At Goa's Amazing Savoi Plantation, a meal you will never forget, July 2023
Savoi Plantation in Savoi Verem, Goa, serves a Goan meal so sublime, those who eat it even once, never forget it. But the 200 year old Savoi Plantation is much more than just a place to eat great Goan food in Goa. It is a living museum of Goan Saraswat cuisine, lovingly preserved by the Shetye family over six generations. And this family will show you one-of-a-kind hospitality.
0:00 Savoi Plantation
0:53 How to reach Savoi Plantation
2:30 How to book Savoi Plantation visit
4:51 Savoi Plantation tour
11:40 Goan Saraswat lunch at Savoi Plantation
The cost of the entire experience, from welcome drink to plantation tour and traditional Saraswat meal is Rs 1,200 per head, Rs 1,300 on Saturdays and Sundays, and half for children aged 4 to 10 yrs. Visits to Savoi Plantation must be booked at least a day in advance.
Contact: (+91)9637838389 or 9423888899.
Location: Savoi Plantation, Savoi Verem village, Ponda taluka, North Goa. From Panjim (40 minutes drive), you can follow the Panjim-Bainguinim-Ponda highway or Ribander-Old Goa-Gandaulim routes to Marcel. From Marcel market, turn onto the Betqui-Volvoi-Savoi Verem road. Soon after Volvoi comes the right turn to Savoi Plantation, before you reach Savoi Verem village.
From the south Margao (1 hour drive) and Ponda (30 minutes drive) side, drive via Querim to Savoi Verem and continue past Savoi Verem village towards Volvoi, to reach the turnoff for Savoi Plantation.
Savoi Plantation Google Maps location: goo.gl/maps/tRP7cLJgs1TA6DnX8
The Saraswat hospitality begins as soon as you enter the plantation, with a welcome kokum drink, chakreos and cashewnuts. Then comes the plantation tour, led by Baburao Shetye, or simply Sachin to family and friends. Sachin, a sixth generation Shetye, farms the plantation. His mother Shalan and wife Seema prepare the fantastic Saraswat meals served here.
The plantation tour is a half hour, gentle walk along which Sachin will introduce you to many of the core ingredients of Goan cuisine which grow here. Each discovery of ingredients in their natural setting will serve to whet your appetite for the meal to follow.
Some sights we saw on our last visit: elephant ear (large leaf colocasia, or arbi); elephant foot yam (suran or zimikand), Krishna chakra (passionfruit flower), bay leaf, cinnamon (tikki), supari (areca palm), nutmegs (jaiphal), mace (javitri), turmeric, aru (taro/teryo panam), champa, crotons, bananas, ixora (West Indian jasmine), Heart of Jesus (Caladium bicolour), pomelo, red ginger, guavas, vanilla plants.
These are just a few vignettes of this massive plantation. Depending on the time of year you visit, you will see different spices flowering and fruiting.
After the tour, while Sachin readies the buffet-style meal, we take a look at the lovingly preserved ancestral kitchen tools decorating the dining area.
Viola points out the eco-friendly roofing and thatching, and this eco-sensitivity is especially seen in the implements from a bygone era. Even the plates used here are made from the ribs of the leaves of areca (supari) palms and are biodegradable. Savoi Plantation is showing the way to offer Goan hospitality without harming the environment.
Our meal starts with a glass of cashew feni distilled at Savoi Plantation.
What we ate on our last visit: rice, Goan (parboiled) rice (ukde xit), chapati, dal, ghonta (small, ganvti mango) sasav, ambade (hog plum) raita (a tangy, sour fruit in yoghurt dish), curd, green banana and potato phodis (coated in semolina and fried), seasonal jackfruit and jackfruit seed ghore, banana flower vegetable, tendli (ivy gourd) bhaji, kurma of bananas and kidney beans, Saraswat prawn curry with drumsticks, chicken shagoti, rawa fried chonak, beautiful rawa fried prawns, kingfish (visvon), shetuk (silver perch), mango, garlic, green chilli and sweet lime pickle, and sal kari with coconut milk.
This is one of the best meals in Goa, if not the best.
A trip to Savoi Plantation can be made into a whole day’s outing. I like to take my guests to see the churches of Old Goa and the beautiful, unique Devki-Krishna temple at Marcela, before heading east to Savoi Plantation. Already hungry from sightseeing, they get even more hungry walking through the plantation, knowing that they will soon eat a meal prepared from the plants they are discovering. Sometimes, after having lunch here, we rest a while and then go for a lovely boat ride to spot crocodiles in the Cumbarjua canal.
I have often come across big groups from Mumbai, Pune, Satara and Kolhapur, who’ve come here to eat when visiting the temples of Ponda.
Visits to Savoi Plantation must be booked at least a day in advance.
