Da Gama: The Houston Love Story Behind Portuguese and Indian Food
Sep 28, 2026 · 21 min · 10 segments
*Made in House: Houston* is presented by The Speke Originals Network (https://www.spekepodcasting.com/spekeoriginals) Shiva Patel and Rick De…
Sep 28, 2026 · 21 min · 10 segments
*Made in House: Houston* is presented by The Speke Originals Network (https://www.spekepodcasting.com/spekeoriginals) Shiva Patel and Rick De…
the dishes authentic while still being creative and, you know, kind of honoring those time honored recipes from your grandparents, but also kind of playing into Houston's like very aggressive food scene where people are always looking for something new and exciting.
Well, you know, we use a lot of our experiences through our family, of course, is the backbone, but also our travels.
We've traveled extensively and we go to go to Portugal a lot like every summer and we travel to London and you know we just love going to eating on eating journey yeah so we bring a lot of that back home but then we kind of blend it in with our experiences and what our Houstonian roots kind of what we've learned through the years and what people like
and then also where we are in our life you know how we want to eat right so we we, the way that we want to eat is a reflection of how Houstonians want to
Because as you know, I mean, in this day and age, right, things are so expensive.
They want kind of everything when they, when they're spending a hundred dollars, $200 on a meal, they want To feel like for two or three hours they're in this space that they can relax and the hospitality is there
And from the very beginning, from Oporto Cafe now all the way down to Degama, I feel like we've delivered, we continue to deliver that because that's what we want when we go out.
the dishes authentic while still being creative and, you know, kind of honoring those time honored recipes from your grandparents, but also kind of playing into Houston's like very aggressive food scene where people are always looking for something new and exciting.
Well, you know, we use a lot of our experiences through our family, of course, is the backbone, but also our travels.
We've traveled extensively and we go to go to Portugal a lot like every summer and we travel to London and you know we just love going to eating on eating journey yeah so we bring a lot of that back home but then we kind of blend it in with our experiences and what our Houstonian roots kind of what we've learned through the years and what people like
and then also where we are in our life you know how we want to eat right so we we, the way that we want to eat is a reflection of how Houstonians want to
Because as you know, I mean, in this day and age, right, things are so expensive.
They want kind of everything when they, when they're spending a hundred dollars, $200 on a meal, they want To feel like for two or three hours they're in this space that they can relax and the hospitality is there
And from the very beginning, from Oporto Cafe now all the way down to Degama, I feel like we've delivered, we continue to deliver that because that's what we want when we go out.
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