Tashas: Glorious Moroccan Dining in Pretoria
Natasha Sideris’ tashas is a restaurant brand many have come to love, which is why we were very excited about its latest location. They’ve recently opened the third Pretoria-based restaurant, this time at the popular Lynnwood Bridge retail centre in Pretoria. Just off the N1, and with Lynnwood being an established area in Pretoria, there’s no doubt that this was the right spot for another tashas. The area connects neighbourhoods and corporate offices, making it the perfect weekday business lunch spot, or an eatery for chilled weekend breakfasts with family and friends.
The tashas design
The new tashas marks the successful restaurant group’s sixteenth South African store. It comes with bold colours, beautiful detail and old favourites that will keep the nostalgia alive. Morocco was the inspiration behind the latest location, and it’s evident in every detail – from the menu to the décor. They imported unique furniture pieces and the handmade ivory and green floor tiles, mosaic tabletops and ceramics make for a glorious dining experience.
Tashas Group’s Head Stylist, Nicky Greig made various collaborations come alive in the new space. This includes elements and expressions from local designers and artists. It was all done strictly along the theme of Le Jardin Majorelle – the famed botanical garden and artist’s landscape garden in the Moroccan city, Marrakech.
While the interior is sublime, it’s the food that makes the memories last. “As with all our cafes, each dish is made to order,” says Sasha Basson, one of the main brains in the restaurant group’s culinary team. As with all the other tashas locations, this one also features the Inspired Menu (with dishes specific to the particular tashas) and the Classic Menu (with dishes found at every other tashas too). The tashas Lynnwood Bridge Inspired Menu features light and bright dishes, reflective of brunching with friends in the garden and enjoying a table filled with decadent, fresh and healthy food.
Dishes to keep an eye out for at tashas
Dishes that stood out for us include the homemade breakfast flatbread – filled with cheese and topped with crispy bacon and a fried egg – as well as the pana cotta pot, served with caramelised banana, peanut butter maple yoghurt and salted peanut, sunflower seed and pumpkin seed brittle. In addition, they also do lovely salads, with the Burrata Panzanella Salad being a definite favourite. (You have got to taste its chewy tomatoes and the red wine vinaigrette!)
And, what is a Pretoria restaurant without a burger? It’s a fact that tashas Lynnwood Bridge’s burgers (and pastas) are bound to have people queuing.
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