Karim’s Restaurant in Panaji Goa (Original from Delhi)

Panaji is a beautiful city ad capital of Goa. While exploring the city we came to know that the Delhi’s famous Karim’s Restaurant has opened in Panaji, Goa. We went to the restaurant outlet which is located just at the center of the Panaji city. We had heard a lot about this famous north indian restaurant and we reached the restaurant which is just within 2 to 3 Kms from the Panaji or Panjim KTC bus stand.

Chicken Burra at Karim's restaurant in Panaji Goa
Chicken Burra at Karim’s restaurant in Panjim Goa

We started with the Burra dish which is a signature dish of the Karim’s restaurant, we tried the chicken Burra and it was ultimate in taste, smoky flavour, slightly spicy tasty masala. We thoroughly enjoyed this starter dish while we waited for their famous Biryani. Watch our culinary experience at this restaurant.

chicken biryani at karims restaurant in panaji goa
Chicken Biryani


Karim’s Restaurant in Panaji Goa is very near to all the other famous restaurants and tourist places in the panjim city. The famous church of panaji is just less then 1 Kms from this restaurant. Miramar beach is 3.5 Kms. Panaji city now is near to 2 airports, the Dabolim airport and the MOPA airport. Checkout the post about our Best Fish Thali experience in Goa

Tilmati Beach in Karwar Karnataka (Black Sand Beach)

Karwar is a beautiful town/city in coastal Karnataka. There are many beaches in the city and one beach that is very unique and mus visit is the Tilmati Beach or the Black Sand Beach. The beach sand resembles black sesame hence the name “TilMati”.

Exploring the city of Karwar, the beach is 12 Kms from the karwar city bus stand and 20 Kms from the famous palolem beach in Canacona, Goa. Tilmati beach in Karwar Karnataka involves hiking and trekking and is a adventure in itself.

How to Reach Tilmati Beach from Karwar city or from Palolem Beach Goa

Tilmati Black sand beach in karwar karnataka
Tilmati Beach view from the hiking trail

If you are traveling from Goa or from the Karwar city, you need to get down at the Majali Bus Stop. Karnataka Goa Border is just 1 km from the Majali Bus Stop. Once you get down at this bus stop, you need to either travel or trek for 1 more KM on the Tilmati Beach Road to reach the Majali beach.

From the majali beach, the hiking starts and you need to be very careful while hiking over the hill, the best part of the trek or hike is that there is proper trail/path to follow. You will get amazing views of the Arabian sea from the hill.

Arabian sea views from the hiking trail of tilmati beach
Arabian views from the hiking trail Tilmati beach Karwar karnataka

We would suggest a morning trek or even if you start your trek in the afternoon, it will be very hot or sunny. We started our trek at 1.30 PM in the afternoon and it took 40 mins for us to reach the tilmati beach. It also took us time because it was our first time and waited in between. Watch our complete hike & trek to the Tilmati beach.

Tilmati Beach black sand beach in karwar karnataka
Tilmati beach in Karwar

Finally, we reached the tilmati beach after a good hike and trek, its a beautiful beach in karwar karnataka, unique black sand beach compared to the usual white sand beaches.

Best Fish Thali in Madgaon Goa – Girish Ranche Ghar

In search of the best fish thali in Madgaon Goa which is also known as Margao, we found the Girish Ranche Ghar Restaurant. It is 3.5 Kms from the Madgaon railway Station and 1.5 Kms from the Kadamba Bus Stand. It is easily at a walkable distance from the Madgaon city municipal garden at the center of the city.

We started walking and explored the Margao city and reached the Restaurant at 3 Pm in the afternoon, it was a humid afternoon. We started to checkout the Menu to start ordering the food. Watch our Fish Thali Experience at this restaurant.

