Marina, San Francisco · restaurant
The state of Goa sits on India's western coast where centuries of Portuguese rule left the food with coconut-based curries and vinegar-forward marinades that taste like nowhere else in the country — and Viva Goa is SF's only restaurant that makes this the main event. The prawn xacuti, a coconut-heavy curry loaded with shrimp, is the reason to come; the sizzling tandoori fish plate is the reason to stay.