Did you know that O’Coqueiro restaurant in Porvorim shot to world fame in
the late sixties/early seventies because of telephone connection? Since
telephone lines were a rarity in Goa during the period, it was extremely
difficult to get a phone connection abroad. People sometimes had to spend
half a day at a Telegraph and Post Office in order to call their dear and
near ones abroad, including the Gulf. The foreigners were the most affected
and disappointed lot. Since many foreigners frequented O’Coqueiro for their
meals, they expressed their disappointment to the owner of the restaurant
and asked him to do something about telephone service. So, the owner used
his influence with the Telephone Exchange and promptly arranged for a couple
of hot lines at the restaurant. The foreigners immediately spread the word
which traveled among the foreigners as well as Goans like wild fire and
everyone started flocking at O’Coqueiro to make international calls.
O’Coqueiro’s cuisine was excellent at the time. So, people would visit the
restaurant to make distance calls, and while they waited to get connection
they would treat themselves to a sumptuous meal! It was at O’Coqueiro that
Charles Shobraj was arrested while he waited for a telephone call from
abroad!
Moi-mogan,
Domnic Fernandes
Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA
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