One of the Best fish thali in Madgaon Goa Girish Ranche Ghar
Girish Ranche Ghar Restaurant in Madgaon

The Fish thali was amazing had complete seafood items as mentioned below

  • Prawns Curry
  • King Fish or Surmai Fish Rawa Fried
  • Fish Ambotik
  • Veg Salad
  • Fruit Salad
  • Fish Gravy
  • Sol kadhi
  • Dried Prawns Kishmor
  • Teesri or Clams Ekshipi
  • Roti and Rice
  • Veg Sabzi
Fish Thali in Madgaon Goa
Fish Thali at Girish Ranche Ghar Restaurant Madgaon Goa
King fish fry in the fish thali in madgaon
King Fish or Surmai Fish Fry

The Fish thali was fulfilling with the combination of rice and prawns curry, roti and sabzi and fish gravy, the teesri or clams sukka and the dried prawns kishmor was highlight of the thali. This was our second favorite fish thali experience in Madgaon Goa. Check our Best Fish Thali Experience in Ritz Classic Restaurant in Madgaon.

Agonda Beach in Goa – How to Reach

Agonda beach in Goa is situated 9.5 Kms north of Palolem Beach and towards the Cabo de Rama fort. We found the beach to be the cleanest and spacious among all the beaches in goa. So serene and silent with less crowd makes it for a must visit beach in South Goa.

Agonda beach in Goa
Serene Beach of Goa – Agonda Beach

Situated at a distance of 11 Kms from the canacona city and 7 Kms from the Butterfly Beach. This beach is easily accessible by local buses and auto rides. To catch the local buses, you need to board the bus from the Kadamba bus stand in Canacona or from the Char Rasta Bus Stop on the NH 66. The local buses charge you Rs 30 per person for the journey. The auto rides are very costly and ask for about Rs 400 to Rs 500 for one way journey to the Agonda beach from the canacona city.

Watch our Agonda Beach video guide. The beach is located in Agonda Village, you will find many home stay options near the beach. There are also many eateries to have goan and indian food at the restaurants. We tried food at the Agonda Corner restaurant, this is a small hotel/restaurant serving amazing Tea/Chai and fried rice along with many other dishes.


It was an amazing goan beach experience in Agonda village at the Agonda beach. This beach is 38 Kms from the Madgaon city in Goa and 70 Kms from Panaji or Panjim city.

Palolem Beach in Goa

Palolem Beach is the most popular beach in South Goa. The Palolem beach in Goa is also the nearest beach to the Canacona city, This beach is 3 Kms from the Canacona city and 2.5 Kms from the city railway station and Kadamba bus stand.

Palolem beach in Goa
Palolem Beach Entrance

From the Butterfly Beach this beach is 7 to 8 kms by road. There are many boats that take you from the Palolem beach to Butterfly Beach. The palolem beach is 1.5 kms in length and is a crescent shaped beach. You will find many shops selling beach wear and packaged snacks and refreshments on the beach road. Watch the complete video of our Beach Experience

Most Popular Beach in South Goa


Once you enter the beach on the right side, if you keep walking you will reach a lagoon. On the left end of the beach there is a elevated way to climb to get amazing views of the beach and the Arabian sea as seen in the image below.

Palolem beach in goa, this view is from the left end of the beach
Palolem Beach views

The beach offers complete beach vibes in terms of crowd, frequented by indian and foreign tourists. This beach also has boating and kayaking options, boats here ferry you to the Butterfly Beach and then bring you back to this beach after visiting one more near by island. There are very few local buses that take you from the canacona city to this beach. Auto rides cost you for about Rs 100 to Rs 150 for 3 people from the canacona Kadamba bus stand to the palolem beach.

Rocks at the palolem beach in goa
Left end of the Palolem Beach

In the above image you can see the rocks at the Palolem beach. This part of the beach is accessed from the left end of the beach. The palolem beach is 35 Kms from the Madgaon or Margoa city and 65 Kms from the capital city of Panaji. There are many homestays and shacks that offer stays on the beach and near the beach.

