Chef Gracian de Souza

Chef Gracian de Souza's earliest childhood memories go back to the summers he spent frolicking at the quaint Portuguese villa owned by his grandparents at Thivim, a village in Bardez, North Goa. "On Sundays, after morning mass, my family would gather around the dining table, sipping feni, listening to Jim Reeves. After that, a huge feast would be laid out, complete with soft and spongy bread called poie, tangy pork sorpotel and, my favourite, vindalho," he recalls. The large windows, a wide verandah and trademark yellow walls that defined his Goa home now find space at Porto & Poie, de Souza's first solo outing and an ode to his roots.