Goodbye La Tahona Holandesa
We are sad to say that we will be closing the restaurant after almost five years . We opened on the first of May , 2013 . With a little bit of pain in our heart we will leave “ our ” restaurant , but it is time to retire and we will close on the first of January . So , this will be our last Christmas and New Year , so if you want to book don ’ t delay .
We have really enjoyed working here and Nerja is really our hometown now . We have made a lot of friends , and we will definitely miss our guests . We are pleased to say that we will be staying in Nerja and will continue a little work with some catering , which we will do under the name of Nerja Catering , you can find us on our website www . nerjacatering . com or on Facebook . Also , you will be able to hire Dirk as a home chef so you can still enjoy his tapas .
After a difficult start in 2013 , we are not in the best location in Nerja , we think we really made a nice business . Of course it is always difficult to start a business and especially in a place like Nerja where there are over 300 restaurants and tapas bars ....
But we earned our place . First we think by starting the very
popular Indonesian buffet nights and then by joining the Ruta de tapas , a competition to find the best tapas in Nerja . The first time we entered we came third , what a big surprise . Dirk in between the Spanish chefs collecting his diploma . Then the next year an even bigger surprise we won !!! Now this year we came second , so three years in the top three !
Dirk ’ s tapas became famous , because he put a lot of love in them . Always trying to make them perfect . He makes always fresh tapas and they are always different . For a while we wrote an article here in Soltalk , every month a tapa of the month . That was very nice , but I ran out of stories . Dirk never ran out of ideas for new tapas .
We will surely miss all this but it is time for something new . We have a lot of plans . We want to see a lot of Spain and enjoy living in Nerja .
Thank you all for making us feel good in Nerja . We hope we will see you this last two months in the restaurant to thank you for being our guests .
MARGARETH & DIRK LA TAHONA HOLANDESA