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Dining in Goa
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Hao Le
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http://www.goacom.com/goanow/99/apr/ervell.html
Souza Lobos in Calangute is one of the oldest and best known restaurants
and though some feel that the standards have fallen I was quite
satisfied with the food and the cleanliness. Two of us shared a plate of
prawns and mussels and washed it down with two glasses each of fresh
orange juice and the bill came to Rs.250. Quite reasonable. After that I
met the young proprietor, Jude Souza Lobo (22), and he gave me a brief
resume of the restaurant (actually it is Hotel Souza Lobo, which has
only three rooms, the restaurant is more famous) which is the Mother of
all Restaurants in Calangute.
Ask Jude why it is so popular and his answer is “mum is in the kitchen
all the time”. Another plus point is that it is open from 11 a.m. to 11
p.m. without a break so if you want to have a European-style supper at 6
p.m. it’s ideal. It gets quite crowded at peak hours and there are long
queues then. Their speciality is Goan cuisine--roast pigling, chicken
caffreal, xacuti, sorpotel and pork vindaloo and seafood especially
lobsters, king-prawns, oysters, mussels and squid. Service is prompt
even though it has 160 covers (a new term I learnt for customers).
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