Goan food writer and researcher, Odette Mascarenhas, has been taking a motley bunch of us through a unique food experience, part of a cultural trail in Goa being showcased by Airbnb. Then, there’s the Portuguese plate and finally the food of Christian converts, with local influences marrying colonial ones. Beyond the typical Goan holiday experience, there exists a more nuanced culture that is at once more refined and elusive. It is telling that Assagao’s most famous restaurant is Gunpowder, a Delhi import specialising in Kerala food, set inside a lovely old Portugese home. It is in this neighbourhood that The Villa sits, dubbed the most stylish (ostensibly) home in Goa.

Source: The Hindu November 10, 2017 10:07 UTC