Chicken Cafreal Kulchas or Crab Kulchas: Souza Lobo’s Monsoon Specials

CALANGUTE, GOA: This monsoon if you are visiting Goa, make it a point to definitely stop by Souza Lobo, the iconic restaurant on the Calangute beach for a whole new list of exotic additions to their menu. And yes, it will be open throughout the monsoon, come rain or shine!

From chicken cafreal kulchas to crab kulchas, there is a Kulcha Festival on at Souza Lobo, even as it pours outside and the sea and the waves on the Calangute shore roar in wild abandon.

A gourmet’s absolute delight the exotic,  fluffy and mouth-watering kulcha, is topped with crab recheado meat (recheado masala is a red, spicy Goan preparation) – there are options available – like recheado crab meat, butter garlic crab meat and all the works.

It doesn’t just end with the cafreal kulcha or crab kulcha, this is just the beginning for the 90-year-young restaurant, which is not just a fine-dining place but rather a heritage landmark with an old-world charm on the Queen of Goan beaches – Calangute. A culinary institution that both Goans and foreign tourists swear by – from an ordinary traveller to gourmets, everyone loves the food and cherishes the ambiance and friendly service of the more-than-helpful staff at Souza Lobo.

If you want to experiment with Indian fusion cuisine, juxtaposed with traditional, Goan fare, get ready to welcome Chicken Cafreal Kulchas, Prawn Recheado Parathas, Sorpotel Naans, Chicken Xacutti Phulkas, Sausage Paratha rolls  (a fusion of the Chouriço Pão or Choris Pao as its known in Konkani, with the North-Indian paratha) and the various other combinations, Souza Lobo is gearing up to offer its guests this monsoon.

This monsoon let your taste buds do the talking. Just head over to Souza Lobo as soon as you land in Goa and enjoy Calangute in the rains, coupled with a variety of naans, kulchas, phulkas, parathas and rotis all matched with traditional Goan recipes and masalas – be it seafood or meats, you can request the chef to do a special for you – made to order.

And along with the mouth-watering fusion food, sit and enjoy the rhythm of the pouring rain on the 90-year-old Mangalore-tiled roof of the revered Goan landmark.

Also check out other fantabulous options like the Prawn Recheado Parathas (Read Here) and the Crab Kulchas (Read Here), only at Souza Lobo, Calangute.

What we recommend: The Souza Lobo restaurant at Calangute is known across Goa (and India) for their fabulous flagship Recheado Pomfret, Recheado Prawns, Recheado King Prawns, Recheado Bangdo, Recheado Squids and the recently introduced experimental or fusion food – Recheado Prawn Parathas, Cafreal Kulchas, Sorpotel Naans and Crab Kulchas.

They also make the best (and authentic Goan) Chicken Xacuti (Read Here) as well as Crab Xacuti  (Read Here) in all of Goa. 

The chicken cafreal at Souza Lobo is also the best in Goa and depending on your budget and available time, we highly recommend you try all the dishes.