Best Seafood in Goa | Prawns, Squids and Chonak | #Goa #Bha2Pa
We have Squid semolina Masala Fry in front of us. Why? Because I have come to Old Goa. Such a hidden place, where you don't even get a network. It's name is Kuttikar Bar & Restaurant. Which is at San Pedro, Old Goa. This it their card. 'True Old Hidden Goan Spots'.
We are going to see it today in this episode. So watch this episode till the end. It's an amazing fish. Come on, let's try the first one. Squids. The semolina that's been added to it, I am happy just by looking at it.
Let's have a nice lemon with it. It praised it so much.. I have picked a big piece of squid. I can't chew it properly. I am still chewing. Like chewing gum.
Only spitting out is left. It feels like they have made pieces of a cycle tube, fried them and gave them to him to chew. It's been half an hour & still nothing is happening.
It's not like that. I have picked the wrong piece of squid. Let's try the second one. It's soft. It's a good taste. It's amazing.
The semolina is nicely marinated. It's not spicy or anything. It's proper crunchy. Even though the squid is chewy, it doesn't have a strong smell. It doesn't have any different taste. When you are choosing it, choose the slimmer ones.
Like onion rings. It's soft. When it builds up, He can see it from above.
Almighty. He becomes happy. He decides to teach us a lesson. I became cautious. Don't praise it.
Eat it first. It's good. It doesn't have a fishy smell. It feels fresh while eating.
Even the squid is fresh. Even though I have picked a big piece. This piece is going to be chewy. It's so thick that I won't eat it. The masala is well filled.
Look at this. It's hot. This is the famous Reshad Masala of Goa. It's used for fish. If I fill my finger with this masala, I can eat my finger too.
It's such a beautiful masala. Now let's see the prawns. Look at the size. It's not too big. It's small.
Have you ever seen a straight prawn in your life? Today I will show you the a straight prawn in your life. This is a bent prawn in a bowl. This is a prawn with a straight life. No matter how much you put the prawn's tail in a tube. No matter how much you straighten the prawn, It gets bent when you leave it. I have picked it up in 5 seconds.
5 second rule. After removing its shirt and pant. Now.. This is Naked Kolambi. Let's eat this Naked Kolambi. Let's dip it in the masala.
Let's dip it in the masala. Let's add some fiber to it. It's very subtle. It's not like, 'Aah, it's so tasty.'
But the quality of the prawns is excellent. Fresh prawns, absolutely fresh prawns. And the masala, as we have explained, is very simple homemade Masala. I used to look for big prawns. If they are big, they taste better. No, take small prawns.
Because the masala reaches inside. And you have to remove the underwear. Underwear? We are going to remove a lot of underwear from the prawns today.
He is the fishy guy. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and this is the 11th. I have eaten 11 pieces of prawns for Rs. 380. Such cheap prawns, in Goa, where else can you get them? They are in such good quality, with such good masala.
So please comment and tell me if you have eaten prawns at a cheaper price. I swear on it, whatever I eat, it will be only fish. And it will be fish, and only fish. Why am I doing this? Because it is so hot, the steam is burning my hand. The masala is so hot.
And this is their special chonak. Look at the size of this chonak. Then I will tell you the fun part.
The price of this chonak is Rs. 540. I am challenging you again. If anyone can get such a big quantity of fish chonak for lesser than Rs. 540, Please comment and tell me which restaurant it is. Next time I will go out and eat and tell you if it is good or not.
This item is so soft. I have eaten it so hot that I feel like my mouth is on fire. It is so hot. But the fish is so soft. And the outer layer is so crunchy. So crunchy.
With lemon. I am feeling the next level. I will also have it with lemon.
Lemon and? Lemon and some fibres. Because fibres are so important. We have understood this in the morning itself. I would have seen around 1500 reels.
But it didn't happen. That's why fibres are important. These 3 dishes are perfect drinking snacks.
And we need a bottle to call it a snack. And I just saw this. It's name is Rosita. What do you drink? This is Rosita Kokum. It is a lime cashew feni.
