Re: [Goanet] Mumbai Goan restaurants

2013-05-12 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 12 May 2013 02:23, Venantius J Pinto venantius.pi...@gmail.com wrote: To be precise, the Goan community is not homogeneous as its often made out to be, by display of the questions, concerns, aggravations and tidbits that make it out of our minds onto Goanet, at gatherings, etc.

Re: [Goanet] Mumbai Goan restaurants

2013-05-12 Thread Jose Colaco
On May 11, 2013, at 9:23 PM, Venantius J Pinto venantius.pi...@gmail.com wrote: Lusitanians is what the Portuguese were referred (alternative country name: Lusitania), as say Hibernians to the Irish (Hibernia) Dear V, Most of what you write about Lusitania, Lusitanians (hockey) and the gleam

Re: [Goanet] Mumbai Goan restaurants

2013-05-12 Thread Venantius J Pinto
Dear Jose, Appreciate your validation. #3 Jose: Modern day Portugal speaks several languages, some of which are losing speakers. The official language Portuguese is derived from Latin. vjp: Thanks for sharing. + venantius j pinto

Re: [Goanet] Mumbai Goan restaurants

2013-05-12 Thread Venantius J Pinto
, a stretch. + venantius j pinto Message: 6 Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 08:32:38 +0100 From: Gabe Menezes gabe.mene...@gmail.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet] Mumbai Goan restaurants RESPONSE: Thank you

Re: [Goanet] Mumbai Goan restaurants

2013-05-11 Thread Gabe Menezes
If the Portuguese were so oppressive, why is it that Goans carried the name Lusitanians to Bombay, as well a few other places around the World. This might be of interest to some, when I lived in H.K.:- http://www.lusitanousa.org/clubstory.htm On 11 May 2013 03:19, joe lobo jl...@rogers.com

Re: [Goanet] Mumbai Goan restaurants

2013-05-11 Thread Venantius J Pinto
, 11 May 2013 08:53:50 +0100 From: Gabe Menezes gabe.mene...@gmail.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet] Mumbai Goan restaurants If the Portuguese were so oppressive, why is it that Goans carried the name Lusitanians to Bombay

Re: [Goanet] Mumbai Goan restaurants

2013-05-10 Thread Eugene Correia
Regarding City, the report says, It was started in 1964 by Sacru Menezes, who won an Olympic gold medal in hockey as part of the Indian team. His daughter Edna now runs the place. Sacru's name has come here a couple of time and I think I mentioned that he never won an Oympic gold medal and was

Re: [Goanet] Mumbai Goan restaurants

2013-05-10 Thread joe lobo
Eugene, If one checks the video clips of Kunal Vijayakar ( the foodie) on Youtubeyou get a small segment where he checks out the old restaurants of Mumbai...including City Kitchen started by Sacru in the 50`s..and now managed by his daughter Edna