My local Chinese has the delightful air of the mildly dodgy

This is the review from Yamu, a local website with well written recommendations on places to eat and drink etc. I had seen a local joint "Chopsticks" on my tuk tuk journeys to and from yoga class and couldn't be bothered cooking last night so thought I'd check it out.

"If you happen to be in Nawala, or reside in the lowly 'burbs of Nugegoda or Dehiwala, Chopsticks is a fine place for a meal and drink. While the drinks aren't super cheap (big Lion - Rs. 250), the place has the delightful air of the mildly dodgy. And the food is great."

And it was fine. Nothing fancy but more than sufficient for a local joint. Framed black and white photos of Danny and Sandy (from Grease), Liz Taylor, Elvis and a random assortment of other western movie stars dotted the walls in random locations and the decor was Sante Fe-esque. the distorted stereo boomed out Meatloaf and other 80s and early 90s classics. It's that odd kind of time-warp setting that you find in lots of developing countries that is somehow charming for its earnest mix of thrown together influences with no sense of irony intended.

All the young men heading upstairs to the pub definitely didn't know what to make of me sitting there reading a book on my iphone drinking a beer. Oh well. It's the most local food joint to my flat I've found so far (not counting MacDo) and I don't want to overdo it on the curry to the point where I can't eat it anymore. 

Hooray for the mildly dodgy.