Food & Drink
Pasta in Peace, Restaurant Capri in Playa Fañabe
One of the things we immediately liked about Capri was that there was a choice of fresh and dry pasta dishes. […]
Year: 2014
About Tenerife
10 Easy Ways to Experience the Real Tenerife
I saw a comment on facebook recently about how difficult it was to interact with the local Canarian population on Tenerife. […]
Food & Drink
Have You Tried Moray Eel on Tenerife?
The first time I ordered morena (moray eel) in a restaurant on Tenerife the waiter talked me out of it by saying it had an awful lot of espinas – little bones… […]
About Tenerife
Shopping in Tenerife, What’s Different in Our Kitchen Cupboards?
There probably isn’t a lot of difference in what’s in our fruit bowl, except the bananas and mangoes could have come from the plantation and finca next door… […]
About Tenerife
Wake Up Tenerife, it’s a Different Century
Tenerife is on its backside. Why would anyone think such a thing, when statistical information and what we experience first hand in various places… […]
About Tenerife
The Art of Strolling in Puerto de la Cruz
The streets between Calle Puerto Viejo and the coast are far quieter and home to pastel cottages, hidden restaurants and lesser known plazas. […]
Food & Drink
Creatively Colonial, the Restaurant at the Hotel Rural Victoria
The Hotel Rural Victoria and restaurant has enough personality to make dinner there an interesting and slightly different experience. […]
Food & Drink
Perfect Pizzas at Pizzeria Rugantino in Garachico
Rugantino is no run of the mill pizzeria. There are original paintings for sale on the wall (a not uncommon feature); also for sale was a water fountain… […]
About Tenerife
A Colonial Moment in Tenerife
It’s nearly midnight on a sultry September evening and although I’m in short sleeves, there are pearls of sweat on my forehead. The bottle of red wine in front… […]
Food & Drink
The Simple and Unsophisticated World of Traditional Canarian Cuisine
A friend visiting the Canary Islands for the first time told us about a meal she’d just eaten in a traditional restaurant. She wasn’t impressed… […]