A small but quiet market street in the heart of Goa's capital Panjim is surprising--we could find only two souvenir shops.
Our driver took us to "Kohinoor Treasures" when we asked him to take us to the government-owned shops. Goa's government-owned handicraft shop is so small that we almost missed it. We could hardly find anything of interest in there. However, we patiently explored the shop and finally ended up buying a small chandelier made of sea shells. We also picked up a monkey figurine carved on a coconut. We then drove down to the main market street and picked up some cashew nuts and dried mango from "Kajuwalla" (in Hindi this indicates a man who sells Kaju's i.e. cashew nuts). We then walked into Bombau Bazaar, my wife picked up some beach slippers and some skirts. We then left for Mapusa.
On the day we were leaving Goa, we visited "Kajuwalla" and picked up the local delicacies 'bebinca' and 'Doodal.'