WAAHALKADA RESTAURANT | jayantha bibile

PLACE, WHERE YOU ENTER TO SEE THE HERITAGE OF THIS BEAUTIFUL ISLAND.
WAAHALKADA LOCATED IN AMBEPUSSA, ALONG THE INFAMOUS AND VERY BUSY COLOMBO-KANDY ROAD.
IN THE PAST,THE HAMLET OF AMBEPUSSA SERVED AS A BOARDER AREA,SEPARATING THE KANDYAN KINGDOM FROM ITS WESTERN COUNTER PARTS AND THUS THE SURROUNDINGS OF AMBEPUSSA OFTEN WITNESSED ENDLESS CUES AND LONG WAITS AS MERCHANTS,THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND OTHER TRAVELERS WERE SCREENED AND CHECKED, PRIOR TO ENTERING THE UPCOUNTRY.

TODAY TAKING THE PAST IN TO ITS SPIRIT.
A REST PAVILLION FOR TRAVELERS. UNIQUE PIECE OF ART, A EDUCATIONAL CENTRE,ABOUT OUR HERITAGE,HISTORY,CULTURE AND TRADITION. IN ANOTHER WAY IT'S A MASTER PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE,ALSO IN ECO TOURISM.
IN DESIGNING THIS SHELTER,CONSIDERATION GIVEN MORE IN TO SAVE ENERGY,USE OF NATURAL DAYLIGHT,VENTILATION AND RE-USE THE WASTE WATER.
IN DESIGNING INTERIOR PART, IT REMIND US ABOUT OUR TRADITION AND HOW COLONIAL CULTURE ENTERD IN TO THIS ISLAND.
THE CAFE SHOWS US HOW COFFEE BECAME FAMILIAR TO SRI LANKANS.
THE COURT YARD IN THE RESTAURANT CONSIST OF SPACIOUS SEATING UPON USED RAILWAY SLEEPERS LOCATED RIGHT ALONGSIDE A PICTURESQUE STREAM THAT BRINGS OUT A SPIRIT OF VILLAGE AND RURALI