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A Mogul’s Indulgence at Bombay Brasserie
The Bombay Brasserie restaurant at the Taj Hotel in Cape Town offers fine, traditional Indians cuisine
Upon entering the Taj Hotel on the corner of Wale and Adderley Street in Cape Town I feel different. There an international standard of service that can be likened to the best in the world – and a subtle touch of incense (perhaps lemongrass) that adds that extra bit of zest to the atmosphere. My friend Marisa and I are carefully guided to the Bombay Brasserie restaurant and greeted by the wide smile of our hostess dressed in a gorgeously luxurious salwar kameez (traditional Indian dress).
We step down into the soft lit room. It’s all parquet floors and blue glass chandeliers shimmering from above in the wood panelled room. We sink into the peacock embroidered armchairs and admire the rich wallpaper and the matted silver tablecloths. Soon restaurant manager Francois van der Merwe is there to run us through the menu. I didn’t expect him to be able to transport me right back to opulent India just through his words. With his intimate and expressive knowledge of traditional Indian food,
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