The spinel gemstone is the inspiration behind Spinella, a restaurant resting in the prestigious suburbs of Masaki, in Dar es Salaam. Did you know Mahenge, Matombo and Tunduru in Tanzania as well as Tsavo in Kenya are among the few places quality spinel is mined today?
“I am happy today, it’s the first day since we opened and our customers have been mainly female,” Solomon Bisrat says as I place my order of a mango chicken salad. It’s the season in Tanzania where in Dar, you can get the delicious ‘embe dodo’. As I had already munched a heavy lunch, I was looking to have a light but delicious dinner. The ambience here beckoned me to have an auspicious moment.
