The Naked Lentil

Nine years ago, charismatic Sri Lankan migrant Shanaka Fernando dropped out of law school to open Lentil As Anything, a crazy little restaurant in Melbourne where there are no prices, no cash registers, and no rules - but where you can always get a great vegetarian meal even if you can't pay a cent. His organisation may be drowning in debt and facing closure, but Shanaka's solution is to open another restaurant! Broadcast as part of SBS's Secrets And Lives series.

Lentil as Anything the most unconventional restaurant in Australia - there are no prices and people pay what they feel for the food. It is also a support network for asylum seekers and immigrants. But Lentil is in serious financial trouble; their debts are out of control and if the restaurant goes under, so will everyone who relies on it. Broadcast as part of SBS's Secrets And Lives series.