Sri Lankan Delight

A cute little store selling all sorts of tea and biscuits as well as fresh produce from Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka and some of the European countries. I love the fact that I don’t have to drive a few miles away to get my staples. Glad I found this place!

What a nice surprise discovering this grocery store this afternoon. I was having lunch nearby and passed by and took a double take on my way back to my car.
I first noticed all the British products when I looked into the store. That initially drew me in, but as I walked through the store, there was so much more to explore.
It was described to me as 80% Sri Lankan, and the rest products from Britain, Australia, South Africa, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Thailand, Japan, and more. I bought a bag of groceries here today holding myself back from buying so much more.
They have some unique sodas, and some fresh tumeric and ginger in the refrigerated section.
There is a freezer section with Sri Lankan microwavable products and some British bangers too.
I can’t believe that they’ve been around for 20 years or so and I’m just discovering this grocery store now.
Their grocery name is very misleading.
It would really help them if they add the word «market» on the outside to draw more people in.
Passing by for the past two decades, I never knew that this was a market with a lot interesting products.
If you’re looking some exotic groceries and spices to add to your kitchen, I recommend you stop by and take a look.
If you love imported chocolate from the UK and other Commonwealth countries, a visit to Sri Lankan Delight is a must.

With MIA tunes streaming in my head I walk into Sri Lankan Deli excited to explore the goodies that lay behind this unassuming shop located in a nondescript strip mall.
Wow! The shop is delightfully charming and beautifully organized. Everything was super neat and clean and the wooden bins welcomed you to explore.
25 years! That’s how long they’ve been in business! It blows my mind that they have been servicing the Sri Lankan community in SoCal for 25years.
Lots of interesting ingredients to peruse. I purchased some weird herbs to play with and took a ton of pics to post on Unilocal so that I can research Sri Lankan food further. Unilocal is helping me catalogue the things I might want to buy.
Adventurous food peeps come check em out and support this cool little spot. The people who work here are amazing! They were kind and patiently answered my billions of questions.

Very organized market & friendly service. Got a packet of turmeric, which had the freshest aroma possible. Definitely will shop there again.

This store has been here forever and as a fellow Sri Lankan American who use to live in Tarzana and is also a Private Chef, I love it!!! You can pretty much find everything you need here for Sri Lankan products priced very well. They are always kind and the products are quality. Theres also a Sri Lankan restaurant a few blocks up off Corbin called Apey Kade (my store). Enjoy

This is the best Sri Lankan grocery store ever! It has a positive environment and amazing owners! I highly recommend visiting it!

sweet little store and was happily surprised to find british products as well!
the owner and her daughter were really kind and glad to share their goods with us. i look forward to purchasing my hair care products there!

I use Dabur Vatika Hair oil which I had to purchase online and pay ridiculous shipping rates. I was pleasantly surprised when I found out that Sri Lankan Delight sold my hair oil cheaper than the online vendors. Needless to say I’m pleased and the owner was really nice.

I can’t believe I missed this hidden gem for so long! I always thought it was a restaurant, but it is actually a little market with Indian/​Sri Lankan/​Asian foods. Like most Indian/​Asian markets, they have a very good selection of British goods as well, which was how I found out about it in the first place, when I did a search for «British Stores» on Unilocal,so that I could buy some British tea. They’ve got a great selection of teas, also British candy, digestible biscuits, marmite, etc. Lovely and clean little spot, also very friendly.

I happened upon this little store while out for dinner at the Vegan Factory (which was AWESOME by the way.) and my eye caught a box of breakfast Cereal, Pronutro! I am South African and obviously LOVE the stuff from there! I decided to go back there the next day to check it out and to my surprise, they had a good variety of South African goodies. Very happy with their prices and the owner was nice enough to special order something for me and I hope to hear from him soon. I’m really glad that I found this place. Thank you for giving me a piece of home…

Cute store off the grid in a small strip mall in the valley.
They have plenty of imports from various regions mostly specializing in Sri Lankan, Indian and other Asian foods. I personally was more impressed with the imported candies that are hard to find here in the states with various chocolates that I have only seen from friends who get them from Israel or Canada.
Do I cook Indian food? Not really. Do I know where to go if I decide to? Yep.

After spending 6 months in India, I needed a grocery store that provides the necessary equipment to make legit Indian Food.
After Unilocaling around for local Indian grocery stores, I found Sri Lankan Delight. Although this place is strictly Sri Lanka it does provide an adequate glimpse into the wonderful world of South Asian Food.
My goal: Make Chana Masala.
Other than vegetables this place has your standard herbs and spices that adhere to Sri Lanka and India food. They didn’t have any raw uncooked chickpeas so I settled with the can version. After snatching some tumeric, cumin, coriender, chilli, ginger-​garlic paste, and garam masala I was on my way to pay.
This place is very clean, and has a motley selection of various intriguing and awesome foods and spices. After roaming around the small store for other stuff, I noticed their great selection of Sri Lankan movies. After which I asked the cashier «Do you have any Bollywood movies» Reply:” No, we have ONLY Sri Lankan.” I should of read the sign out front which said «Sri Lankan Delight.» However, after delving deeper into their collection of songs and movies I did find some Bollywood Movies. BOOM. Take That!
This store is great, with excellent hospitality. This is also a great stop to stock up on some Veg. food. Frozen Meals galore and other items. Can’t wait to come back here to refuel.

I really loved this store!
I was talking to my best friend how I wanted to do a Sri Lankan crawl in the Valley and we came upon this small grocery while out picking up Indian for dinner next door.
The store is stacked almost to the ceiling with all sorts of bagged, boxed, jarred, canned and bottled goods. There were spices, chutneys, British goods, frozen meals (including Linda McCartney’s vegetarian line), interesting sodas and just a treasure trove of stuff.
I bought two different ginger beers (they had four types including an organic one in a glass bottle) and asked the guy running the shop which one was better. He of course went with the Elephant brand, a Sri Lankan company. The other brand was made by Jamaicans (but bottled in the States). I also got a jar of minced ginger. Those three items were under $ 6.
They also carried a few fresh things including what else, ginger, shallots (though those were sprouting), garlic, pearl onions, okra and some extremely small looking bitter melons. It made me very curious and anxious to try some Sri Lankan food soon.
It is really tight in there and the racks of goods are very close together. I don’t think this is handicap friendly at all.
It’s located in a strip mall and even though half the businesses were closed at night, almost all the parking spaces were gone attesting to the popularity of the three restaurants next door.
What a cool find!

Not because it’s the only, but because it’s so great! And the folks who own it/​work there are the best.