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Prince of Yazh

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Prince of Yazh. (2026, October 11). The Sydney Morning Herald. https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/vic-good-food-guide/prince-of-yazh-dandenong-20250829-p5mqut.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

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The article "Prince of Yazh" by Good Food reviews a Sri Lankan restaurant in an engaging manner, highlighting the unique dining experience it offers. Chef and owner Jay Mahendran serves an all-you-can-eat Sunday thali featuring various dishes like eggplant curry, spiced potatoes, parottas, prawn fry, and occasional northern specialties such as odiyal kool. The review emphasizes the authentic family atmosphere and mentions a children’s menu with adjustable spice levels.

Written by AI on 2026-10-11, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Story summary

Prince of Yazh, a Sri Lankan restaurant in Sydney, offers an authentic dining experience that emphasizes finger food. The Sunday special features an all-you-can-eat thali, a traditional meal served on a banana leaf with various dishes like eggplant curry and spiced potatoes. Chef Jay Mahendran personally refills guests' plates throughout the meal. Parottas, flaky puff pastries, are a standout item, as well as prawn fry with turmeric and butter. Occasionally, northern Sri Lankan dishes such as odiyal kool, a seafood soup, are featured. The restaurant also caters to children with a low or no chili menu option.

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Sri Lankan$ Sri Lankans

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Jay Mahendran PERSON · 1× Prince of Yazh PERSON · 1× Sri Lankan$ GPE · 1× Sri Lankans NORP · 1×

Narrative

Chef and owner Jay Mahendran appears with refills spooned from serving pots: a little more dark and cardamom-rich eggplant curry, another scoop of spiced potatoes, round two of slivered carrots and beans in a turmeric-tinged gravy.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-11

🔮 Sri Lankans will often tell you that food tastes better when eaten with the fingers.

2026-10-11 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Prince of Yazh · assertive framing

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Sri Lankans will often tell you that food tastes better when eaten with the fingers. asserted

food → tell → fingers

Here, you’ll use the fingertips of your right hand to mix rice with a little dahl, turning it into a mouthful at once energising and comforting. asserted

you → use → mouthful

It’s part of a thali, a spread of dishes arranged on a glossy banana leaf, available as an all-you-can-eat Sunday special. asserted

you → ’ → special

Mahendran → appear → gravy

Parottas are flaky and extra-puffy, the beneficiaries of a savage squishing with two hands once they come off the griddle. asserted

they → squish → griddle

Prawn fry takes half a dozen juicy crustaceans to tasty town with plenty of turmeric and butter. asserted

fry → take → turmeric

Sometimes northern dishes, such as the seafood soup odiyal kool, make special appearances. asserted

dishes → make → appearances

This is truly a family business: you taste the passion as much as the spices. asserted

you → taste → spices

Good to know: A children’s menu with low or no chilli is available. asserted

menu → know → chilli

Good Food reviews are booked anonymously and paid independently. asserted

reviews → book → ?

A restaurant can’t pay for a review or inclusion in the Good Food Guide. asserted

restaurant → pay → Guide