Butterfly Beach in Goa

Secluded & Adventure Beach of Goa

After exploring Palolem Beach in the Canacona City, we started exploring the secluded beaches. Butterfly Beach in Goa is one such beautiful Beach which is worth exploring and visiting in the south goa district.
We started our travel from the the Palolem Beach, from here we started moving north towards the Cabo De Rama and Madgaon. We need to travel for 6 Kms to reach the Leopard Valley Resort point. The offroading starts here. Its a muddy road and then either you can trek for 2 Kms to reach the Butterfly Cafe. If you have a 2 or 4 wheeler, you can drive until the Butterfly cafe. Watch our complete Journey to the Beach
From here, there is no option for 4 wheeler to go forward and there is a parking space for all vehicles. You can get refreshment at the Butterfly Cafe. From this point you can only walk or take the 2 wheeler until the next point.

Butterfly Beach Jungle Trek
Jungle Trek in Goa

We reached the above spot, beautiful grass field, and from here you have to walk another 1.5 Kms to reach the Butterfly Beach in Goa. From here the trek is through the rocky path, and the road is rough which makes it not advisable for the 2 wheeler to be taken on this road.

Butterfly beach in Goa
Butterfly Beach in Canacona city of Goa

Finally, we reached the Butterfly Beach in Goa after a trek of 4 kms from the main road. The beach is small compared to the other south goan beached but offers beautiful views of the Arabian ocean. You can also reach this beach via boating options from the Palolem Beach. The boats bring you here and waits for 15 minutes on this beach before leaving back.

Amazing views of the arabian ocean from the Butterfly beach in goa
Butterfly Beach

The Butterfly beach is at a distance of 7 Kms from the Canacona city Kadamba Bus Stand and the Canacona Railway Station.

Best Restaurants in HSR Layout Bangalore

In our search to find one of the Best Restaurants in HSR Layout Bangalore to have Non Veg Food like kebabs/kababs and grilled chicken and mutton food items. We found the Mughal Treat Restaurant which is in neigbourhood of HSR Layout in Bengaluru.

There are many Restaurants in HSR Layout Bangalore, which serve good and tasty Mughlai & Hyderabadi food. Mughal Treat is one such restaurant situated 6 Kms from Koramangala, which is another neighborhood in Bangalore. We ordered many items at this restaurant.

Nizami Chicken at the Mughal Treat Restaurant in Bangalore
Nizami Chicken

Nizami Chicken is a popular dish at the Mughal Treat Restaurant. In this dish, chicken leg pieces are chopped and roasted on a grill after applying the tasty masala, the resulting dish offers tender and smoky flavored chicken pieces. This grilled chicken dish is priced at Rs 360 for Half.

Watch the video of our visit to Mughal Treat Restaurant in Bangalore

Secondly, we also ordered their famous charcoal chicken which is a grilled chicken item cooked over charcoal, it was spicy and tasty. The chicken pieces were well marinated and perfectly roasted. The charcoal chicken is priced at Rs 290 for Half.

Charcoal Chicken at Mughal Treat one of the best Restaurants in HSR Layout Bangalore
Charcoal Chicken

Finally, for the Main course, we ordered their Chicken Biryani which is prepared in Ambur Style, juicy and well marinated pieces of chicken cooked with Rice in tomato and other spices. The chicken Biryani is priced at Rs 150 for Small size.

Nahdi Mandi Restaurant in Bangalore/Bengaluru

In the City of Gardens, Bangalore or Bengaluru, we were looking for a Non Veg Restaurant and found about the Kerala famous chain of restaurants, Nahdi Mandi Restaurant in Madiwala Bangalore. This restaurant serves the famous Yemeni food, like the popular Mandi Meat dishes.

The Restaurant has a large seating capacity and also has a traditional Majlis section where you can sit down and have lunch or dinner with your family or friends. It was a weekend and we visited this Restaurant on Saturday and found Huge Rush and people waiting for tables. We got the table after 30 mins. We ordered the Grilled Mutton Mandi (Half) which is priced at Rs 580 for 2 large Pieces.

