My TripAdvisor Review No.637: Ton-Cia Restaurant, Varca, Goa.

Homely Goan Restaurant.

This restaurant is not a beach shack but a regular restaurant, tucked away in a by-lane, about half a kilometre from Varca Beach. It is in a very relaxed setting in the large open veranda of owner Periera’s cottage and surrounded by a nice garden with some coconut trees. There is a small chapel in the compound. The red tablecloths were matching the red painted walls.

There were about ten tables and they had an elaborate food and beverages menu. Cashew Feni was also available in addition to the regular drinks. We had a plate of Roasted Papad as starters, and Batter Fried Fish with Chips. We also enjoyed their typical Goan Fish Curry with Rice. They also serve Chinese and Continental food for the many British and Russian guests who stay in the nearby guest houses down the lane. We quite enjoyed the food and homely service at this restaurant. Prices were reasonable.

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Date of visit: December 2019

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My TripAdvisor Review No.624: Kerala Cafe, Kalyani Nagar, Pune.

Salmon Pollichathu.

This was our second visit to Kerala Café. After a trip to Kerala earlier in the year we were again keen to have Fish Pollichathu, fish marinated in a signature spicy masala, then wrapped in banana leaf and slow cooked.

Being a Sunday we had reserved a table and were given a table in the a/c section. The seating was comfortable and the ambience was nice. We first ordered drinks, with a masala papad as starter and quickly ordered the main dish as well thinking that it will take a while to cook the Pollichathu. The masala papad was served in a jiffy. After about 15 minutes of waiting for our drinks we were surprised to be served our main dish. We had to return it to the kitchen and ask for our drinks first. The masala papad had gone limp by then. After finishing our drinks we asked them to reheat and serve the Pollichathu. At least the Appams were fresh and hot.

The restaurant still has a good traditional Kerala ambience with some greenery and plants at the entrance. Apart from the a/c hall, there is an open air seating area on the ground floor and a semi open covered terrace and bar on the mezzanine floor. Valet parking is available. The service is courteous but the waiters are not properly trained.

The menu is specialised in Kerala food both veg and non-veg. Fish dishes are tasty and authentic. Chicken and mutton dishes are served, but instead of beef they serve buff (buffalo). The restaurant is worth visiting if you love the taste of Kerala.

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Date of visit: February 2020

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My TripAdvisor Review No.518: Jiggers, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, Canada.

Great Comfort Food.

Jiggers was located just across the road from where we were staying, Ukee Peninsula Motel, so we had to just cross the road and place our order. The first time we ordered Fried Halibut and a Vegan Burger and gobbled it down as we were getting late for our whale watching tour. It was later we realized that the Fish and Chips served with a tartar sauce, ketchup and coleslaw, was very tasty, filling and crunchy and indeed a great comfort food.

The next day we decided to order from Jiggers by choice, relax in our room and have a leisurely lazy lunch. We had a beer, an apple cider and an iced tea with Cod Fish and Chips and ordered two pieces of fish in the plate which works out cheaper per piece, and a Vegan Burger. We really enjoyed our meal.

Jiggers operate their kitchen from a truck and you can have your meal either on outdoor tables, under their picnic umbrellas, or take it to their indoor restaurant, next to the truck, if it is raining. Of course we took ours over to our hotel room across the street, as a takeaway. It is a self-service eatery. The place is popular even with the locals and regulars. However, they only accept cash as the form of payment, no cards.

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Date of visit: August 2019

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My TripAdvisor Review No.504: Bare Bones Fish and Chips Restaurant, Port Alberni, Canada.

Fabulous Fish Food.

After alighting from the Tofino Bus at Port Alberni we went straight for lunch to the Bare Bone Fish and Chips restaurant. It was a five minute walk from the bus stop. We liked the ambience of the restaurant which is set in an old rehabilitated church with a high sloping roof ceiling. It was a bright and well decorated casual dining place and quite crowded even on a weekday.

We ordered the grilled Salmon fish English style with traditional batter garnished with a generous amount of finger chips, coleslaw salad and two sauces. We asked for two pieces of fish and the serving was large enough for both of us.

The grilled fish was delicious and the service was warm and friendly. We would definitely come back if we happen to visit Port Alberni again.

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Date of visit: July 2019

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My TripAdvisor Review No.452: Kerala Cafe, Kalyani Nagar, Pune.

Authentic Kerala Food.

Kerala Café at Kalyani Nagar is located where ‘Tvum’ used to be earlier. There is new management and they specialize in Kerala food only, whereas Tvum had signature dishes from all regions of India. So it is a specialty restaurant and opened on 2nd November 2018. It is a very good concept in specialized dining.

They have various types of seating arrangements. There is open-air seating, a/c hall, and semi-open covered terrace on the mezzanine floor, where they have a bar as well. Service is courteous and professional and the food is served within 20 minutes of ordering.

