Headline: A beach-side prawn feast By Jeffrey Alford. Photograph by Naomi Duguid, Jeffrey Alford
Source: National Post, Saturday, February 15, 2003. 1322 Words. Excerpts: I've always sworn I'd never come to Goa, because every traveller in India comes to Goa, but here I am with my partner, Naomi, and our two children. Already we are big Goa fans. We eat mostly at the restaurant, Rockit, which is connected to the bungalows where we are staying. It is owned by Clem Fernandes, and the bungalows are owned by his brother, Agnel. We really like Clem. He's 23, full of energy and good humour and very enterprising. He grew up in the fishing village just behind the beach. His mother helps keep things running at the restaurant and his sister and younger brother help, too. Goa is not what I expected. The Goa I expected was based on its reputation for all-night raves, hashish at every table, loud music and foreigners doing crazy things. But here on Palolem Beach, life's not at all this way. Sure, the beach is filled with foreigners wealthy enough to come all the way around the world to sit on a beach, but the beach is still very much a Goan beach, an Indian beach. Receipe for Shrimp-Tomato Curry. In this quickly assembled curry (it takes 20 to 25 minutes from start to finish), tomatoes and fresh coriander leaves blend with chiles, ginger, onion and garlic to make a complex-tasting sauce for fresh shrimp, smoothed and enriched with coconut milk. Full text at: http://www.nationalpost.com/search/site/story.asp?id=D8894835-8393-4A2C-B961 -1EF603F5193E The Jeffrey Alford + Naomi Duguid website is at www.hotsoursaltysweet.com =========================== Don't forget - you saw it on GoaNet! _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.goanet.org/mailman/listinfo/goanet