Grilled Mutton dishes at Nahdi Mandi Restaurant in Bangalore
Grilled Mutton Mandi

We also ordered Chicken Madfoon Mandi at Nahdi Mandi Restaurant in Bangalore/Bengaluru, watch our complete video of Mandi Food in Bangalore

This was the first time we experienced Mandi dish. To start with, the Grilled Mutton Mandi was super tasty and amazing. The masala and the mutton meat was falling off the bones which is what Mandi dishes are known for. The mutton meat was tender, smoky and tasty, the mandi rice was okay. They serve unlimited mandi rice in this restaurant.

Grilled Mutton Ribs at the Nahdi Mandi Restaurant Bangalore
Mutton Ribs Grilled

The chicken Madfoon Mandi was priced at Rs 420 Half for 2 pieces and Mandi Rice. The masala applied chicken pieces were wrapped in silver foil and steam cooked, and placed on the Mandi Rice. The pieces were tasty and soft. We ended our culinary experience at this restaurant by having the Yemeni dessert Umm Ali.
The dessert was super amazing and tasty, served chilled, and is prepared using crushed layers of wafers, condensed milk and dry fruits.

Best Fish Thali in Goa Goan Seafood

When you plan a Trip to Goa you should definitely have and not miss the Fish Thali in Goa, we started exploring Goa from the South Goa District, our first stop was the Canacona City and the first beach we explored was the famous Palolem Beach in Goa.

We reached Madgaon and while exploring the Colva Beach, we came across an amazing and famous chain of Restaurants in Goa, Ritz Classic, who serve amazing Fish Thalis. We ordered the Fish Thali or rather you call it the Seafood Thali, it was beautiful to look and amazing tasty with every seafood items in it and prepared in authentic Goan style.

Best Fish Thali in Goa
Fish Thali at the Ritz Classic Restaurant in Madgaon Goa

Watch the complete video: Goan Fish Thali. The Fish Thali in Goa we had has all the seafood items that you see above:

  • Prawns Curry prepared with fresh coconut masala and Bhindi
  • Surmai or King Fish Fry
  • Teesri or Clams Ekshipi Sukka
  • Bhindi or Lady Finger Sabzi
  • Fish Ambotik, a sweet & sour fish gravy
  • Sevaiyan Kheer, a dessert
  • Dried Prawns Kishmor, dry chutney
  • Sol Kadi
  • Rice and Papad
  • Fish Gravy

The Fish Thali was priced at Rs 280 and it was filling, each and every item in the fish thali was tasty. The most tasty was the dried prawns kishmor and the clams ekshipi sukka. This was the best fish thali we had in Goa, in Madgaon city. The restaurant Ritz Classic in Madgaon is 6 Kms from the Colva Beach and 3 Kms from the Madgaon railway Station.

Gateway of India Monument Mumbai India

After having breakfast at the famous Kyani & Co Restaurant near Fort area in Mumbai, we visited the Gateway of India landmark monument in Mumbai. It is 3.3 Kms from the Kyani Restaurant. We took a cab from the restaurant and reached the busy tourist spot in Mumbai.

Gateway of India Mumbai
Gateway of India

The Gateway of India is a 100 year old monument and offers amazing views of the Arabian Sea and the Mumbai coastline. Situated at Apollo Bunder in Colaba, the famous Taj Mahal Palace Hotel is in front of this Monument. We visited on a Saturday morning, so there was the weekend crowd and regular tourists. Just Besides the Gateway of India, there are option for boat ferries to go toe the Elephanta Caves.

Taj Mahal palace hotel in front of the Gateway of India Mumbai
Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai

Watch the video of us exploring this Landmark Monument. We explored this area for 30 minutes and could see a large queue waiting to board the ferries which takes them to the Elephanta caves. They halt for 1 or 2 hour there and then ferry them back at this location. There were also many Seagulls strolling the coastline. You can also see many Yachts park in the ocean and also some ships sailing near the coastline.