POST-COVID: Home Touch Restaurant set to excite patrons
Following the restart of hospitality business after the easing of the lockdown occasioned by Coronavirus pandemic, Home Touch Restaurant has reassured clients of customer satisfaction.
The management of the restaurant, which specialises in Nigerian dishes, served in a decent environment, has urged patrons to visit and savour the calm, comfort and luxury of its relaxed atmosphere. Home Touch Restaurant is busy in the post COVID era for obvious reasons. The beautiful location inspires restaurant-goers to visit, especially those with a sense of culinary adventure.
“It is a food affair”, Peter Echela, manager of Home Touch Restaurant, said.
“Home Touch Restaurant is a place for Nigerian dishes and we meet our customer expectations. Diners are coming for authentic Nigerian dishes. They love our dishes and usually come back after the first visit and second time with friends and family to enjoy their meal. This is what gives us joy.”
Echela attributed the increased patronage to the unique selling point of the eatery. He said customers can eat indoors and outdoors but some of them choose the out-door option where breeze caresses their faces as they eat. Moreover, they like to comply with COVID-19 guidelines taking advantage of the large compound to maintain social distancing after washing their hands with running taps at strategic locations. The increased meeting spaces also attract business and convention visitors to Home Touch.
The manager said that as Home Touch Restaurant is truly a Nigerian kitchen, they celebrate Nigerian cuisine. “Every day is special when we serve ‘Dish of the Day’. Our customers know when we focus on their favourite dish. Mondays we celebrate Afang, Tuesdays is Ofe onugbu ( bitterleaf soup), Wednesdays is Banga soup, Saturdays and Sunday we serve Ofada rice and Fisherman’s soup respectively,” he said.
Echela also spoke on their expansion programme. Home Touch Restaurant has expanded on the back of their Ikorodu Road property’s strong offerings to two more outlets including Home Touch Restaurant at Tafawa Balewa Crescent in Surulere. They also have an outlet at the Murtala Muhammadu International Airport, Lagos. The management of the eatery said it is going back to business as international flights resume on September 5, 2020 to continue offering travellers hot spicy peppered rice and Moi Moi before their departure.
However, the manager and his team have relied on the advice of Lai Banwo, owner of Home Touch Restaurant, to improve on their offerings.
Quoting Banwo, who has retired to private practice as a medical practitioner, the manager said, “Nigerian dishes are good health-wise. We should promote it. Nigerian food is rich in fibre and we should eat a lot of vegetables.”
“Do you know why our Peppered Rice is popular? Dr. Banwo said ‘you can practice medicine in Nigeria without any sign of scurvy. Pepper contains Vitamin ‘C’. We are into catering, outdoor and indoor services and we also cater for several school sets. I think Nigerian dishes are just fantastic”.