On The Menu serves up taste of the World
Laone Choeunyane | Friday August 21, 2026 10:54
The Gaborone-based catering brand will host Taste The World on August 29 at Joy City Park, bringing together flavours inspired by Botswana, Nigeria, Asia and Mexico in an afternoon designed to take diners across cultures through food. Founded by Jedidah Maphosa, On The Menu has built its identity around more than catering. The business combines food with décor and event planning, placing equal emphasis on how a meal tastes and how the experience around it feels. With Taste The World, that approach takes on an international flavour. The menu draws from the different influences within the team itself. The brand’s head chef specialises in Asian cuisine, while Nigerian flavours are informed by Maphosa’s family background.
Botswana, meanwhile, remains at the heart of the concept as home, with Mexico bringing another layer through its distinctive Latin American cuisine. Rather than separating the cuisines into distinct sections, On The Menu plans to bring the influences together in ways that feel contemporary and unexpected. The idea is less about recreating a particular country on a plate and more about allowing guests to encounter different cultures through their flavours. “For us, food is only one part of the experience. The presentation, décor, atmosphere and the way everything comes together are what create the full experience,” explains Maphosa. “That is who we are as a brand: catering, décor and event planning working together.” That philosophy also extends to how the brand approaches local food. Although Taste The World looks outward, Botswana remains central to On The Menu’s identity.
The brand has been exploring local flavours through more contemporary interpretations, seeking to make familiar food feel different without losing its connection to home. For Maphosa and her team, the journey of building the business has also meant learning how to read the market and understand what customers want from hospitality experiences. That experience has shaped an approach focused on keeping the offering fresh while responding to an increasingly experience-driven market. Taste The World is planned as the first of a series of experiences under the concept, with On The Menu intending to develop more editions while continuing to experiment across its catering, décor and event-planning services.
Tickets are priced at P180 and include two tastings, while full meals and drinks will be available for purchase at the event. Children’s tickets cost P50 and come with a separate menu. For one afternoon, the destination is Gaborone, but the menu promises to travel considerably further.