We look forward to finding out the nominations for the island's Premios Gastronomicos, a prestigious culinary competition which recognises and rewards the best of Tenerife's restaurants.
We look forward to finding out the nominations for the island's Premios Gastronomicos, a prestigious culinary competition which recognises and rewards the best of Tenerife's restaurants.
“Is there a market near to...(insert location of choice) on Tenerife?” is a question we see asked a lot online. The answer isn't as simple as a 'yes' or 'no'. Before any answer can be given, there's another question to be asked.
Gofio has been a staple part of the diet of islanders since before the conquest and can be found in every Canarian supermarket on Tenerife.
Here are ten examples of traditional Tenerife/Canarian dishes and ingredients which have been given a modern makeover.
Recently we were asked if it was possible to buy fresh fish anywhere on Tenerife. A visiting couple had been disappointed to find the 'fresh' fish on sale in restaurants where they were staying wasn't actually as fresh as they expected.
The guachinche Richard Ayoade and Lena Dunham visited was one of the posher, more sanitised versions but the dishes they chose represented a good mix of the type of food regularly served in guachinches.
La Bola's gastroguachinche claim is derived from chef Jorge Bosch's use of very local ingredients, the sort you'd find in guachinches, to create a menu featuring 'renovated' traditional dishes.
A friend visiting the island invited us to have dinner with at Brunelli's Steakhouse in the Punta Brava area of Puerto de la Cruz.
We have a mental list of the restaurants in Tenerife we want to visit. Restaurants go on that list for all sorts of reasons.
We knew exactly where we were going to have lunch courtesy of a facebook post which had popped up in my feed the previous day – the Mercado de Nuestra Señora de Africa.