The White Elephant Sri Lankan Cuisine

Best Known For

Chicken Curry: cooked with exotic spices and coconut cream.

When the craving for flavoursome Asian cooking hits whilst in Melbourne’s suburb of West Footscray, make your way to The White Elephant Sri Lankan Cuisine restaurant, residing along Barkly Street. As diners enter, they are transported abroad with an interior styled in traditional touches of potted greenery, oriental statues, timber table settings and intimate nooks, where friends are welcome to meet for hours and catch up over sumptuous dishes in a relaxed atmosphere. The menu is authentic in style, offering recipes popular in Sri Lankan cooking seen in dishes like the devilled pork sautéed with hot chilli peppers, shallots and a rich tomato sauce, whilst the hot butter calamari with crispy battered squid, chilli and spring onion will take your breath away, ideal with a side of egg roti.