Soul Fry Casa

So Casa Soul Fry is the newer sibling of the Soul Fry in Pali Naka (not reviewed as of 13/04/07)

The decor is really nice. Understated but warm.

The menu is very similar (if not identical) to the older establishment. The have live bands on wknd evenings (call and check) and unlimited lunch on sundays.

The service was good, atleast the guy who waited on us was patient, and came up with good suggestions (not the most expensive ones)

We had the prawn loncha (prawns tossed in a dry coconut/garlic/curryleaf filling) was excellent, ordered a repeat.

the bombil fry was subpar, flattened thin, and the rawa breading was too thick and maybe a little burnt. I for one prefer the non-flattened bombils anyway, but restaurants seem to be thinking otherwise.

We ordered two crab gravies, one was the richard(s). a deep red, spicy but sweet like a typical goan curry. very good. The other crab was a more traditional dried coconut/onion based gravy, but was ordinary. the crabs themselves were very good though.

ordered a teesrya gravy. good but not great. so was the fried bangda, the breading was too thick, altho the fish was nice. ordered rotis/nans/rice etc as well.

the beer was nice and chilled. 4 people ran up a bill of 2500. but we over-ate and drank well..

overall place is more formal than the pali market cousin, but definitely recommended.