CASA-ROSSA :HOME OF ITALIAN QUISIN AND CAMPING

                                                                                                                                                                       It  never dawned on  Mark Grilli,born in 1971 and his Italian wife that their love for travel will ever  make them stay in Malawi running a food and accommodation business  of Casa- Rossa in Zomba City.


MAIN RESTAURANT  AND  DECOR ABOVE THE ITS ATTIC INSPIRED by REDUCE-REUSE-RECYCLE THINK GREEN TALK


 

With his Finance and Arts background Hospitality 

Mark and me after a good laugh

business seems an easy task because the technical part of it like menu and preparations of dishes the wife takes care of them .She heads the kitchen.She has  worked in Italian Restaurants for many years.

"Seven years ago we were travelling in Africa especially Mozambique and we travelled to Malawi and we loved the country at first sight,then one day i happen to come accross the brothers,late kids of Mr Golosi former National statistics employee and we discussed the possibilty of renting their home" Mark told me.He giggles at the utter of every word.

The establishment consists of Main Restaurant,dome and two standing tents and serve Italian and other International Quisins.

'We regard ourself as a business without competitors because other managers of places here in Zomba they eat here from lunch to dinner and beverages.We are very unique hence no room for comparisons,"he emphatically said

We spoke alot and something on economic situation cameup.He buys his foodstuffs from Mozambique siting the reason of high prices.He gave me one example of cheese he uses to prepare his finger-licking dishes costs him k12000.00 and only found in Blantyre at one shop(name withheld)while  in Mozambique its K3000.00 equivalent of that countries' currency.He does his purchases in bulks and his figures still balance if a question about transportation and other costs popped up in your mind.

Next time you visit Casa-Rossa you will find Italian Pizza and more Italian dishes.This Place to me seemed a place where Zomba meets because there were so many clients by lunchtime and i was told that what i saw was part of the huge patronage they always have.

  


Me downing my drink after a good laugh with Mark

  CheesePlatter,Spaggette ,Orecchiette,Gncchi,samoosas,Chicken nuggets and Chips are some of the items you will get your mouth watering before its served on their well crafted tables.

The challenges of devaluation will not affect his business because he saw it comming and that this new government has done a good thing to busuness for making it official.Power failures are also a scare-scrow in this business and contingency messures are going to be put in place.They are closed on Mondays

Hey Mark "IWILL BE BACK" like Arnord Schwarsnegger in Terminator or the Beatles",i love this place.

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