THE HUNGRY HORNBILL BY FAT PANDA — Restaurant in Goa

We recently visited Fat Panda Bar & Kitchen for lunch located in Candolim. This cozy restaurant serves Chinese as well as Indian cuisine. We entered the restaurant & were taken aback by the quirky, artistic Panda themed interiors. The place is pretty chill & the staff is super friendly.

We started off with few drinks to beat the afternoon heat : Cocktails: Mixed Berry Blast Asian Cooler

Mocktails: Jimmy Boy

The cocktails were tasty & refreshing.

Starters, main-course & desserts were ordered as follows:

Starters: Lotus Leaf Bao Bang Bang Chicken Chinese Pork Ribs

The lotus leaf bao were amazing. The Bang Bang chicken were really delicious too. The Chinese pork ribs were our favorite amongst the starters. They were perfectly cooked & the meat would easily slide of from the bones.

Main-Course: For the main-course we went for the Chinese Style Chicken Hakka noodles, Seafood Pepper Fried rice & Chicken Manchurian Gravy. The main-course as well as the gravies can be customized with options such as Veg, chicken, seafood, beef, pork etc.

Desserts: Snickers Wontons Darsaan

The food was a bit on the sweeter side as informed by manger of the place, Anand. They cater to mostly European clientele & hence the food is more suited for their palate. Upon request, it can be made spicy too.

It was a great experience of authentic Chinese culinary. The ambience is very welcoming and charming. Amazing wines, food and service. Staff are knowledgeable and make great...

Located at marquis wado Fat panda is a cute spacious spot having a charming ambience with really good food.

The staff is very welcoming especiallly Anand who makes sure to pours out the best drinks to you, while recommending you some delectable dishes. He suggested we try the crispy shredded chicken in honey chilli sesame and it was mind blowing!! Loved every bite of it. You can just not stop having it!

For the mains we selected the Fat panda special chinese choupsey tossed in garlic wine sauce & combined this with some crispy chicken enclosed in the fluffy & sweet Lotus leaf bao!

You also gotta try their dynamite prawns ,bang bang chicken & cottage cheese in chilly garlic.

While the menu was initially chinese they have recently started Indian too. And to my suprise they have some great kebabs like malai tikka on the menu along with a variety of Indian curry, biryanis & rotis/naan.

The desserts menu is great & you will certainly take time deciding one. My love for snickers made me choose the Snickers wontons, basically hot wontons with snickers within combined with icecream! A perfect combination to end on😌

For the drinks we had 🍷Kokum kolar bear mocktail 🍹Signature berry cocktail I suggest you look no further then their in house signature cocktails as the panda cocktails...

After reading reviews and looking at tons of photos of the place, I decided to try and go early to miss the rush. A little hard to find right off the street, but well worth the hunt. The place was empty on a Monday afternoon at 2pm. Perfect. I sit down and order the Five Spice Calamari and Lime and Chicken Momo starters. As well as the Triple Szechwan Rice with the egg on top. They first brought the sauces to the table. A chili vinegar, yellow mustard, soya, and spicy chili sauce. The calamari came out first and had a lovely flavor and presentation. My favorite combo of sauces were the spicy chili sauce and vinegar with the calamari. So good. Then the chicken momos came out and were served with an amazing garlic sauce. They were brought out in the wooden steamer and it was so good! The ginger in the momo was perfect. Then the Triple Szechwan followed and it was so filling! Such a good sized portion. After finishing, I ordered the Snickers Wontons that were served with Icecream. A perfect way to cap off a meal. They do accept credit cards, but there is a percentage fee. Would...