Contact: (+91)9637838389 or 9423888899.
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The cost of the entire experience, from welcome drink to plantation tour and traditional Saraswat meal is Rs 1,200 per head, Rs 1,300 on Saturdays and Sundays, and half for children aged 4 to 10 yrs. Visits to Savoi Plantation must be booked at least a day in advance. Contact: (+91)9637838389 or 9423888899
@kevinjohn2243
3 ай бұрын
Cost on the higher side..
This is so kerala of my childhood in the eighties. Made me nostalgic
@kevinjohn2243
3 ай бұрын
True..we have the same food in rural Kerala
HOLY HEAVENLY FATHER in 🇮🇳 INDIA Country GOA state 🙏 We tanky U for Blessing of RAIN LAND and SEA giving good FOOD 🙏please SAVE GOA from Evil Power
Amazing...thanks for the presentation....marked for a visit ....very informative...simple and unhurried....👌
@lesleyingoa
4 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot 😊
Nice to see new nature place thanks mam🎉
@lesleyingoa
Ай бұрын
Thanks to you
Its beautiful and amazing. I am visiting Goa in next 3-4 days. This place is marked to visit for sure.
@lesleyingoa
Ай бұрын
Have fun. It’s a beautiful place. Especially in monsoon
Truly mind blowing. Food cant get better than this. The ambience cannot be "created". The owner is blessed to have been bestowed with pristine nature and he is serving it to guests. It cant get better than this. I envy you guys
@lesleyingoa
11 ай бұрын
Yes, Sachin lives in a beautiful place. Do visit sometime
A heavenly hidden gem of Goa. Hope this gem remains as it is for ever & ever amen.
I am a KZreadr in Europe and I love all your videos. The background Commentary makes your Videos unique and the soothing Bass voice attracts viewers. Sometimes, I don't watch the video...I just listen to the Audio with my headphones 🎧 and imagine the Visuals. Well done guys 👏
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Wow wow really madam beautiful view thank you so much for sharing this beautiful place❤❤❤
Wow amazing 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Wow superb 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Wow, lovely place. Foreign tourists will love this.
Simply superb ❤.....one can say Savoi plantation is the very essence of Goa... Inspite of being there for a large chunk of my life I hadn't heard about this jewel... One of the best things about internet..... we get to know about such wonderful places.... And once again thank you for ur sincere effort to show us these beautiful places.... Keep up the good work 🙌🥰
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
So nice of you
Yet another surreal experience! Thanks for sharing it!
Delicious food and pickles😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Thanxx.....on my personal request, link of this vdo is forwarded to me. I am going to visit this place in my next stint to Goa Love you Lesley...❤
@lesleyingoa
4 ай бұрын
Great, hope you enjoy
Wonderful video so well covered and commented a must visit place Savoi Plantation 😊👍
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot 😊
Hi I have also been here long time back and now you have beautifully brought the memories back,love you, thanks
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
My pleasure 😊
Thanks for this video
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
Most welcome
what a divine lunch...
The tour of the sylvan Savoi Plantation endowed with a host of nature's bounties was manificent, culminating with a luncheon spread truly show-casing Goa's finest culinary diversity. A visible /audible Grace thanking the Lord for His unfailing provisions would have been most appropriate.
Awesome
Best video
Savoi plantation is quite popular. Reputed Italian Canadian chef David Rocco had visited this place and prepared Batata Vada, Sol kadi, Cashew bhaji in his show Dolce Vita India. Popular Indian chef Ranveer Brar also visited this place in his show Great Indian rasoi. Now your team has also visited here 👍👍👍👍
@lesleyingoa
5 ай бұрын
Thank you but we have been visiting Savoi since 2005!
Very Informative Video. ❤
As a north indian what i associated Goa was quite the opposite, beaches-drugs & half naked foreign hippies. And thats what the media generally shows about Goa. Ever since discovering your channel, ive seen a completely different side of the state, you’ve given us a glimpse of what the actual true Goan life is!! Keep it up!!
@lesleyingoa
2 ай бұрын
Yes unfortunately mainstream media and Bollywood have created some very objectionable and unreal characterisations of Goa. Glad you can see the real beauty of this state through our channel
Just seeing the video and my mouth was watering...
Super
@lesleyingoa
5 ай бұрын
Thanks
Wish to visit once...❤....
This is our true GOENKARPONN happy to see that it's really exist in this world....thank you beautiful ladies really awesome video hope to see more videos like this.......EAST OR WEST OUR GOAN FOOD IS THE WORLDS BEST......😊😊
Thanks to KZread's suggestions..came across your lovely channel and this beautiful video..this place is on our must do list now for our next umpteenth visit to Goa later this year...will be going through your other suggestions as well and I see you're choices are so matching with what we love..keep up the good work..Cheers and God bless 🤗
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your kind comment
Nice place❤
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
It really is!
