites is mutton kotthu roti, a cook-up of torn flatbread, spices, eggs, curry leaves, and geriatric sheep meat. More »

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    | Tue, January 08, 2002

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Main Menu
Appetizers
$1.25
Muton Roti
$1.00
Vegetable Roti
$0.50
Dhal Badai
$0.50
Ulunthu Badai
$1.00
Mutton Roll
Dishes
$4.00
Mutton Curry
$4.00
Beef Curry
$4.00
Chicken Curry
$4.00
Shrimp Crry
$2.00
Regular Omelets
Kottu Roti
$6.50
Beef Kottu
$6.50
Mutton Kottu
$6.50
Chicken Kottu
$1.00
Plain Gothamba Roti
$2.00
Egg Cothamba Roti
$6.50
Idiappa Chicken Kottu
Dosai
$5.00
5 Pieces Idli
with sambar & sambol
$3.99
Masala Dosai
$3.00
Egg Dosai
$2.75
Oil Dosai
$5.00
4 Regular Plain Dosai
with sambar & chutney
String Hopppers
$24.00
100 Pieces
with sambol & sothi
$12.00
50 Peices
with sambol & sothi
$3.50
10 Piees
with sambol & sothi
$7.00
Sothi & Choice Of Curry
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