Roland Francis wrote: >>On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Mervyn Lobo <mervynal...@yahoo.ca> wrote: >>In addition to the menu offered by the banquet hall, all 'Village >>Feasts' I have attended have at least one Goan dish, usually sorpotel >>(and at times sanna's).
> Any Goanetter living in Toronto (except Mervyn) knows his observation > is balderdash. For those Netters not in Canada I may mention: > Weddings in the Greater Toronto Area are generally held in banquet > halls owned by Italians. Goan village functions are held in halls > owned mostly by Punjabis and Sri Lankans. No banquet halls in Canada > whether Italian, Punjabi or Sri Lankan, cook sorpotel or make sannas, > period. Folks, Maybe it's just me but every time I go to a village feast in Toronto, I am offered the drinks I want, I get to eat some good food, dance, donate to the cause, win raffle prizes and return home. Happy. The person sitting on the table next to me : 1) does not get the drinks he wants 2) does not get the Goan food 3) wins no prizes 4) returns home miserable and reports so on the web. Mervyn1650Lobo __________________________________________________________________ The new Internet Explorer® 8 - Faster, safer, easier. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/