1) Over 2 weeks ago I wrote about the marvelous new food outlet The Goan Ladoo -
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2022-October/198662.html We have been regulars there all these days and I am pleased to report that the quality and service remain of a very high standard. Try it if you haven't yet. 2) Invoicing in Goa sucks. Even dealers for big national and international brands resort to the ancient handwritten process with a carbon copier sheet instead of the much quicker and convenient computer-assisted invoicing. The reason, I understand, is tax avoidance. 3) Everything Goan that was good and worthy of preservation is being dismantled or diluted. The quality of our good old pão in Panjim is noticeably inferior to the genuine article from the authentic poders, the few that are still surviving. When you outsource production of Goan culture to bhaile (Goa attracts the worst kind of bhaile), you end up with an inferior bastard product. The bhaile have found a way to parlay the "Goa" brand to their advantage. Cashews imported from Africa and others places are now sold as Goa cashews in a case of clear customer deception. See - https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/goan-cashew-nuts-have-a-new-tag-bought-in-africa-sold-in-goa/articleshow/94820425.cms r - Goan nativist, rightwing Hindu bamon, pro-patriarchy, etc
