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.
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