Food & Drink
Why Don’t We Agree About Food on Tenerife?
I looked at the unimaginative choice before me and my heart sank – dry looking fillets of fish, stodgy pasta, curled meat thinner than my shoe leather. […]
Food & Drink
About Tenerife
Catering for Different Tastes in Tenerife’s Resorts
Whatever you think about Tripadvisor, it’s a good resource for checking out restaurants in any destination you’re considering visiting. […]
Fiestas
Chestnuts, Wine and Sleds for San Andrés on Tenerife
The Fiesta de San Andrés (Saint Andrew) is celebrated across Tenerife on the nights of 29 and 30 November, but the tradition is strongest in Puerto de la Cruz and Icod de los Vinos. […]
Food & Drink
Review of the Grand Hotel Mencey in Santa Cruz
Simply put, we love the Grand Hotel Mencey. We love the style, the vibe, the rooms, the location, the food. It is a classy hotel yet one that has a typically… […]
Food & Drink
Pub Grub at Empire Modern British Restaurant and Steak House in Playa de las Américas
The Safari Centre in Las Américas is home to a few restaurants we’ve fancied trying for some time. On this occasion we had a yen for some comfort food… […]
Food & Drink
Have You Tried Membrillo on Tenerife?
Membrillo, also known as dulce de membrillo, is basically a type of quince jam that just happens to get on extremely well with any cheese that has a decent personality. […]
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. […]
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… […]