And the alcohol content is less than 5%. Actually the alcohol content in fanny is above 40%. But here the alcohol content is less. That's why it is very smooth and sweet. It is very fruity.
It goes well with Kokum. And it matches well with my clothes. That's why I bought it.
So I will quickly finish it and leave. Because we still have to show you Goa. Old Goa. Old Hidden Gems.
It takes time to reach there. Bha2pa has come to Goa. The episodes have come out. So you also come.
And if you come, don't drink and drive. That's why I came here. Especially for you. Before going to another place, let me tell you. These people are so nice. I met the Kuttikar family who runs this.
I asked the uncle if I could take his footage. He said no. He was shy.
My bill was 1567. And he don't even know whether I am a YouTuber or not. He just thought I was interesting. So he gave me a discount of Rs. 565. A discount of Rs. 565. They took Rs. 1000 from me.
Goa is amazing. I am taking this with me. It will be convenient later.
What a place, what a location! This is called the actual hidden gem. This is such a beautiful place. People are going because I am getting late. You can sit inside too but let's sit outside. If you come to Goa, you should come for this feel. I have placed my order.
I have asked for Chonak as I usually do. I called for squids but they don't have them. Because I got late. They have small prawns. They are going to give me masala semolina fry.
I have asked for a local beer. The alcohol percentage is 4.5 which is very less. One bottle is okay. There is a red coloured bar in the property. The bar is right next to their house.
Their Tulsi Garden is right in front of it. And their food is prepared in their house. I have heard that the first restaurant in Old Goa is this one where you can enjoy fish with your family in this setup.
There is a river in front of you. There is a staircase. You can sit and have a cup of tea.
This is the feel of Goa. True local Goan experience. So our order has arrived. Chonak and Prawns.
And look at the size of these prawns. I love it. They are small and perfect. And the masala is also perfect. Look at this masala.
I'll tell Akku at home, please give me something like this. By the way, who do I mean by Akku? Akku means I have an aunt at home. She is our family member.
So I call her Aakoo because even though she is an aunt she is like a mother to me. Tell me if you liked the name. So she also makes prawns but they are not like this. So Chonak is for Rs. 600.
And Prawns Masala Fry is for Rs. 400. Look at the quantity. Look at the pieces. I am counting the pieces. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. I have been given 13 pieces.
Let's try chonak first. Let's squeeze a lemon on it. Oh! It's so soft. This is called consistency.
It's so soft. And the semolina that is applied to it. And look at this, can you see the lines? This is what we call a Chonak's consistency. This is the greatest chonak of all. Mark my words, greatest chonak of all. I have never eaten such a chonak till now.
How should a chonak be? It should be like this. Perfect. It's chewiness is perfect. You can see that the semolina comes out from the sides.
The semolina comes out from the sides. You can take it out from the sides. You can't take this semolina out from the sides. It's sitting inside the skin.
This is a technique of cooking. Not everyone can do this. I am telling you, please eat this. This is the first video.
In the first video, we are saying that we have eaten the greatest fish. The greatest chonak. What will we get by staying here for a month? Are we staying here for a month? Yes, please.
If we get something like this, please stay here for a month. What is this? What is this? This is not a golden thumbs up show. But this chonak is a golden thumbs up from me.
It's a golden thumbs up. It's for Rs. 600. If it was Rs. 800 or for Rs. 1000. I would have still given it a golden thumbs up.
The way it looks and the size of prawns. We are in love with all these things. The masalas are stuck in the fish. The fish doesn't leave the masala.
It's a proper friendship with the fish. I'll eat one more. It has a proper Goan masala, it is nicely cooked and these prawns had no undergarments. These prawns were nicely cooked in the masala. It does look like a barbeque, it has a barbeque feel.
These prawns have a smoky feel and they are cooked so amazingly. These prawns cost Rs. 400 for 13 prawns. And the masala gives this prawns a golden thumbs up from me.
I think you should try this. We have forgotten the format of this video. What is going on? Food Crawl, Khau Gali, Golden Thumbs Up. It is Khau Khau. It foes not have any underclothes.
