Local Indian Restaurant
On Saturday evening we were looking on www.eatability.com.au for somewhere to go for dinner and we noticed that one of the local Indian restaurants, Viva Goa, was rated very highly - I think it was the second best restaurant in our area! I booked a table for that evening.
(Viva Goa was second after Astral, which scores highly but is tres cher. We haven't been there yet - we tried once but it was full - but we're going to a special event there on Monday 29th.)
Viva Goa
Viva Goa seems like quite a strange name, but it becomes more understandable when you realise that Goa was a Portuguese colony. As such the restaurant serves Portuguese-Indian food, which is extremely exciting. I'm not whether this is what people eat in Goa, or whether it is just a theme.
We managed to remember a bottle of wine as the restaurant is BYO. A surprising number of restaurants in Oz are BYO and it is certainly no indicator of poor quality. I ordered a Cashew Feni sherbert drink, but unfortunately Cashew Feni turned out to be a liqueur. I felt a bit bad sending it back, but it had been underneath Mango Lassi in the middle of a list of drinks which were ALL non-alcoholic.
Sean had a braised lamb shank curry and following the theme, I had Chorizo curry! My curry was very exciting and tasty too. I also tried Sean's and I think I preferred his slightly, but they were both excellent. We had basmati (very fluffy) rice with it and chapatis which were very light. The portions were quite small so we managed the previously unthinkable and finished everything we were given!
In short, we will be returning and probably often! I will try and remember the camera next time and take some photos of the food. The bill (without booze) came to $50 - £10/head! I feel like we are finally at home here now we have a local Indian restaurant.
On Saturday evening we were looking on www.eatability.com.au for somewhere to go for dinner and we noticed that one of the local Indian restaurants, Viva Goa, was rated very highly - I think it was the second best restaurant in our area! I booked a table for that evening.
(Viva Goa was second after Astral, which scores highly but is tres cher. We haven't been there yet - we tried once but it was full - but we're going to a special event there on Monday 29th.)
Viva Goa
Viva Goa seems like quite a strange name, but it becomes more understandable when you realise that Goa was a Portuguese colony. As such the restaurant serves Portuguese-Indian food, which is extremely exciting. I'm not whether this is what people eat in Goa, or whether it is just a theme.
We managed to remember a bottle of wine as the restaurant is BYO. A surprising number of restaurants in Oz are BYO and it is certainly no indicator of poor quality. I ordered a Cashew Feni sherbert drink, but unfortunately Cashew Feni turned out to be a liqueur. I felt a bit bad sending it back, but it had been underneath Mango Lassi in the middle of a list of drinks which were ALL non-alcoholic.
Sean had a braised lamb shank curry and following the theme, I had Chorizo curry! My curry was very exciting and tasty too. I also tried Sean's and I think I preferred his slightly, but they were both excellent. We had basmati (very fluffy) rice with it and chapatis which were very light. The portions were quite small so we managed the previously unthinkable and finished everything we were given!
In short, we will be returning and probably often! I will try and remember the camera next time and take some photos of the food. The bill (without booze) came to $50 - £10/head! I feel like we are finally at home here now we have a local Indian restaurant.
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