Despite being ill last night (thankfully briefly), I wanted to make some more comments/updates on food/drink and prices…
Beer: In Goa, beer is cheaper: only Rs60/$1.50 for a large Kingfisher, and Rs35/$0.88 for a small (regular) Kingfisher, which I hadn’t actually seen until this point. The Goan beer Bello tastes worse, in my opinion. I’ve also seen Budweiser and Fosters here in Goa. On that note, the Kingfisher colours/advertising/slogans remind me a lot of Budweiser, actually…
Bread: I had written that adding things to bread other than ghee/butter (e.g. garlic) wasn’t “worth it” despite the small cost because there just wasn’t enough to notice the difference; well, I found an exception in Arambol, Goa: mint paratha. There is definitely enough mint to notice, and it makes it even more tasty!
Quality: I’ve had over 100 meals in India now, and I’d say I’ve enjoyed all but 1 or 2 of them (and maybe disappointed at the lack of variety, but no the quality, of 2 more meals). And the one I clearly remember disliking was because it was all (deep) fried and bland.
Which means over 95% of meals have been good or better, which is more than I can say than any other trip (or eating out back home, for that matter!)
Tip: fried almost always means deep-fried here, not stir-fried (even if the oil isn’t heated quite as much as the trans-fat inducing high heat back home)