Menu picks include the pizzas (Rs144 to Rs199), burgers (Rs94 to Rs139) and the mini meals like the veg curry-rice (Rs199).
There is a retro-European-yet-modern aura to the place, complex harmonies that the short, eclectic menu picks up, with a few dishes so old-fashioned that they seem brand new.
I chose from the regular menu, picking the savory sausage with jacket potato over the vegetable spring rolls ("suitable for vegetarians"), tuna and peach salad and the ever-present bacon sandwich.
Our menu picks include the garlic-flavoured prawn tiracol tikkis (Rs240), and the hand-tossed Cafe Goa special pizza, featuring toppings of Goan sausage, herb chicken and pepperoni (Rs440).
Working with an "experience manager" and villa host, guests assemble their daily itineraries from a menu, picking something from the "conservation" section here (planting acacia trees, say, or assisting in the tracking and monitoring of monkeys and zebras), something from the "community" section there (learning about traditional beading from local women or visiting a foundation-financed school).
In The Talk of the Town, in 1969, Burton Bernstein related the story of a traveller searching for a meal along the road: As a surly waitress continued to ignore all his pleas for sustenance, our friend, having already memorized the menu, picked a business reply card from a counter-top rack.
The menu picks up from there and includes a pan-seared Chilean sea bass, a beguilingly tender slab of fish that on my first visit arrived slightly undercooked but on another was perfectly prepared and a hit with the children despite its twin flavorings of teriyaki and sweet wasabi.
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