With Hotels With Great Taste , we’re pulling back the curtain for a peek at the “special sauce” that hotels use to create memorable, meaningful culinary experiences for their guests. During my stay at Sirikoi Lodge , I opened the front door of my cottage one afternoon to find Nditu, the orphaned female giraffe who calls Sirikoi and its surrounding area her home, munching on some trees just steps away. While it feels somewhat cliché to refer to a hotel as magical, I can think of no better word to describe the experience of staying at this Kenyan lodge. On a typical morning, you might see a herd of elephants stopping by for a drink mere feet from where you’re enjoying your breakfast, or a pair of impalas prancing around the property. Despite being nestled beside a watering hole amid Lewa Wildlife Conservancy ’s 93,000 acres of wilderness, Sirikoi is the kind of place where you’re made to feel at home, even while encountering sights that will have you rubbing your eyes in disbelief.…