Casa Susegad

Eating

The 4-course dinners at Casa Susegad are not to be missed. The food is a fusion of Goan cuisine and imaginative continental dishes. Carole often starts her day at the local market, and has worked painstakingly with her wonderful staff to prepare traditional local dishes as well as train them in her own recipes. Everything is organic, and meals are prepared in the well-equipped, large kitchen or over a traditional wood fire.

You'll never have the same dish twice; ask Carole about the Goan chicken or the incredible fish wrapped in a banana leaf, or the fresh seafood platter followed by mango crumble with vanilla custard. She will also create a meal just for you if you tell her what you fancy. If you ask, your hosts will happily lead you on a tour of the kitchen and garden, pulling samples of the many fruits they grow right off the trees or offering a bite out of something cooking on the stove for you to try.

Lunch is also available for guests, and is usually homemade soups with fresh salads or sandwiches. Breakfast is served on each room’s terrace, and tea is always offered in the afternoons.

Local neighbours often join the guests and hosts for meals, and after a day or 2 you will feel part of the charming village. Meals are eaten en famille in the sumptuous formal dining room, or if you prefer to be alone, al fresco on the terrace, in the lounge in front of a movie, or in the guest’s own room.

Cocktails are often organised at the sunset spot looking down over the house and grounds - the perfect way to end the day. Carole makes a particularly delicious vodka lime soda with ginger. Other available refreshments, including beer, wine, juice and soft drinks, are available in the communal kitchen on an honour basis - guests simply help themselves at any time, and write down what they had on a tally sheet.

If you want to eat out, we have heard good reports about Archies Bar in the village for dinner.