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More...“This week we are proud to bring diners an authentic taste of Spain!” announces Michalis Xekalos, restaurant manager at The Terrace. The nation, rightly renowned for its regional cuisine that is packed with flavour and character, is being celebrated over three evenings. On Thursday 3rd March, there will be a fabulous selection of sophisticated Tapas available for those attending the ‘Flamenco Dancers Casa Patas’ performance and Gypsy Rumba concert. (more…)
Akemi Revolving Restaurant presents an evening of dinner paired with wine from red n’ white.
red n’ white will bring their finest selection of wines from Italy, Spain, France and South Africa while Akemi’s Executive Chef Bernard has designed an amazing 6 course tasting menu to create a delicious pairing of food and wine. Tickets cost 95,000Tshs per person. Contact Akemi on 0753 213 744/ info@akemidining.com or red n’ white on 0754 371 464.
Wine knowledge and news was in plentiful supply at the MMI’s stylish stand at this year’s Dar Wine Festival held at Southern Sun Dar es Salaam Hotel. (more…)
Exciting news from the vineyards of Tanzania Distilleries Limited in Dodoma came to the 2016 Dar Wine Festival held last weekend. Erik Schulnz, the company’s master wine maker who arrived in Tanzania some sixteen months ago, reported that expert cultivation and wine-making techniques were yielding outstanding results. This included a new practice for bottling wines to order at the winery. (more…)
Dar es Salaam’s Wine Festival, celebrating its tenth year, is now under the masterful direction of Denzil McAnda, senior restaurant manager at Southern Sun’s Baraza Grill. Swahili Coast Foodie sat down for a lunch interview with the new festival organiser to discuss the city’s legendary celebration of the wine world. (more…)
Akemi Restaurant’s final wine and jazz evening of 2015 attracted a record number of wine lovers. During the evening they sampled some 38 wines from MMI Tanzania, Mark Techno Tanzania, East Africa Quail and Wine Company,Mohans Oysterbay Drinks and Tanzania Distillers Ltd. (more…)
Akemi’s Wine tasting and Jazz event returns by popular demand! If you missed the previous event in September, you can read all about it here. As usual there will be an impressive selection of fine wines paired with amazing canapés prepared by the talented Chef Bernard.
Attendees will also enjoy the sounds of live jazz performed throughout the evening. Tickets are limited, email Akemi to reserve yours.
Two weeks ago, Dar es Salaam’s only revolving restaurant, Akemi staged the second of the increasingly popular wine tasting and jazz events. This time it is was ‘bigger and better’ with more wines from Qway International, Red N’ White, Upper Zonal Trading, MMI Tanzania and Mark Techno Tanzania. (more…)