Copper Bowl

It's not just the sensational seafood that makes dining here so pleasurable, it's the wonderful setting -- intimate and lush and seemingly hidden from the world in a peaceable garden kingdom. Served from copper pots, the Goan curry dishes are exquisite; try coconut-based chicken xacuti (pronounced cha-coo-ty) or fragrant prawn balchao, a mouthwatering combination of crispy prawns, aromatic spices, chili, onion, and prawn powder. If your taste leans more toward nonspicy, try the seafood in coconut-milk soup, followed by the "Seafood Treasure" -- baby lobster, prawns, and two kinds of fish served in a banana leaf. There's a formidable menu, but nothing will be served unless it's fresh.

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