The next day we made a day trip north to the town of Candolim. We’d heard it was worth embarking on the hour-long drive for a slap-up feast at Bomras, one of Goa’s finest restaurants — loved by locals and Mumbai weekenders, but little-known among tourists.
It’s run by Bawmra Jap, a Burmese national trained in the UK, who serves up world-class Burmese cooking in the shade of the palm trees in his pretty, but unimposing, restaurant garden. Paper lanterns and cane furniture give a pleasing feel of the Orient, but the sleepy atmosphere and throwaway prices keep the tone decidedly Goan. Glass Palace author Amitav Ghosh, who has a place nearby, says: ‘If this was in New York, there would be a line along the block.’ Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1343487/Getting-away-crowds-chic-Goa-beach-holiday.html#ixzz1AHh3oVsD COMMENT: Now that I have made, Bawmra Jap, a Burmese national, World famous...there will be queues forming outside and prices will be going heaven wards. On the request to boycott the place, followed by some Goenkars crying foul - there are two sides to the story. We are so quick to condemn aren't we? -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW BOOK: 'PATRIOTISM IN ACTION: Goans in Indias Defence Services' Copies now available at: GOA: Literati (2277740), Other India (2263306), Broadway (6647038), Mandovi (2427904), Noel DSilva & Associates (9823120454 / 9096781714), Confidant / Golden Heart Emp (2732450), David & Co (2730326), Vardaan (9527463684) SERV / RETD Def Offrs in Goa: O/o Sainik Co-op Hse Bldg Sty, Def Col, Porvorim (2417288) MUMBAI: David & Co (22019010) PUNE: Manneys (26131683), Popular (25678327) BENGALURU: Narayan (22865800) DELHI: Ritana (24617278) ONLINE (worldwide delivery): http://www.ritanabooks.com/booksdistri.htm, http://goa1556.goa-india.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
