Akwasi Brenya-Mensa’s The Africa Centre restaurant Tatale to close
The Pan-African restaurant concept launched last summer and was well-received, chalking up a highly positive review from The Guardian critic Grace Dent.
According to his representatives, Brenya-Mensa is currently ‘plotting, creating, and moving forward’ and hopes Tatale will ‘spread its wings on to new ventures’.
The Africa Centre is set to ‘pass the baton’ to a food entrepreneur from the Black diaspora, who through its support will cultivate and grow their concept.
How it will be is set to be ‘revealed by The Africa Centre in due course’.
Tatale takes its name from the plantain pancake tatale, a quintessential Ghanaian dish.
The menu showcases dishes and techniques originating from the world’s second largest continent in a bid to ‘introduce people outside of these communities to the vast array of amazing dishes, ingredients and techniques’.
Dishes include chichinga buttermilk fried chicken wings with dill emulsion; ackee croquettes with curry emulsion; and red snapper moqueca with onion and tarragon.
Prior to Tatale Brenya-Mensa, who self-identifies as Ghanaian-British, ran a supper club series called Mensa, Plates and Friends which incorporated a charity element by requiring guests to donate to food banks.
Tatale will be taking booking up until 18 June.
