For the people of Panjim, Cafe Tato’s is more than an age-old establishment. It has made a room in the lives of the customers it has served. So much so that there's a local saying along the lines of “*Tatyager chao marya*” (“Let’s go have a cup of tea at Tato’s”).
Although they initially started small, serving only tea, *bhajiya*, and *bhaji* with bread, they have expanded in recent years. The location of the restaurant has always been the same since the start. The ambience at Tato’s is cosy enough to remind one of home.
A special tradition during Christmas is to make and gift an assortment of sweets to neighbours, relatives and friends. These delicious treats are called as the Consoada in Goa or Kuswar for the Konkani Catholics of Mangalore.
Where the sweets resemble the affection we give to the people near and dear to us. It is not about the taste, or how fancy the item is, but the work of our hands reflecting the effort we take to keep this tradition alive.
‘te poder gele, te unde gele’. Popular with those familiar with Goa’s colonial era, the vernacular expression aims at humanising a statement that implies, ‘those bakers are gone, taking with them the bread that they made.’
Founded on January 31 in 1930, this little eatery was the brainchild of my father-in-law, Andre Mascarenhas.
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