Eating Out in Goa

Goa is a wonderful place for eating out. Sea food ranges from fish to varieties of shell fish - mussels, oyster, cockles to prawn, crab, lobster and squid. Local delicacies include the spicy coconut based fish curries, chicken xacuti and cafrael, the vinegar based fish and prawn balchaos and rechaedo, pork vindaloo and sorpotel.

Sweets like Bebinca, Dodol and Doce made with coconut are special to this area. Goans have a passion for good food. Eating places range from restaurants in the five star hotels to innumerable little family run eateries and beach shacks, that offer excellent food in both local and western styles.

Some restaurants offering live music and an interesting ambience include: the Alfama at the Cidade de Goa, the Banyan Tree at the Taj Holiday Village, Casa Portoguesa at Baga, Riorico at the Hotel Mandovi and Planter's Restaurants at Calangute.