We had fried papadams as starters and ordered Bangda (mackerel) Fry, Surmai (kingfish) Kerala Curry, appams, and Lemon Rice for the main course. We wanted to try Meen Curry but the steward warned us that it could be too spicy, so we opted for Kerala Curry instead, which was mildly spicy. We enjoyed the authentic Kerala taste. Food was served in traditional earthenware pots.

The seating was a bit uncomfortable without any cushioning on the wooden chairs, but the ambiance more than made up for it.

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Date of visit: November 2018

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My TripAdvisor Review No.443: Britto's Baga Beach, Goa.

Britto's: The Best On Baga Beach.

Britto’s is by far the best beach restaurant on Baga Beach. It is one of the oldest beach restaurants in Goa and has been in existence since 1965. If you have not dined at Britto’s you have not experienced Baga Beach. The restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and drinks.

We entered the place on a Saturday afternoon at 1 pm and the restaurant was empty. We got a table next to the beach with an excellent view of the sea and a nice sea breeze blowing our way. The tables are set close to each other and seem a bit congested, but by the time we finished our lunch at 3 pm, there was not a single vacant table, and there was a waiting list.

We ordered a bottle of white wine for the six of us and enjoyed it with yummy starters. The grilled Kingfish and Mushroom and Gobi Manchurian were finger licking tasty. Later we enjoyed the biryanis and Egg Xacuti with rice. The crab gravy was very good too.

The service is quick and courteous, and the ambiance is open and airy with some nice Goan village decorations and artifacts. Prices are on the higher side but it is well worth it.

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Date of visit: March 2019

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My TripAdvisor Review No.147: Hotel Abhishek, Chiplun.

“Excellent Malvani Seafood.”

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We were driving from Pune to Velneshwar and had shortlisted Hotel Abhishek at Chiplun as our lunch stopover. We arrived at Chiplun at 1.45 pm but it took us about 15 min to locate the restaurant. Eventually we found it in a small lane on the right hand side of the Mumbai Panjim highway (NH17) as you head towards Goa. We were guided to their dedicated parking lot in a bungalow plot opposite the restaurant. There were already about 10 cars parked there as the restaurant seems to be quite popular with travellers.

All the tables on the ground floor were occupied and we eventually found a table on the mezzanine floor upstairs. The seating was a bit congested with 3 more tables on the floor. The walls were plastered with snaps of celebrities who had dined there earlier, but we didn’t bother to squint at the small photographs as we were quite hungry.

There were a variety of thalis (platters) of seafood, prawn, chicken, mutton and vegetarian. There were ala-carte dishes too. I ordered the surmai (kingfish) thali for Rs.280, and my wife ordered the bangda thali for Rs.240. We were served within 10 minutes. The fish thali consisted of a piece of fry fish, and a smaller piece in gravy, an extra bowl of fish curry to be had with rice, two chapattis (or wades), a papad, pickle, onion and lemon, and a small cup of solkadhi (spicy digestive drink).

The fried fish marinated in the local spice was very tasty and we enjoyed the spicy Malvani gravy with rice. Service was reasonably quick, but we were lucky to get the last few tables available, otherwise we may have had to wait in a queue if we had arrived a few minutes later.

They had clean washrooms which we used before continuing our road trip.

• Visited December 2015
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My TripAdvisor Review No.27: 'Fish Curry Rice', Restaurant at Narayan Peth, Pune.

“Genuine Coastal Cuisine”

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We visited Fish Curry Rice recently to try out their coastal Indian fish preparations about which we had heard so much. We ordered a la carte, though they served fish thalis too, in which one can have a complete meal comprising of the fried fish as well as in the curry style fish of Konkan and Goa.

The restaurant is located in the heritage Peth area of Pune, at Narayan Peth. One has to be a skilled driver to negotiate the narrow roads in this locality and find parking for your vehicle, more so if you are in a 4 wheeler. We found parking for our car about 350 m away and walked down to the place.

Because of the limited seating space as well as the popularity of this restaurant, we had to wait outside for 10 minutes. The fishy smells wafting from the kitchen reminded us of the eat streets of Goa and Malvan, and made our mouths water. As soon as a table was empty we were ushered in and welcomed with a cup of kokum syrup.

Between the three of us, we ordered fried Surmai (seer fish) and Bangda (mackerel) with chapatti, and a Goan prawn curry with rice. The fish was fried with a coating of rawa (semolina) and masalas and tasted very good. The prawn curry, made in a typical Goan coconut gravy, was a milder version of the spicy curries we have tasted in Goa, but very fresh. We had two types of solkadi, a spicy digestive drink, at the end of the sumptuous meal.

They serve not only fish, but mutton and chicken curry dishes as well, and many vegetable preparations made in the typical Konkani style, with a mixture of coconut and Malwani spices.

I would definitely like to visit ‘Fish Curry Rice’ again, but next time I would go there on my bike!

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Visited March 2014