Smoking new spots in Goa 2010: Club Fresh & Snip!
Goa Sunset
MissMalini @ Club Fresh
I’m finally getting around to blogging about my most recent Goa escape. I love that every time I go(a) back I discover something new (and I double-love that I get to share it with you!) So this time I ended up on Morjim beach (in fairly “on” season) having wisely waited for the New Year’s party rush to subside. We stayed at *Montego Bay again (which is just a walk-on-the-beach away from La Plage) and two fantastic coincidences made this trip truly legendary. 1) Something Relevant happened to be on tour in Goa at the same time 2) Henry & Ashitta Tham were staying at the same resort as us :)
Kite surfing on Morjim beach
Something Relevant
Ashitta and Henry Tham
You already know how much I love Something Relevant but watching them jam on a 6ft high stage on the beach with sparklers to wave around and sand under my feet was something else! Plus the usually shy Henry Tham and his charming wife Ashitta turned out to be delightful vacation buddies and took us along to one of their favorite food spots in Goa called Amigos (under Nerul bridge) where the prawns doused in Goan Rishaad sauce are to-die-for. Henry also introduced us to a whole new level of party-preparation with a backpack full of goodies ranging from vodka to tinned sausages and a laser pen!) Good times :)
Henry Tham
butterpeppergarliccrabs @ Amigos
Snip
Snip (another Henry recommendation) is a giant salon & spa located on the main road between Calangute and Candolim. You simply MUST try one of their massages – aromatic or Balinese – preceded by a 15 minute steam; it was quite possibly the best massage I’ve ever had in my life. The good news is they’re opening a branch on Hill Road in Goa sometime soon.
a cool place called "Cool Place"
MissMalini's luxury tent
Club Fresh beach front
Also this new spot Club Fresh & Marbela Resort (behind Ku, just past a brilliantly named shack called “Cool Place”) I’d been hearing so much about in Mumbai totally lived up to the hype. We ended up spending a night there in one of their luxury tents that each have a flat screen TV and fancy rain showers. I even managed a pretty spectacular foot massage on the beach that felt like heaven. The man behind the resort Sunil Chawla gave me the trippy lo down and a tent tour…
Ryan Sadri (STR) and Sunil Chawla (Club Fresh)
Ok, so I feel its only fair that I warn you, if you do happen to head to Club Fresh you are most likely to run into a little linen-clad clown who we’ve affectionately dubbed Mr. Twitkar. How will you know its him? Chances are he will say one (or all) of the following:
a) “See they asked me to come here because I know everybody, from Vivek Oberoi to Shah Rukh Khan.”
b) “Oh I’m on Page 3 all the time *pause* Goa Times.”
c) “Everybody loves me, they give me gifts! See this watch? 200 Euros. It’s binary! *in response to what time is it?* Um… I don’t know how to use it yet.”
Fantastic. You have to meet at least one of his breed once in your life for an up close and personal look at the most mutant form of the I-want-to-be-famous frenzy! I bet somewhere inside (buried under all that white linen) there’s a pretty normal guy.
Oh and there’s this other story floating around about what would happen if you were to run into an ex Calvin Klien model (with a checkered past) on the beaches of Goa… but that’s a blog of a different color coming soon! :)
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I guess the only real glitch in the matrix (apart from the slow & very sad phasing out of Kings beer) is that Morjim has turned into little Moscow. The beach is inundated with unfriendly Russians and you can just forget about being served at Bora Bora if you’re brown. I was actually pretty surprised to see street signs and even some at the airport posted in Russian for their convenience. I guess I wouldn’t mind so much if they smiled a little more but as it stands the ice-cold vibe is as clear as sunshine. O well.
*P.S. In case you missed my previous travelogues here’s the scoop on:
a) South Goa Cafe Del Mar in Palolem and Silent parties ( FYI this is Nikhil Chinapa’s favorite shack to stay at.)
b) Montego Bay in Morjim a hop skip and jump from La Plage & a place called Ku
c) Leela Cottages on Ashvem beach and all the things you should do the next time you’re in Goa…
For now here’s some raw footage from the after-party at Fresh :)
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January 22nd, 2010 at 5:37 am
Thanks Malini, I love this post. We are making a trip to Mumbai and Goa and will definitely read your blog before leaving.