Don't say anything, just eat. Why did you become a red prawn? What? You have stopped talking, your food has stopped you from talking. You don't have any words. Think about it, a guy like Mangesh doesn't have any words.
The one who keeps on talking behind the camera, he doesn't have any words today. I want to eat all these plates quickly. Okay, I will start eating quickly. Because look at this from my side as well. How good they are looking.
If you have come to Goa and if you have not tried these 2 dishes, then there is no fool like you in this world. If you are a non vegetarian, vegetarian people don't come at me. Sometimes I feel bad for vegetarian people. I know you are very proud that you like vegetables.
I agree that you have a lot of vegetables to eat. We would not have eaten vegetables. But just like we have not eaten a lot of vegetables, you too have not eaten chonak and these prawns. And you don't know what this is.
Oh! Okay, stop it, you come and eat. So here is Bha2pa's sticker and my golden thumbs up. Here are 2 dishes, the chonak and prawns. They're golden thumbs ups for me. You come here and tell me how you feel.
This is a hidden gem, let it remain hidden. And respect it. This is amazing. Did you see these tiles down there? What are they? Do you have an idea? They are not tiles. Look at this.
No, they are not tiles. This is a huge graveyard. And all of them have bodies. They have buried them. And on each of their bodies, there is a symbol with their names on it.
It shows when they died. So, this is a graveyard? Yes. And we are walking on it. Oh, they have buried them. But they haven't done good to us They shouldn't have done that to us.
This is not good. What we are doing is not good. Yes.
This is called St. Augustine Church. Okay. And this church was built in 1602. And there are only three churches in the world of the people of St. Augustine. One is in Portugal, one is in Spain, and the third one is in Goa.
Oh. So, this is one of the three greatest churches. Look at the scale. You can see the sunset.
And you can see the huge church at the back. It is almost 450 years old. There is so much to see in Goa. Yes. And what do we see? Baga Beach. Beaches.
While walking around Goa, you should wear a towel because of the humidity. It gets very hot. So, wearing a towel is a must.
And you should go straight to the beach with a towel like this. Yes. You should go straight to the beach with a towel like this.
No one should come to the beach. Before leaving Goa's St. Augustine Church, there is another very famous church which looks like a movie set, St. Cajetan Church. This church is Roman style. So, the huge domes are its specialty. And the woodwork inside, the paintings here, are also very beautiful.
This is an original painting. What have they done? They have erected a stand here. Look at this. It has been damaged. What is the problem in India? When people do such renovations, the workers should be conscious about where they are working. Which place is this? What is its importance? But we don't have that.
We have some contractors who are sitting on mobile phones and are doing our work. What do they know? that how old this work is. So finally, we have come to The Gene Garden. This Gene Garden is a restaurant that fulfills all the wishes of fish in your heart.
This place, right? We saw two places in the morning which were very homely and Goan. This feels a bit like Dhaba. If you want to come here and try Tandoori, they have good Tandoori as well. I have had it before as well. It has a good glaze, you can try the Tandoori as well.
And if you want to have fried rice in Goa, you can ask for that as well. Because it is good as well. But, I have ordered three dishes that I have been eating since morning.
One is Chonak, one is Squid and one is Prawns. I have come to this place for the first time and what I like about this place is that it is right next to the water. If you look down, the change in your pocket may fall down.
When I went from here, I thought the name of this place was Jean's Garden Restaurant. So I wore jeans and Amey wore shorts. This is how it looks. If you come here in the morning, you will see something like this.
Because this place is open from 1 to 3 in the afternoon, at lunch time. And it opens at 7 in the evening. That's right. That's why we were roaming around here and there till 7 in the evening. That's right.
We wanted to come here at 7 but we have come here at 10 in the evening. My favourite fish, as usual, chonak, has come here. And if you look at it, this is the thinnest chonak I have ever seen.
If you look at the size, this is the thinnest chonak I have ever seen and it is the softest. And if you look at the covering, you won't be able to remove it. That is the covering that is attached to the fish. So I am eating it without the lemon. The quantity is less and the price is also less.
