I went to Dakshin culture restaurant with my Mom, sister, brother in law and little princess my niece. Goa Portuguesa in Mahim located near Hinduja Hospital, it is now 34 years young restaurant. The ambience was lovely warm and welcoming. The staff was quick, polite and helpful. It was pleasure meeting Dr Suhas Achuchat. Now coming to the food, What we had: Soup Crab Kalimiri soup. It was spicy crab meat soup. Cream of chicken soup: it was creamy chicken soup. Cream of veg soup : It was creamy soup with lots of finely chopped vegetable like carrots, green peas. Starters Stuffed Crab - Crab stuffed with minced crab meat, spices and onion and top with grated cheese. Ukdiche Keema modak it was mutton Keema stuff modak, unique dish. Crispy fried bombil: it was crunchy outside and soft inside. Koliwada style prawns. It was prawns fried in koliwada style. Paneer bali bali: it was soft paneer cubes in goan style red masala. A bit spicy and tangy. Desert: Bebinca: It is the Goan dessert. It’s a layered cake/pudding hybrid made from coconut milk, eggs, sugar and ghee. It takes hours to prepare The Bebinca had neat uniform layers it was delicious my niece relished it. Wattalappam: It is Kerala style pudding made of jaggery, coconut milk and cardamom. Strawberry Pancetta: it was special dish full of strawberries just yummy.

The ambience and music is very calming. We tried both maharashtrian and South Indian seafood dishes and loved both. Specially the crab meat curry was very filling and tasty! Definitely a go to place for all the seafood lovers!