SpicyZest is practically a Sri Lankan community center for North Texans, incorporating a restaurant, bar, and grocery store, plus live traditional music some weekend nights. You can find imported goods in the grocery and at the bar, which sells Sri Lankan beers and liquors. At the restaurant, traditional Sri Lankan foods rub shoulders with fusion dishes like a spiced-up burger. We recommend lamprais—a celebratory feasting dish of varied grains and meats steamed in a banana leaf, like if a whole meal was inside a tamale—and kottu, a stir fry of noodle strips and other goodies.