This chonak is for Rs. 450. And it is right for our quantity which we are eating the whole day. It's best part is that the masala on top is not that legendary. But the fish is very fresh. And while eating it, you get to know the freshness of the fish.
It has the reshad masala, prawns and squid. So the fish that I was talking about earlier, you get the proper aroma and taste of the fish. Now let's have the lemon. It tastes amazing after having the lemon.
Amazing! I have had 3 different chonaks today. And each one is different. Each one has its own quality.
Each one has its own identity. And I have heard that the reshad masala is very good. So let's try it now. The best thing about the squid is that... The ones we ate in the morning were thick. And the masala is also good.
Its masala is different. Though it's chewy... The best thing about it is that it's that finely chopped. that you don't feel like it's chewy. I also watch your videos. You like it, right? Yes! They're very nice. -Thank you so much.
Thank you, brother. Thank you. So this is how we meet our fans. And it feels good to meet our Maharashtrians in Goa. And the people who have been coming here for 20 years.
And this is their local place. So what we are recommending maybe right somewhere. So back to squids.
This is a proper Goan masala. Now... Mangesh will tell us. I am an expert in squids.
You can't say that. If people at home see you doing this. That's why they let me come here.
Do you know something? Tell me. I haven't washed my hands yet. How did you like it? Your hand's masala is also mixed in it.
This masala is a little spicy for me. Yes. It's spicy. But the masala is good. Now let's move on to the next one. In which we are going to review prawns.
The semolina is coming in my hands. And the semolina is really tasty. It should be as salty as I say. It should be as salty as I say.
I mean... This is the experience of a chef. How much salt should be added. Now let's remove the undergarments.
Let's take it out. It's out. The gravy in it's garments. It's so good. Now let's have the prawns. The prawns are very soft, even though they are big, they taste like prawns. The masala has permeated in the prawns, it's not just the prawns, you can taste the marinated masala too.
Now, I want to see the review. I want to show it to Mangesh, because I want to see if I'm the only one who thinks so. Or does the person holding the camera also thinks that. This tastes a little... like the fritters which are crunchy. And because the prawns are big, it has a lot of meat in it.
It has a lot of meat in it. It's good. So now it's time to give a rating to Mr. Mangesh. Before giving the rating, I want to tell you that if you want to eat fish in Goa, then I have a request for you, please have it for lunch. Because fish come in all the restaurants early in the morning.
And you get them fresh in the afternoon. They go back to the fridge by the evening. So fish can smell, which is what happened in Gene. But all that said, I want to give a review. I'll start with the best in the district.
I'm giving it to this Gene restaurant. Because you won't get just fish, you can get North Indian dishes like roti, you can get fried rice, you can get tandoori. If you're bored of fish, you must try tandoori here.
Tandoori is good because I've had it before. So all that said, if I have to compare the fishes. then Kuttikar restaurant is the best in the country. Because Kuttikar has family recipes, homemade recipes.
Their masalas, fish and everything is completely of style. And that is cheap and tastes good too. That's why it's the best in the country.
And the best in the world, you must have understood where we were tripping and Mangesh slept, that place was Star restaurant and bar. The ambience of Goa, the fish and the masala of Goa is called..what? - Reshad. So, everything said, it's the best in the world.
And one more thing, I've given a review. Mangesh, what's your review? Same. And if you liked today's episode, then please let us know. Because next full month, we'll show you different places in Goa, where you get to eat at night, where you can eat at night, whether there's a drinks lane. And then we'll tell you if you want to come on Christmas, and what you can do in Panji instead of just staying in Baga and Calangute.
How you can do bar hopping here. And after that, we saw the fish thali of Old Goa. You will stay in Baga and Calangute. Then we'll tell you which fish thali is the best in the North. So, please subscribe to us.
And today, and tomorrow, and the day after, and the whole month, you must enjoy Goa at Bha2Pa. Bye bye. Come on, bro, let's go. Amay has kept me here.
This hotel doesn't work on Google Pay or phone. He has gone to collect cash. It's been half an hour, he hasn't come yet. Come soon.
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