Goa is a Bebinca
- INR 499
- Culinary Arts
- Performance
Curated by
Chef Manu Chandra
Casa San Antonio
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
What makes a place linger in memory—its performance, its people, its flavour?
Set in Fontainhas, Panjim’s old Latin Quarter, this immersive experience transforms a heritage venue into a living taverna. Goa’s tavernas were more than watering holes. They were at the intersection of identities, where Konkani and Portuguese mingled; where everyday life, politics, flower power and poetry shared tables; and where the quotidian became art.
The central drama, Goa is a Bebinca, is a layered slice of Goan history. Mary, a firecracker of a woman, runs her family’s taverna and is keen to put the business on the map; her father, fiercely rooted in tradition, is opposed.
The performance invites you to inhabit that world: to eat, listen, and remember as stories unfold between courses—of migration, fading traditions, and a community fighting for its identity. This isn't just a taste-off; it is a reflection on cultural preservation.
Through Chef Manu Chandra’s contemporary reimagining of Goan flavours and paChaak’s sensorial design, this show becomes a crucial dialogue between past and present. It asks: What does it mean to taste diversity and change?
This is a living, breathing feast that explores how tradition and innovation coexist, celebrating a place that still invites strangers to sit together and find themselves in each other’s stories.
This immersive experience includes a tasting of bar-sized bites per person (a selection of vegetarian and non-vegetarian options will be available)
Credits:
Chef Manu Chandra - Food
Shubhra Chatterji - Writer
Deepa Rani - Producer
Divya Rani - Director
Travel Advisory: For those travelling in private vehicles, please park at either the Old GMC Building or the Multi-Level Parking. Festival shuttles will operate from both locations to transport you to the performance assembly point.
