I arrived in Jaffna in Sri Lanka just after the end of the civil war, things were still tense there and we were the first film crew allowed to enter the region and film in the past thirty years. During our travels around this vibrant city we came across a beautiful Dutch church, which was a working monastery of Franciscan friars. They were a friendly lot who could play cricket like demons. They also made a very nice sweet wine. Another unique feature of Jaffna is the fifties-style ice-cream parlours, so it seemed only natural to re-create my favourite childhood dessert for the show. I made this banana split, giving it a grown-up makeover using the friars’ sweet wine as a syrup.
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