Tawa Magic is a veg-only restaurant recently launched in CBD area of Ruwi. The restaurant is housed in the first building on the right when you take the road towards CBD from Sheraton hotel. The feel of the place is quite modern with huge glass panels and colourful walls brightening up the space.

The menu is quite exhaustive with zillions of parathas being the highlight. Like our friend had suggested, we decided to try out parathas and ordered three types – aloo, green peas and methi. For starters, we tried the Tawa Magic Roast Papad. It was good, but a bit greasy. The parathas arrived one after another, neatly displayed in white, chic plates. The parathas were quite nice and went well with the sides – channa masala and raitha. I felt the methi paratha was the best, but others were equally good.

The menu has rotis, rice items, curries, tons of dosas and drinks as well. We were served complimentary samples of Chinese dosa, but they were quite awful. For god’s sake, let dosa be dosa, don’t give it a Chinese tinge and make it inedible.

The restaurant has an open hearth kitchen which is quite popular these days. When we landed at 9pm, there was hardly any crowd, but at 10pm, the ground floor was full. The service is pretty decent. Price of parathas range from 900Bz to RO 1.2 per plate. The only let down for the restaurant is the approach road. You have to walk across the road or if you are driving, take the bumpy and dusty road behind Camilia restaurant. The drive, I promise, would be like traveling on a camel. None the less, the restaurant is worth a try.

Black magic? Should be a heady drink.