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A serendipitous taste of SriLanka, China and Australia (Source: Gourmet Traveller) Primary Source: Gourmet Traveller 2ndry Source: Daily News  The celebrity chef turned television presenter originally from Sri Lanka now making waves in Darwin gives Jordan Kretchmer of Gourmet Traveller a taste of the Top End and shares his love of rare seafood delicacies. You have been living in Darwin for 29 years now – how did you first come to Darwin? I was running three restaurants in Melbourne and I was always on the hunt for beautiful ingredients. Growing up in Sri Lanka, we would always buy silver barramundi. I looked all across Australia for it but, back then, there was only brown barramundi. Eventually, I found Billy Boustead, who was breeding silver barra here in Darwin, and came here for it. Soon after I arrived, I stayed and opened Hanuman – I have been here ever since. Now ...