Since we are pretty outto it on places to go to in India.
January 25th, 2010 at 2:45 pm
Awesome Kiran have a blast :)
January 26th, 2010 at 11:54 pm
Coming from Assam, I somehow don’t find anything great about Goa. I may get killed for saying this. But yes, it is true.
Its not that I hate beaches. I am just saying that there are better beaches than Goa.
I am just back from a biking trip to Deviagar – over 200 kms from Mumbai. Clean, white sand and blue water that you would just not find in Goa. You may not get the flee market & the tourists, but you would see scenary that you would never forget.
Have you ever been on a road by the blue sea at a height? Dont miss this. See my pics on facebook.
January 27th, 2010 at 10:24 am
Goa isn’t so great? This is the reason why- people just come to drink and party, never mind what happens to the place or the folks who actually live there. That’s why Goa is so polluted and corrupt- too many trying to have a quickie, and make a quick buck. In a short while Devigarh or whichever is the new “goa” is also going to go the same way, because people will come for the beach and cheap liquor, and leave the place shot to hell. Just look at Palolem now.
April 21st, 2010 at 5:29 pm
[...] you should do the next time you’re in South Goa… crew”] cYes I was in Goa, again. Don’t hate me it was a work trip.. .um ok just realized that this may in fact make you hate [...]
August 25th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
[...] The Japanese afternoon in Mumbai saw two ladies dressed in the traditional Japanese “Yukata” to conduct the tea ceremony to showcase the elegance of “omotenashi” which means “true Japanese hospitality of welcoming and treating the guest with utmost respect.” This was followed by a sneak preview of Narendra Kumar’s Japan inspired collections for the Van Heusen Men’s Week. The models Neil (remember I told you about him here first?), Asif and Freddy sat through the Japanese tea ceremony dressed in robes, which were then removed to reveal Narendra’s Japan inspired garments. Also spotted: Henry Tham who sat through the tea cremony! P.S. I heart Henry and Ashita Tham, we had such a blast in Goa once [...]
August 26th, 2010 at 12:36 pm
[...] Also spotted: Henry Tham who sat for the tea ceremony too. P.S. I heart Henry and Ashita Tham, we had such a blast in Goa once :) tweetmeme_url = [...]
September 16th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
[...] it’s been a while since my last visit to Goa and this time we did it monsoon style (although we were pretty lucky and got almost 90% sunshine!) [...]
September 23rd, 2010 at 9:12 pm
hey Malini,
“Cool place beach shack and huts” looks great. I tried to google them but no luck! Do you still have their contact information? I am trying to make a reservation.
November 3rd, 2010 at 4:41 pm
[...] memorabilia auctions, having drinks at Aer (like they did yesterday) or attending the re-opening of Club Fresh in Goa (where these pictures are from.) Deepika Padukone and Siddharth Mallya appear to (quite literally) [...]
December 24th, 2010 at 9:39 pm
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December 27th, 2010 at 10:06 am
Hey Malini, I am currently in south goa for a project. Do you recommend some place for beach party in the south of goa? I am currently staying at ROyal Orchid, Uttorda
December 27th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
[...] some fabulous places to eat, Goa has some stupendous places to drink :) one of my favorites was Club Fresh at Marabela Resort which has relocated to Candolim but without doing any damage to the set up at [...]
April 5th, 2011 at 12:30 pm
Hi
we are going to Goa Apr 22-24, 2011. Around 70 of us…a mixed group with families n kids n bachelors also.
Can u suggest a good place to party between Baga n Candolim where we can hv good food, drinks n DJ music with a dance floor??
June 29th, 2011 at 5:27 pm
club fresh is a restaurant which is owned by rich person but don’t want to pay his staff salary….what a shame attitude..(ex-head chef)
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