Thank you Lesley for a wonderful vlog.. Hope you keep coming with such good content ❤
Mesmerizing... A must for my next visit to Goa
@lesleyingoa
3 ай бұрын
It’s a beautiful place
Top channel on the you tube 😊😊😊😊
This is the best of videos on savoi plantation, it really brings back memories of years of living life style in the past. Thank you Lesley and your team 💕💕💕💕
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your kind comment
@belindagonsalves8242
Жыл бұрын
Wow lovely mouth watering dishes n eat by hand it becomes more tasty
Awesome place thanks Lesly for exploring such wonderful place the food must have been really mouth watering taste enjoy your food
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
It was! Thank you
Good food. Good life
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
The Goa life!
Mam your voice ❤
Thank you for sharing this video. Will definitely make a point to visit this farm next year when I visit Goa 😃
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
You must!
Amazing location & food.. thanks
@lesleyingoa
7 ай бұрын
So nice of you
Thank you Lesley, you spured us to revisit the plantation again on our visit to Goa last February. We first went to the plantation in November 2000 and enjoyed the visit even more this time as we went on our own on a scooter from Candolim. A bit hard to find but a kind local gentleman also on a scooter showed us the way. Keep up the good work, we love your channel. P.S. my favourite Goan foods are Vindaloo, Xacuti and prawns recheado, I can’t get enough when I am in Goa.
@lesleyingoa
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing
Super dear
@lesleyingoa
11 ай бұрын
Thank you 😊
Ohh wow ❤what a wholesum delicious lipsmaking sumptuous food ... variety of dishes on the platter 😋😋 the best place ever you have shown us ...i would definitely want to visit here for that rich sumptuous food ..my mouth is watering the way you guys are feasting....❤❤ Thank you so much for sharing such a beautiful place ... god bless you dear and your friends too ...🙌🙏🙏iam seeing your channel for the first time too ..i love your simplicity and the way you look too 😊 very sweet ... you are so active too ...may the lord always protect you and your friends 🙏🙏 as you travel so much to show us these beautiful vlogs 😘😘❤❤ loads of love and blessings to you all ......sachin the host truly lives in heaven on earth ... what a blessed life ❤❤
@lesleyingoa
6 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for your kind words and encouragement. You really made our day and also made us happy at the start of the fresh year! Thank you. Happy New Year! 🙏🏼
@sujatanarayanan5779
6 ай бұрын
Happy new year guys ❤️❤️
Such a lovely channel. I've been watching your videos for a few days now and drooling over the all the inviting food, lovely local restaurants and your lovely gang which thoroughly enjoys their food. Esp loving all the fish thalis. This channel is such an amazing find. Can't wait to visit a few eateries. Great going 👍
@lesleyingoa
10 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for your kind comment
Thank you Lesley so much😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
You are so welcome
What a pleasure for the sights and senses. Excellent video, Madam.
@lesleyingoa
5 ай бұрын
Thank you kindly!
Good
Beautiful ❤food very mesmerising ❤yum ❤ must visit this place thanks Lesley ❤
@lesleyingoa
10 ай бұрын
My pleasure 😊
Hi Lesley, just stumbled across your channel and it such a breath of fresh air. Appreciate the effort you take to showcase such hidden gems to the masses. God bless you and keep up the awesome job you do.
@lesleyingoa
6 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for your kind comment and encouragement
Ur vlogs are beautifully shot, presented. Our Goan food is always tempting... I watch ur vlogs with my breakfast .... It's become a morning routine now. God bless
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. God bless you
Thank you for enlightening me on the real best places to eat in goa. I’m a goan living in Mumbai But I love south goa and keep away from the over crowded beaches and night life of the north I watched three of your videos and will visit each one in March The benoleum bakery The fish Thali and the plantation Looking forward to the other videos I must commend you on the perfect places for the best food and your videos are educating and informative 👍👍👍 Thank so much again and keep your excellent work at it best. I rate your videos 9.5/10 ✅✅✅
@lesleyingoa
6 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for your kind words and encouragement
Beautiful Place… 👍🏼👍🏼 This was an apt location for visiting during monsoon, just breathtaking…I am definitely visiting when I am back! And compliments to Viola, her knowledge of flora and fauna is exceptional 😮😮
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
You must. And yes, Viola's knowledge of Goa's flora is incomparable, that too out of passion! Her day job is studying climate change in polar regions!
Simply divine. So similar to the lush Kerala country side. A beautiful retreat. I am sure all who visit it , will feel very refreshed after their stay there..
