Bistro Bourbon Street, Candolim – Good ol’ Cajun Cooking

Edit: Bistro Bourbon Street has closed down. Hey hey! Welcome back! It’s a brand new week and I have a great new find to tell you about – a Cajun restaurant right here in Candolim! Think Cajun cooking and some of the things that pop into your head are New…

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Amavi by Sumera, Calangute – In a league of its own!

Hey there! How excited am I! I couldn’t wait to tell you about this new restaurant I tried on my trip home to Goa in April and have been talking about ever since! Amavi by Sumera is a fairly new restaurant that merges casual with hip in the most seamless…

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The Courtyard, Le Dupleix – Restaurant Review

Who doesn’t love a restaurant that lets you dine under the sky? A hint of sunshine, gentle breeze, the sound of a fountain – it really brings on those vacay vibes. So does Pondicherry, for that matter, and it’s here that I found a lot of courtyard restaurants sprinkled around…

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Where to eat (and not to eat) in Pondicherry – #TGGFinds

Hey guys! Hope you’re enjoying the Pondicherry Series! As you probably know by now, Pondicherry is a tantalizing mix of South India and France and so one of the reasons I visited was to see what the culinary scene was like. Would French food and South Indian food maintain their…

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Auroville and the Matri Mandir

Hey! Welcome back! It’s been an exciting week since I returned from Pondicherry! If you’re following me on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, you’ll know that ThatGoanGirl just won an award by the Food Bloggers Association of India for the Best Culinary Travel Blog in India for the 2nd year in…

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Candy & Green – No meat? Yes, please!

Before I entered the blogosphere, I used to dine out for various reasons – sometimes I lacked the motivation to cook, at other times it was to catch up with a friend, and mainly, for the pure joy of trying something new. But then as ThatGoanGirl grew and restaurant invites…

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Restaurant Review- Kaitlyn’s Beer Garden, Bandra

The fascination that the city has with microbreweries doesn’t seem to be ending anytime soon. Kaitlyn’s Beer Garden is a comparatively newer one, however, a lot of things set it apart from the handful of microbreweries in Mumbai. For one, its location on a prime stretch of Bandra real estate…

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RESTAURANT GUIDE TO LOWER PAREL – #TGGFINDS

Being one of Mumbai’s corporate hubs, Lower Parel has a mind-boggling amount of restaurants to feed tens of thousands of hungry employees in its many sky rises. Tiny udupi joints, swanky pubs, chain outlets and even restaurants by celeb chefs like Jamie Oliver and Sarah Todd – you’ll find all…

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The Bombay Bronx 2.0, Breach Candy – New Avatar, Jazzier Vibe!

Bombay Bronx encapsulates the spirit of Bombay, its flavour and its quirks. This fun, ultra-modern yet rustic resto-bar is a series of contrasts, just like Amchi Mumbai is. Located in the posh neighbourhood of Breach Candy, I first set foot in it a couple of years ago for a friend’s…

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Street Food in Bangkok

Anyone who’s been to Bangkok will tell you that it’s a crazy, chaotic place. The metropolitan city packs quite a crowd — 15 million people! So getting anywhere can be challenging. This is especially true during evening rush hour, when hordes of working professionals make their way home — most…

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RESTAURANTS IN TORONTO FOR EVERY BUDGET

Trying to write about the restaurants in Toronto is akin to writing about all the restaurants in Mumbai – virtually impossible, even in a lifetime. So I’ll leave that to the restaurant-curation folks at Blog TO and tell you about the places I personally visited, during my second trip to…

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