After a career in hospitality and events in Tunisia and internationally, Lamia Temimi moved to Tunisia’s Cap Bon , not far from Beni Khaled and Korba. She has just opened a table of hosts while waiting to launch her guest house. Interview to learn more. By Amel DJAIT

1001Tunisie: Sawa table d’hotes is a new table of hosts which is in the Cap Bon. What is the concept? What do you suggest?

Lamia Temimi: Sawa Table d’hôtes is an exceptional table d’hôtes with local products and a pinch of creativity in a paradisiacal place. For each meal and “get together”, the hostess orchestrates all her know-how to create a tailor-made culinary moment in the heart of the Tunisian countryside.

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How to book? What are the various formulas of Dar Sawa?

Sawa table d’hôtes offers brunches, lunches with family or friends, dinners, cocktails, anniversaries of all kinds and “teambuildings”.

We offer a menu at 30 DT per adult and 15 DT per child under 12 with products from the vegetable garden and Sawa – Heartmade & Handmade, traditional products made in an authentic and traditional way and mostly done with the heart.

The passion and love of the earth are omnipresent throughout the chain of production and marketing to make each of them enjoy spicy flavors and sunny scents.

 

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What are the terroir specialties of the region?

Seasonal specialties such as seasonal fruit jams, concentrated or dried tomatoes, harissa in all its forms, orange-flower, geranium, Rosehips, spices, olives. The list goes on and on.

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And you ? What is your background?

A graduate of Oxford Brookes University in the United Kingdom, I then consolidated my skills through travel and meetings to propose an exceptional table d’hôtes with local products.

I have more than 15 years of experience in the local and international hotel industry, after the Residence Tunis, Renaissance Tunis Hotel, Marriott Global Sales Organization in Dubai and Cairo and Marriott General Sales Representative in Tunis. A dream, to offer an elegant, international and creative cuisine, for unforgettable moments in Cap Bon waiting for the guest house.

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What does the term Tunisian hospitality and savoir vivre evokes for you?

A warm welcome, conviviality, a joie de vivre and benevolence. The goal is a memorable experience through all the senses in the heart of Cap Bon.

 

For Further information:

Phone : (+216) 22 60 55 55

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