Avinash Bar, Divar Island, Goa, August 2023
Last week, Viola, Maria and I visited Avinash Bar and Restaurant on the beautiful island of Divar, during the Bonderam festival.
Avinash Bar and Restaurant
Morodvaddo, Divar, Ilhas, Goa
Tel: 9850463443
Timings: 11 am onward; Monday evenings closed
Google Maps location: goo.gl/maps/BraCZKLtrbqBUGKW6
Avinash has a lovely location beside the fields in Morodvaddo, Divar. From the Old Goa ferry, it’s a straight drive through the mangrove forests in the Mandovi river, and the rice fields beyond till the road forks, the left going to Piedade and the right to Sao Matias. Avinash is located at the fork, on the road to Sao Matias.
The restaurant is named after owner Avinash Cabral, a gracious host who seated us as soon as we arrived in the middle of lunch time. We were grateful as we had been walking a long time and were hungry. What’s more, after lunch, he kindly dropped us off to Sao Matias so we could join the Bonderam festivities on time.
It was great to relax by the window, gazing out at the beautiful fields and railway bridge in the far distance. The view is so tempting that we hardly looked inward at the interesting art showcasing life in Divar, or at the street life passing by outside. We were content to gaze at the idyll that is rural Divar. Just chilling while we waited for our fish.
And the fish was soon to arrive.
That day, Viola had a kingfish thali, I had bangdo and Maria had prawns. Viola’s thali had rice, fish curry, manki (squid), teesrio (shellfish), dry prawns kismur, cabbage bhaji, pickle, salad and a big piece of kingfish. My thali had a crispy bangdo and Maria’s of course had prawns. We were delighted with the manki ambot tik (sour and hot squid) on the thali. As the curry was of prawns and drumsticks, that meant Viola and I had fish, teesrio, prawns and squid in one plate.
This was one meal where we really starving, having driven a long way from Benaulim to Old Goa that morning, crossed the river and then walked a great deal in Sao Matias in Divar before stopping for lunch. The curry we had been served was lovely; the fried fish crisp and fresh. It was all very welcome as we needed to fuel up for the long afternoon and evening of fun ahead. So it was a quiet table as we all three devoured our meal with concentration.
That was lovely, home style khana. Just what we needed in the middle of a long day. Easy on the stomach, easy on the pocket. The only suggestion we would make is to serve sol kari also with the curry rice plate.
Thanks Avinash, your food recharged our batteries for Bonderam. Viva!
(Besides all varieties of Goan fish and seafood, and curry rice plates, Avinash also has other Indian and Indi-Chinese dishes).
Music:
Wanderer's Trove / A Nightingale's Journey / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
American Legion / Covered Bridge / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
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Viola eating neat and clean....👍
It is pleasant experience to see your video
@lesleyingoa
Ай бұрын
Thank you
Thank you
@lesleyingoa
3 ай бұрын
Welcome!
We once took a detour when i had to travel from mapusa to Panjim...from mapusa we went to bicholim then to mayem lake...spent sometime there and then to naroa ferry point..entered Divar using the ferry and roamed on the beautiful Divar island.paid a visit to saptakoteshwar temple and entered old gia via the same ferry you took.the entire stretch was very beautiful...Goa is beyond the beaches and so called Parra coconut trees....thanks for taking me back to Divar.
@lesleyingoa
7 ай бұрын
Thank you for your lovely comment. Divar-Old Goa is indeed beautiful. Try the ferry from Old Goa Daugim to St Estevam also sometime!
Thanks for another authentic and simple testy fish curry rice food like home thanks all❤👍👌
Again one good restaurant review. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing your experience!🙏🏻
Keep it up Leslie on vlog to unknown restaurants
@lesleyingoa
Ай бұрын
Thanks very much
Beautiful 😊
Most beautiful place cool and calm.👍😀
@lesleyingoa
6 ай бұрын
Thank you. Happy New Year! 🙏🏼
Thanks for the video. My grandma would have said, that's how you finish your plate. Not a single piece of rice on the plate.
Love ur videos
@lesleyingoa
10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much
Kingfish Thali was good👍👍👍
Don't drink and drive.... Just enjoy soft drinks and goan food. I am planning to visit once .thx for inf Be safe
always show the menu card, pls
Food looks very less on d plate
Some what coastly but it doesn't matter.
I have never been to Divar. The one thing that disappointed me was the start of the journey after disembarking from the feery. I had expected to see tall coconut trees lining the straight road but couldn't see any. Its the coconut trees that line the roads on either side that give Goan roads an special charm. Parra has become famous around India for the scene depicted in Hindi movies. One would be surprised to see the number of tourist who visit the place to see the scenery first-hand. Divar should take a cue and plant coconut trees along the charming Divar road.
@lesleyingoa
10 ай бұрын
We find all our roads extremely charming with or without coconut trees and we won’t change them for the entertainment of tourists, especially not roads running between beautiful and eco sensitive riverine backwaters. And seeing how tourists have made the coconut tree lined road in Parra hellish for the villagers to traverse, I doubt anyone will want to emulate Parra’s example
I guess the slow mode/normal mode was much better and it somehow provided the essence of the circumstance and i loved to see everyone eating and enjoying… this video is a bit too fast … could you plz make 8-10 mins of videos back again as before coz they were more beautiful to enjoy and contained lots of discussions on food and stuff! Appreciate!
@lesleyingoa
10 ай бұрын
Sure. Will do. That day we were tired and hungry and didn’t talk at all while eating!
@vivekmedicine31
10 ай бұрын
@@lesleyingoa yeah i get it ☺️
Narrow roads no parking congested area & food 😂😢
Lesley next time do not fast forward the eating part love to watch Maria share her food 👍
Maria and Viola looked sad, is it because of the sad portions.?
@lesleyingoa
10 ай бұрын
Not sad, tired, as said in the video
@sydneypassanha
10 ай бұрын
But the food portions were really sad.
Tht Bangada thali for 200 its very expensive
@lourencofernandes604
6 күн бұрын
Yes correct .n 2 pcs of rava fried chonak was 600rs.ridiculous
Rate of fish thali is to high