@lesleyingoa
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching
This is truly heaven on earth ❤❤❤...no words to express too good,simply superb 👌👌
@lesleyingoa
6 ай бұрын
Thank you. Happy New Year! 🙏🏼
Absolutely beautiful. So proud of Goa. Mr. Sachin and his family may he be blessed always. He made this episode so beautiful, I never knew this part of Goa. Hope to visit Goa ‘soon/. Thank you Leslie.
@lesleyingoa
9 ай бұрын
Goa hopes to see you soon! Thank you for your kind words
place is look like I can't emagine also.
@lesleyingoa
6 ай бұрын
It's very beautiful in all the seasons. Happy New Year! 🙏🏼
So well constructed sentences Lesley.....no hate comments
@lesleyingoa
21 күн бұрын
Thank you dear
The rain bacground noise is not so bad, its nice actually
@lesleyingoa
5 ай бұрын
Ah! Another fan of the monsoon, like us!
This is so relaxing to watch. I almost feel like this is my birth place (instead of Mumbai). thank you for making us fall in love with Goa, especially nontouristy interior
@lesleyingoa
5 ай бұрын
My pleasure 😊
Lesley & Maria... we love the videos you post and the life you live in Goa.. I am certain you must be an inspiration for many with similar keenness to experiment and try various local eateries.. we have tried visiting a couple of the eateries from your list of suggestions and were equally delighted and enjoyed.. I had a suggestion for you to try Greenyard Restaurant and Bar at Old Goa if you have not already tried it. I will be on the lookout to meeting you in person and enjoying a meal together.. Cheers until then 😊🥂
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
Hi, thanks for your kind comment. We will certainly visit Greenyard. Hope to meet sometime
Lovely, i guess I'm d first to comment 😊 lovely ...
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
Yes, you are! Thanks so much
Lovely place, I will surely visit when I come to Goa for good… that will be soon… Lesley could you please update if the Benaulim church librament is open for worship.
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
Hi Christopher, I won’t provide such updates as it’s not even remotely connected to topics of my channel. Glad you enjoyed the video
Wow❤ love the way you love food and the bonding between you guys.. you guys rock! And yeah eating with hand is the best way to eelish food...Regards sagar
@lesleyingoa
7 ай бұрын
Thank you so much 🤗
@sagartubeless
7 ай бұрын
@@lesleyingoa also jealous about the guy who enlightened with this anand restaurant in anjuna.. i am tourist from belgaum and i know few places.. anand is best over there.. ya would love to hear my name in your channel! You guys rock😊 love ur friendship and bonding! 1 million subscribers soon ha. I am time traveller
I think it is in Red Fort( I stand corrected if wrong). It is an inscription attributed to the Mughal Emperor Humayun "If there is a Paradise on Earth, this is it, this is it." I would borrow this to describe Goa with minor changes." If there is a paradise in the world, it is here in Goa, here in Goa, no other place but in Goa."
@lesleyingoa
5 ай бұрын
Thank you for your wonderful comment and love for Goa
@shyamnair5723
5 ай бұрын
@@lesleyingoa🙏🙏🙏🙏
The gentleman who asked you why you eat with your hands , one such person got the following answer : I have not learned how to eat with my feet .😂 All the best .
@lesleyingoa
2 ай бұрын
Haha 😅
Use hands to eat the tastiest food, I loved it
@opnew2448
Жыл бұрын
My mouth was watering...food tasty eating with hands...women cooking more tasty.
Hi Lesley. Is this the spice plantation tour you would recommend or is there something else? Also post the plantation is there anything else around the area to go and do.
My original Goa.. Where did u get lost... I can nvr find u for all eternity😔
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
💚💚💚
Great experience to be experienced in south and at the same time pretty reliable as well. Was wondering if they also have a spice store and how would it be like when it’s not raining. As always awesome video ❤
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
Hi, yes Savoi is a great experience in all seasons. But it’s more on northern side of Goa than south, closer to Panjim than Margao
@CharismaticEnigma2107
Жыл бұрын
@@lesleyingoa got it. Forgot to mention - loved the use of 3D maps as well ✨
Hi...how to be part of your authentic Goan food tour....asking from Delhi
@lesleyingoa
24 күн бұрын
Hi you can call Savoi Plantation on 9637838389
I thought in rains it is closed
What is the tariff per couple?
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
2400 on weekdays, 2600 on weekends
He is not aware how the food comes so tasty when u eat with your own hands tell him that foreigners enjoy eating with their hands
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
Lesley all NRIs have tears in their eyes, missing GOA, missing GOA
@lesleyingoa
5 ай бұрын
Aww. Hugs 🤗
Fingers wer made before fork spoon and knife
Who is the silly guy, who does not want you to eat with your hand
@lesleyingoa
Жыл бұрын
Someone very frustrated with his own life and unable to stomach seeing others enjoying their life
1200/per person too too much